Beyond participating in the oxygen transport by red blood cells, iron is an essential
micronutrient and contributes to different physiological pathways and processes, such as …

Food handlers with improper personal hygiene practices have a significant role in
transmitting foodborne parasites, including intestinal protozoa. The current systematic …

Anemia is a multifactorial condition; approaches to address it must recognize that the causal
factors represent an ecology consisting of internal (biology, genetics, and health) and …

Animals such as rodents and birds may play a key role in the distribution of Blastocystis sp.,
either as introducers of the parasite into the water or as receptors of an infection already …

Patients with diabetes are at an increased risk of intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs). We
evaluated the pooled prevalence and OR of IPIs in patients with diabetes through a …

Mass drug administration programs for the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in
humans most commonly utilize a single class of drugs; the benzimidazoles. Most such …

Abstract Background Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are public health problems widely
distributed in the world and cause significant morbidity and mortality; many of which occur …

Simple Summary Blastocystis is one of the most prevalent parasites, which can infect
humans and many animal species worldwide, and the infection can result in public health …

Background. Intestinal parasite infections are among the most common infections
worldwide. They pose a high burden in pregnant women in developing countries causing …

Almost 80% of health problems in the developing world are due to malnutrition and
infectious diseases, which are mainly parasitic. Updated records on the prevalence of …