Clinical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine

Regulation of ERG3, ERG6, and ERG11 Genes in Antifungal-Resistant isolates of Candida parapsilosis

Background: Candida parapsilosis is one of the five common strains of yeasts involved in invasive candidiasis. The expression analysis of sterol biosynthesis pathway genes, which are associated with resistance, can assist the better understanding of antifungal resistance mechanisms. Methods: The antifungal susceptibility of 120 clinical C. parapsilosis isolates was examined. The changes in the ...

Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis: current status and future applications.

Molecular Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis: Current Status and Future Applications Richard Reithinger* and Jean-Claude Dujardin Clinical Trials Area, Westat, Rockville, Maryland; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.; and Department of...

Microsatellite Genotyping of Candida parapsilosis Clinical Isolates

Background and Purpose: Candida parapsilosis is a predominant species found in nosocomial infection, particularly in hospitalized patients. The molecular epidemiology of the clinical strains of this species has not been well studied. The present study was performed with the aim of investigating the microsatellite genotyping of Candida parapsilosis among the Iranian clinical isolates. Materials...

Combating onchocerciasis in Africa after 2002: the place of vector control.

First case of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Laos

1 Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2 SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 3 Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 4 National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 5 Department of Tro...