The objective of the study was to test for helminthes in sandboxes in day care centers in the city of Uberlândia, Southeastern Brazil in 2005. Fourteen private and 14 public day care centers with playgrounds were selected. One collection was carried out during the dry season (June and August), and the second one was in the rainy season (September and November). Samples were tested using Willis ...

This cross sectional study aims at determining the effect of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitism on haematological and biochemical parameters in goat. From Jaipur District of Rajasthan, 39 goats of either sex were screened by Direct Smear Method and simple floatation technique for the presence of helminthes eggs in their faeces. The goat found positive for eggs of helminthes eggs were again subjec...

Result obtained during ten years research work (1990-2000) on distribution of monogenean fauna Iranian fishes indicates that its composition of monogenean fauna of Iranian fishes depends on their habit and since Iran includes three different zoogeographical zones with highly endemic fish hosts, its monogenean parasites have specific composition. The Caspian fauna is characterized by relatively ...

Helminthic infections are now being recognized as the cause of much chronic ill health and sluggishness among the tropical people. More than half of the world populations suffers from worm infections of one type or the other. Traditional system of medicine reports the efficacy of chenopodiul oil, Embelia ribes (Via-Varang), Trachyspermum ammi Ajwain and Biper betle (Pan) oils etc. for eliminati...

Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases represent a significant health burden, especially in affluent societies and that no cure exists for majority of these diseases. Medication can slow the disease's progression, but many of the drugs on the market have unpleasant side effects. Current research on parasitic worms (helminthes) has demonstrated a great potential for whole worms, their eggs or thei...

alter a definition of the condition of larva migrants and a description of the types of helminthes which cause this affection in man a brief account of the pathology and clinical manifestations of both visceral and coetaneous larva migrants is given. studies undertaken in iran have revealed the presence of most of 1ihe animal helminthes which cause coetaneous larva migrants of the parasites whi...

aim : the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections (sths) infection and other intestinal parasites in patients with gastrointestinal (gi) symptoms in tehran province, iran. background : the world health organization (who) suggests that many people in the world are chronically affected by sths and intestinal parasites. furthermore infection is clo...

A species of sea anemone found in shallow water areas of southern Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, but never before reported from Hawaii, is described. It is identified as Actiniogeton sesere, previously recorded and described from the Torres Straits (Haddon and Shackleton 1893). HAWAII'S COELENTERATE FAUNA is poorly known and is in need of serious study. As I have discussed elsewhere (Dunn 1974), the single...

gastrointestinal helminthes in domestic dogs in shiraz and the effect of age, sex, anthihelminth drugs, use of dog (pet or guard) and food on the infection rate were studied in 105 fecal samples.samples were collected directly from the rectum and examined by floatation method. data was analyzed by chi square test and fisher's exact test. no significant differences were found in male and fe...