Background: Infected with intestinal parasites is one of the most important health and economical problems, which could have different effects, such as diarrheal diseases or death associated. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia parasites in the vegetable marketed in Ilam city. Methods: This study was performed on 280 samples of fresh...

A number of household water treatment and safe storage technologies, such as chlorine disinfection, solar disinfection, and ceramic filtration, have been documented for their ability to reduce diarrheal disease and improve microbial water quality. The biosand filter (BSF) is a promising household water treatment technology in use by > 500,000 people globally. The purpose of this research was to...

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance and increase in side effects antibiotic therapy is actual problem pediatrics. Bacteriophages are one the most promising alternatives to antibiotics for clinical use. aim work was define effect phages administered per os children with diarrheal diseases. An open observation controlled trial performed. 52 aged from 3 15 years diseases bacterial etiology w...

A pilot study was planned and carried out in a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Honduras during November and December 1978 in an effort to reduce the incidence of severe dehydration among diarrheal patients arriving at the health center and to determine whether or not an auxiliary with limited training could correctly triage and supervise oral rehydration of children with diarrheal diseases. 71 refu...

BACKGROUND The general pattern of epidemiologic transition from communicable to noncommunicable diseases is also observed for gastrointestinal and liver diseases (GILD), which constitute a heterogeneous array of causes of death and disability. We aimed to describe the trend of GILD in Iran based on the global burden of disease (GBD2010) study from 1990 to 2010. METHODS The trend of number of de...

Carbohydrate intolerance has been shown to be common during and immediately following an episode of diarrhea, particularly in infancy and childhood. When these infants and children are maintained on diets with high concentrations of a specific carbohydrate or class of carbohydrates, the symptoms will continue and often increase in severity. On removal of the carbohydrate(s) from their diet for ...