Parasitic Diseases List

Uncovering various types of worms in our canine companions might be distressing, but it's essential to comprehend the dangers, signs, and remedies for these unwelcome guests. As conscientious pet owners, we must recognize that untreated worms can lead to severe health issues. They can harm our beloved pets, spread them to other dogs and even humans through contact with infected soil or feces. Below, we'll delve into the five primary types of worms that frequently affect our domestic dogs: tapeworms, roundworms, whipworms, hookworms, and heartworms. Equip yourself with knowledge and safeguard your dog by learning all the vital information about worms in dogs. 1. Roundworms Roundworms rank as the most prevalent parasitic infection in dogs, especially puppies. In fact, studies indicate that 20% of adult dogs and a staggering 99% of puppies carry roundworms. Dogs can contract these parasites by consuming an infected animal, ingesting roundworm eggs, or through transmission from mot...

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Pair traditional and holistic treatments for the most successful patient outcomes Giardia lamblia is a tiny parasite that lives freely in the environment and is spread through fecal-contaminated water, soil, and food. 1 It attacks the intestine of various hosts, including dogs, cats, and even humans, causing gastrointestinal distress such as diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, flatulence, vomiting, and nausea. Younger dogs and cats tend to be at greater risk of infection. 2 Treating a G lamblia infection can be challenging. In a dvm360 ® interview, Brian Herrin, DVM, PhD, DACVM, an assistant professor at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Manhattan, Kansas, explained, "These protozoa organisms, they can kind of asexually reproduce. If you kill 98% of them, you leave 2 or 3 of them in there, [and] they just reproduce and make more. And so it's really easy to have continued infections." To completely clear animals of the parasite, the best approach is ...

A 69-year-old woman was hospitalized on July 30, 2020, with recurrent fever without any cause for two weeks and continuous lower back pain for three days. Three months prior, she presented with chest discomfort and fatigue without an obvious cause, occasional chest pain after activity, and frequent urination at night. She did not have paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, fever, cough, expectoration, urinary pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, or diarrhea. Physical examination revealed high inflammatory indices, including a white blood cell (WBC) count of 21.7 × 10 9 cells/L, a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of 12.46 mg/L, and procalcitonin (PCT) level of 0.19 ng/mL. She was treated for infection and anemia, as laboratory tests revealed an erythrocyte count of 1.00 × 10 12 /L, a hematocrit of 14.0%, a hemoglobin concentration of 43 g/L, a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of 140.0 fL, a mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) level...

Some people with bacterial gut infections remain symptom-free while passing the infection on to others. A new study has shed light on the interplay between bacteria, diet and the immune system that occurs with a common diarrhea-causing pathogen. It may have opened the door to developing a vaccine that prevents the dehydration and malnutrition caused by diarrheal diseases. Our bodies fight bacterial infections in one of two ways: killing the invading pathogen outright or impairing it, meaning it hangs around in the body. The latter leads to 'asymptomatic carriage,' meaning that although the host has no symptoms of infection, they can still spread it to others. While the bacterium Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) is generally harmless, certain strains cause watery or bloody diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting, and fatigue. Diarrheal diseases such as those caused by E. coli are common in low- and middle-income countries and can lead to malnutrition. According to a 2023 stu...

Monkeys infected with tuberculosis were imported into Michigan earlier this year, sparking a disease investigation by state officials and raising questions from animal rights advocates over national testing shortfalls. In addition to the monkeys that tested positive for the bacterial infection TB at a West Michigan research facility, there were also two individuals who tested positive, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services. It is not clear if the infections were related, however, as only 2% of humans at the lab tested positive and typically about 4% of people, some without knowing it, have TB in the general population. TB is a disease caused by bacteria that can lay dormant in some individuals, and cause serious illness in others. It's a zoonotic disease, meaning it can be transmitted from animal to human, sometimes checked by the immune system for years before causing health problems. The illness not only poses a potential public health threat, it th...

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Abstract Tissue-dwelling helminths affect billions of people around the world. They are potent manipulators of the host immune system, prominently by promoting regulatory T cells (Tregs) and are generally associated with a modified host gut microbiome. However, the role of the gut microbiota in the immunomodulatory processes for these non-intestinal parasites is still unclear. In the present study, we used an extra-intestinal cestode helminth model-larval Echinococcus multilocularis to explore the tripartite partnership (host-helminth-bacteria) in the context of regulating colonic Tregs in Balb/c mice. We showed that larval E. multilocularis infection in the peritoneal cavity attenuated colitis in Balb/c mice and induced a significant expansion of colonic Foxp3 + Treg populations. Fecal microbiota depletion and transplantation experiments showed that the gut microbiota contributed to increasing Tregs after the helminth infection. Shotgun metagenomic and metabolic analyses revealed t...