Palmitoylation plays an important role in the regulation of the localization and function of the modified protein. Although many aspects of protein palmitoylation have been identified in mammalian and yeast cells, little information is available of this modification in protozoan parasites. Protein palmitoylation has been described for a few set of proteins in E.tenella, P. falciparum, T. gondii...

Information concerning parasites of the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in North America is relatively sparse. Since the bald eagle in parts of the United States is an endangered species, collection of eagles for parasito!ogical study is difficult. There have been several singular reports of parasites found in oron bald eagles in the literature. However, Kocan and Locke (1974, J. Wild!. I...

Background Intestinal parasites are a major source of health problems in developing countries, where socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental conditions contribute in maintaining the biological cycles of various parasites and facilitating their spread. The objective of this study, conducted in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, was to investigate the occurrence of intestinal parasites...

Eleanor C Saunders, David P De Souza, James I MacRae, Vladimir A Likic’ & Malcolm J McConville 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3010 2 Metabolomics Australia, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Pa...

abstract objective: diabetes is now known as one of the chronic diseases that besides body have negative effects on the psychological status of patients and it is one of the predisposition diseases which can lead to opportunistic infection like pathogens parasites. the aim of present study was frequency distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in diabetic patients – in yazd. materials an...

Urban slums are well known for their high infant mortality and morbidity rates, and parasitic infections seem to be a common problem among these children. Where as in pregnant women, intestinal parasitic infections (IPI), especially due to helminths, increase anaemia in pregnant women. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of IPI in the school going children and pregnant w...

background although the number of infectious diseases has sharply decreased in last few decades, parasitic diseases persist in developing countries. on the other hand, chronic psychiatric patients tend to have low self-control, poor personal hygiene, long term institutionalization and extremely low self-care should be monitored for parasitic diseases since psychosocial conditions can contribute...

During the excavations of the XIX century Meadowlark cemetery (Manhattan, Kansas, US), samples of sediments were taken from around five skeletons, and analyzed to detect intestinal parasites. No helminth eggs were found, but immunological ELISA tests for Entamoeba histolytica were positive in three samples. The immunological techniques have been successfully used in paleoparasitology to detect ...