giardia lamblia is one of the most important intestinal parasites. the aim of this study was to measure serum levels of iga, ige, zinc, copper, vitamin b12 and folate in individuals with giardiasis in comparison to normal subjects.the study was carried out among 49 giardia positive and 39 age and sex matched healthy volunteers. examination of stool samples was done by direct wet smear and formo...

background: pre-eclampsia along with its complications seems to be one of the major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. despite numerous studies, the etiology of pre-eclampsia has not yet been fully elucidated. according to recent studies changes in the level of blood trace elements can be an adverse event in human and animal pregnancy. the present study determines whether maternal seru...

To investigate the relationships of trace element concentrations vs hematopoiesis and iron parameters, we measured lead, copper, zinc, cadmium, and ferritin levels in 251 healthy adolescents. Concentrations of trace metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. There were no significant gender-related differences in serum copper or serum cadmium concentrations. However, blood l...

background and aims: giardia lamblia infection is a common cause of food and water-borne diarrhea in non-sanitary communities. infections are common in children, particularly in child-care centers, backpackers, travelers, and homosexuals. zinc is necessary for the immune system functions. zinc deficiency is associated with acute diarrhea. copper is essential for the production of red blood cell...

the effect of different levels of zinc and copper organic supplements on performance, plasma copper plus zinc status, serum alkaline phosphatase (alp), ceruloplasmin (cp) activity as well as vitamin ¬a concentration was studied in 25 mehraban male lambs each of 5-6 months of age and 30/64±3/47kg of live weight. the following five dietary treatments were used: 1) control (base diet with no addit...

The determination of serum copper is of value in a number of metabolic studies, particularly in the investigation of the anemia of chronic infection. Presented here, together with illustrative data, is a method for determining copper in serum, based on the direct extraction of copper carbamate from serum with isoamyl alcohol. Burch et aa. in their method for serum iron have demonstrated that su...

In 1928 Krebs reported that the concentration of copper in the serum was significantly raised in the terminal stages of pregnancy. Since that time this observation has been confirmed by a number of workers (Gorter, Grendel, and Weyers, 1931; Locke, Main, and Rosbash, 1932; Sachs, Levine, and Fabian, 1935; Nielsen, 1944), who have shown that at full term the serum copper level is approximately t...

Background: Intra uterine devices (IUDs) are among the most commonly used contraception methods around the world. The most common form of IUDs used in Iran, is IUD Copper T-380A. As recently there is great emphasis on the role of blood zinc levels on general health conditions, this study was performed to assess the effects of IUD T-380-A insertion on zinc and also copper serum levels. Materials...

A marked increase in the serum copper and caeruloplasmin levels in 25 female subjects taking oral contraceptives is noted. The correlation between the copper and caeruloplasmin concentrations, together with the finding of normal urine copper levels in 10 of the subjects, suggests that the increased serum copper is due to increased caeruloplasmin synthesis.