Giardia lamblia is a prevalent intestinal parasite that cause diarrhea among human beings and the life cycle is complicated and contains two stages for trophozoites and cysts. These stages are hardly eradicated by using prescribed drugs such as metronidazole. Aim: The purpose of...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i71462
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge of diarrhea, hand washing behavior, toilet use behavior and the incidence of diarrhea in children under five years old. Study Design: A case control study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i9851
Animals have been used in the evaluation of probiotic potentials of lactic acid bacteria for the development of functional food as only in-vitro tests may not be enough to ascertain the probiotic ability of an organism and its safety in a living host. The action of a probiotic Pe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i930240
Background: Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) is under recognized but an important cause of diarrhea in the developing countries. It is the most frequent bacterial cause of diarrhea in children and adults living in these areas but is most frequently seen in children. We aimed to det...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26138
Aims: To determine rotavirus genotypes and distribution among children 0 - 5 years old with severe acute diarrhea in the North West Region (NWR) of Cameroon. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Hospitals and health centers in the NWR served as sample colle...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18071
Aim of the Work: this work aimed to study the Prevalence, Epidemiology, Phenotyping, and Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Enterohaemrrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains among cases of infantile and childhood diarrhea in Egypt. Materials and Methods: This study was carr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18252
Background: In most developing countries, intestinal parasites are the major cause of morbidity and mortality killing millions of patients each year. Hence, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of intestinal protozoans in HIV/AIDS patients on ART in three hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15737
Muhammad Shoaib Alam, Sana Ullah Khan, Sultan Ayaz, Noor Ul Akbar, Muhammad Asim Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees & Muhammad Waqar·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Background: Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are intestinal parasites that predominantly causes "waterborne" infections that are transmitted through consumption of contaminated water. Both parasites typically cause an acute short-term infections with self-limiting diarr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3947