OBJECTIVE To assess muscoid dipterae species who are able to carry helminth eggs and larvae and to evaluate the potential contamination of trapped dipterae. METHODS The study was conducted in two different sites of the Zoological Garden of Rio de Janeiro from May 1996 to April 1998. Flies were captured weekly using traps containing putrefied fish, left out in the open for an hour at two sites...

BACKGROUND The impact of intestinal helminth infection on the clinical presentation and immune response during active tuberculosis (TB) infection is not well characterized. Our aim was to investigate whether asymptomatic intestinal helminth infection alters the clinical signs and symptoms as well as the cell mediated immune responses in patients with active TB. METHODOLOGY Consecutive, newly ...

Patterns in helminth community structure can suggest that various processes are acting to shape parasite communities into organised, nonrandom assemblages of species. It is not clear, however, whether a pattern observed in one host population at one time would be observed again at another time, or at the same time in a different but comparable host population. Here, we test the repeatability of...

Parasitic helminth infections can be associated with lifelong morbidity such as immune-mediated organ failure. A better understanding of the host immune response to helminths could provide new avenues to promote parasite clearance and/or alleviate infection-associated morbidity. Murine resistin-like molecules (RELM) exhibit pleiotropic functions following helminth infection including modulating...

background: to find out different species of helminthes and blood/tissue pro-tozoan parasites of stray dogs and their potential role for transmission of zoonotic species to human in mashhad, khorasan razavi province, northeast iran, during 2008-2009. methods: totally, 100 stray dogs were selected among mashhad municipal collec-tion from different sites of the city. internal organs were examined...

Lingkungan lahan basah erat kaitanya dengan sanitasi lingkungan. Penyakit malaria, demam kuning, berdarah, filariasis, encephalitia, dan infeksi Soil Transmitted Helminth dapat terjadi di lingkungan basah. Infeksi soil transmitted helminth merupakan penyakit terkait dimana 24% dari populasi penduduk dunia terinfeksi. Prevalensi Indonesia berada rentang 2,5%-62% terutama pada golongan kurang mam...

Toxocariasis is a zoonotic helminth infection secondary to the infestation of humans by larvae Toxocara sp. These are nematodes

Studies on the factors determining parasite richness in hosts are typically performed using data compiled for various sets of species from disparate habitats. However, parasite transmission is embedded within local trophic networks, and proper comparisons among host species of the drivers of parasite richness should ideally be conducted among hosts belonging to the same local network. Here, we ...