intestinal parasitic infections are still a major health problem in semi- developing countries. the aim of the present study was studying the frequency of intestinal parasites in patients referred to the central laboratory of great dezful hospital. this was a retrospective cross sectional study and the results were collected from the medical records central laboratory of great hospital in dezfu...

background: parasitic diseases are among the most important problems of many countries in the world, especially developing ones. since various parts of iran have different types of weather, jobs and people, different and separate epidemiological studies for each province will be necessary. we have scarce information on the epidemiology of intestinal parasites in tribal regions of khuzestan prov...

Introduction: Parasitic diseases could be one of the common problems of human society in any time in every place. The animals can passed this infection to human as zoonotic disease. Cats are one of the most important animals that living and eating long with human in society. Therefore feline parasitic zoonosis is threatened human health and cause death and serious disease. For the reason, the p...

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Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoa Entamoeba histolytica. It capable of causing spectrum illnesses from asymptomatic infection, to dysentery and invasive extra-intestinal conditions, most common which liver abscess. Here presented case 14-month old boy with Fever Unknown Origin, after work-up was diagnosed as amebic Although amebiasis more prevalent in developing countrie...

Background Protozoan parasitic diseases are endemic in many countries worldwide especially in developing countries, where infertility is a major burden. These infections can cause diminished or absent ability to conceive (infertility) due to impairment in male and female reproductive systems. MaterialsAndMethods Medline, PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar manuscripts were used to identify the most ...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological and microbiologic studies suggest that enteropathogenic microorganisms play a substantial role in the clinical initiation and relapses of inflammatory bowel disease. AIM To explore the prevalence of intestinal protozoa in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and its impact on clinical disease course. METHODS A total of 215 patients with definitive diagnosis of UC...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder in which abdominal pain is associated with a defect or a change in bowel habits. Subtle inflammation, especially after infectious enteritis, has been sometimes suspected as one mechanism of pathogenesis. This research was performed (1) to evaluate the prevalence of parasitic infections and (2) the possible association of IBS and para...