In the eastern Tibetan plateau both human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by infection with Echincoccus granulosus or Echinococcus multilocularis, respectively are highly endemic. The domestic dog plays a key role in zoonotic transmission in this region. Our primary objective was to investigate the role of domestic dogs in maintaining transmission of E. multilocularis in Shiqu co...

The current study on Gastrointestinal (GI) Parasitism in stray dogs was carried out for a period of one year in Srinagar city of Kashmir Valley. A total of 150 copro samples were examined by standard sedimentation and  oatation techniques.

Urinary volume was related to urinary concentrations of lead, delta-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA), coproporphyrin (COPRO), creatinine, and total solutes in nine lead workers. On a log scale, linear relationships were found between urinary volume and the urinary concentrations. There was a certain difference in the extent of the effects of urinary volume on the urinary concentrations. For example, ...

background: despite echinococcus granulosus , there are merely two old reports of e. multilocularis in-fection among iranian canids of moghan plain, the only area known endemic for the species. we detected specific dna markers in fecal samples by pcr (copro-pcr) for differential diagnosis of echinococcus species in living canids. methods: totally 144 fecal samples from domestic dogs, red foxes ...

Abstract This study represents the first evidence of mercury contamination in family Scarabaeidae, with a close focus on Coprophanaeus lancifer , largest copro‐necrophagous beetle South America. work shows repartition total (THg) insect body and lays groundwork for additional future studies. Spanish is available online material.

background: strongyloidiasis is mostly an asymptomatic infection and diagnosis of latent infec­tions is difficult due to limitations of current parasitological and serological methods. this study was conducted to set up a pcr-based method for molecular diagnosis of strongyloides stercor­alis infection by detection of copro-dna in stool samples. methods: a total of 782 fresh stool samples were c...

BACKGROUND Urinary metabolite measurements are often normalized to levels of the ubiquitous metabolite creatinine (CRT) to take account of variations in fluid export. Following CRT normalization, excesses of porphyrins and isoprostanes have been reported in the urines of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. It was suggested (Whiteley et al., 2006, Pediatr. Int. 2006; 48: 292-297) that ur...