Leptin is a protein hormone controlling food intake and energy expenditure. In all infections including parasitic infections there is loss of appetite and anorexia. The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationship between intestinal parasites and serum leptin concentrations in children and adults. Forty patients with intestinal parasites and 34 healthy subjects took part in this stu...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors for and relationship among parasitic infections, growth retardation, and psychomotor developmental delays in children aged 6 years and below. METHODS This case-control study was performed in Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey between October and December 2007. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, anthropome...

Background: Intestinal parasitic infections are one of the commonest causes of morbidity in third world countries including, India. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of common intestinal parasitic infections in relation to demographic details of patients, attending a tertiary care hospital in Lucknow. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from 1 January ...

Intestinal parasites - helminths and protozoa - are cosmopolitan diseases which are most prevalent in tropical regions. Patients with diagnoses of autoimmune rheumatic diseases have, due to the underlying disease or its treatment, an increased risk of occurrence of severe manifestations of intestinal parasites. Although the prevalence of these parasitic infections is very high in our environmen...

background: intestinal parasitic infections are widespread in the general populations and entrobiasis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in the world. the aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between parasitic infection of enterobius vermicularis and the absorbing levels of vitamin b12 and the minerals such as copper, zinc, and magnesium. methods: nine hundred sixty ei...