Aperito Journal of Bacteriology Virology and parasitology

Assessment of Water handling and Sanitation practices among Rural communities of Farta Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia

Genet Gedamu* and Desta Haftu

Worldwide, 663 million people do not have access to improved drinking water supplies and 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation including one billion who practice open defecation. Eighty-eight percent...

Urethritis due to Multiple Sexually-transmitted Infection Agents in a Young Male in Turkey

Cemile Sonmez1*, Tulin Demir1,2, Mumtaz Dadali3, Muhammed Sahin Bagbanci1, Hakan Maden1, Tahir Uzunmehmetoglu1 and Selcuk Kilic1

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are caused by a large number of microorganisms mostly with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Data concerning the frequency of STD agents is scarce in the...

Effectiveness of RDT and Microscopy in Detection of Malaria Parasite

Rana Ghazi Zaini1, Khadiga Ahmed Ismail1,2 and Maha Mohammed Abdel-Wahab3*

Malaria presents a diagnostic challenge to laboratories especially in non-endemic malaria countries. Population movements and Travellers all contribute to presenting the laboratory with diagnostic problems for which it m...

qRT-PCR is a Highly Sensitive, Highly Specific Diagnostic Adjunct to H&E Microscopy to Detect Giardia Using Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue

Euna Choi, Zijin Zhao, Morgan H McCoy, Shaoxiong Chen and Jingmei Lin

Background: The diagnosis of Giardia spp. may pose a challenge on routine Haematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) sections of small intestinal biopsy specimens. Additionally, clinicians may not order additional l...

Anti-Parasitic Activity of Zingiber officinale (Ginger): A Brief Review

Nagwa Mostafa El-Sayed1٭ and Magda Mostafa El-Saka2

Zingiber officinale (Z. officinale) is a perennial herb with several medicinal properties. Development of modern drugs from Z. officinale can be emphasized for the control of various diseases. The feasibil...

Recent Updates in Transfusion Transmitted Parasitic Diseases

Nagwa Mostafa El-Sayed*

A number of parasitic diseases have been reported to be transmitted by blood transfusion, including malaria, leishmaniasis, Chagas' disease, babesiosis, toxoplasmosis and filariasis. Majority of blood bank...

Cardiovascular Collapse in Three-Toed Drongos After Exposure to Atonal Acoustics

J Wayne Gacy, J Otto Hoch, D Berkowitz, J Dahmer, H Shipman, P Sutcliffe, D Rader, A DeSalvo and Ian Orme

This study demonstrates that prolonged exposure of drongos to repetitive auditory stimuli causes sustained increased levels of hypertension, which may explain observations in the local habitat. ...

A Probable Role for Zonula Occludens-1, a Tight Junction Protein, in the Pathogenesis of Human Lung Cytomegalovirus Infection

Koon Chu Yaiw* and Kum-Thong Wong

A Brief Insight on Anti-Toxoplasma Gondii Activity of Some Medicinal Plants

Nagwa Mostafa El-Sayed1* and Elmeya Hassan Safar2

The treatment of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection accentuates the problem of the limited effectiveness of the available anti-parasitic agents and their side effects and also, the potential appearanc...

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among Food Handlers

Addis Aklilu1 and Mohammedaman Mama

Background: Food contamination may occur at any point during its journey through production, processing, distribution, and preparation. The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health s...

BK Virus Detection by PCR in Renal Biopsy Specimens from Renal Transplant Patients

Riley Alexander1, Kristin Post2, Zijin Zhao1, Kari Meehan2, Carrie Phillips1, Rong Fan1, Liang Cheng1, and Jingmei Lin1*

Background: BK virus (BKV) infection in renal transplant patients is a constant concern. As BK-induced nephritis may lead to graft failure, detection of the virus is of significant clinical importance. Whi...

Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Urinary Catheter Biofilm and Urine - in Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangladesh

Majumder MI1* and Ahmed T2

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is common worldwide health care associated problem. Antibiotic resistance in CAUTI is due to wide spread use of urinary catheter and inappropriate use of...

An Overview of Antiviral Activity of some Medicinal plants of Africa

Olufunmilayo G Oyero1* and A Egunyomi2

Owing to numerous problems of controlling viral diseases many African medicinal plants have been screened for their antiviral activity. A review of studies on this shows that 58 plant species had in-vitro ...

Therapeutic Potential of Nanoparticulate System for Treatment of Protozoan Infection

Priya Yadav1 and Arghya Bandyopadhyay2

Protozoan parasites cause serious human and zoonotic infections, including life-threatening diseases such as malaria, African and American trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. According to World health organ...

The Host Cell Co-Chaperonin Hsp10 is an Interacting Partner for the Legionella pneumophila Multifunctional Chaperonin HtpB

Gheyath K Nasrallah

L. pneumophila is an intracellular bacterium that replicates inside a membrane-bound vacuole called LegionellaContaining Vacuole (LCV), where it profusely releases its HtpB chaperonin. From LCV, HtpB reaches th...