Wucherria bancrofti (Wb) is the main causative agent of Filariasis. Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is a disabling, disfiguring, and a poverty promoting disease which is caused by the parasitic filarial nematode worms. The identification of essential nematode genes has shown that independent phosphoglycerate mutase (iPGM) is an excellent drug target against parasitic nematodes. In this current study,...

Parasitic diseases are widespread, currently affecting about 3 x 109 people and innumerable domestic animals.0 Nematodes (round worms) are a group of most important parasitic organisms. Many attempts have been made to find potent nematocidal substances, however, only a few antibiotics are available in practice.^ Recently, avermectins, which have a potent nematocidal activity and are used in the...

Sparganosis is a parasitic infection caused by the sparganum, the plercercoid of the genus Spirometra. The preoperative diagnosis of breast sparganosis is difficult in most cases because it is a rare parasitic infection less than 2% of all cases. We report a 62-year-old woman case of breast sparganosis that were confirmed by surgical removal of worms from the right breast. The radiologic images...

Parasitism means a temporary or permanent reciprocal association between two species, where one species depends upon another for its existence. The most important parasitic diseases involving the genitourinary system in humans are helminthic, where schistosomiasis is the commonest followed by hydatid disease (HD) and filariasis [1]. HD is a parasitic infestation, caused by tape worms of the gen...

Strongyloidiasis is a common parasitic disease in tropical regions of the world. Infection with Strongyloides stercoralis usually remains asymptomatic with peripheral eosinophilia and uncontrolled growth. Consequently, immunocompromised individuals are at a higher risk of complications of this disease. We present a case of an immunocompetent patient whose complaint of acute abdominal pain was f...

The aim of the present study is to report morphological data from parasitic female, rhabditoid and filarioid larvae, free-living female worms and eggs of Strongyloides ophidiae (Nematoda, Strongyloididae). In addition, a molecular DNA analysis was carried out using a pool of eight S. ophidiae parasitic females. Samples were obtained from the small intestine of Oxyrhopus guibei (Serpentes, Colub...

Visceral pentastomiasis in humans is caused by the larval stages (nymphs) of the arthropod-related tongue worms Linguatula serrata, Armillifer armillatus, A. moniliformis, A. grandis, and Porocephalus crotali. The majority of cases has been reported from Africa, Malaysia, and the Middle East, where visceral pentastomiasis may be an incidental finding in autopsies, and less often from China and ...