Aphaniusisfahanensis is a new endemic killifish species that has been described in the Zayandeh River of the Isfahan basin in Iran. During a study on the biology of nine fish from this species, the parasite Diplostomumspathaceum was observed in the aqueous humor of the eye of a single individual. It was visible as a white mass with a diameter of 0.38 mm. This is the first report on the infectio...

ONCHOCERCIASIS is caused by infection with the adult filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus; the microfilariae of this worm develop in the body of man and sometimes penetrate the tissues of the eye where they set up pathological changes leading to blindness; embryos may also be found in the skin, in lymph glands, in the fluid of hydroceles, and in effusions into joints. The disease has been reported...

a survey on the cause of blindness in iran was carried out among 870 blinds from all parts of the country. 305 people with the same cause, 27 with different causes were blind from both eyes and 538 were blind from one eye. in present paper the first ten causes of blindness is pointed out and these causes are compared in the three different zones of ten countries, also the cause of blindness in ...

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded with one half jointly to Dr. William C. Campbell and Professor Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Professor Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria. Parasitic diseases have long plagued humankind and constit...

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded with one half jointly to Dr. William C. Campbell and Professor Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Professor Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria. Parasitic diseases have long plagued humankind and constit...

The Mectizan Donation Program (MDP) was established in 1987 to oversee Merck’s donation of Mectizan (ivermectin, MSD) for the control of onchocerciasis (river blindness) worldwide [1]. This was accelerated and expanded when Merck made a groundbreaking announcement in 1987: it would donate ivermectin, completely free of charge, as much as needed and for as long as needed, for the elimination of ...

or as the ends of a boiv are drawn together." They have a legend that it visits the country every thirty years. The epidemic arrived in Bhamo in June last, having travelled up the Irrawaddy Yalley starting in Rangoon in May and visiting Mandalay during the early part of June. It is interesting to note this following of the important trade route. It is not unlikely that the epidemic originated f...