Fenbendazole (FBZ) is a common, highly efficacious broad-spectrum anthelmintic drug used to treat and limit rodent pinworm infections. However, the effect of its prophylactic use on the immune response of rodents is largely undefined. The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse is a model commonly used to study type 1 diabetes (T1D). Parasitic infections will inhibit diabetes development in NOD mice; th...

female, who was observed in a gastroenterology outpatient clinic with a history of abdominal pain and a positive fecal occult blood test. Physical examination was unremarkable. Colonoscopy was performed, and countless pinworms were identified (●" Fig. 1, 2). In the right colon they were observed as a cluster around some feces, resembling a bezoar (●" Fig. 3, 4, 5,●" Video 1). Enterobiasis is th...

Pinworm ova were discovered on lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi) fecal exams. Ova passthrough pseudoparasite pinworms originating from feeder roaches (Blaptica dubia). Roaches maintained as a colony and offered to tenrecs portion of their diet. Pinworms identified Leidynema appendiculata. This study aimed determine if these could be eliminated the roaches. randomly assigned into groups...

XO THE EDITOR OF THE "INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE." Sir,?During the last nine years of my professional career I have met with many cases of fistula-in-auo, and on enquiring into their history and progress have often found that the Oxvuris Yermicularis worms were the cause of the disease. Now as fistula-in-ano is a most distressing affection, and cannot be cured radically without the knife, which man...

Introduction: Enterobiasis is the most common parasitosis in world. The literature rarely presents publications on detection of pinworm eggs urine, especially chronic inflammatory processes urinary system. Materials & Methods: We analyzed over past 10 years this pathology. Results&Discussion: presented results show feasibility detecting enterobiosis by urinalysis, which can significantl...