Prevalence of selected intestinal protozoan infections in marginalized rural communities in Palestine. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2019 Intestinal parasitic infections are common in rural areas with poor infrastructure and low socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of selected parasitic infections in marginalized rural areas in the northern part of the
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The Roles of Mast Cells in Parasitic Protozoan Infections. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2017 Protozoan parasites such as Plasmodium spp., Leishmania spp., Trypanosoma spp., and Toxoplasma gondii are major causes of parasitic diseases in both humans and animals.
Lu F, Huang S.
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Effects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Enteric Protozoan Infections in Rural Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
Clin Infect Dis, 2018 The trial found that individual handwashing and sanitation interventions significantly reduced childhood Giardia infections. Combined interventions provided no additional benefit. To reduce Giardia infection, individual interventions may be more feasible
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Artemisinin and its derivatives in treating protozoan infections beyond malaria. [PDF]
Pharmacol Res, 2017 Graphical abstract Figure. No Caption available. Abstract Parasitic protozoan diseases continue to rank among the world’s greatest global health problems, which are also common among poor populations.
Loo CS, Lam NS, Yu D, Su XZ, Lu F.
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2013 The current study determined the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among the Orang Asli schoolchildren in Pos Senderut, Pahang, Malaysia. The overall intestinal protozoan infection rate was 85% (261 out of 307).
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Role of Leukotrienes on Protozoan and Helminth Infections [PDF]
Mediators of Inflammation, 2012 Leukotrienes (LTs), formed by the 5-lipoxygenase-(5-LO-) catalyzed oxidation of arachidonic acid, are lipid mediators that have potent proinflammatory activities.
Alexandre P. Rogerio, Fernanda F. Anibal
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Host-Protozoan Interactions Protect from Mucosal Infections through Activation of the Inflammasome
Cell, 2016 While conventional pathogenic protists have been extensively studied, there is an underappreciated constitutive protist microbiota that is an integral part of the vertebrate microbiome.
Aleksey Chudnovskiy +2 more
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Epidemiology and geographical distribution of enteric protozoan infections in sydney, australia. [PDF]
J Public Health Res, 2014 Background Enteric protozoa are associated with diarrhoeal illnesses in humans; however there are no recent studies on their epidemiology and geographical distribution in Australia.
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Infection and Drug Resistance, 2020 Brhane Berhe,1 Fitsum Mardu,1 Kebede Tesfay,1 Haftom Legese,2 Gebre Adhanom,2 Hagos Haileslasie,3 Gebremedhin Gebremichail,3 Brhane Tesfanchal,4 Niguse Shishay,5 Hadush Negash2 1Unite of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Department of Medical ...
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Targeting Channels and Transporters in Protozoan Parasite Infections
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018 Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic protozoa are among the most significant causes of death in humans. Therapeutic options are scarce and massively challenged by the emergence of resistant parasite strains.
Anna Meier, Holger Erler, Eric Beitz
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