Toxocariasis

Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) A rare parasitic disease, normally transmitted by contaminated water, has been shown to be transmitted by sex between HIV-positive men. Taiwanese researcher Chieng-Ching Hung, who led the study, had received a doctorate from the University of Antwerp and the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITMA). Amoebiasis, an infection with the single-celled amoeba Entamoebia [...]  

Using an unconventional approach that they designed, drug discoverers have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, a parasitic infection that many consider one of the world's most overlooked diseases.  

Cases of kala azar, a potentially fatal type of parasitic infection, have risen to epidemic levels in southern Sudan, medical workers say. The disease, also known as visceral leishmaniasis, is transmitted by a particular species of sand fly and is ...  

Scientists identify compounds that hold promise for treating parasitic infectionNews-Medical.netThere is no vaccine or drug to prevent the parasitic infection, which is transmitted through sandfly bites. Interest in developing new treatments for ...Potential leishmaniasis treatments studiedUnited Press Internationalall 6 news articles »  

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Cases of kala azar, a potentially fatal type of parasitic infection, have risen to epidemic levels in southern Sudan, medical workers say. The disease, also known as visceral leishmaniasis, is ...  

New study data suggest a high prevalence of subclinical parasitic infections among foreign-born HIV-positive patients that can persist for decades and frequently go undetected. Medscape Medical News