Parasitic infections adopt a rather low profile in the highly urbanized setting in Singapore. Very few food-borne parasitic infections are encountered. Apart from a few reports of infections with Clonorchis/Opisthorchis, Taenia spp. and hydatid disease, there are no other citations of such helminthic infections. Seroprevalence surveys have shown the presence of toxoplasmosis in local meat anima...

Zoonoses are infectious diseases of animals that can be transmitted to humans. Human dirofilariosis (caused by Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis) are among the helminthic zoonoses most frequently diagnosed in Europe. Indeed, human infections with Dirofilaria parasites are diagnosed with increasing frequency in many European countries and are currently included in the socalled emerging ...

Food handlers have a major role in transmission of food-borne parasitic infections including intestinal helminths. The objective the present study was to assess global prevalence helminthic parasites among food handlers. Multiple databases (PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, Web Science, Science Direct and Google Scholar) were searched for literature published from 1990 2022. Pooled estimated using meta...

Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis is based on clinical manifestations and microscopic identification of eosinophils present in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It is caused by a variety of helminthic infections with most common being angiostrongyliasis, gnathostomiasis, toxocariasis, cysticercosis, schistosomiasis, baylisascariasis, and paragonimiasis. Many case reports are there in which parasites ha...

immunoelectrotransfer blot assay (EITB) ABSTRACT Neurocysticercosis is the most common helminthic central nervous system infection worldwide. Its common clinical manifestations are seizures, headaches and focal neurological deficit. The diagnostic criteria has recently been proposed, based upon clinical manifestations, neuroimaging, histology and serology. Recent advances in neuroimaging and se...

Eosinophils possess both oxygen-dependent and oxygen-independent mechanisms for damaging helminthic parasites such as schistosomula. We have studied the release of the granular enzymes beta-glucuronidase and arylsulfatase to evaluate the oxidative requirement for degranulation. Both ionophore-mediated and immunoglobulin G-mediated release of granular enzymes were enhanced in the presence of oxy...

Cattle is one of the leading species domestic livestock in Nepal. The helminthic diseases are common with varied occurrence. This study was carried out to find prevalence and risk factor associated gastro-intestinal helminth parasites 304 fecal samples cattle Madi Valley, Chitwan, Rectal sample were collected zip lock plastic bag containing 10% formalin preserved refrigerator before examination...

The paiche, Arapaima gigas represents a socio-economically important species in the Peruvian Amazon, and actually an intensive production for human consumption has emerged during the last years. Therefore, more studies are required in fish farming development, especially concerning populations of parasites that affect fish production yields. Eighty specimens of paiche collected between Septembe...

BACKGROUND Intestinal parasitic infections are significant cause of morbidity and mortality in endemic countries. In Ethiopia, helminthiasis was the third leading cause of outpatient visits. Despite the health extension program was launched to address this problem, there is limited information on the burden of intestinal parasites after implementation of the program in our setting. Therefore, t...