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Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in Iranian women and risk factors of the disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2017
Background Toxoplasmosis is caused by an intracellular obligatory parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, and it has global distribution. The purposes of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to evaluate the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in Iranian ...
Azadeh Mizani, Abbas Alipour, Mehdi Sharif, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Afsaneh Amouei, Azar Shokri, Mohammad-Taghi Rahimi, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Ahmad Daryani   +8 more
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The global serological prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in felids during the last five decades (1967–2017): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Felids (domestic and wild cats) are important in the epidemiology of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii because they are the only hosts that can excrete the environmentally resistant oocysts.
Mahbobeh Montazeri, Tahereh Mikaeili Galeh, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Samira Dodangeh, Javad Javidnia, Mehdi Sharif, Ahmad Daryani   +7 more
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Acute pancreatitis due to methanol toxicity during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Acute methanol poisoning may be associated with a variety of symptoms, such as abdominal pain, blurred vision, loss of consciousness, and acute pancreatitis.
Mahdieh Sadeghi, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Rabeeh Tabaripour, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Hossien Azadeh   +5 more
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Two decades of echinococcosis/hydatidosis research: Bibliometric analysis based on the web of science core collection databases (2000–2019)

Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2021
Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato and Echinococcus multilocularis are responsible for serious health and economic implications for humans and animals.
Mahdi Fakhar, Masoud Keighobadi, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Mahbobeh Montazeri, Elham S. Banimostafavi, Shahram Sayyadi, Mohammad M. Ghaffari Hamadani, Ali Sharifpour, Rabeeh Tabaripour, Samira Asadi, Masoud Soosaraei, Ali A. Khasseh   +11 more
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Public Health Implications of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Its Association With Type 2 Diabetes: A Case–Control Study in Qazvin, North‐Western Iran [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Introduction Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide‐distributed zoonotic parasite, causing latent infections in humans. Increasing evidence has suggested a possible link between toxoplasmosis and diabetes mellitus (DM), though data from Iran are limited. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of latent T.
Modarresnia L, Olfatifar M, Mosawi S, Babaei A, Ghafelehbashi S, Adamopoulos I, Mohaghegh M, Bakht M, Hoseini F, Asghari A, Eslahi A, Badri M.   +11 more
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Is There Any Relationship between Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Male Urethritis Risk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background. Male urethritis is one of the most common genital tract syndromes. Though the number of patients with urethritis is increasing worldwide, the cause of many cases of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) is still unknown. Objectives.
Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Reza Saberi, Mahdi Fakhar, Najmeh Sadeghian   +3 more
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Postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Ocular toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of infectious posterior uveitis worldwide. It can be prenatal or postnatal in origin. Despite estimations that postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis is more prevalent, only several cases of proven ...
Olivera Lijeskić, Tijana Štajner, Jelena Srbljanović, Aleksandra Radosavljević, Branko Bobić, Ivana Klun, Anka Stanojević-Paović, Olgica Djurković-Djaković   +7 more
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Toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Although toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent individuals is generally asymptomatic, in immunocompromised patients (HIV/AIDS, cancer, and transplant patients), it can lead to serious pathological effects.
Ehsan Ahmadpour, Ahmad Daryani, Mahdi Sharif, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Mohsen Aarabi, Azadeh Mizani, Mohammad Taghi Rahimi, Azar Shokri   +7 more
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Diabetic ketoacidosis mimicking COVID‐19 in an adolescent

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) may be associated with nonspecific symptoms such as dyspnea, tachycardia, anorexia, and vomiting that are similar to COVID‐19.
Seyed Javad Boskabadi, Ali Sharifpour, Zakaria Zakariaei, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Mostafa Soleymani   +4 more
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Rats (Rattus rattus) in Northern Iran

Veterinary Medicine International, 2021
Rodents are considered as reservoir hosts for various pathogens (such as Toxoplasma gondii) and have been revealed to play an important role in the spread of several infectious diseases to humans and other animals.
Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Saeid Abediankenari, Afsaneh Amouei, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Mehdi Sharif, Fatemeh Rezaei, Ahmad Daryani   +6 more
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