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Parasitological diseases

Section edited by Honorine Ward & Laith Yakob 

This section aims to publish studies looking at all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of parasitological diseases in humans, as well as related studies on molecular and cellular biology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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  1. Plasmodium falciparum parasites, which could harbour anti-malaria drug resistance genes, are commonly detected in blood donors in malaria-endemic areas. Notwithstanding, anti-malaria drug resistant biomarkers hav...

    Authors: Enoch Aninagyei, Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Tanko Rufai, Comfort Dede Tetteh, Margaretta Gloria Chandi, Paulina Ampomah and Desmond Omane Acheampong

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:533

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  2. Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (Pfdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthetase (Pfdhps) mutations compromise the effectiveness of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria, and ...

    Authors: George M. Bwire, Wigilya P. Mikomangwa and Manase Kilonzi

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:530

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  3. Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic parasitic infection transmitted from animals to humans by culicid mosquitoes. Although the disease can be caused by Dirofilaria spp. including Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repe...

    Authors: Razieh Parsa, Ali Sedighi, Iraj Sharifi, Mehdi Bamorovat and Saeid Nasibi

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:520

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  4. Imported falciparum malaria from Africa has become a key public health challenge in Guizhou Province since 2012. Understanding the polymorphisms of molecular markers of drug resistance can guide selection of a...

    Authors: Danya She, Zhengyan Wang, Qiuguo Liang, Lidan Lu, Yuting Huang, Ke Zhang, Dong An and Jiahong Wu

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:513

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  5. Understanding the relationship between malaria infection risk and disease outcomes represents a fundamental component of morbidity and mortality burden estimations. Contemporary data on severe malaria risks am...

    Authors: Arthur Mpimbaza, Richard Walemwa, James Kapisi, Asadu Sserwanga, Jane Frances Namuganga, Yasin Kisambira, Abner Tagoola, Jane Frances Nanteza, Damain Rutazaana, Sarah G. Staedke, Grant Dorsey, Jimmy Opigo, Alice Kamau and Robert W. Snow

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:503

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  6. Genetic diversity of ABO blood, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and haemoglobin type and their ability to protect against malaria vary geographically, ethnically and racially. No study has ...

    Authors: Jafaralli Sande Ahmed, Bernard Guyah, David Sang’, Mark Kilongosi Webale, Nathan Shaviya Mufyongo, Elly Munde and Collins Ouma

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:487

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  7. Strongyloidiasis is a gastrointestinal parasitic infection caused by percutaneous infection with Strongyloides stercoralis. Digestive symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain are the main manifestation, but s...

    Authors: Chisato Ashida, Koji Kinoshita, Yuji Nozaki and Masanori Funauchi

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:470

    Content type: Case report

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  8. Why human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases differ from year to year, in some years more 100%, has not been clarified, yet. The cause of the increasing or decreasing trends is also controversial. Austria is ...

    Authors: Franz Rubel, Melanie Walter, Janna R. Vogelgesang and Katharina Brugger

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:448

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  9. Cerebral malaria is the most severe form of infection with Plasmodium falciparum characterized by a highly inflammatory response. This systematic review aimed to investigate the association between TNF-α levels a...

    Authors: Luana Leão, Bruna Puty, Maria Fâni Dolabela, Marinete Marins Povoa, Yago Gecy De Sousa Né, Luciana Guimarães Eiró, Nathália Carolina Fernandes Fagundes, Lucianne Cople Maia and Rafael Rodrigues Lima

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:442

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  10. Malaria remains a major tropical vector-borne disease of immense public health concern owing to its debilitating effects in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 30 years, the high altitude areas in Eastern Africa...

    Authors: Aggrey Siya, Bosco John Kalule, Benard Ssentongo, Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa and Anthony Egeru

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:425

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  11. In malaria endemic areas, identifying spatio-temporal hotspots is becoming an important element of innovative control strategies targeting transmission bottlenecks. The aim of this work was to describe the spa...

    Authors: Sokhna Dieng, El Hadj Ba, Badara Cissé, Kankoe Sallah, Abdoulaye Guindo, Boukary Ouedraogo, Martine Piarroux, Stanislas Rebaudet, Renaud Piarroux, Jordi Landier, Cheikh Sokhna and Jean Gaudart

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:424

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  12. Mounting evidence suggested a complex correlation between host lipid metabolism and Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection. However, the inherent association between T. gondii infection and host lipid state rema...

    Authors: Fei Xu, Xiwan Lu, Ruitang Cheng, Yuwei Zhu, Sunhan Miao, Qinyi Huang, Yongliang Xu, Liying Qiu and Yonghua Zhou

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:415

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  13. Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis larval tapeworm infections in humans that severely impairs the health of affected patients in the northern hemisp...

