scholarly journals 4.1mportant vectors related to parasitic diseases in tropical areas(I.Facing on field survey)(Medical entomology and zoology in cooperation with various fields concerned)

2004 ◽  
Vol 55 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
E. R. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Medical Entomology ◽  
Tropical Areas

scholarly journals A Difficult Diagnosis of Plasmodium ovale Malaria

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Santos-Reis ◽  
Jaime Nina
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Malaria Diagnosis ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Plasmodium Ovale ◽  
Difficult Diagnosis ◽  
Mild Anemia ◽  
Imported Cases ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Malaria Microscopy

Malaria is a major cause of suffering, disease, and death worldwide and is considered the most important of all human parasitic diseases. Malaria is still endemic in most tropical and sub-tropical areas and globalization has contributed to an increase of imported cases around the world. We report a Plasmodium ovale infection in a traveler with recent return from a long land trip across West Africa. He declared adherence to mefloquine chemoprophylaxis only at the start of the trip. Initially, he was seen at two different hospitals and in both he was screened for malaria by microscopy and rapid diagnostic test, but his diagnosis was not confirmed. The traveler was then diagnosed at our hospital with a malaria infection by Plasmodium ovale. Complete blood count showed mild anemia, but leukocytes and platelets were already normal. Symptoms resolved in 24 hours after treatment started. Microscopy of stained blood films remains the gold standard for malaria diagnosis, which is critically dependent on trained eyes. In non-endemic regions with few cases during the year, training programs in malaria microscopy are crucial. The aim is to prevent the reintroduction of malaria in Europe, reduce individual morbidity and suffering, and thus contribute towards reduction in deaths caused by this disease.

scholarly journals Parasitic infections: overlooked, under-diagnosed and under-researched

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harsha Sheorey ◽  
Richard S Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Immunosuppressive Drugs ◽  
Differential Diagnoses ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Clinical Presentations ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Industrialised Countries

Professor George Nelson (1924–2009) once stated that, ‘Parasitology is the preserve of the diagnostically destitute’. Little has changed to this day, with potentially relevant parasitic causes of illnesses often not being considered early in the differential diagnoses of clinical presentations. Parasitic infections are sometimes overlooked as causes of morbidity and (in some cases) mortality in both the medical and veterinary fields. In Australia there remain significant problems associated with giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, strongyloidiasis and other parasitic diseases, particularly in remote, underserved and tropical regions of the country and also in the immuno-compromised individuals (HIV, immunosuppressive drugs etc.). The burden of many parasitic diseases is greater in tropical and sub-tropical areas of non-industrialised countries. With increasingly adventurous travel and dining, increasing numbers of Australians returning from travel overseas with added souvenirs of common or exotic parasitoses every year and refugees and migrants arriving in Australia, these infections are becoming increasingly important.

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