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Adel Spotin
Parasitology
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Open AccessCorrection: Molecular diagnosis, phylogenetic analysis, and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Candida species isolated from neutropenic oncological patients
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Open AccessGenetic diversity and seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in COVID‑19 patients; a first case-control study in Iran
Toxoplasmosis is a serious or life-threatening disease in immunosuppressed patients and pregnant women. This study examined the likely association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and COVID-19 patients with mo...
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Open AccessMolecular diagnosis, phylogenetic analysis, and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Candida species isolated from neutropenic oncological patients
Neutropenia is the most important cause of life-threatening invasive fungal infections (IFIs). Here, we studied the frequency and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Candida species that colonized or caused inf...
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Molecular Detection of Leishmania in Wild Caught Sand Flies of Larroussius Subgenus in Iran: Combined Use of Internal and External Morphological Characters as a Mean to Differentiate Morphologically Similar Females
Phlebotomine sand flies are the primary vectors of leishmaniasis; visceral form of disease is transmitted mainly by species belonging to Larroussius and Adlerius subgenus. Species identification of some females i...
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Open AccessRecent advances on innate immune pathways related to host–parasite cross-talk in cystic and alveolar echinococcosis
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) are life-threatening parasitic infections worldwide caused by Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato) and E. multilocularis, respectively. Very little is k...
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Isolation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Free-Living Amoebae (Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, and Vermamoeba) in the Farmland Soils and Recreational Places in Iran
Free-living amoeba (FLA) including Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria are among the soil-born parasites. There are reports of FLA-related keratitis with a history of contact with soil and d...
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Open AccessNanostructured lipid carriers of ivermectin as a novel drug delivery system in hydatidosis
The larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus is the causative agent of hydatid disease in humans. This zoonotic parasitic infection remains a major health problem in certain areas of the world where i...
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Open AccessCryptosporidium infections in terrestrial ungulates with focus on livestock: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cryptosporidium spp. are causative agents of gastrointestinal diseases in a wide variety of vertebrate hosts. Mortality resulting from the disease is low in livestock, although severe cryptosporidiosis has been a...
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Molecular Phylodiagnosis of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis in Children with Cancer: Microsporidia in Malignancies as an Emerging Opportunistic Infection
Microsporidia may cause infection in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent populations. The best strategy to control microsporidiosis is obtaining thorough knowledge of its outbreak and pathogenicity.
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Open AccessThe first morphometric and phylogenetic perspective on molecular epidemiology of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in stray dogs in a hyperendemic Middle East focus, northwestern Iran
Hydatidosis is considered to be a neglected cyclo-zoonotic disease in Middle East countries particularly northwestern Iran which is caused by metacestode of tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. Human hyda...
