| genotyping of giardia lamblia and entamoeba spp from river waters in iran. | in this study, dna from 55 surface and river water samples, which were collected from some water sources of tehran and the guilan province, iran, were extracted and examined for entamoeba spp. and giardia lamblia by pcr and genotyping. twenty-seven samples, which were concentrated using the immunomagnetic separation technology (ims) method, were examined for giardia alone. twenty-eight samples, which were concentrated using the sucrose flotation (sf) method, were examined for both giardia and en ... | 2015 | 26350378 |
| Prevalence of intestinal parasites among children referred to Children's Medical Center during 18 years (1991-2008), Tehran, Iran. | Epidemiological studies show that parasitic inections are among the most common infections and one of the biggest health problems of the society worldwide. Children at school age have the highest morbidity compared with other ages. Therefore, by treating these children, the disease burden in the total population is reduced. In this study, prevalence of parasitic infection in children referred to Children's Medical Center was compared in different years. In this retrospective cross-sectional stu ... | 2011 | 22185945 |
| giardiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections in relation to anthropometric indicators of malnutrition: a large, population-based survey of schoolchildren in tehran. | the morbidity of intestinal parasitic infections is greatest among children of school age and may have an adverse effect on growth. in the present, cross-sectional study, the association between previously undiagnosed intestinal parasitic infections and growth was assessed in 19,209 children attending elementary schools in tehran. the physical growth of these children was investigated by recording body weights, heights and weight-for-age z scores. faecal samples were collected and each checked f ... | 2008 | 18348775 |
| aeromonas spp associated with children's diarrhoea in tehran: a case-control study. | the study sought a possible pathogenic role for aeromonas spp in tehranian children presenting with diarrhoea. during a 10-month period (february to october 2001), 310 children <10 years of age with diarrhoea and a group of 310 age- and sex-matched controls were selected. both groups were investigated for diarrhoeal pathogens. of 310 children who presented with acute diarrhoea, aeromonas spp was isolated from 14 (4.5%) (a. veronii biovar sobria 8, a. caviae 5 and a. hydrophila 1). the isolation ... | 2004 | 15005966 |
| intestinal parasitic infections among inhabitants of karaj city, tehran province, iran in 2006-2008. | karaj is an area with large influx of refugee people in iran. to increase knowledge about parasitic infections, we carried out this research during 2006-2008. we recorded the stool examination results and some of their personal characteristics. a total of 13,915 human stools were examined, and 649 (4.7%) were positive for intestinal parasites. among them, 13 (0.09%) had worm and 636 (4.6%) had protozoan infections. maximum infections belonged to giardia intestinalis, and 534 (3.8%) samples had t ... | 2009 | 19724700 |
| prevalence of intestinal parasites in a population in south of tehran, iran. | the aim of this study was to describe epidemiologic characteristics of intestinal parasites in a population in south of tehran, iran. a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with suspicious intestinal parasitic infections referred to the zakaria razi laboratory in shahre-ray, southern tehran, iran, was conducted from april 21, 2004 to october 20, 2005. all stool samples were examined and socio-demographic informations were retrieved. of 4,371 referred patients, 466 (239 males and 227 f ... | 2008 | 18604414 |
| subtype analysis of giardia duodenalis isolates from municipal and domestic raw wastewaters in iran. | a total of 54 raw wastewater samples collected from three urban treatment plants and two slaughterhouses in tehran, iran, were assessed for the presence of the giardia cysts using immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies. to characterize the cysts at the molecular level, the three genetic loci were amplified and sequenced. the assemblages a (37.5 %) and e (58.3 %) were detected in livestock wastewater samples. assemblage a, which is composed of only g. duodenalis genotype, was detected in 1 ... | 2016 | 26965275 |