Microsporidium arthuri n, sp., parasite of Pangasius sutchi (Pangasiidae, Siluroidea) in South-East Asia

Microsporidium arthuri n . sp . , parasite of Pangasius sutchi ( Pangasiidae , Siluroidea ) in South - East Asia

A microsporidian infection due to Microspolidiun~ arthun.n sp., has been observed in Pangasius sutchi from South-East Asia. The parasite forms uninucleate spores averaging 3.1 X 2 1 pm, variable in shape, mostly rounded pyriform but often curved. The exospore has a pattern of mosaic-like small fields. Developmental stages were not observed. In heavy infections, large parasite masses destroyed p...

Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology in East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia: A Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic immune-mediated diseases of the human central nervous system and an important cause of non-traumatic neurologic disability among young population in several countries. Recent reports from East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia have proposed a low to moderate prevalence of MS in these countries. METHODS A literature review...

Influenza in South-East Asia.

period through subclinical or mild infection occurring sporadically. In order to understand how the virus infection recurs in the temperate epidemic zone, a hypothesis has been presented by Fukumi3 that the virus may survive through infections occurring sporadically in the tropical virus-reservoir zone. Several virological and epidemiological studies have been published on influenza in Thailand...

Psychiatry in South-East Asia.

Monogeneans from Pangasiidae (Siluriformes) in Southeast Asia: X. six new species of Thaparocleidus Jain, 1952 (Ancylodiscoididae) from Pangasius micronema.

The examination of gill parasites from Pangasius micronemao Bleeker, 1847 (Siluriformes, Pangasiidae) in Southeast Asia revealed the presence of nine species of Monogenea. Two (Thoparocleidus brevicochleus Pariselle, Lim & Lambert, 2001 and T. sinespinoe Pariselle, Lim & Lambert, 2001) have been previously described. Among the others, six species, belonging to Thaporocleidus Jain, 1952 (Monogen...