Efficacy of olibanum and propolis medicinal extracts versus metronidazole in Giardia lamblia experimentally infected mice

ZINC DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN INFECTED WITH GIARDIA LAMBLIA

Giardia, a protozoan parasite, resides in the small intestine in man. This parasite damages the mucosal intestinal surface and in severe cases produces malabsorption and it may also affect mineral absorption, especially zinc. In this study a total of 118 infested and 43 non-infested persons as a control group were selected. From each patient a 5 ml blood sample was obtained. The serum was ...

IMPACT OF IMMUNE SUPPRESSION ON HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MICE EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED WITH GIARDIA LAMBLIA By HOWAIDA

Giardiasis is one of the most frequent entero-parasites worldwide; its prevalence is more common in developing countries. Giardia lamblia is considered one of the opportunistic parasites and its clinical manifestations represent the expression of host resistance and parasite virulence. As of chronic giardiasis cases were expected to worsen in immunosuppressed patients with development of variou...

Giardia lamblia infections in adult mice.

An adult mouse-Giardia lamblia model was developed and used to study host-parasite interactions, including antigenic variation. The H7/1 clone of isolate GS infected mice consistently and produced infections in 14 mouse strains tested. Infection patterns were mouse strain and Giardia isolate dependent. Antigenic variation occurred in immunocompetent mice but not in mice with severe combined imm...

Giardia Lamblia.

Kinetics of lymphocyte subpopulation in intestinal mucosa of protein deficient Giardia lamblia infected mice.

Kinetics of gut lymphocyte subpopulations were studied in normal and malnourished groups of mice infected with Giardia lamblia. The maximum parasite load was observed at second, third, and first week of postinfection in normal controls, moderate (8%) and severe (3%) protein deficient groups respectively. The number of G lamblia trophozoite in 3% protein deficient group was low compared with con...