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...

The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, most important parasitic infection in Latin America. only treatments currently available are nitro-derivative drugs that characterised by high toxicity and limited efficacy. Therefore, there an urgent need for more effective, less toxic therapeutic agents. We have previously identified potential Mannich base deri...

Parasitic infections are a major global health burden. The impact of debilitating diseases caused by parasites is greatest among those who struggle to meet their daily basic needs and access basic health care services in low-income countries. However, persons who have or are at risk for parasitic infections are present in every income and social strata, and residents of the United States and ot...

A clinical case of one the most common parasitic diseases in Russian Federation, opisthorchiasis, is presented. Today, opisthorchiasis and its associated complications are an urgent problem medicine. Parasitic invasions fourth place terms damage to public health. There no specific picture, predominance latent forms makes it difficult diagnose opisthorchiasis. Particular attention paid issue com...

BACKGROUND Intestinal parasitic infections are endemic worldwide and have been described as constituting the greatest single worldwide cause of illness and disease. Poverty, illiteracy, poor hygiene, lack of access to potable water and hot and humid tropical climate are the factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections. The study aimed to estimate prevalence and identify factors assoc...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infection that has spread to non-endemic regions, stimulating recent interest for the enhanced understanding of this disease. Downregulation of the CD1a receptor on Langerhans cells has been described in various cutaneous infections. OBJECTIVE In this study, the immune response across different Ridley patterns and parasitic indices is outlined in a cas...

Millions of people die from the parasitic disease malaria each year. This illness is difficult to diagnose in a clinical environment and arises when red blood cells are harmed. Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasites, which main global cause mortality morbidity. Both their hosts, vertebrates, carriers, mosquitoes, these parasites have complicated life cycle.