lastocystis is a widespread parasite which is highly prevalent in humans and many animal hosts in developing countries. It is transmitted mainly by a fecal-oral route. Blastocystis infections are more common in low-income communities, crowded conditions, and places with poor hygiene and sanitation. Currently, 13 or more subtypes (STs) have been identified in humans and animals based on characte...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to assess the repeatability of the Emed® ST2 system and identify the range of pressure values observed in the normal foot. METHODS Measurements were taken from twenty-three healthy subjects, 14 females and 9 males, on two occasions 7 days apart. Begin of contact (BC), end of contact (EC), contact time (CT), peak pressure (PP), instant of peak pressure (IPP),...

Despite the strong association between Cryptococcus neoformans infection and the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status of patients globally, most cryptococcosis cases in Far East Asia occur in non-HIV individuals. Molecular epidemiological studies, using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), have shown that more than 95% of cryptococcal strains belong to a specific subtype of VNI. However, thi...

Blastocystis sp. is a common zoonotic intestinal protozoa which has been classified into 17 subtypes (STs). A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis in villagers living on the Thai-Myanmar border, where the risk of parasitic infection is high. A total of 207 stool samples were collected and DNA was extracted. PCR and sequencing u...

Bartonella henselae is one of the most common zoonotic agents acquired from companion animals (cats) in industrialized countries. Nonetheless, although the prevalence of infections in cats is high, the number of human cases reported is relatively low. One hypothesis for this discrepancy is that B. henselae strains vary in their zoonotic potential. To test this hypothesis, we employed structured...

This paper presents the development of an operational wave forecast in South Atlantic Ocean. The system adopts WAVEWATCH-III model version 6.07 using ST4 physics and its implementation follows four steps: (1) assessment wind forecasts products (GFS/NOAA ICON/DWD); (2) investigation source-terms model; (3) sensitivity tests involving spectral spatial resolutions combined with analysis different ...

Blastocystis sp. is a common intestinal parasite worldwide that can cause infection in humans and animals. has high genetic diversity with 17 different subtypes (ST) identified to date. Since nine of these are both animals, it been proposed animals may have role the transmission human.
 The aim this study investigate epidemiological effect on human species by molecular methods for our coun...

This study evaluated the antimicrobial and desiccation resistance of Cronobacter sakazakii and Cronobacter malonaticus isolates from powdered infant formula and processing environments. The antimicrobial susceptibility tests showed that the 70 Cronobacter strains, representing 19 sequence types, were susceptible to the most of the antibiotics except for amoxicillin-clavulanate, ampicillin, and ...