Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a lethal parasitic disease. In Gansu Province of China, all AE cases reported in literature were from Zhang and Min Counties, the southern part of the province. Here, we report the discovery of nine AE cases and one cystic echinococcosis (CE) case from Nanfeng Town of Minle County, in the middle of Hexi Corridor in west Gansu Province. The diagnosis of these case...

Basing on morphology and mtDNA COI sequence data concluded: Evergesris kopetdagensis Kuznetzov, 1958 = E. pazukii Alipanah, 2018, syn. n. Distribution of seemed to be quite wide covers the area from Van Province in Turkey Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan; it is possible that this species occurs also eastwards Province, West Afghanistan Uzbekistan.

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, has medical and economic importance in the world. Molecular approaches comparing traditional methods using for identification and characterization of Fasciola spp. are precise and reliable. The aims of current study were molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and then comparative analys...

Four to 10 Dorper sheep on each of 12 farms in the Cape Province and 3 farms in the Orange Free State were examined for adult ixodid ticks at approximately 2- to 4-weekly intervals over periods varying from 4 to 18 months, commencing during January, February or April 1989. The farms in the Cape Province were located in the north-west, south-west and south of the province. Those in the Orange Fr...

background although infection with helicobacter pylori is a global health problem, its prevalence is different among countries. serologic tests for the diagnosis of h. pylori infection are limited by low accuracy rates and lack of validation. recent studies indicate that the stool antigen test has an acceptable level of accuracy. objectives our objective was to investigate the prevalence of h. ...