The advent of modern antibiotics contributed enormously to the dramatic extension of human lifespan since their discovery by virtue of their lethal and selective action against pathogenic microbes ...

Article Published: 07 July 1956 Fine Structure of some Ciliate Protozoa J. T. RANDALL Nature 178, 9–14 (1956) Cite this article ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as ...

Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally regarded as a tropical disease found only in ...

REVIEW Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review Liesbeth Frías I; Daniela Leles II; Adauto Araújo I, + I Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil II Departamento ...

Apicomplexan protozoan parasite Babesia microti (Bm) and spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi are tick-transmitted pathogens that cause babesiosis and Lyme disease and increasingly cause coinfections. More ...

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