Ali Haghighi

TL;DR: In this study, ST1 in gastrointestinal patients compared to asymptomatic individuals was significantly dominant and significantly related to GI symptoms, and eight mixed infections with three different STs, which are under reported, were also identified.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that E. histolytica has an extremely complex genetic structure independent of geographic location, and show that, despite the proposed transmission of other sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection, from Thailand to Japan, the spectra of the genotypes of the E. HistolyTica isolates from these two countries are distinct, suggesting that the major E.histolyticas strains prevalent in Japan at present were likely introduced from countries other than Thailand.

TL;DR: Genotyping of ameba isolates should help to determine geographic origins of isolates and routes of transmission, and nucleotide polymorphism in DNA regions that do not encode proteins and in genes coding for chitinase and for serine-rich E. histolytica protein could serve as a tool to fingerprint individual isolates.

TL;DR: The first report of these FLA in immunodeficiency wards in Iran, and the first to identify Acanthamoeba T5, Hartmannella, and Vahlkampfia in moist habitats, such as biofilms, in this country, highlight a clear need for greater attention to improved disinfection.

TL;DR: Although Zahedan is an area with poor hygiene located in a tropical area near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the prevalence of E. histolytica and E. dispar here compared with other parasites and infectious diseases is unexpectedly low.