Background:Malaria and neglected communicable protozoa parasitic diseases,such as leishmaniasis,and trypanosomiasis,are among the otherwise called diseases for neglected communities,which are habitual in underprivileg...
This work was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC)of Australia(grant numbers:ID613671,APP1037304,APP1098244);DPM received the grants,and is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Senior Scientist at QIMRB。
Background:Co-parasitism is a frequent occurrence in impoverished communities in the tropics resulting in a considerable disease burden.While there are extensive reports of intestinal helminthiases,including schistoso...
Development of PCR to detect virus,Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium spp.were supported by a fund from the National Science and Technology Major Project(Grant number:2012ZX10004-220);The field epidemiological investigation and conducting bacterium culture were supported by a fund from the National Science and Technology Major Project(Grant number:2008ZX10004-011);The detection of B.hominis was supported by a fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant number:81473022).
Background:Acute diarrhea is a global health problem,resulting in high morbidity and mortality in children.It has been suggested that enteric pathogen co-infections play an important role in gastroenteritis,but most r...
The researchers would like to thank WaterNet,SIG-RISE and CARNEGIE-Next Generation of African Academics(NGAA-Carnegie),for supporting and funding this research,and Molecular Biology Laboratory,Makerere University for the equipment used in the diagnostics.
Background:Pathogenic water dwelling protozoa such as Acanthamoeba spp.,Hartmannella spp.,Naegleria spp.,Cryptosporidium spp.and Giardia spp.are often responsible for devastating illnesses especially in children and i...