Background: We wanted to investigate the relationship between intestinal parasitic infection and anaemic patients. Methods: stool samples were examined for Protozoa and Helminths infection by routine microscopy and blood samples were performed using the electronic cell counter Coulter. Results: Out of 592 samples 277(46.79%) were positive among them Entamoeba histolytica 80(28%), Ancylostoma du...

Stool examination by sedimentation method in 82 homeless individuals living in the streets of Rio de Janeiro City, revealed Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in 40 (48.85%), Trichuris trichiura in 27 (32.9%) and hookworm in 7 (8.5%).

Background: Trichuris trichiura or whipworm is a Platyhelminthes parasite infecting the human gastrointestinal tract. soil-transmitted helminth (STH). A tropical climate like Indonesia an ideal place for STH. Prevalence of STH still high in Indonesia, ranging from 2,5 – to 62 %. This lives colon, consuming blood, and nutrition its host as well usually manifests with eosinophilia incomplete bloo...

We present a human infection with the canine whipworm, Trichuris vulpis, in a child suffering from rhinitis with a diagnosis of rhinitis. T. vulpis eggs resemble those of T. trichiura but they can be differentiated based on their morphological features and egg size, using micrometry with an ocular micrometer. T. vulpis eggs measured an average of 90 µm by 44 µm (range 86-99 µm by 38-47 µm). Pre...

BACKGROUND Whipworms (Trichuris sp.) are a globally distributed genus of parasitic helminths that infect a diversity of mammalian hosts. Molecular methods have successfully resolved porcine whipworm, Trichuris suis, from primate whipworm, T. trichiura. However, it remains unclear whether T. trichiura is a multi-host parasite capable of infecting a wide taxonomic breadth of primate hosts or a co...

An estimated 1049 million persons harbour T. trichiura, including 114 million preschool-age children and 233 million school-age children. The prevalence of T. trichiura is high and may reach 95% in children in many parts of the world where protein energy malnutrition and anaemias are also prevalent and access to medical care and educational opportunities is often limited. The Trichuris dysenter...

BACKGROUND Infections with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura) are widespread and often occur concomitantly. These parasitic-worm infections are typically treated with albendazole or mebendazole, but both drugs show low efficacy against T. trichiura. Albendazole is the drug of choice against hookworm. METHODS In this double-blind trial conducte...

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