Only a few food-borne parasitic zoonoses have been reported in Indonesia. The most frequently observed food-borne parasitic diseases are: toxoplasmosis, taeniasis and cysticercosis. Little data are available on other parasitic zoonoses in Indonesia. Taeniasis has been reported in nine provinces. Toxoplasmosis in humans, with prevalence rates ranging from 1 to 60%, has been reported in 12 provin...

Parasitic exploitation occurs within and between a wide variety of taxa in a plethora of diverse contexts. Theoretical and empirical analyses indicate that parasitic exploitation can generate substantial genetic and phenotypic polymorphism within species. Under some circumstances, parasitic exploitation may also be an important factor causing reproductive isolation and promoting speciation. Her...

In this paper, hybrid modeling of Micro-strip antenna is presented. Broadband frequency of operation demonstrated by single geometry .for broadening the bandwidth and maximum directional gain (6.6dBi 8dBi) gap-coupled multi-resonator loaded on parasitic and active patch. The geometry of a single probe fed rectangular Micro-strip antenna incorporating a slot and gap coupled with parasitic and ac...

One of the most critical components in a step-up design like Figure 1 is the transformer. Transformers have parasitic components that can cause them to deviate from their ideal characteristics, and the parasitic capacitance associated with the secondary can cause large resonating current spikes on the leading edge of the switch current waveform. These spikes can cause the regulator to exhibit e...

Sir, The recent report on ‘Acute appendicitis and Schistosomiasis’ is very interesting.1 Figueiredo et al noted for ‘possibility of finding more patients with concurrent appendicitis and schistosomiasis’.1 In fact, the parasitic acute appendicitis is not an uncommon problem in the tropical world. According to the recent report by Jada et al, it was reported that ‘among 100 specimens, 48 faecoli...

Parasitic dinoflagellates have recently emerged as significant disease agents of commercially important crustaceans. For example, epizootics of Hematodinium have seriously affected certain crab and lobster fisheries. The parasitic dinoflagellates of crustaceans are, however, relatively unknown. Marine crustaceans are parasitized by two orders of dinoflagellates: the Blastodinida and the Syndini...

BACKGROUND/AIMS This study aimed to document the recent etiological spectrum of chronic diarrhea with malabsorption and also to compare features that differentiate tropical sprue from parasitic infections, the two most common etiologies of malabsorption in the tropics. METHODS We analyzed 203 consecutive patients with malabsorption. The etiological spectrum and factors that differentiated tro...

Parasitic nematodes infect hundreds of millions of people and farmed livestock. Further, plant parasitic nematodes result in major crop damage. The pipeline of therapeutic compounds is limited and parasite resistance to the existing anthelmintic compounds is a global threat. We have developed an INVertebrate Automated Phenotyping Platform (INVAPP) for high-throughput, plate-based chemical scree...

Introduction The term “parasitic infestation” is used to refer to those infections caused by protozoa, helminthes, and arthropods. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children. However, parasitic infestations have received relatively little attention compared with infections due to viral, bacterial, and fungal agents. Parasitic infestations are a worldwide problem i...

In this paper, automatic segmentation of parasitic speech sounds in speech corpora for text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis is presented. The automatic segmentation is, beside the automatic detection of the presence of such sounds in speech corpora, an important step in the precise localisation of parasitic sounds in speech corpora. The main goal of this study is to find out whether the segmentation ...