Factors associated with high prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among patients in Sana'a City, Yemen. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Intestinal protozoan diseases in Yemen are a significant health problem with prevalence ranging from 18% to 27%. The present study is a cross-sectional study aimed at determining the factors associated with the high prevalence of intestinal ...
Naelah A Alyousefi +3 more
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The Regulation of CD4+ T Cell Responses during Protozoan Infections [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2014 CD4+ T cells are critical for defense against protozoan parasites. Intracellular protozoan parasite infections generally require the development of a Th1 cell response, characterized by the production of IFNγ and TNF that are critical for the generation ...
Christian R Engwerda +2 more
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An Overview on Target-Based Drug Design against Kinetoplastid Protozoan Infections: Human African Trypanosomiasis, Chagas Disease and Leishmaniases [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 The protozoan diseases Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease (CD), and leishmaniases span worldwide and therefore their impact is a universal concern.
Violeta Kourbeli +2 more
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Heme oxygenase-1 in protozoan infections: A tale of resistance and disease tolerance [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2020 Heme oxygenase (HO-1) mediates the enzymatic cleavage of heme, a molecule with proinflammatory and prooxidant properties. HO-1 activity deeply impacts host capacity to tolerate infection through reduction of tissue damage or affecting resistance, the ...
Leonardo H Travassos +2 more
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Prevalence of feco-oral transmitted protozoan infections and associated factors among university students in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background An estimated 60% of the world’s population is infected with one form of intestinal parasites. Amoebiasis and giardiasis are among the leading intestinal protozoan infections that affected mankind.
Behailu Hawulte Ayele +3 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 Background: HIV infection continues to pose a serious challenge to global health by predisposing patients to opportunistic infections. A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2012 to February 2013 to assess the enteric protozoan infection ...
Habtom Kiros +4 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BackgroundIntestinal protozoan infections are confirmed as major causes of diarrhea, particularly in children, and represent a significant, but often neglected, threat to public health.
Marwan Osman +16 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal protozoan infections: a population-based study in rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad district, Southwestern Iran [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016 Background Parasitic infections are still a significant health problem in rural areas in developing countries including Iran. There is no recent population-based data about the prevalence of human intestinal parasites in most rural areas of Iran.
Bahador Sarkari +4 more
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Monoclonal Antibodies for Protozoan Infections: A Future Reality or a Utopic Idea? [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne), 2021 Following the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, several clinical trials have been approved for the investigation of the possible use of mAbs, supporting the potential of this technology as a therapeutic approach for infectious diseases. The first monoclonal antibody (
Longoni SS +3 more
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Intestinal Protozoan Infections in Patients with Diarrhea - Shanghai Municipality, Zhenjiang City, and Danyang City, China, 2011-2015 and 2019-2021. [PDF]
China CDC Wkly, 2022 What is already known about this topic? Intestinal protozoa are common pathogens of diarrhea globally. However, the etiology of diarrhea due to intestinal protozoan infections in China is not known. What is added by this report? Based on active syndromic
Jiang Y +8 more
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