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Food and Drinking Water as Sources of Pathogenic Protozoans: An Update

Applied Sciences
This narrative review was aimed at collecting updated knowledge on the risk factors, illnesses caused, and measures for the prevention of protozoan infections transmitted by food and drinking water.
Franca Rossi, Serena Santonicola, Carmela Amadoro, Lucio Marino, Giampaolo Colavita   +4 more
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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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Role of Leukotrienes on Protozoan and Helminth Infections

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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Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
A survey of asymptomatic children in Uganda showed Plasmodium malariae and P. falciparum parasites in 45% and 55% of microscopy-positive samples, respectively. Although 36% of microscopy-positive samples were negative by rapid diagnostic test, 75% showed
Michelle E. Roh, Caesar Oyet, Patrick Orikiriza, Martina Wade, Gertrude N. Kiwanuka, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, Sunil Parikh, Yap Boum   +7 more
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RELATIONSHIP PERSONAL HYGIENE AND OPPORTUNISTIC INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS IN STUNTED CHILDREN IN SUKORAMBI VILLAGE

Journal of Vocational Health Studies
Background: Stunting remains a major public health problem in Indonesia. Various factors contribute to chronic malnutrition, with one significant factor being infection from opportunistic intestinal protozoa.
Bagus Hermansyah, Primanda Vitarani, Ayu Munawaroh Aziz, Wiwien Sugih Utami, Yunita Armiyanti, Erma Sulistyaningsih   +5 more
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Prevalences and trends of human oral protozoan parasites

Orapuh Journal, 2020
Protozoan parasites are microscopic, unicellular organisms, of a group of phyla of the kingdom Protista, that can be free-living or parasitic. These organisms can live, and reproduce their kind, in human tissues.
VE ADAMU, Augustine A. Amaechi, C. M. U. Ajaero, NIF Eneojo, Bright Ekejiuba Bertrand Nwoke, Chinyere N. Ukaga   +5 more
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Integrative Approaches to Understand the Mastery in Manipulation of Host Cytokine Networks by Protozoan Parasites with Emphasis on Plasmodium and Leishmania Species

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Diseases by protozoan pathogens pose a significant public health concern, particularly in tropical and subtropical countries, where these are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality.
Anusree Mahanta, Anusree Mahanta, Piyali Ganguli, Piyali Ganguli, Pankaj Barah, Ram Rup Sarkar, Ram Rup Sarkar, Neelanjana Sarmah, Saurav Phukan, Mayuri Bora, Shashi Baruah   +10 more
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PROFILE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN FARMING COMMUNITIES IN GISTING SUBDISTRICT, TANGGAMUS DISTRICT, LAMPUNG PROVINCE

Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan
Intestinal parasitic infections remain a health problem in communities. Surveys of intestinal protozoan infections in Lampung Province are limited. The transmission of intestinal protozoan infections is generally through the oro-faecal route, which is ...
Jhons Fatriyadi Suwandi, Fitria Saftarina, Juspeni Kartika   +2 more
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Neutrophils versus Protozoan Parasites: Plasmodium, Trichomonas, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, and Entameoba

Microorganisms
Neutrophils are the most abundant polymorphonuclear granular leukocytes in human blood and are an essential part of the innate immune system. Neutrophils are efficient cells that eliminate pathogenic bacteria and fungi, but their role in dealing with ...
Eileen Uribe-Querol, Carlos Rosales
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Trypanosoma evansi in Brazil: first evidence of infection in equines from Northeast region [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
The hemoprotozoan Trypanosoma evansi is a parasite that infects mammals, causing an infection known as trypanosomiasis. There is no report of T. evansi in horses in the State of Maranhão, highlighting the need to assess exposure and infection by the ...
Jordeano Araujo Sousa, Leandro Macedo Miranda, Danielle Jordany Barros Coutinho, Thaliane França Costa, Sidilene Pereira Costa, Úrsula Silva Freitas, Francisco Borges Costa, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Rita de Maria Seabra Nogueira, Andréa Pereira da Costa   +9 more
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