Intestinal parasites and Au antigen transmission.

Sexual transmission of intestinal parasites.

Human Intestinal Parasites

Helminths are worms with many cells. Nematodes (roundworms), cestodes (tapeworms), and trematodes (flatworms) are among the most common helminths that inhabit the human gut. Usually, helminths cannot multiply in the human body. Protozoan parasites that have only one cell can multiply inside the human body. There are four species of intestinal helminthic parasites, also known as geohelminths and...

Transfusion transmission of parasites

Blood recipients in the United States (US) generally face a low risk of being transfused with a component contaminated with parasites. Quantifying the risk often depends on parameters that are unknown or poorly characterized, but estimates have remained stable in recent years at one transmission of parasitic infection per million transfusions. This round figure obscures divergent trends for som...

intestinal parasites in iran

the purpose of this study was to investigate the status and epidemiology of intestinal parasites in iran. the information was driven from an extensive health survey which was done by the ministry of health and medical education, deputy of research affairs in 1990-92. sampling fraction was 1 per 1000 of individuals aged between 2 and 69, the sampling method was cluster sampling and each cluster ...

relationship between serum ige and intestinal parasites

intestinal parasitosis has been a major public health problem in iran. it is necessary to evaluate an up-date data in this regard to be used by local authorities. serum ige determinations and coproparasitological analyses were conducted on 1200 individuals in city of ghaemshahr, mazandaran province, northern iran. a total of 1200 subjects were taken stool samples for three days consecutively. t...