Doctor, There's a Tadpole in my Feces! by Rosemary Drisdelle, Kevin R Forward

“…He was worried that the organisms were an intestinal parasite he had passed in his stool. The organisms were approximately 2.5 cm long and resembled tadpoles. …”
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Bloodsucking Insects by P.G. Koehler, J.L. Castner

“…The document aims to educate readers on identifying and understanding these parasitic insects. Date first printed: November 1992.  …”
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The Potential Proallergenic Activity of Tranzschelia pruni-spinosae and Phragmidium rubi-idaei in vitro Studies by Sztandera-Tymoczek M, Wdowiak-Wróbel S, Świderska U, Palusińska-Szysz M, Szuster-Ciesielska A

“…This increases the risk of human exposure to allergens as the plants and their parasitic fungi spread. Since standard skin or blood tests do not always pinpoint the root causes of allergies, identifying new fungal allergens is critical for more precise hypersensitivity diagnoses. …”
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Association of Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection with Pro-Inflamatory Cytokine Interleukin (IL)-12 Responses in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients of Bangladesh by Tamanna Ashraf, Pankaj Kumar Sarker, Md. Ismail Hosen, Atiqur Rahman, A. K. M. Mahbub Hasan, Taibur Rahman

“…Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in around one-third of the world population, particularly in pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. …”
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Therapeutic development to accelerate malaria control through intentional intervention layering by Lydia Braunack-Mayer, Narimane Nekkab, Josephine Malinga, Sherrie L. Kelly, Evelyn Ansah, Joerg J. Moehrle, Melissa A. Penny

“…Layering novel malaria products requires monitoring health outcomes that reflect the novel product’s targeted stage of the parasite life cycle, in addition to all-infection and prevalence-based outcomes. …”
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Morphological Characterization of Emerging Cercariae among Lymnaeid Snails from Barangay Cawongan, Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines by Gregorio L. Martin I, Esperanza C. Cabrera

“…Lymnaeid snails are the known intermediate hosts of the liver fluke Fasciola spp. and therefore play an important role in the parasite’s life cycle. The study is conducted to determine specificity of snail host-parasite interaction and to determine the snail-trematode infection rate by cercarial emergence, characterizing the emerging larvae using standardized key. …”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis and Herpes Zoster as a Component of Syndrome of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an HIV-Positive Patient by Ermira Muço, Arta Karruli, Neada Hoxha, Alma Hoxhaj, Majlinda Kokici

“…Immune reconstitution syndrome (IRIS) is a state of unusual hyperinflammatory response against latent infections which occurs after CD4 cell count improvement and as a consequence of immune response once highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV is introduced. Leishmania parasites and varicella zoster virus (VZV) may be a manifestation of IRIS, but few data exist in literature in particular regarding Leishmania parasites. …”
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Bovine Trypanosomosis and Its Vectors in Three Selected Districts of Buno Bedele Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Gelaye Gebisa, Kibiru Beriso, Biruk Bogale, Oda Gizaw, Dawit Chala

“…The buffy coat technique was used to check the presence of parasites from sampled blood, and the trypanosome species were identified using Giemsa-stained thin blood films. …”
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Asymptomatic Malaria and Helminths Coinfection and Its Association with Anemia among Primary School Children in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Feven Wudneh, Yabibal Gebeyehu, Sara Anberbir

“…Therefore, simultaneous combat against the two parasitic infections is crucial to improve health of the school children.…”
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Zoonotic Babesia: A scoping review of the global evidence. by Kaitlin M Young, Tricia Corrin, Barbara Wilhelm, Carl Uhland, Judy Greig, Mariola Mascarenhas, Lisa A Waddell

“…<h4>Background</h4>Babesiosis is a parasitic vector-borne disease of increasing public health importance. …”
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Molecular Assessment of Domain I of Apical Membrane Antigen I Gene in Plasmodium falciparum: Implications in Plasmodium Invasion, Taxonomy, Vaccine Development, and Drug Discovery by Che Roland Achungu, Damian Nota Anong, Robert Adamu Shey, Cevie Jesenta Tabe

