Parasitic Diseases List

Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News File: A ventilator stands beside a bed at Belleville General Hospital. Photo by Luke Hendry / Postmedia Article content Ontario (Reported Friday) Advertisement 2 Article content 20: New deaths (19 recent, one in a data cleanup) 12,812: Total deaths 1,679: People in hospital and testing positive 209: In ICU 94: On ventilators (subset of previous number) 2,760: New confirmed cases (case numbers are considered underestimates with testing limited to certain groups) 1,255,338: Total cases Ottawa (Reported Friday) 0 : New deaths 777: Total deaths 40: Ottawa residents in hospital due to active infections 5: In ICU because of active infections 120: Confirmed COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals as of Wednesday (includes non-Ottawa residents), 54 in hospital because COVID-19 (11 in ICU) and 66 for other reasons (three in ICU) 127: New COVID-19 cases (case numbers are considered underestimate...

Albany NY, United States: Albendazole is an anthelmintic medication, also known as albendazolum. It prevents newly hatched insect larvae (worms) from growing or multiplying in the body. It is used to treat certain infections caused by worms such as pork tapeworm and dog tapeworm. Albendazole can be used in humans and animals for various indications. In animals, it is used to treat capillariasis caused by Capillaria plica (dogs and cats) and C. felis cati (cats). Capillaria infect the urinary bladder, hence are often called bladder worms. Additionally, albendazole has been used to treat Filaroides infections and Giardia infections in dogs. Read Report Overview - https://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/albendazole-drugs-market.html Albendazole leads to degeneration alterations in the tegument and intestinal cells of the worm by diminishing its energy production, consequently leading to immobilization and death of the parasite. It binds to the colchicine-sensitive site of tubul...

A rapid rise in cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, has added to the challenges faced by India's healthcare system as it deals with a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections. The following lays out information about mucormycosis, opinions from health experts and the scientific evidence behind what could be driving the recent rise in cases. What is mucormycosis? Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that causes blackening or discoloration over the nose, blurred or double vision, chest pain, breathing difficulties and coughing blood. The disease has a close link to diabetes, and conditions which compromise the immune system. Experts have said that an overuse during the COVID-19 pandemic of certain drugs which suppress the immune system could be causing the surge. Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that mucormycosis has a mortality r...

(Picture Credit: Getty Images) Von Willebrand disease in dogs is a hereditary bleeding disorder. If left untreated, the disease can lead to excessive bleeding and even death. Although some dogs may exhibit no symptoms, others may spontaneously hemorrhage or experience prolonged bleeding after injuries. The disease is caused by a deficiency of a protein that's needed for blood to clot. This protein is called von Willebrand Factor (vWF), and it's necessary to allow blood platelets to stick together and seal broken blood vessels. Advertisement Von Willebrand disease, sometimes referred to as vWD, is the most common inherited blood disorder in dogs — and in humans, for that matter. The condition appears in many breeds of dogs, but it's more common in certain breeds and more severe in others. If you suspect your dog may be suffering from von Willebrand disease, consult your veterinarian right away . They can form a proper diagnosis, advise you, and begin treatment. He...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Flukes: Danger in the Water | Drovers    Drovers Magazine

This article was originally published here J Infect Chemother. 2022 Apr 19:S1341-321X(22)00126-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.04.014. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Primary hepatic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a relatively rare disease with low malignancy, and its aetiology is unclear. A 65-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. Hepatitis virus examination revealed a previous hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and a carbon-13 urea breath test result was positive for the patient. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a patch of abnormal density in the right posterior lobe of the liver. The patient underwent VI segment hepatectomy and was pathologically diagnosed with hepatic MALT lymphoma. After the operation, he received quadruple anti-Helicobacter pylori (HP) therapy and refused other treatments. He has been followed up by telephone for 20 months after discharge and is now in a stable condition. In this study, we counted 105 ...

A stone toilet seat from the 7th century BCE. Photo: Yoli Schwartz, The Israel Antiquities Authority A team of researchers found 2,700-year-old eggs of parasitic intestinal worms under a stone toilet in what is now Israel. The team suspects the worms may have been responsible for poor health of some of the residents of the palatial complex. The toilet, which dates to the 7th century BCE, was found in 2019 in southern Jerusalem. The research team excavated the cesspit underneath the toilet, in hopes of finding information on the sanitary conditions of the time. They identified four parasitic worm species known to infect humans, described in a recently published paper in the International Journal of Paleopathology. When it was in use, the toilet was located in the garden of a large estate. Based on the site's scale and the decorative stone carvings found therein, its inhabitants were likely wealthy. But evidently that wealth didn't keep th...

Media Advisory Tuesday, October 1, 2019 What A new study published this week online in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests that transmission of a protozoan parasite from insects may also cause leishmaniasis-like symptoms in people. The parasite, however, does not respond to treatment with standard leishmaniasis drugs. The research was conducted by scientists at the Federal Universities of Sergipe and São Carlos, the University of São Paulo, and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, all in Brazil, along with investigators at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease found in parts of the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe. It is classified as a neglected tropical disease and is often transmitted by the bite of some sand flies. The most common forms of leishmaniasis are cutaneous, which causes skin sores, and visceral, which affects several internal organs (us...

