Souzan H Eassa

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Deputy Director of Medical Education, Molecular and Microbiology Coordinator at University of Kurdistan Hewler at University of Kurdistan Hewler

Aim The purpose of the present study was to measure the levels of selected plasma biochemical variables among cases of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs), other than rheumatoid arthritis, treated in a clinic in the city of Duhok, Iraq, since such information is scarce in the region. Materials and Methods A case-control study on IMIDs pa...

Background & Objective: Toxoplasmosis is a globally prevalent opportunistic zoonotic infection. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease which is manifested as joint inflammation, pain, stiffness, and swelling. The patients may contract toxoplasmosis, especially when receiving antirheumatic immunosuppressive therapy. However conflicting r...

Summary Mohammad, F. K., S. H. Eassa & R. G. Abdullah, 2024. A meta-analysis of changes in cholinesterase activity among experimental animals infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Bulg. J. Vet. Med. (online first). The zoonotic disease toxoplasmosis, caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is prevalent in about one third of human population....

Abstract Background and objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease causing synovium inflammation and functional impairment. Toxoplasmosis is an intracellular zoonotic parasitic infection and a risk factor in immunosuppressed diseases including RA. The involvement of the cholinergic mechanism is not clear when both diseases...

Background and Aim: Latent toxoplasmosis is the most frequently occurring parasitic infection worldwide, which causes hormonal and behavioral changes that seriously affect pregnant women. It has also been linked to several autoimmune diseases, including autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). This study aimed to investigate the association between Toxop...

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that is widely distributed in the human population and is responsible for corresponding global morbidity. Specifically, T. gondii causes toxoplasmosis, leading to miscarriage, stillbirth, and neural disorders. This parasite attacks different human organs and glands, such as the thyroid gland, and causes var...

Background: Biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs such as infliximab are often associated with the development of anti-drug antibodies. Such a problem should be monitored in patients on these drugs. The purpose of the present study was to detect anti-infliximab antibodies and identifying factors affecting their occurrence, together with...

The present study aims to investigate the seroprevalence rate of Toxoplasma gondii infection and its relation to some demographic factors among males in Duhok province/Iraq. A total of 424 random blood samples were collected from the male population of different ages (18-60) years and different social-economic classes. Out of 424 samples examined,...

Abstract https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.2021.15.1.8 Background: A cross-sectional study concerning the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among children in Duhok city was carried out from September 2018 to the end of October 2019. This study aimed to show the prevalence and establish some risk factors associated with gastrointestinal para...

Background: The need for ongoing treatment to manage immune-mediated inflammatory diseases is a challenge for health care providers, as there is always an attempt to achieve clinical remission as much as possible. Objective: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of non-adherence to biological drugs and factors affecting it among patients in D...

Background: A variety of diarrheagenic E coli (DEC) are responsible for causing different types of diarrhea in children especially in developing courtiers. Objectives: This study was primarily aimed to isolate and bacteriological characterizing of E coli from diarrheic infant stool and to investigate their antibiotic resistance patterns and then u...

Background: The causative agent of toxoplasmosis is Toxoplasma gondii which is an intracellular protozoan. It has an important role in abortion and congenital diseases in pregnant women, which lead to infant's defectiveness birth when pregnant, are exposed during pregnancy. Toxoplasmosis is one of the most prevalent and most successful parasitic in...

TORCH syndrome is a cluster of symptoms caused by congenital infection with (Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella virus, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex virus, and other pathogens such as Hepatitis B virus antigen and syphilis) during the gestation period of pregnancy. The infection might lead to fetal abnormalities or abortion. Objective: The current study...

Toxoplasmosis is a cosmopolitan disease with acute and chronic infections, caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii that can infect a variety of cells in almost all warm-blooded animals including humans. The study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection among males in Duhok city using ELISA (IgG...

The present study was carried out to evaluate the pathological effects of aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus Spp. in commercial broiler chickens. In this study, we discussed few outbreaks of Aspergillus infection of chicks a week aftter hatching in broiler farms of Duhok-Kurdistan region of Iraq during the period from February to May 2015 on the b...

Toxoplasmosis is a protozoan infection of humans and animals caused by Toxoplasma gondii, and it’s continuous public health and food safety issue. The tachyzoites (Tg) of T. gondii are the most important stage, as they come in direct contact with immune cells such as a macrophage. Tg can modulate and prevent apoptosis of immune cells while promotin...

A major benefit to nanomaterial based-medicine is the ability to provide nanosized vehicles for sporadic metabolites. Here, we describe how the conjugation of valuable ginseng secondary metabolites (ginsenoside Rb1 or Rg1) with carbon nanotubes (CNT) can enhance their anti-proliferative and anti-cancer effects. Ginsenoside-CNT conjugate (Rb-CNT or...

Tachyzoites are considered to be the most important stage of Toxoplasma gondii which causes toxoplasmosis. T. gondii is, an obligate intracellular parasite which infects a wide range of cells. The present study was designed to develop a method for an early detection of T. gondii tachyzoites. The method comprised of a binding assay which was analyze...

Early recognition of Bacillus cereus group species is important since they can cause food‐borne illnesses and deadly diseases in humans. Glycoconjugates (GCs) are carbohydrates covalently linked to non‐sugar moieties including lipids, proteins or other entities. GCs are involved in recognition and signaling processes intrinsic to biochemical funct...

Many pathogens stimulate cell death of immune cells while promoting survival of pathogens. Early cell death is characterized by the release of mediators, namely Caspases (Cas). Infections caused by pathogens can be eradicated if immune cells could resist cell death and kill pathogens upon exposure. In this research, we studied whether glycoconjugat...

The aim of this study in Iraq was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a commercial ELISA test for detection of Giardia lamblia antigen in stool. Of 84 stool samples from children in Duhok governorate, 42 were positive and 42 negative for G. lamblia or other parasites by direct and indirect microscopic examination. The sensitivity of the...

Out of 1261 stool specimens collected from children in Dohuk city, northern Iraq, the prevalence of Giardia lamblia infection was 38.5%. The highest rate of infection was in orphan care centres (48.1%) and the lowest in the paediatric hospital (31.3%). The age group 10-12 years had the highest rate (81.2%) and 7-9 years the lowest (22.9%); boys had...