Protein profile and morphometry of cultured human Blastocystis hominis from children with gastroenteritis and healthy ones.

A total of 180 children of age group 5-12 years old in both sexes, of whom 90 were symptomatic and negative for other parasites, rotavirus or pathogenic bacteria. Another 90 children were asymptomatic, but with B. hominis in stools.

[Wuchereria bancrofti and asthmatic pulmonary signs in Upper Egypt].

A biological and clinical survey was conducted in 25 patients with bancroftian filariasis, consulting the El Nikhela Health Centre, Assiout Governorate, Upper Egypt. Eleven patients showed asthmatic bronchitis. According to parasitological and serological data (specific antibodies level, total IgE), those clinical manifestations cannot be considered as a part of the "eosinophilic lung" syndrome.