Background: In the developing world, intestinal parasitic infection plays a significant role in high morbidity and mortality among the general population. In a developing country like Nepal, burden of parasitic infection appears in all ages mainly due to factors like lack of education, low socio-economic status, poor sanitation, consumption of unhealthy food and water. The burden and impact is ...

The ability of animals to resist infections with parasites is genetically determined and therefore variable between individuals or breeds of a given host species. Such variation may involve innate (non-immunological) and acquired (immunologically mediated) resistance mechanisms, and is determined by both major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-linked and non-MHC genes. Resistance is inherited as...

BACKGROUND Enteric opportunistic parasitic infections are the major source of diarrheal disease in developing countries mainly in Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. OBJECTIVE The study was to detect enteric parasites causing diarrhea and their association with immune status in HIV-seropositive patients. METHODS The present study was conducted in Dirgh-Jeevan Health Care R...

INTRODUCTION Intestinal parasitic infection has been a significant problem in HIV patients, worldwide. In this study, we aimed to measure the prevalence and identify the factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection in people infected with HIV and attending National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu, Nepal, for CD4 T-cell count. METHODOLOGY An analytical cross-sectional study in ...

Intestinal parasitic infections associated with anaemia during pregnancy have direct negative impact on the health of expected mother and developing baby. In order to assess the association between anaemia and parasitic infection during pregnancy, a total of 200 stool samples from pregnant women on their first consultation to antenatal service in Koshi Zonal Hospital were collected from April t...

The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was studied by stool examination in institutionalized and non-institutionalized Thai people with mental handicaps. It was found that the prevalence of infection was much higher in institutionalized (57.6%) than in non-institutionalized people (7.5%). The common parasites found in institutionalized people were Trichuris trichiura (29.7%), Entamoeb...