Backgrounds Many wild-caught reptiles harbor some kind of parasites. Captivity with negative effect of poor sanitary and husbandry management may lead to clinical disease. The increasing trend in keeping non-native reptile species in the last decade emerged a need for the specification of reptile parasites and their hosts. Objectives The study aims to gain data on intestinal parasites of repti...

Background: Parasitic diseases are one of the most common infections among school-aged children that have severe side effects such as anemia, delayed growth, and mental retardation. One of the ways to prevent the disease is personal hygiene, This study aimed to evaluate the fingernails parasitic infection in children before entering school. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectiona...

Diagnosis: Schistosomal colitis. The biopsy shows intact colonic mucosa with multiple schistosomal ova in the submucosa, some of which are surrounded by granulomatous inflammation [Figures 1 and 2]. Repeated stool testing revealed parasite ova with a lateral spine that are consistent with Schistosoma mansoni. The patient was treated with a 2-dose course of praziquantel at 20 mg/kg/dose with com...

Introduction: It is estimated that 100 - 300 million people in the world are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis. Although there are several laboratory diagnostic methods for detection of this parasite, there is still no gold standard diagnostic method. The need for an application test with high sensitivity and specificity is highly felt, especially in people with immune deficiency or organ...

Introduction: Blastocystis sp. is a unicellular obligate anaerobic protozoa found in the human intestinal tract. Its role health widely discussed because of high proportion asymptomatic carriers. In sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence disease underestimated. This study was performed to describe epidemiological, clinical, and parasitological aspects infection patients attending Fann University Hospit...

Introduction: Parasitic diseases and infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing countries all over the world. Gaining data about parasitic infection is necessary to contrive suitable control programs and strategies to prevention and that is main aim of this study. This study evaluated frequency of intestinal parasites in Milad hospital, Tehran, Iran. Met...

Background: Giardia lamblia is the most frequent human intestinal protozoan worldwide. Diagnosis of G. lamblia by microscopic examination of stool is common, but ELISA & IFA methods have been used in research and epidemiological studies recently. To produce polyclonal antibodies for designing ELISA & IFA kites molecular and genomic studies (PCR and parasitic culture) as well as other epidemiolo...