hydatidosis is a parasitic disease in all over the world which is caused by a cestode (tape worm). liver, lung, and brain are the most common involved organs and involvement of muscles and bones is unusual. we report a 32years old man who had low back and radicular leg pain. he had a paravertebral mass with involvement of spinal column. this patient was operated with differential diagnosis of t...

leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic disease in iran. this paper reports the case of a 5-yr-old boy who presented with multiple isolated cervical lymphadenopathy for several months with no history of fever and no signs or symptoms. in an excisional lymph node biopsy, leishmania parasites were histologically detected. thus, leishmaniasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of isola...

A study was made on the prevalence of some parasitic infections appearing in domestic rabbits obtained from individual breeders in Serbia in order to improve the agricultural production of these animals. Aside from economic reasons (meat production and reproduction) rabbits are bred for the research purposes, and races are kept as household pets. For these reasons, among others, it is imp...

Background: In the developing world, intestinal parasitic infection plays a significant role in high morbidity and mortality among the general population. In a developing country like Nepal, burden of parasitic infection appears in all ages mainly due to factors like lack of education, low socio-economic status, poor sanitation, consumption of unhealthy food and water. The burden and impact is ...

background: continus evaluation of the prevalent of infectious disease prevalence is one of the important needs for the health and treatment programs in the country. this article aimed to evaluate the latest studies on intestinal parasitic infections in kermanshah district  and find out trend of such infections in this area during past years and decades. methods: internet search engines (pubmed...

Chagas disease causes the highest burden of any parasitic disease in the Western hemisphere. By applying published seroprevalence figures to immigrant populations, we estimate that 300,167 individuals with Trypanosoma cruzi infection live in the United States, with 30,000-45,000 cardiomyopathy cases and 63-315 congenital infections annually. T. cruzi causes a substantial disease burden in the U...

visceral leishmaniasis is a deadly parasitic disease that is transmitted via the bite of a female sand fly, phlebotomus argentipes. the highest burden of this disease is in northern india. in 2005, india embarked on an initiative with ne­pal, bangladesh, and the world health organization to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis by 2015. with the goal of 1 case in 10,000 people still unmet, it is pru...

conclusions capillaria hepatica should be considered in differential diagnoses in any child with fever, hepatomegaly, eosinophilia and hyperglobulinemia. case presentation the current paper reports a case of capillaria hepatica infection in a four-year-old boy which presented with fever, hepatomegaly, peripheral eosinophilia, and noticeable weight loss. the diagnosis was made on the histologica...

a checklist of iranian cryptinae (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae) for all species recorded of iran is given. the list is based on detailed studies of all available published data and some new collected samples. until now 123 species in 42 genera belonging to 3 tribes of this subfamily have been known from iran. cryptinae is the most species-rich subfamilies of ichneumonidae, and has a worldwide dis...