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New study finds CD4 T-Cell and Blimp-1 protein critical to toxoplasmosis regulation
(George Washington University) Researchers from the George Washington University published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine finding a way to regulate chronic toxoplasmosis, one of the most common parasitic diseases worldwide. This research also has important implications for cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

History of Medical Parasitology and Parasitic Infections in Iran.
Abstract Parasites and parasitic diseases have been prevalent in Iran according to Iranian ancient scholars and physicians' inscriptions dating back to 865-1496. Some protozoan diseases such as malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis have been introduced by clinical manifestations and helminthic infections by size and morphology of the worms. Scientific studies of Parasitology started in Iran from 1833, first by foreign physicians and continued from 1909 by Iranian researchers. The pioneer medical parasitologists of Iran were Dr N. Ansari and Dr. Sh. Mofidi who established the Department of Medical Parasitology in the...
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - July 31, 2016 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Edrissian G, Rokni MB, Mohebali M, Nateghpour M, Mowlavi G, Bahadori M Tags: Arch Iran Med Source Type: research

Correlations between peripheral parasite load and common clinical and laboratory alterations in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis
Publication date: Available online 24 August 2016 Source:Preventive Veterinary Medicine Author(s): R.B.P. Torrecilha, Y.T. Utsunomiya, A.M. Bosco, B.F. Almeida, P.P. Pereira, L.G. Narciso, D.C.M. Pereira, L. Baptistiolli, L. Calvo-Bado, O. Courtenay, C.M. Nunes, P.C. Ciarlini Intensity of peripheral parasite infection has an important role in the transmission of Leishmania spp. from one host to another. As parasite load quantification is still an expensive procedure to be used routinely in epidemiological surveillance, the use of surrogate predictors may be an important asset in the identification of dogs with high transm...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - August 23, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Worldwide risk factors in leishmaniasis
Publication date: Available online 29 August 2016 Source:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Author(s): A. Oryan, M. Akbari Recently, Vector-borne parasitic diseases such as leishmaniasis have been emerged or re-emerged in many geographical areas and resulted in global health and economic concerns that involve humans, domestic animals and wild life. The ecology and epidemiology of leishmaniasis are affected by the between host, reservoir and vector (human, animal and sandfly) and the environment. Important drivers for the emergence and spread of leishmaniasis include environmental factors such as alterations in tem...
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine - August 29, 2016 Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research

Risk assessment of comorbidities on 30 ‐day avoidable hospital readmissions among internal medicine patients
Conclusion:To help reduce the rates of readmission, potential gains seem available if hospitals adopt clinical practices that support the patient's care during the post‐discharge transition. This implies that health care providers need to pay more attention to the comorbidities of high‐risk patients to be closely monitored after discharge.
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - July 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Heba H. Hijazi, Mohammad S. Alyahya, Hanan M. Hammouri, Hussam A. Alshraideh Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Giardiasis in the Warmia and Mazury province (north-eastern Poland) —an epidemiological analysis
Conclusions This paper provides data for public health education concerning the scope and magnitude of giardiasis in the Warmia and Mazury province and can be used to establish research priorities and to plan future prevention efforts.
Source: Polish Annals of Medicine - September 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

L öffler syndrome on a Louisiana pig farm
Publication date: Available online 16 September 2016 Source:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Author(s): Kevin Gipson, Ryan Avery, Heena Shah, Derek Pepiak, Rodolfo E. Bégué, John Malone, Luke A. Wall Löffler syndrome, a fulminant eosinophilic pneumonitis associated with the larval migratory phase of human parasites, is rarely reported in the United States. A previously healthy 8-year-old male was hospitalized with tachypnea, cough, hypoxemia, and fever of one week's duration. History revealed exposure to pigs on his family's farm in southernmost Louisiana, where the patient was responsible for cleaning the farm's pigp...
Source: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports - September 17, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

