A study was conducted for the detection of Balantidium coli and to determine the comparative efficacy of ampicillin, secnidazole and neem seeds (Melia Azadarch linn) against balantidiosis in buffaloes around Lahore. A total of two hundred buffaloes were examined coprologically. Of those, 40 were found positive (20%), twenty-four buffaloes having balantidiosis were selected for chemotherapeutic ...

By LAL MOHAN BANIK, Assistant Medical Officer, Teok Tea Estate, Assam A woman, aged 60 years, was admitted into hospital complaining of abdominal discomfort and passage of loose stools containing blood and mucus. The *tool on naked-eye examination was semi-formed, clay-coloured and contained blood and mucus. Under the low power of the microscope a, number (about 50 per field) of oval-shaped mob...

Monkeys are important experimental models for investigating human diseases. The aim of this study was to survey the alimentary tract parasites among imported vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) to Iran. Fecal samples were collected from 40 vervets imported from Tanzania to Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute of Iran. Fecal samples were assessed by direct smear and Telman sedimentation...

An epidemiologic study was conducted in San Cayetano, a village in the province of Corrientes, Argentina, fo determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitoses in children. Eighty-eight households were randomly selected. Stool samples were collected from 207 children (72% of the school-age populafion and 12% of fhe total village population) over a period of six consecutive days, and were subjec...