Frantzlee LaCrete and family on Match Day. Frantzlee LaCrete, a fourth-year medical student who recently matched in otolaryngology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award. The award was established to recognize medical students' contribution to public health. The award was a result of the work LaCrete had been doing as part of his work on a master's degree in the UNMC College of Public Health. LaCrete paused his medical studies in 2021 to earn the MPH as part of UNMC's MD-MPH program. Public health always was part of LaCrete's plan. "As physicians, we can treat the symptoms of ailments all day, every day," he said. "But that doesn't change the issue unless we go upstream. Focusing on public health helps you figure out the cause of these tough issues we see in the ...

I've been learning about coccidiosis ever since graduate school, back in 1990. In fact, my master's thesis was about coccidiosis in broilers. I wrote 150 pages about chicken poop. In the ensuing 30 years, I've dealt a lot with coccidiosis, and it's been an interesting journey. One thing is for sure — there's always more to learn, and keeping up with this ubiquitous disease remains challenging. Like most production veterinarians, I've used ionophores, which weaken coccidial cell walls, thus directly affecting the parasite. Some infection with ionophores, colloquially called "leakage," is expected, but it's not an overwhelming infection. Limited exposure allows the birds' intestines to interact with the parasite, which initiates host immunity. In contrast, non-ionophore anticoccidials work inside the parasite's cells while the coccidia themselves are replicating within the host tissue. This type of anticoccidial, if effective, keeps coc...

Look in the mirror. Look closer. Is that pinkeye, or is something writhing around in there? Parasites have inspired some of the scariest cinematic monsters for a reason. There is tremendous shock value in something that feeds off or merges with a host. Some, like the Lovecraftian creature in The Thing, take over their prey's entire body and eat the victim from the inside, but others might just be content with an eyeball. That is what one unfortunate gardener in France found out when he ended up in the E.R. with an itch he couldn't scratch. When Doctors at the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne took a closer look, they discovered that it wasn't the pinkeye, or conjunctivitis, that it appeared to be. This was an infestation of bot fly larvae. "More than a dozen mobile, translucent larvae were observed on the cornea, bulbar conjunctiva, and upper and lower conjunctival fornices," the investigating doctors said in a study recently published in Images in ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] What is babesiosis and what can be done to stop its spread?    The Guardian

Carol Carter grew up in the Harlem community in New York City, where, she said, "I did not have access to many resources, but I was surrounded by people who cared." One of those people was an elementary school teacher, Robert Babcock, who gave her discarded library books. One of them was "The Book of Inventions," and Carter said it "described discoveries that individuals had made, and I remember reading it again and again." Another, a volume from an encyclopedia series called "The Book of Knowledge," included epic poetic tales such as Homer's "Odyssey" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."  Carter said these gifts, and the adventures they described, inspired her to seek experiences that involved science and exploration. Courtesy of Carol Carter Carol Carter's lab did seminal research in the quest for antiviral therapeutics for HIV. Now a professor at Stony Brook University Renaissance Scho...

According to The Insight Partners market research study titled 'Hemophilia Treatment Market – Global Analysis and Forecasts by Product, Disease, Treatment Type, Therapy, and End User, the global hemophilia treatment market is expected to reach US$ 44,089.71 Mn in 2027 from US$ 14,454.81 Mn in 2019. The market is estimated to grow with a CAGR of 15.9% from 2020-2027. The hemophilia treatment market by product is segmented into plasma derived coagulation factor concentrates, recombinant coagulation factor concentrates, antifibrinolytic agents, desmopressin. In 2019, the plasma derived coagulation factor concentrates segment held a largest market share of the hemophilia treatment market. This segment is also expected to dominate the market in 2027. The large share of plasma derived coagulation factor concentrates based hemophilia treatment can be attributed to various advantages offered by these hemophilia treatment, deep market penetration and variety of products offered by multipl...

Abstract Macrophages undergo swift changes in mRNA abundance upon pathogen invasion. Herein we describe early remodelling of the macrophage transcriptome during infection by amastigotes or promastigotes of Leishmania donovani . Approximately 10–16% of host mRNAs were differentially modulated in L. donovani -infected macrophages when compared to uninfected controls. This response was partially stage-specific as a third of changes in mRNA abundance were either exclusively driven by one of the parasite forms or significantly different between them. Gene ontology analyses identified categories associated with immune functions (e.g. antigen presentation and leukocyte activation) among significantly downregulated mRNAs during amastigote infection while cytoprotective-related categories (e.g. DNA repair and apoptosis inhibition) were enriched in upregulated transcripts. Interestingly a combination of upregulated (e.g. cellular response to IFNβ) and repressed (e.g. leukocyte activation, chemot...