Publications by authors named "S Shamsaddini"
Objective: Different Acanthamoeba species are among the most ubiquitous organisms causing serious diseases in humans including central nervous system (CNS) and eye infections. Contact lenses, lens care solutions and the hospital environments particularly the indoor and outdoor environments of ophthalmology wards where people are present with different types of eye diseases, are the potential sources of human infection. The purpose of the present study was the molecular investigation of free-living amoebae in the used contact lenses, lens care solutions and hospital samples from the ophthalmology wards and operating rooms in a referral hospital in southeastern Iran.
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- - The study highlights that free-roaming dogs in urban Iran are major carriers of zoonotic parasites, specifically Echinococcus and Taenia species, which can risk human health through environmental contamination with their feces.
- - Researchers collected and analyzed dog fecal samples in Kerman using various identification techniques, discovering taeniid eggs in 10.8% of the samples, indicating significant parasite presence.
- - The findings underscore a potential public health concern regarding cystic echinococcosis transmission among humans, emphasizing the need for further monitoring and control measures in urban areas.
Understanding dynamics of free-roaming dog (FRD) population is critical for planning and implementation of dog population management programs. FRD population size estimation as well as dynamic modeling of dog population under different female dog neutering interventions were investigated in order to determine the most appropriate animal birth control approach. We performed population size estimate of dogs using sight-resight surveys by photography in a randomly selected 25 blocks of the city and all the suburbs of greater Kerman area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur knowledge on the susceptibility of humans to different genotypes of the zoonotic tapeworm and the genetic make-up of the cysts in multi-organ involvements is limited. This study aimed to identify the genotype profile of in patients undergoing hydatid surgery in an endemic area for cystic echinococcosis (CE) in southeastern Iran. Individuals who underwent hydatid cyst surgery were included in this study.
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