AMOEBIASIS and Ascariasis  

AMOEBIASIS  

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

9601.     Goncalves ML, da Silva VL, de Andrade CM, Reinhard K, da Rocha GC, Le Bailly M, Bouchet F, Ferreira LF, Araujo A. Amoebiasis distribution in the past: first steps using an immunoassay technique. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Feb;98(2):88-91.

9602.    Lawson LL, Bailey JW, Beeching NJ, Gurgel RG, Cuevas LE. The stool examination reports amoeba cysts: should you treat in the face of over diagnosis and lack of specificity of light microscopy? Trop Doct. 2004 Jan;34(1):28-30.

9603.    Sawada Y, Yuan C, Huang AJ. Impression cytology in the diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis with surface involvement. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 Feb;137(2):323-8.

9604.    Tachibana H, Cheng XJ, Masuda G, Horiki N, Takeuchi T. Evaluation of recombinant fragments of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin intermediate subunit for serodiagnosis of amebiasis. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Mar;42(3):1069-74.

9605.    Tachibana H, Takekoshi M, Cheng XJ, Nakata Y, Takeuchi T, Ihara S. Bacterial expression of a human monoclonal antibody-alkaline phosphatase conjugate specific for Entamoeba histolytica. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Jan;11(1):216-8.

Pathogenesis:

9606.    Aksoy U, Ustun S, Dagci H, Yazar S. Effects of Cd(+2), Cu(+2), Ba(+2) and Co(+2) ions on Entamoeba histolytica cysts. World J Gastroenterol. 2004 Feb 1;10(3):449-51.

9607.    Duggal P, Haque R, Roy S, Mondal D, Sack RB, Farr BM, Beaty TH, Petri WA Jr. Influence of human leukocyte antigen class II alleles on susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica infection in Bangladeshi children. J Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 1;189(3):520-6. Epub 2004 Jan 20.

9608.    Kumagai M, Makioka A, Takeuchi T, Nozaki T. Molecular cloning and characterization of a protein farnesyltransferase from the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jan 16;279(3):2316-23. Epub 2003 Oct 28.

   Therapy:

9609.      Ghosh S, Chan JM, Lea CR, Meints GA, Lewis JC, Tovian ZS, Flessner RM, Loftus TC, Bruchhaus I, Kendrick H, Croft SL, Kemp RG, Kobayashi S, Nozaki T, Oldfield E.   Effects of bisphosphonates on the growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium species in vitro and in vivo. J Med Chem. 2004 Jan 1;47(1):175-87.

 

Ascariasis

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:  

9610.         Hershkovitz D, Wasserberg N. Large bowel obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides. Isr Med Assoc J. 2004 Feb;6(2):115-6.

Pathogenesis:

9611.       Rauniyar RK, Agrawal CS, Baboo S, Singh RK, Sharma U, Rao JS. Live ascariasis of gall bladder and bile duct: clinical and radiological features. Trop Doct. 2004 Jan;34(1):46-8.

Therapy:

9612.   Van den Biggelaar AH, Rodrigues LC, van Ree R, van der Zee JS, Hoeksma-Kruize YC, Souverijn JH, Missinou MA, Borrmann S, Kremsner PG, Yazdanbakhsh M. Long-term treatment of intestinal helminths increases mite skin-test reactivity in Gabonese schoolchildren. J Infect Dis. 2004 Mar 1;189(5):892-900.
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