The present study was aimed to investigate parasitic infection of an imported ornamental fish shubunkin, a variety of goldfish, Carassius auratus. The body weight and total length of fish ranged from 1.2-11.8 g and 3.311.6 cm respectively. Thirty fishes were examined, 19 fishes were found infected with one or more species of parasites. The prevalence was 63.33%. Five species of parasites belong...

Parasitic infection is one of the problems that affect human health, especially in developing countries. In this study, all of the fast food shops, restaurants, and roast meat outlets of Khorramabad (Western Iran) and all the staff employed by them, some 210 people, were selected through a census and their stools were examined for the presence of parasites. The parasitological tests of direct w...

Simultaneous infection by multiple parasite species (viruses, bacteria, helminths, protozoa or fungi) is commonplace. Most reports show co-infected humans to have worse health than those with single infections. However, we have little understanding of how co-infecting parasites interact within human hosts. We used data from over 300 published studies to construct a network that offers the first...

By definition, parasites harm their hosts. Yet substantial evidence from animal models of human disease support the hypothesis that infection with helminths can suppress the development of other maladies. Here, the view is presented that assessment of the immunophysiological response to helminths could identify that infection with specific parasites would be therapeutically useful (although man...

In Brazil, malaria is prevalent in the Amazon region and these regions coincide with high prevalence of intestinal parasites but few studies explore the interaction between malaria and other parasites. Therefore, the present study evaluates changes in cytokine, chemokine, C-reactive protein, and nitric oxide (NO) concentrations in 264 individuals, comparing plasma from infected individuals with...

Intestinal parasites have become one of the most important health problems for public experts and decision-makers in many countries. In Zella city, prevalence intestinal was not studied before, therefore, current study conducted to identify city. The data this collected from records central laboratory city over period time, beginning 2015, till end 2019. A 839 samples were examined, 728 infecte...

This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in pigs which were being raised in intensive management systems. Faecal samples were collected from pigs of all age groups from three different piggery units. Samples were collected directly from the rectum for piglets and weaners and from the floor within 2 min - 5 min of excretion for sows ...

Purpose of review The current outlines recent discoveries on the infection erythroid cells by Plasmodium parasites, focusing molecular interactions governing tropism parasites for their host cell and implications this parasite biology maturation. Recent findings Although most studies about focused deadliest human malaria parasite, falciparum, erythrocyte, there is increasing evidence that sever...