    Authors: Xiao Ma, Xuefei Zhang, Jia Liu, Yufang Liu, Cunzhe Zhao, Huixia Cai, Wen Lei, Junying Ma, Haining Fan, Jianye Zhou, Na Liu, Jingxiao Zhang, Yongshun Wang, Wei Wang, Peizhen Zhan, Xiongying Zhang…

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:414

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  14. Successful control programs have impeded local malaria transmission in almost all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. Nevert...

    Authors: Abir Al-Rumhi, Zainab Al-Hashami, Salama Al-Hamidhi, Amal Gadalla, Raeece Naeem, Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, Arnab Pain, Ali A. Sultan and Hamza A. Babiker

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:413

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  15. Visceral leishmaniasis is an important but neglected disease that is spreading and is highly lethal when left untreated. This study sought to measure the Leishmania infantum seroprevalence in dogs, the coverage o...

    Authors: Patricia Marques Moralejo Bermudi, Danielle Nunes Carneiro Castro Costa, Caris Maroni Nunes, Jose Eduardo Tolezano, Roberto Mitsuyoshi Hiramoto, Lilian Aparecida Colebrusco Rodas, Rafael Silva Cipriano, Marta Blangiardo and Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:401

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  16. Scabies is an infectious disease that affects the skin caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei and it transmitted through close personal contact. Even though it is easily treatable disease, its prevalence is high an...

    Authors: Abebaw Gedef Azene, Abiba Mihret Aragaw and Gizachew Tadesse Wassie

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:380

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  17. Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) and anaemia are major health problems. This study assessed the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections, anaemia and associated factors among pre-school children in ...

    Authors: Araya Gebreyesus Wasihun, Mekonen Teferi, Letemichal Negash, Javier Marugán, Dejen Yemane, Kevin G. McGuigan, Ronan M. Conroy, Haftu Temesgen Abebe and Tsehaye Asmelash Dejene

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:379

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  18. Despite the existence of a population-based control program using single dose albendazole or mebendazole as a preventive chemotherapy, hookworm transmission remains high. It causes a negative impact on the gro...

    Authors: Tegegne Eshetu, Mulugeta Aemero and Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:376

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  19. Plasmodium vivax rarely develops severe complications when compared to severe falciparum malaria. However, severe vivax malaria also needs urgent, intensive care and treatment as severe falciparum malaria. This s...

    Authors: Manas Kotepui, Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez and Frederick Ramirez Masangkay

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:363

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  20. Microscopic examination of peripheral blood smear produces reliable results both about the malaria infection status and level of parasitemia. However, test results are affected by skill of the laboratory perso...

    Authors: Banchamlak Tegegne, Kefale Ejigu, Getaneh Alemu, Yeshimebet Fetene, Kindye Endaylalu and Mulatu Melese

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:355

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  21. Pediatric diarrhea caused by a range of pathogens, including intestinal parasites, is one of main causes of death among children under 5 years of age. The distribution of these parasitic infections overlaps in...

    Authors: Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui, Nal Kennedy Ndjangangoye, Lady Charlene Kouna, Gwladys Mirlande Lekolo, Franck Mounioko, Sylvie Kwedi Nolna and Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:350

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  22. Besides the considerable role of blackflies to the transmission of many disease agents, these flies considered as annoying biting pests of wildlife, livestock, poultry, and humans. There are few literature rep...

    Authors: Farbod Tabatabaei, Sahar Azarmi, Mohammad Javad Abbaszadeh Afshar, Hamed Yarizadeh and Sina Mohtasebi

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:348

    Content type: Case report

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  23. Enterobius vermicularis is an intestinal helminthic parasite that causes a gastrointestinal infection called enterobiasis. Children are more susceptible to infection than adults. The current study aimed to explor...

    Authors: Ahmed Akil Khudhair Al-Daoody and Eman Najdy Haydar Al-Bazzaz

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:336

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  24. Malaria is a life threating vector borne disease caused by different Plasmodium parasites. Metema and Armachiho are two of the top five malaria endemic areas among the districts of Amhara region in Ethiopia. Tran...

    Authors: Yibeltal Aschale, Animen Ayehu, Ligabaw Worku, Ayenew Addisu, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke, Abebe Genetu Bayih and Wossenseged Lemma

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:333

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  25. Praziquantel (PZQ) is the standard treatment for Schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is evidence suggesting praziquantel treatment failure in Schistosome infections with associated potential ...

    Authors: Samuel Nkansah Darko, Henry Hanson, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Sandra Baffour-Awuah, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi, Denis Yar and Ellis Owusu-Dabo

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:323

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  26. Scrub typhus can present with atypical signs and symptoms such as those of acute kidney injury, gastroenteritis, pneumonitis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Meningitis, encephalitis, and hepatic dysf...

