Till date, only three techniques namely Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN), Transcription-Activator
Like Effector Nucleases (TALEN) and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic …

Amebiasis, due to the pathogenic parasite Entamoeba histolytica, is a leading cause of
diarrhea globally. Largely an infection of impoverished communities in developing countries …

Malnutrition continues to threaten the lives of millions across the world, with children being
hardest hit. Although inadequate access to food and infectious disease are the primary …

Cryptosporidium spp are well recognised as causes of diarrhoeal disease during
waterborne epidemics and in immunocompromised hosts. Studies have also drawn …

Therapeutic food interventions have reduced mortality in children with severe acute
malnutrition (SAM), but incomplete restoration of healthy growth remains a major problem …

The global impact of childhood malnutrition is staggering. The synergism between
malnutrition and infection contributes substantially to childhood morbidity and mortality …

Cryptosporidium and Giardia are important causes of diarrhoeal illness. Adequate
knowledge of the molecular diversity and geographical distribution of these parasites and …

SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

In 2017, an estimated 1 in every 4 (23%) children aged< 5 years were stunted worldwide.
With slow progress in stunting reduction in many regions and the realization that a large …

Cryptosporidium is a major cause of moderate‐to‐severe diarrhoea in humans worldwide,
second only to rotavirus. Due to the wide host range and environmental persistence of this …