The host-parasite system “Emys trinacris – Placobdella costata Haemogregarina stepanowi” is known for Sicily, but scarce information available to date about the distribution of two parasites on island. Therefore, an extensive sampling effort through visual census and collection analysis blood smears endemic Sicilian pond turtle E. was carried out in 46 water bodies scattered throughout mainland...

In the study conducted to determine prevalence of placental malaria burden in Anambra State, Nigeria, venous and placenta blood samples were collected from 254 pregnant women screened a cross-sectional hospital – based survey. Malaria parasitaemia was diagnosed by microscopy while anaemia defined as haemoglobin concentration <12g/l. species typed using thin film parasite morphology count. Of...

Trypanosoma cruzi, a blood-borne parasite, is the etiological agent of Chagas disease. T. cruzi trypomastigotes, the infectious life cycle stage, can be detected in blood of infected individuals using PCR-based methods. However, soon after a natural infection, or during the chronic phase of Chagas disease, the number of parasites in blood may be very low and thus difficult to detect by PCR. To ...

After transmission by Anopheles mosquitoes, malaria parasite sporozoites target the liver, where they infect hepatocytes and multiply thousands of times. The release of new parasites into the blood stream then initiates symptomatic red blood cell infection. Although successful replication within hepatocytes is critical for host infection, little is known about parasite–hepatocyte interactions t...

Parasitological diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) by splenic smear is highly sensitive, but it is associated with the risk of severe hemorrhage. In this study, the diagnosis of VL using quantitative PCR (qPCR) in peripheral blood was evaluated in 100 patients with VL. Blood parasitemia ranged from 5 to 93,688 leishmania parasite genomes/ml of blood and positively correlated with splenic ...

Aim: This research assessed the prevalence of Plasmodium Spp infection and malaria among patients at Federal Medical Centre Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria
 Methodology: The study utilized a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive data collected from January to December, 2018 determine parasite prevalent spp different age groups sexes attending Centre, Birnin Kebbi. We analysed second...

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are non microscopic tests that provide a rapid detection of malaria infections in infected individuals. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of ParaHit and OptiMAL tests for detection of malaria infections as compared with routine microscopy. This facility-based study was carried out in Mwanza, north-western Tanzania and involved outp...