To cite: Swain R, Behera C, Mridha AR, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015209839 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old man suddenly lost consciousness at home and was immediately brought to the emergency department where he was declared dead. The deceased was suffering from schizophrenia and had reported upper abdominal pain for past few months. His si...

Aim . To study the possibility of using cryptolemus in an integrated system for combating Australian grooved worm conditions southern coast Crimea. Material and Methods The population Icerya purchasi Mackall on plants was determined during regular surveys agrobiocenoses by counting number pest individuals per unit area. biological effectiveness from unique scientific installation «State collect...

background: achillea talagonica (asteraceae) is an endemic herbaceous plant in iran with small yellow flowers and several times pinnately divided leaves in worm shape. the plant was found to be cytotoxic in our previous studies.   materials and methods: a. talagonica was collected in may 2005 from talegan in north of iran during the full flowering stage. dried aerial parts of the plant were red...

Abstract Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a normal inhabitant of healthy skin and also an emerging cause nosocomial infections in the immunocompromised. S. often lead to bacteremia, septicemia, peritonitis, endocarditis various other outcomes. The goal this project was establish invertebrate infection model for studying innate immune response using wax moth larva (Galleria mellonella). We have fo...

Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) infection is still a health problem in Indonesia. This caused by intestinal nematodes which its transmission require soil media. Vegetables can be medium of STH. STH occurs when the contaminated with worm eggs and stick to vegetables. In addition, contamination occur traditional markets poor sanitation such as humid rooms, floors lots puddles, muddy water, impro...

The present study was performed to report 15 anisakiasis cases in Korea and to review the Korean cases reported in the literature. Total 32 Anisakis type I larvae were detected in the stomach of 15 patients by the endoscopy. Single worm was detected from 12 cases, and even 9 larvae were found from 2 cases. Epigastric pain was most commonly manifested in almost all cases, and hemoptysis and hema...

In controlled experiments in an insect-free stable, cattle became infected with Parafilaria bovicola when Musca lusoria, infected with the larvae of this worm, were allowed to feed on a fresh skin incision, and when infective larvae were placed on fresh skin incisions, injected subcutaneously or into the jugular vein, or instilled into the eyes. The sites of blood spots caused by ovipositing P....

Lepidopteran larvae are the most injurious pests of Chinese cabbage production. We attempted the development of transgenic Chinese cabbage expressing the potato proteinase inhibitor II gene (pinII) and bioassayed the pest-repelling ability of these transgenic plants. Cotyledons with petioles from aseptic seedlings were used as explants for Agrobacterium-mediated in vitro transformation. Agrobac...

Experimental infection of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) with the monogenean Discocotyle sagittata (Leuckart, 1842) allowed comparison between trickle and single exposure, two infection modes demonstrated to occur in the wild. Both types of infection resulted in mean larval attachment success around 50%, which was significantly dependent on dose of infective larvae used (P < 0.0001...

The nervous system of flatworms is quite simple although there is increasing evidence indicating that it is chemically complex. Studies of the nervous system in these animals have only been performed in the larval stage or in the adult worms, which are easy to obtain in nature, while the description of the nervous system in developing stages of these organisms is missing. Mesocestoides corti is...