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Changing trends in intestinal parasitic infections among long-term-residents and settled immigrants in Qatar

Parasites & Vectors, 2010
Background The rapid socio-economic development in Qatar in the last two decades has encouraged a mass influx of immigrant workers, the majority of whom originate from countries with low socio-economic levels, inadequate medical care and many are known ...
Doiphode Sanjay H, Behnke Jerzy M, Abu-Madi Marawan A   +2 more
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Taming Parasites by Tailoring Them

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017
The next-generation gene editing based on CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) has been successfully implemented in a wide range of organisms including some protozoan parasites.
Bingjian Ren, Nishith Gupta
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The National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Diagnostic Medical Parasitology in the Philippines, 2009–2015

Philippine Journal of Pathology, 2019
OBJECTIVE               The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)–National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Malaria and Other Parasites, mandated by the Department of Health–Philippines (DOH), administers an annual Proficiency Test (PT) in ...
Sherwin Galit, Dave Tangcalagan, Julius Matt Rapanut, Alexander Sadiasa, Prince Ninja Bautista, Kim Joshua Dominguez, Jahra Bañaga, Celine Bernice Roxas, Rafael Navarro, Mark Philip Bugayong, Jennifer Luchavez, Melisa Mondoy, Lydia Sombrero, Socorro Lupisan   +13 more
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Malarial and intestinal parasitic co-infections in indigenous populations of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
The Brazilian Amazon rainforest region has a significant prevalence of malarial and intestinal parasitic infections in indigenous populations, accounting for a disproportionate burden.
Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Juan Camilo Sánchez-Arcila, Luciana Peres, Paulo Sérgio Fonseca de Sousa, Marcelo Augusto dos Santos Alvarenga, Júlio Castro-Alves, Maria de Fatima Ferreira-da-Cruz, Marilza Maia-Herzog, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira   +8 more
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Intestinal Parasitosis in the Valle de Tenza Region of the Department of Boyacá, Colombia

Iatreia
Introduction: Intestinal parasitosis represent a public health problem in Colombian communities. Objective: To identify the prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitosis in the population of the Valle de Tenza region, department of ...
Verdugo Sánchez, Marisol, Jaimes Bernal, Claudia P, Manrique Abril, Gloria Yaneth , Ávila-Leguizamón, Andrea, Monroy-Díaz, Angela Liliana   +4 more
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Prevalence and molecular identification of protozoan intestinal parasitic infections in cancer patients and a control group

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Parasitic infections, especially opportunistic infections, are important issues for immunocompromised patients, including cancer patients.
Leyla Bahadorizadeh, Khadijeh Khanaliha, Saeede Ghorbandoust, Farah Bokharei-Salim, Sara Minaeian, Nastaran Khodakarim, Marzieh Ghalamkari, Borna Salemi   +7 more
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Symptoms of selected parasitic diseases in the oral cavity

Journal of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research, 2020
Introduction Parasitic diseases are caused by many species of protozoa, helminths, and arthropods. Parasitosis can be divided into gastrointestinal, tissue and skin diseases and can appear in many different parts of the body.
Natalia Puzio, Maria Sikora, Alicja Srebrna, Aleksandra Strączek, Natalia Węglarz, Klaudia Lewandowska, Grzegorz Mazurek, Karolina Thum-Tyzo   +7 more
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The role of autophagy in protozoan infections

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Autophagy is a conserved, lysosome-dependent degradation system that is used by a wide variety of eukaryotes; during autophagy, intracellular substances are transported to lysosomes for degradation, and thus, autophagy plays a crucial role in cell ...
Xinlei Wang, Chao Zhang, Jie Chen, Yufen Jin, Yanan Zhang, Jingtong Zheng   +5 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal protozoan infection among symptomatic and asymptomatic populations in rural and urban areas of southern Algeria

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Intestinal parasitic infections are amongst the most common infections worldwide and have been identified as one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality among disadvantaged populations.
Soumia Sebaa, Jerzy M. Behnke, Djamel Baroudi, Ahcene Hakem, Marawan A. Abu-Madi   +4 more
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Prevalence of feco-oral transmitted protozoan infections and associated factors among university students in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

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, Ayele Geleto, Desalegn Admassu Ayana, Muhedin Redi   +3 more
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