Parasitic disease is still important subject in the field of infectious diseases in Korea considering it's number and morbidity. Recently there was conspicuous reduction of parasitic disease in terms of soil-transmitted nematodiasis, but parasitism affecting organs other than intestinal tract is still a considerable problem. This survey covers the parasitic diseases cross-sectioned at a patholo...

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by flatworms that live in snail-infested fresh water. It is endemic to 74 countries and affects some 200 million people worldwide, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths annually [1]. Schistosomiasis can affect the gastrointestinal tract and liver (S. mansoni and S. japonicum species), resulting in diarrhoeal disease and hepatic fibrosis, or the urinar...

Food-borne parasitic zoonoses have a major impact on the health and economy in developing countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. Complex socio-economic and socio-cultural factors impact on the maintenance of parasitic zoonoses. In addition to human disease, some of these parasites are responsible for economic loss to livestock production. Throughout India, problems of food-borne parasitic zo...

Even in this era of newly emerging deadly diseases malaria remains the most serious parasitic disease worldwide especially in the tropical and sub tropical countries. It is a serious, some time fatal, parasitic disease posing a major public health problem in India .The earliest symptoms of malaria are very non-specific and variable which poses International Journal of Pharma Research and Health...

background: demodicosis in humans was caused by two species of demodex called folliculorum and brevis. the disease is seen in male and female. although, there is no clinical symptoms in individuals with normal immunity system, but in many cases, dermatitis, rough, dry and scaly skin rosacea, particularly asymmetrical papulopustular or granulomatous variants and in some cases, perioral dermatiti...

hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by echinococcus granulosus (larval form) in humans with lesions most frequently encountered in the liver and lungs. it can rarely involve extra-hepatic organs. it is endemic in some regions of iran. the omental hydatid cyst is a very rare manifestation of the disease. this report presents the interesting case of a very large omental hydatid cyst.

parasitic colitis, especially entamoeba histolytica, is a well-known disorder in the middle east particularly in iran. the carrier state of the disease or the chronic type frequently remains undiagnosed or mistaken as irritable bowel syndrome which results in further discomfort and increases the incidence of associated complain. we devised a technique by inserting bisacodyl suppository and then...