VALIDATION OF A NEW TECHNIQUE TO DETECT Cryptosporidium spp. OOCYSTS IN BOVINE FECES
Publication date: Available online 24 September 2016 Source:Preventive Veterinary Medicine Author(s): Sandra Valéria Inácio, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Bruno César Miranda Oliveira, Alexandre Xavier Falcão, Celso Tetsuo Nagase Suzuki, Bianca Martins dos Santos, Monally Conceição Costa de Aquino, Rafaela Silva de Paula Ribeiro, Danilla Mendes de Assunção, Pamella Almeida Freire Casemiro, Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani Due to its important zoonotic potential, cryptosporidiosis arouses strong interest in the scientific community, because, it was initially considered a rare and opportunisti...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - September 24, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Identification of effective treatment criteria for use in targeted selective treatment programs to control haemonchosis in periparturient ewes in Ontario, Canada
Publication date: Available online 24 September 2016 Source:Preventive Veterinary Medicine Author(s): T. Westers, A. Jones-Bitton, P. Menzies, J. VanLeeuwen, Z. Poljak, A.S. Peregrine Haemonchosis is often associated with late gestation and parturition in ewes in Canada. Due to widespread concerns about development of anthelmintic resistance (AR), targeted selective treatment (TST), where individual animals are treated with an anthelmintic rather than the entire flock, is a possible strategy to control clinical signs in recently lambed ewes while still maintaining parasite refugia. Performing fecal egg counts (FEC) on ind...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - September 24, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Antimicrobial Resistance: Fact Sheet
World Health Organization. 09/2016 This fact sheet provides information about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi. It discusses why antimicrobial resistance is a global concern, what accelerates the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance, and the present situation with resistance in several diseases. (Text)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Embelin and Its Role in Chronic Diseases.
Authors: Lu H, Wang J, Wang Y, Qiao L, Zhou Y Abstract Embelia ribes Burm of Myrsinaceae family has been widely used as an herb in the traditional medicine of India. Embelin is an active component extracted from the fruits of Embelia ribes. It has a wide spectrum of biological activities and is not toxic at low dose. This review focuses on the physical-chemical properties and bioactivities of Embelin, as well as its effects on chronic diseases such as tumors, autoimmune inflammatory diseases, parasitic infections, microbial infections, diabetes, obesity, and cardio-cerebral vascular diseases. The underlying mechani...
Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - September 29, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Adv Exp Med Biol Source Type: research

Six-year longitudinal study of Fasciola hepatica bulk milk antibody ELISA in the dairy dense region of the Republic Ireland.
This study highlights the importance of examining both annual and seasonal F. hepatica data, which can vary significantly. Additionally, it highlights the progress that can be achieved in fluke control by application of a continuous BTM monitoring program. Graphical abstract
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - September 28, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

A survey of UK prescribers ’ experience of, and opinions on, anthelmintic prescribing practices for livestock and equines
Publication date: Available online 5 October 2016 Source:Preventive Veterinary Medicine Author(s): Stephanie Easton, Gina L. Pinchbeck, David J. Bartley, Emily Hotchkiss, Jane E. Hodgkinson, Jacqueline B. Matthews The aim of this study was to determine practices, attitudes and experiences of UK prescribers of anthelmintics for horses and livestock. A questionnaire was sent by direct email to groups licensed to prescribe these medicines. These were veterinarians, Suitably Qualified Persons (SQPs, registered with the Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority) and veterinary pharmacists. The survey was also advertised t...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - October 4, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Geohelminths eggs contamination of sandpits in Vladivostok, Russia
Conclusions Considering the high sand contamination with parasite infective elements of both human and animal origin, measures to improve environmental and sanitary conditions are indicated, as well as promoting the concept of responsible pet ownership.
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine - November 9, 2016 Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research

Protozoan parasite increases risk of colitis, study reveals
(Rockefeller University Press) Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered that mice infected with the common gut parasite Tritrichomonas muris are at an increased risk of developing inflammatory colitis. Their findings, which have been published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, expand the type of gut-resident microorganism that can affect the health of their host and suggest that related parasites may cause gastrointestinal disease in humans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news