Many protozoan parasites represent an important group of human pathogens. Pulsed Field Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis has been an important tool for fundamental genetic studies of parasites like Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Giardia or the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. We present PFGE conditions allowing a high resolution separation of chromosomes ranging from 500 to 40...

background in spite of promotion of people’s hygiene in the recent years, parasitic infection problems are present in many parts of the world especially in tropical and subtropical areas. water is one of the major sources for acquiring parasitic infections, especially protozoan parasites. objectives this study was conducted to evaluate the present parasitic agents in river, tap water and filtra...

The parasite fauna of 50 specimens of spiny eel obtained from two lakes, Zarivar (in Kurdistan province) and Parishan (in Fars province) and one river, Heleh (Booshehr province) were examined during the year 2003. A total of nine parasite species were found. Gills of spiny eel were infected with Ichthyophthirius multifiliis , Trichodina pediculus (protozoa) and Mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus...

Stool examination is a requirement of the screening program for Thai workers seeking overseas employment. We report on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among these workers; the stool examination results of 2,213 Thai workers who visited the Out-patients Department of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital between September 2000 and January 2001 were analysed. One hundred and ...