Case report A female patient was admitted to our ward for fever 3 days after stopping therapy with ertapenem and metronidazole from a previous hospitalization. From the medical history we mention that the patient had had two other episodes of liver microabscesses which responded well and promptly to antibiotic regimens that had in common metronidazole. The patient was screened for HIV, HTLV, tu...

As a consequence of large-scale outdoor slaughter of sheep during the 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the United Kingdom and the possibility of increased risk for transmission of Echinococcus granulosus between sheep and dogs, a large survey of canine echinococcosis was undertaken in mid-Wales in 2002. An Echinococcus coproantigen-positive rate of 8.1% (94/1,164) was recorded on 2...

The objective of this experiment was to assess the utility of a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit for diagnosis of giardiasis in archaeological human remains. The kit, a monoclonal antibody assay, is used to detect the presence of Giardia-specific antigen 65 (GSA65) in human faeces. We utilized the assay in ancient faecal material. The material included desicc...

BACKGROUND Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is highly endemic in the Tibetan regions of Sichuan where most families keep guard dogs and where there are considerable numbers of ownerless/stray dogs. Strong Buddhist beliefs do not allow for elimination of stray dogs, and many strays are actually fed and adopted by households or monasteries. On account of the high altitude (3900-5000 m), pasturage...

The One-Health approach highlights that the health of human populations is closely connected to animals and their shared environment. Cryptosporidiosis an opportunistic zoonotic disease considering as global public concern. Cats are considered one potential host for transmitting Cryptosporidium spp. infection humans. A random-effects meta-analysis model was used estimate overall subgroup-pooled...