Recently, the Acridine orange (AO) staining method has improved for identification of
malaria parasites. Fixed and preserved blood smears of malaria patients were used for …

Twelve isolates of Acanthamoeba spp. assigned to either A. castellanii or A. polyphaga, and
type strains of A. culbertsori, A. healyi, A. palestinensis, and A. astronyxis were examined by …

Subgenus classification of Acanthcmoeba remains uncertain. Twenty-three reference strains
of Acanthnmoeba including 18 (neo) type-strains were subjected for classification at the …

We tried to compare the three kinds of Metagonimus species, M. yokogauvai, Metagonimus
Miyata type, and M. takahashii, which were known to be distributed in Korea with …

A Czonorchis sinensis-specific antigen in excretory-secretory product of C. sinensis (CsE)
was assessed in human clonorchiasis by immunoblot. Thirty and 7 kDa antigens of CsE2 …

Cleaving host immunoglobulins is a well known mechanism of evading host immune
reactions exploited by helminth parasites, Secreted cysteine proteases of helminth are a part …

Antigenic domain of major surface protein (p30) of Toxoplasma gondii was analyzed after
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of its gene fragments. Hydrophilic or hydrophobic moiety …

The infestation rates and abundances of human infecting metacercariae (Clonorchis
sintensis, Metagonimus spp., Centrocestus armatus, Echinostoma hortense, Echinochasmus …

The third human case of natural infection by Heterophyopsis continua in Korea was found in
Chinju, Kyongsangnam-do. The case was a 53-year-old man. He used to eat raw brackish …

The mainstay therapy against leishmaniasis is still pentavalent antimonial drugs; however,
the rate of antimony resistance is increasing in endemic regions such as Iran …