    Authors: Tulsi Bhattarai, Sujan Chandra Poudel, Nishma Pokharel and Suraj Bhattarai

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:322

    Content type: Case report

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  27. Trichomoniasis resulting from Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) has been considered as a commonly seen disease with the transmission way of sex. At present, the detection methods of T. vaginalis mainly include...

    Authors: Yuhua Li, Shuai Wang, Haoran Li, Xiaoxiao Song, Hao Zhang, Yujuan Duan, Chengyang Luo, Bingli Wang, Sifan Ji, Qing Xie and Zhenchao Zhang

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:319

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  28. Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed malaria parasite, and its drug resistance poses unique challenges to malaria elimination. The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is known as the global epicenter of mul...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Wang, Wei Ruan, Shuisen Zhou, Xinyu Feng, He Yan and Fang Huang

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:307

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  29. In Ghana, pre-school-aged children (PSAC) are at risk of intestinal schistosomiasis and are living in need of praziquantel treatment. To better assess the infection burden within this vulnerable demographic gr...

    Authors: Samuel Armoo, Lucas J. Cunningham, Suzy J. Campbell, Frank T. Aboagye, Freda K. Boampong, Buhari A. Hamidu, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, J. Russell Stothard and Emily R. Adams

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:301

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  30. The control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti in the Central African Region has been hampered by the presence of Loa loa due to severe adverse events that arise in the treatment with ive...

    Authors: Andrew A. Beng, Mathias E. Esum, Kebede Deribe, Abdel J. Njouendou, Patrick W. C. Ndongmo, Raphael A. Abong, Jerome Fru, Fanny F. Fombad, Gordon T. Nchanji, Glory Amambo, Narcisse T. V. Gandjui, Benjamin Biholong, Georges Nko’Ayissi, Patrick Mbia, Julie Akame, Peter I. Enyong…

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:284

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  31. Emerging data has suggested that Tregs, Th17, Th1 and Th2 are correlated with early immune mechanisms by controlling Plasmodium infection. Plasmodium infection appeared to impair the antigen presentation and matu...

    Authors: Guang Chen, Ji-wei Du, Qing Nie, Yun-ting Du, Shuang-chun Liu, De-hui Liu, Hui-ming Zhang and Fang-fang Wang

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:266

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  32. Echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease causing serious health problems in both humans and animals in different endemic regions across the world. There are two different forms of human echinococcosis: C...

    Authors: Aisha Khan, Haroon Ahmed, Sami Simsek, Hua Liu, Jianhai Yin, Ying Wang, Yujuan Shen and Jianping Cao

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:262

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  33. Cryptosporidium sp. are common intracellular parasites responsible of severe diarrhea in T-cell-immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of a woman who contracted cryptosporidiosis after treatment wit...

    Authors: M. Martinot, A. Abou-Bacar, M. Lamothe, M. Alt Tebacher, M. Mohseni Zadeh, F. Dalle, L. Favennec, D. Costa, J. Brunet and F. Sellal

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:257

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  34. The management of disseminated cysticercosis is unclear and largely considered hazardous. The role of albendazole remains controversial in such patients.

    Authors: Sudhakar Pandey, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Kiran Preet Malhotra, Neeraj Kumar, Imran Rizvi, Amita Jain, Neera Kohli, Rajesh Verma, Praveen Sharma, Ravi Uniyal and Shweta Pandey

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:220

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  35. In the Republic of Congo, hot temperature and seasons distortions observed may impact the development of malaria parasites. We investigate the variation of malaria cases, parasite density and the multiplicity of

    Authors: Pembe Issamou Mayengue, Dezi Kouhounina Batsimba, Roch Fabien Niama, Reyna Ibara Ottia, Alida Malonga-Massanga, Grâce Petula Urielle Fila-Fila, Gabriel Ahombo, Simon Charles Kobawila and Henri Joseph Parra

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:190

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  36. In recent times, Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) has become a serious threat to public health due to its ability to cause severe infection with fatal outcomes. Its unique biology makes it resilient to control measure...

    Authors: Apoorva Venkatesh, Shalini Aggarwal, Swati Kumar, Srushti Rajyaguru, Vipin Kumar, Sheetal Bankar, Jayanthi Shastri, Swati Patankar and Sanjeeva Srivastava

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:188

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  37. American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is a widespread anthropozoonosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is considered a serious public health problem. The aim of this study was to provide a descr...

    Authors: Mariana Olímpia Köhler Marra Pinto, Tiago Mendonça de Oliveira, Andreza Nayla de Assis Aguiar, Paulo Eustáquio Marra Pinto, David Soeiro Barbosa, Soraia de Araújo Diniz and Marcos Xavier Silva

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:163

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  38. Intestinal infection is still an important public health problem in low-income countries. Food handlers may be infected by a wide range of enteropathogens and have been implicated in the transmission of many i...

