scholarly journals Impact of seasonality on helminthic infections

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Helminthic Infections

Therapeutic Aspects of Squill; An Evidence-Based Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadije Saket ◽  
Jalil T. Afshari ◽  
Ehsan Saburi ◽  
Mahdi Yousefi ◽  
Roshanak Salari
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Helminthic Infections ◽  
Traditional Persian Medicine ◽  
Healing Of Wounds ◽  
Bioactive Agents

From ancient times, medicinal plants have been usually utilized to treat many disorders, but today, interest in these herbs is again aroused, because of their fewer side effects and low-cost. In traditional medicine, for many diseases, various medicinal herbs have been suggested so far. Drimia maritime, also named squill, is an important medicinal plant for the treatment of many diseases, especially respiratory diseases. In the current evidence-based study, we conducted a review of the general characteristics, ingredients, administration form, and side effects of squill in traditional medicine. For this purpose, traditional Persian medicine literatures and electronic databases were examined including PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Many compounds are isolated from D.maritima, including scillaren, scillirubroside, scillarenin, and bufadienolide glycosides. Oxymel is the most commonly used form of squill for various diseases, especially respiratory diseases. Besides, squill has been used in the treatment of cardiovascular, digestive, and dermatological disorders, it is also used against various cancer cells for its antioxidant and cytotoxic properties. Moreover, there is relatively reliable evidence of its benefits for bacterial and helminthic infections, rheumatism, edema, gout, abortion induction, healing of wounds and urine induction. It seems that supplementary studies are required to explore the bioactive agents and their effective mechanisms.

Concurrent urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthic infections in schoolchildren in Ilobu, South-western Nigeria

Acta Tropica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
U.S. Ugbomoiko ◽  
V. Dalumo ◽  
Y.K. Danladi ◽  
J. Heukelbach ◽  
I.E. Ofoezie
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Schistosomiasis ◽  
Helminthic Infections

Note on host-parasite relationships observed in fluke infections of wild aquatic birds

Parasitology ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 50 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Pande ◽  
S. S. Ahluwalia ◽  
J. S. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Wild Birds ◽  
Aquatic Species ◽  
Aquatic Birds ◽  
Representative Species ◽  
Helminthic Infections ◽  
House Crow ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Trematode Parasites

The last twenty-five years have witnessed an increasing output of significant work in this country on the trematode parasites of a number of wild birds, including aquatic species. These studies, which are mostly faunistic, and can be said to have commenced in 1926, when Bhalerao (1926) described from Burma (then a province of India) the flukes of the house crow, deal primarily with a large number of representative species of nearly twenty families of Digenea. Of these families, species assignable to the Clinostomidae Lühe, 1901, the Cyathocotylidae Poche, 1926, the Cyclocoelidae Kossack, 1911, the Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886, the Echinostomatidae Poche, 1926, the Notocotylidae Lühe, 1909, the Opisthorchiidae Braun, 1901, and the Strigeidae Railliet, 1919, were encountered in a survey conducted to assess the nature of helminthic infections in wild aquatic birds of the Mathura area.

Circulating filarial antigen detection in brugian filariasis

Parasitology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-357
Author(s):  
PRAVEEN KUMAR TRIPATHI ◽  
RAMESH CHANDER MAHAJAN ◽  
NANCY MALLA ◽  
ABHISHEK MEWARA ◽  
SHAILJA MISRA BHATTACHARYA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Worm ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Antigen Detection ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Helminthic Infections ◽  
Filarial Antigen ◽  
Endemic Normal ◽  
Grade Iii ◽  
Antigen Reactivity ◽  
Circulating Filarial Antigen

SUMMARYHuman lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a major cause of disability globally. The success of global elimination programmes for LF depends upon effectiveness of tools for diagnosis and treatment. In this study on stage-specific antigen detection in brugian filariasis, L3, adult worm (AW) and microfilarial antigenaemia were detected in around 90–95% of microfilariae carriers (MF group), 50–70% of adenolymphangitis (ADL) patients, 10–25% of chronic pathology (CP) patients and 10–15% of endemic normal (EN) controls. The sensitivity of the circulating filarial antigen (CFA) detection in serum samples from MF group was up to 95%. In sera from ADL patients, unexpectedly, less antigen reactivity was observed. In CP group all the CFA positive individuals were from CP grade I and II only and none from grade III or IV, suggesting that with chronicity the AWs lose fecundity and start to disintegrate and die. Amongst EN subject, 10–15% had CFA indicating that few of them harbour filarial AWs, thus they might not be truly immune as has been conventionally believed. The specificity for antigen detection was 100% when tested with sera from various other protozoan and non-filarial helminthic infections.

scholarly journals Update on Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis and Its Clinical Relevance

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira ◽  
Ana Cristina Arámburu da Silva ◽  
Kentaro Yoshimura
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Concomitant Administration ◽  
Definitive Diagnosis ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Neoplastic Disease ◽  
Helminthic Infections ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
New Compounds ◽  
Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis ◽  
Etiologic Diagnosis

SUMMARY Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis is caused by a variety of helminthic infections. These worm-specific infections are named after the causative worm genera, the most common being angiostrongyliasis, gnathostomiasis, toxocariasis, cysticercosis, schistosomiasis, baylisascariasis, and paragonimiasis. Worm parasites enter an organism through ingestion of contaminated water or an intermediate host and can eventually affect the central nervous system (CNS). These infections are potentially serious events leading to sequelae or death, and diagnosis depends on currently limited molecular methods. Identification of parasites in fluids and tissues is rarely possible, while images and clinical examinations do not lead to a definitive diagnosis. Treatment usually requires the concomitant administration of corticoids and anthelminthic drugs, yet new compounds and their extensive and detailed clinical evaluation are much needed. Eosinophilia in fluids may be detected in other infectious and noninfectious conditions, such as neoplastic disease, drug use, and prosthesis reactions. Thus, distinctive identification of eosinophils in fluids is a necessary component in the etiologic diagnosis of CNS infections.

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