BIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS AND CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS
Schistosomiasis (blood-fluke infection) is a tropical disease that mainly affects the urinary and intestinal tracts of people living in poor rural communities of both tropical […]
Parasitology
Public health risks of (dirty) currency notes
Currency notes (including paper notes and coins) are legal tenders used for various business transactions in the market place, offices, schools, hospitalsand in our daily […]
AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE)
American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is a protozoal disease caused by certain species of Trypanosoma parasites restricted to the Americas. It is different from African trypanosomiasis […]
FTA (Flinders Technology Association) CARDS
The acronym FTA stands for “Flinders Technology Association”. FTA CARDS are chemically treated Whatman filter papers that are designed for the collection, preservation and shipment […]
AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (SLEEPING SICKNESS)
African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)is a protozoal disease that is caused by a complex or group of parasites in the genus Trypanosoma. Sleeping sickness occurs in […]
TOXOPLASMOSIS (caused by Toxoplasma gondii)
Toxoplasmosis is a protozoan (parasitic) disease which occurs in both humans and animals. It affects many cell types in its host’s body. Toxoplasmosis is an […]
DRACUNCULIASIS
Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease that is caused by a tissue nematode (roundworm) which is usually found in the subcutaneous tissue of infected humans. […]
ECHINOCOCCOSIS (HYDATIDOSIS, OR HYDATID DISEASE)
BIOLOGY AND CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF ECHINOCOCOCCUS Human echinococcosis (hydatidosis, or hydatid disease) is caused by the larval stages of cestodes (tapeworms) of the genus Echinococcus. […]
GIARDIASIS
Giardiasis is a water-borne protozoal diarrheal-disease that is cause by parasites in the genus Giardia. The disease is a common intestinal infection which is usually […]
LEISHMANIASIS
Leishmaniasis is the parasitic disease caused by the protozoal organism, Leishmania. The disease affects the skin, spleen and the liver, and it is usually characterized […]