    Authors: Birhan Alemnew, Getnet Gedefaw, Gedefaw Diress and Asmamaw Demis Bizuneh

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:156

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  39. Chagas disease is caused by the haemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Currently, T. cruzi recognizes seven discrete typing units (DTUs): TcI to TcVI and Tcbat. The genetic diversity of T. cruzi is suspecte...

    Authors: Manuel Calvopina, Gabriela Segovia, William Cevallos, Yosselin Vicuña, Jaime A. Costales and Angel Guevara

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:143

    Content type: Case report

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  40. Globally, Taenia solium can cause cysticercosis in humans (including neurocysticercosis) and in pigs through ingestion of eggs and taeniasis in humans through ingestion of raw/undercooked pork contaminated with m...

    Authors: Msawenkosi I. Sithole, Johan L. Bekker and Samson Mukaratirwa

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:107

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  41. The immune response during falciparum malaria mediates both harmful and protective effects on the host; however the participating molecules have not been fully defined. Interleukin (IL)-27 is a pleiotropic cyt...

    Authors: Kari Otterdal, Aase Berg, Annika E. Michelsen, Sam Patel, Ida Gregersen, Ellen Lund Sagen, Bente Halvorsen, Arne Yndestad, Thor Ueland, Nina Langeland and Pål Aukrust

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:65

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  42. Imported loiasis is a rare cause of consultation at the return of stay in central Africa, which often poses difficult diagnostic and therapeutic questions to practitioners especially those who are unaccustomed...

    Authors: Olivier Bouchaud, Sophie Matheron, Anne Loarec, Jean Dupouy Camet, Patrice Bourée, Nadine Godineau, Isabelle Poilane, Johann Cailhol and Eric Caumes

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:63

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  43. Lymphedema is a public health problem in countries with lymphatic filariasis (LF) including Mali. We studied the epidemiology and clinical presentation of lymphedema in three previously LF-endemic health distr...

    Authors: Housseini Dolo, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Fatoumata Nene Konipo, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Salif Seriba Doumbia, Moussa Brema Sangare, Lamine Soumaoro, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Abdallah Amadou Diallo, Yaye Diarra, Modibo Sangare, Seydou Doumbia, Robert Colebunders and Thomas B. Nutman

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:48

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  44. It is believed that the current prevalence of malaria in endemic areas reflects selection for the carrier form of sickle cell trait through a survival advantage. Malaria has been incriminated as a great cause ...

    Authors: Ngo Linwa Esther Eleonore, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Eposse Ekoube Charlotte, Esuh Esong Lucas, Mandeng Ma Linwa Edgar, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Meh Martin Geh, Budzi Michael Ngenge, Fala Bede, Nzozone Henry Fomukong, Henri Lucien Fouammo Kamga and Dora Mbanya

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:40

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  45. Parasitic trichostrongyloid nematodes have a worldwide distribution in ruminants and frequently have been reported from humans in Middle and Far East, particularly in rural communities with poor personal hygie...

    Authors: Keyhan Ashrafi, Meysam Sharifdini, Zahra Heidari, Behnaz Rahmati and Eshrat Beigom Kia

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:28

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  46. Toxocariasis is a worldwide zoonotic parasitic disease caused by species of Toxocara and Toxascaris, common in dogs and cats. Herein, a meta-analysis was contrived to assess the prevalence of Toxocara/Toxascaris ...

    Authors: Aida Vafae Eslahi, Milad Badri, Ali Khorshidi, Hamidreza Majidiani, Elham Hooshmand, Hamid Hosseini, Ali Taghipour, Masoud Foroutan, Nader Pestehchian, Farzaneh Firoozeh, Seyed Mohammad Riahi and Mohammad Zibaei

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:20

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  47. Cryptosporidium is a genus of common intestinal protozoa, members of which cause diarrhea in a wide variety of hosts. Previous studies on Cryptosporidium in China have mainly focused on diarrhea sufferers, childr...

    Authors: Ning Xu, Hua Liu, Yanyan Jiang, Jianhai Yin, Zhongying Yuan, Yujuan Shen and Jianping Cao

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:16

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  48. Determination of the prevalence and distribution pattern of intestinal parasites is a fundamental step to set up an effective control program to improve the health status. This study aimed to determine the pre...

    Authors: Mohammad Javad Abbaszadeh Afshar, Maryam Barkhori Mehni, Mostafa Rezaeian, Mehdi Mohebali, Vali Baigi, Somayeh Amiri, Mohammad Bagher Amirshekari, Ruhollah Hamidinia and Mohammad Samimi

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:12

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  50. Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the parasitic infections affecting people living in prison. Helminths and intestinal protozoan infections are the most common parasitic infection that may cause serious...

    Authors: Gemechu Ameya, Zerihun Zerdo, Mihret Tesfaye, Chimdo Jabesa, Abayneh Awaje, Kaleb Dejene, Petros Shika and Mohammed Eshetu

    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1086

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