Since 1955, when sanitary conditions were poor, the incidence of intestinal parasitism has steadily decreased. Similarly, the number of requests for fecal examinations by physicians has also decreased. However, in our hospital, the incidence of parasites detected in fecal material has been increasing since 1994, regardless of the decreasing number of stool exams performed. Possible reasons for ...

Concentrations of total serum IgE in 90 parasitized children and 24 healthy control children between 7 and 11 years old were measured using enzyme immunoassay. Of 90 children, 46 were infected with Giardia lamblia, 26 with Enterobius vermicularis, and 18 with both of these parasites. The overall mean value of IgE in parasitized children was 170.17 ± 27.76 IU/ml, almost 24 of children had an IgE...

When the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal organs are fixed by a formol-vapour method the surface of these structures appears to be covered by a 'cellular layer' (considered by orthodox histologists to be formed by a debris of cells, mucus and food remnants). This upper structure can be followed from the corneal layer of the stratified tissue of the oesophageal cardia to its ending in th...

Andranthobius setirostris sp. nov. is the first species of Andranthobius Kuschel described from the Amazon. It is distinguished from other species within the genus by an anterior obtuse tubercle on the lateral margin of the pronotum, the rostrum of the males with a lateroventral row of tubercles and comb of setae, and a much larger body. Adult specimens were originally collected in flowers of t...

The present study was performed to assess the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection among preschool children in Xinxiang city, Henan province, China and the changes in the egg positive rate for E. vermicularis over a 10 year period. A total of 510 preschool children in 17 kindergartens were examined using the cellophane-tape perianal swab method in 2003, while 1734 preschool children ...

The epidemiological and clinical purview of parasite diseases is constantly evolving, mainly due to the changes in human behavior and our environment. The aim of this study was frequency analysis of certain parasite infections, risk factors and clinical symptoms in children and adolescents of north-eastern Poland. 120 children were tested due to the symptoms resembling parasite infection from D...

INTRODUCTION Acute appendicitis is the most frequently observed disease requiring emergency surgery. The role of parasites in its pathogenesis has long been discussed. The signs of the parasitic infestations can mimic the signs of acute appendicitis. Therefore, it can cause a negative laparotomy. AIM To evaluate the parasitic infestations of the appendix vermiformis whether increas the rate o...

Paleoparasitology is the science that uses parasitological techniques for diagnosing parasitic diseases in the past. Advances in molecular biology brought new insights into this field allowing the study of archaeological material. However, due to technical limitations a proper diagnosis and confirmation of the presence of parasites is not always possible, especially in scarce and degraded archa...