INTRODUCTION Human co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum and helminthes is ubiquitous throughout Africa. This study aimed to determine the co-infections of Plasmodium falciparum infection in HIV and intestinal parasitic infections, and their immunological distribution, in Benin City, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY A total of 2,000 stool specimens from HIV-positive patients and 500 controls (HIV-negat...

After a gastroenteritis outbreak of unknown etiology in the municipality of Sebastião da Grama, São Paulo, Brazil, we conducted a parasitological survey to establish the epidemiological profile of enteroparasitosis in children and staff members attending the public urban schools in operation in town. The cross-sectional study evaluated 172 children aged 11 months to 6 years old and 33 staff mem...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a high number of foreign workers, especially those coming from endemic areas with intestinal parasites. The participating foreign workers (FWs) were from a variety of countries. Eleven species of intestinal parasites (nine helminthes and two protozoa) were identified, with an overall prevalence of 50 (31%), out of 160 FWs. The predominant parasite was Entamoeba h...

Background. Anemia is one of the most commonly observed hematological abnormalities and an independent prognostic marker of HIV disease. The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of anemia and associated factors among pediatric HIV/AIDS patients attending Zewditu Memorial Hospital (ZMH) ART Clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among pediatri...

Background: Intestinal helminthic infections are among the most common infections in the world and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis of these infections commonly relies on the detection of helminth egg or larvae in stool. The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of kato-katz thick smear and formol-ether concentration methods for...

in this study 74 stray dogs including 39 females and 35 males with cooperation of dog killing team of municipality were killed, examined macroscopically and microscopically in kerman city from 1992 to 1993. taenia hydatigena was the most prevalent helminth observed in 57 dogs (77%), dipylidium caninum in 13 dogs (17.6%), echinococcus granulosus in 5 dogs (6.8%) and toxocara canis in one dog (1....

Intestinal parasitic infections, are the most common infections worldwide. Various epidemiological studies in Yemen and neighboring countries, indicate that prevalence of intestinal parasites is high, especially developing countries.This study was aims to investigate infection with Parasites Worms (IPW), Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis Hymenolepis nana its impact on blood picture ...

epidemiological features of soil transmitted helminthes were studied in six villages in isfahan area. the mean overall prevalence of ascariasis and trichostrongyliasis were 91.5% and 70.9% respectively with higher infection rate among females. mean prevalence of trichuris and hymenolepis nana were 73.8% and 5.4% respectively. prevalences of ascaris and trichuris did not fluctuate very much in v...

background: the present study was carried out to describe the epidemio-logical aspects of gastrointestinal helminthic infections of canids in chahar-mahal and bakhtiari province, the central western part of iran . methods: forty nine canid species including , dogs, jackals, foxes and wolves were included in this study. the contents of their alimentary canal were in-spected in order to isolate a...