“…Thirty individuals with Plasmodium falciparum malaria had blood samples taken using Whatman’s filter papers. DNA from the parasite was taken out using the Chelex technique. …”
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Status of the Multidrug Resistance-1 Gene of Plasmodium falciparum in Four Malaria Epidemiological Strata, Two Decades after the Abolition of Chloroquine as First-Line Treatment fo... by David Denis Sofeu-Feugaing, Fabrice Nkengeh Ajonglefac, Marcel Nyuylam Moyeh, Tobias Obejum Apinjoh, Marianne Elodie Essende, Gilchrist Destin Talla Kouam, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu

“…Drug-resistant malaria parasites pose a threat to global malaria control efforts, and it is important to know the extent of these drug-resistant mutations in each region to determine appropriate control measures. …”
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Deglycosylation of Excretory-Secretory Antigens of the Second-Stage Larvae of Toxocara cati Improves Its Efficacy in the Diagnosis of Human Toxocariasis by Ali Pouryousef, Bahador Sarkari, Amir Mootabi Alavi, Mostafa Omidian, Fattaneh Mikaeili

“…One of the significant challenges in the serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis is the cross-reaction of Toxocara antigens with other parasites due to their relatively similar glycan structures. …”
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Primary cerebral cystic echinococcosis in a child from Roman countryside: Source attribution and scoping review of cases from the literature. by Adriano Casulli, Stefania Pane, Franco Randi, Paola Scaramozzino, Andrea Carvelli, Carlo Efisio Marras, Andrea Carai, Azzurra Santoro, Federica Santolamazza, Francesca Tamarozzi, Lorenza Putignani

“…Parasitic cysts causing human CE are mainly localized in the liver and in the lungs. …”
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Biochemical Properties of the Acid Ectophosphatase Activity of <i>Phytomonas serpens</i> Involved in Cell Proliferation by Luiz Fernando Carvalho-Kelly, Anita Leocadio Freitas-Mesquita, Thaís Souza Silveira Majerowicz, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes

“…<i>Phytomonas</i> is the only kinetoplastid that can parasitize plants, causing economically relevant issues. …”
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Congenital Malaria and Its Associated Factors at Issaka Gazobi Maternity of Niamey in Niger by I. Tahirou, M. O. Zara, M. L. Moustapha, M. Kamayé, D. Mahamadou, A. Ibrahim, M. Daou, A. Soumana, M. L. Ibrahim

“…The prevalence of congenital malaria infection was 26.51% (66/249) with a parasite density of 101 P/μl (SD: 47.3; [80; 320]). …”
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Physics-Based Compact Model of Independent Dual-Gate BEOL-Transistors for Reliable Capacitorless Memory by Lihua Xu, Kaifei Chen, Zhi Li, Yue Zhao, Lingfei Wang, Ling Li

“…Regarding the specific challenge of dual-gate alignment, possible misalignment and parasitic effects on multi-device fluctuations are important of large-scale circuit design and analyzed by TCAD simulations. …”
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Gut microbiota and bacterial associations in monkeys with gastrointestinal diseases in the setting of helminth infestation by V. A. Kalashnikova, T. P. Egorova, A. V. Demerchyan, V. I. Polyakova, Y. I. Lenshina, D. A. Ilyazyants, I. M. Arshba

“…In monkeys that died from gastrointestinal diseases without parasitic infestation, the pathogenic enterobacteria detection rate was 2 times higher than in the infested animals. …”
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Evaluation of Theileria equi vertical transmission rate and routes in a cohort of asymptomatic mares and their foals by Lisa-Marie Hermans, Claire Bonsergent, Anne Josson, Gloria Rocafort-Ferrer, Marine Le Guyader, Sophie Angelloz-Pessey, Agnès Leblond, Laurence Malandrin

“…The objectives of this study were to analyse the frequency and routes of vertical transmission of these blood parasites from 179 asymptomatic mares to their foals. …”
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Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) for Nematode Management by R. Krueger, K. E. Dover, Robert McSorley, K. H. Wang

“…Includes references and tables showing susceptibility of marigold varieties to root-knot and plant-parasitic nematodes in Florida. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, August 2007. …”
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