The relatively recent discovery of aquaporins (AQP) has introduced a new mechanism of membrane transport that may provide a therapeutic target for parasitic protozoan infections. The AQP family of ...

Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wi | Clinical And Molecular Dx ...

One reason behind the difficulty is the complex life cycle of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. This protozoan, a single-celled organism, enters human blood via a mosquito bite and quickly ...

Ectoparasites include ticks and lice, plants, protozoa, bacteria, and fungi. Plants and animals typically act as hosts. In most situations, parasites do not kill their hosts. An exception ...

Metronidazole (and other nitroimidazole derivatives) is effective in the treatment of invasive disease, but less effective in the treatment of luminal forms of the parasite. [68] Intestinal Infection.

and a protozoan parasite of monarch butterflies) have so far provided clear support for the trade-off theory. Hosts can also evolve in response to infection in ways that influence virulence.

David Roos had been studying nucleated parasites such as Toxoplasma and Plasmodium (malaria) for several years when he decided to ask a simple question: How do antibiotics such as clindamycin work in ...