Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a serious parasitic disease, causing high morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The pathogenesis of VL is complex, and the clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic infection to severe and fatal disease. Despite a wealth of research on the full-blown "clinical VL" syndrome, asymptomatic leishmania infections remain poorly understood. Asymptomatic i...

There are numerous anecdotal reports relating infection to deterioration in sporting performance. Unexplained failures by top sportsmen are often attributed to recent or current infections. We have carried out a prospective investigation to determine the effect of viral infections on the performance of a group of 68 elite track and field athletes. Athletes were monitored for evidence of viral i...

Communicable diseases surveillance is essential for directing policy development. In most regards, sexually transmissible diseases (STD) surveillance is no different to surveillance for other communicable diseases. There are nevertheless several aspects of STDs that have to be taken into consideration in designing and managing surveillance activities. These include particular confidentiality co...

BACKGROUND Although several studies suggest that genetic factors are associated with human UTI susceptibility, the role of DNA variation in regulating early in vivo urine inflammatory responses has not been fully examined. We examined whether candidate gene polymorphisms were associated with altered urine inflammatory profiles in asymptomatic women with or without bacteriuria. METHODOLOGY We ...

aeromonas hydrophila is a causative agent of a number of human infections. aeromonads have been isolated from patients with diarrhea. in spite of a number of virulence factors produced by aeromonas species, their association with diarrheal diseases has not been clearly linked. in current study, 1546 fecal samples of a randomly selected population were screened for presence of a. hydrophila. out...

background: the aim of this study was to identify the trichomonas vaginalis strains/haplotypes based on identifying their probable variations in asymptomatic patients referred to tabriz health centers, northwestern iran. methods: sampling was taken from 50-suspected women to t. vaginalis in northwestern iran. the obtained samples were smeared and cultured. fifty dna samples were extracted, ampl...