Relevance. In the instructions for use of vaccines dogs, there is a clause prescribing mandatory anthelmintic treatment animal before vaccination. This really correct indication, since it well known that helminthiasis affects animal’s body, disrupting many metabolic processes and causing number pathological changes in body. Helminthic infestations affect level immunity by changing immunoglobuli...

background: parasitic diseases are among the most important problems of many countries in the world, especially developing ones. since various parts of iran have different types of weather, jobs and people, different and separate epidemiological studies for each province will be necessary. we have scarce information on the epidemiology of intestinal parasites in tribal regions of khuzestan prov...

Of 6874 faecal Samples from 3 hospitals in Hazara Division 12.9% were found to have helminthic infestation. This incidence was lower than othereDivisions (40.6%) of N.W.F.P. Anky lostoma infestation is also less frequent in Abbottabad (1.2%) than in Haripur (7%) and Mansehra (6%). (JPMA 36:11,1986).

AbstractObjectives Chronic infections by enteric parasites including protist and helminthic species produce long-term sequelae on the health status of infected children. This study assesses potential associations linked with parasite in symptomatic asymptomatic children Zambézia province, Mozambique. Methods In this prospective cross-sectional study, stool samples epi...

BACKGROUND Since 1984, several waves of Ethiopian immigrants have settled in Israel. On arrival they were found to be highly infected with intestinal parasites and to have increased serum immunoglobulin E and eosinophilia. OBJECTIVES To study serum IgE levels in Ethiopian children growing up in the environment of Israel. METHODS We assessed four groups of children of Ethiopian origin: a) ad...

While diseases caused by nematodes remains a considerable drawback for the livestock, agriculture and public health, anthelmintics drug resistance has been observed over the past years and is a major concern for parasite control. Ivermectin, initially considered as a highly potent drug, currently presents a reduced anti-helminthic efficacy, which is influenced by expression of several ATP-bindi...

The current treatment of schistosomiasis is based on the anti-helminthic drug praziquantel (PZQ). PZQ affects only the adult stages of schistosomes. In addition, resistance to PZQ is emerging. We suggest a drug, which could serve as a potential alternative or complement to PZQ, and as a means of treating infections at earlier, pre-granuloma stage. Derivatives of the peroxidic antimalarial drug ...