The majority of the world's population still live without access to healthy water and the
contamination of drinking water with protozoan pathogens poses a serious threat to millions …

The diagnostic value of a multiplex real‐time PCR for the detection of Entamoeba histolytica,
Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum/Cryptosporidium hominis was evaluated by …

Treatment and control programmes tackling soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections
require sensitive, reliable, and accurate diagnostic tools. There is a growing need for …

A new diagnostic strategy was assessed for the routine diagnosis of intestinal parasites in
returning travellers and immigrants. Over a period of 13 months, unpreserved stool samples …

Entamoeba histolytica is an invasive intestinal pathogenic parasitic protozoan that causes
amebiasis. It must be distinguished from Entamoeba dispar and E. moshkovskii …

Intestinal protozoa are responsible for relatively few infections in the developed world, but
the testing volume is disproportionately high. Manual light microscopy of stool remains the …

Intestinal parasitic infections are currently a source of concern for Public Health agencies in
developing and developed countries. Since three ovum‐and‐parasite stool examinations …

Background Parasitic infections are responsible for a significant burden of disease
worldwide as a result of international travel and immigration. More accurate diagnostic tools …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the EasyScreen™ Enteric Parasite Detection Kit
(Genetic Signatures, Sydney, Australia) for the detection and identification of 5 common …

Background Many parasites (protozoa and helminths) can be transmitted through food and
lead to infections with high morbidity, as well as disease outbreaks. Although the importance …