Sanaa Antonios

Tanta University · Medical Parasitology

Scabies is considered one of the commonest dermatological diseases that has a global health burden. Current treatment with ivermectin (IVM) is insufficient and potential drug resistance was noticed. Moxidectin (MOX), with a better pharmacological profile may be a promising alternative. The efficacy of moxidectin against Sarcoptes scabiei was assess...

Allergic bronchial asthma is a long-lasting illness of the respiratory system characterized by chronic inflammation of the respiratory airways with abnormal Th2- type immune responses to specific allergens. The accumulation of scientific evidence supports the beneficial effects of some parasitic infections in animal models of allergic diseases. Thu...

The Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, August 2019

Intestinal parasites may cause symptoms similar to acute appendicitis. Moreover, the diagnosis of parasitic infections is only done by post-operative histopathological examination of the appendices. Therefore, our aims are to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients who were be appendectomized at Tanta Hospitals, Egyp...

Current status of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Gharbia Governorate: parasitological and epidemiological study

Current status of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Gharbia Governorate: parasitological and epidemiological study

Current status of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Gharbia Governorate: parasitological and epidemiological study

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is an undifferentiated carcinoma with histological features similar to undifferentiated, non-keratinizing carcinoma of the nasopharynx. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the urinary bladder is uncommon with a reported. incidence of 0.4% -1.3% of all bladder cancers. This case describes an 80 years old Egyptian mal...

Parasitic infections might become life threatening in immuno-compromised children' The study assessed the parasites' prevalence in different groups of immuno-compromised children. It was conducted on 120 children of whom 90 were inpatients in Tanta University Pediatric Hospital and were divided into 6 groups. GI: malignant diseases, GII: renal dise...

Whole trophozoites and cysts of axenically cultivated Naegleria fowleri were prepared for study of their surface morphology by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Trophozoites and cyst stages were studied from Chang's culture media. Some trophozoites were examined after animal inoculation and brain isolation to compare the changes in surface featur...

This study was conducted in order to reveal the seroprevalence of T. canis infection in selected 150 Egyptian patients with presumptive clinical syndromes. They were children (128) with respiratory symptoms or pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)and adults (22) with PUO. Anti-Toxocara antibodies (IgG) were detected in sera by ELISA. The results showed 6...

In this study, 45 mice were used, 30 mice of them were injected subcutaneously with 80-100 schistosoma mansoni cercariae and 15 mice remained uninfected and served as a control group. Infected mice were killed at 8 and 12 weeks post-infection while control mice were killed at one time. Paraffin sections were made from adrenal cortex and liver. The...

Laboratory bred female mice were used to study the effect of chronic toxoplasmosis on reproductive performance. The animals were infected with small dose (3 x 10(3)) tachyzoites of Toxoplasma parasites. The female mice were mixed with normal males for one week, then separated to monitor their reproductive performance one and two months post infecti...

200 women with history of abortion and 100 women with history of uneventful pregnancies were investigated serologically for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies using both the indirect haemagglutination test and the Sabin-Feldman dye test. Our results indicated a role for the first test in seroepidemiological surveys and for routine work. The second test may...

The histopathological picture of Toxoplasma gondü RH strain (virulent) and Beverley strain (a virulent) was experimentally studied in mice. Nearly all the internal organs and tissues showed pathological changes ranging between the mild congestion to the severe degeneration. However, the changes were more serious in mice infected with RH strain than...

The course of Trichinella spiralis infection was studied in Alloxan induced diabetes in mice. The number of Trichinella larvae in muscles of infected animals was estimated by digestion of whole carcases and compared with control non diabetic group. Histopathological study of infected muscles was also done. It was found that diabetic mice developed...