A parasitological survey in northern Lao PDR showed a remote ethnic minority village to be hyper-endemic for Taenia solium, a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) that impacts human and pig health. An intervention combining human Mass Drug Administration (MDA) with porcine vaccination and antihelmintic treatment was then implemented, targeting both T. solium and other soil-transmitted helminths. To...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Open surgery has been the mainstay treatment for liver hydatidosis in the past. Today, for treatment of simple and uncomplicated cysts, we have a variety of choices: antihelmintic therapy, the PAIR (puncture, aspiration, injection, and respiration) technique, and the laparoscopic approach. We reviewed our series of 267 cases of hepatic hydatidosis submitted to surgery ...

INTRODUCTION Numerous studies suggest that levamisole, an antihelmintic agent with an immunomodulatory effect, reduces the number of relapses in children with frequently relapsing and steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (FRNS/SDNS). The aim of the study was to present a single center's experience in treatment of FRNS and SDNS with levamisole. MATERIAL AND METHODS Among 72 children with FRNS/...

Fractions obtained from partitioning of aerial methanolic extract of Euphorbia Aellenii with chloroform (E2), ethyl acetate (E3), n-butanol (E4) and water (E5) were investigated in vitro for their phytotoxicity, insecticidal, anti-leishmanial, cytotoxicity, antibacterial and antifungal activities. Sample E2 appeared to have significant phytotoxic activity. In the insecticidal screening study o...

studies on the biting behavior of the more common species of anophelines were carried out in ghasreghand, chabahar (sistan & baluchistan province) from may 1990 to march 1991, in which outdoor human and animal (cattle) biting collections were made between 18.00 hr and 5.00 hr in a total of 13 rounds. in addition, blood smears from anophelines captured in pyrethrum space-spray catches of human a...

BACKGROUND Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the parasitic worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or B. timori, which are transmitted via the bites from infected mosquitoes. Once in the human body, the parasites develop into adult worms in the lymphatic vessels, causing severe damage and swelling of the affected tissues. According to the World Health Organization, over 1.2 billion people in ...

the plants of the genus salvia synthesize several types of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and radical scavenging activities and are used in the folk medicine of different countries. eleven salvia species including s. aegyptiaca, s. aethiopis, s. atropatana, s. eremophila, s. hypoleuca, s. limbata, s. nemorosa, s. santolinifolia, s. sclarea, s. syriaca, and s. xanthocheila ...

the subject handled in this study is the determination of antioxidant activities of extracts obtained from the urginea maritima (l.) baker plant’s leaves and tubers. extractions which were obtained using various solvents as methanol, ethanol, acetone and benzine. the antioxidant activity of the extracts was determined using β-karotene-linoleic acid system. moreover, the free radical scavenging ...

lemon verbena (lippia citriodora) belongs tothe verbenaceae (shahpasand) family.l.citriodora is chemical  composition of the leaves plant have antimicrobial properties, refrigerant,anti-headaches one-sided, anti- pains nerve and housing, carminative, helping to digestion, relaxation, dizziness, colds therapy,  memory booster and etc.  in this study, phenolic compounds of l.citriodoraleaves were...

background & aim: the purpose of present study was to examine and validate the folk's claim of inhalation of monechma ciliatum seeds powder by traditional african natives for cold and allergic conditions, so as to formulate a useful therapeutic agent to respiratory tract infections. experimental: different extracts were bio-assayed in vitro for their bioactivity to inhibit the growth of pat...