The present article focuses on those zoonotic helminths transmitted from animals to humans that affect the human eye. Undoubtedly, the parasitic zoonotic diseases and their epidemiology have been changing as a result of complex factors including abiotic (e.g., increasing temperatures) and biotic (e....
They’re “gross and slimy and flaccid and wiggling.” But parasites can be just as important as more charismatic animals—and many may be on the verge of disappearing.
These worms, contracted from fly bites, travel around in the subcutaneous tissues of a human and sometimes make it to the eyes, where an infected human might feel them crawling around. Although they don’t normally affect vision, Loa Loa worms cause horrible irritation and pain. Thankfully, t...
There are 128 species of Haemoproteus all of which are host-specific to the family level (Bennett et al., 1994). They can affect a variety of birds of prey with multiple infections being of common observation (Lierz et al., 2002). Fig. 9 – Gametocyte of Haemoproteus tinnunculi di...
Since cat breeds tend to be regionally popular and to change over time, this would be another variable that would affect the prevalence of toxoplas- mosis. Thus two countries could have the same number of cats, but, because they favor different breeds, one country could have twice as much ...
gondii infection affect the maternal–fetal tolerance function of dNK cells. T. gondii infection could suppress Gal-9 expression in dMφ by activating the JNK/FOXO1 signaling pathway. The reduction of Gal-9 in dMφ further increases the phosphorylation of ERK in dNK cells via Gal-9/Tim-3 ...
Human nasopharyngeal infection by the so-called tongue-worm can affect the nasopharynx, throat, eyes, lymph nodes, nose, oral cavity, lungs and liver [85]. Reliable data on the rate and geographical range of the infection in dogs are unavailable and diagnosis is challenging as infections in ...
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[22]. In many cases the immune system can prevent the symptoms; however,T. gondiiinfections can be lethal for immune deficient people such as HIV patients [98]. Moreover, during pregnancy the fetus is at particular risk since the disease can affect the nervous system, eyes, and other ...
The pooled national prevalence of intestinal parasites among patients with tuberculosis in Ethiopia was 36.1% (95% CI, 22.1–50.1; I2 = 98.7%). Subgroup analysis based on study design indicated that the prevalence of intestinal parasite among case-control studies was 41.69% (95% CI, 28.6...