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Parasitol Int
January 2025
Malaria & Parasitic Emerging Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Malaria remains a significant health threat in tropical and subtropical regions. The immune response to Plasmodium falciparum involves both humoral and cellular components, including phagocytosis by neutrophils. However, observing phagocytosis through light microscopy is uncommon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare anomaly characterized by the presence of a monozygotic twin that becomes incorporated into the abdomen of its sibling during fetal development. FIF is a rare congenital condition typically identified in infancy. We present a case of FIF in a 16-year-old male, which is an extremely rare presentation during adolescence.
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November 2024
From the Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
In conjoined twins when one of the twins is incompletely formed and is dependent on the healthy counterpart for survival, they are described as heteropagus (parasitic) twins. Rachipagus is a type of parasitic twin joined at the spine above the sacrum. Such neonates can present with complex problems related to anesthesia.
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October 2024
College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, P. R. China.
Radiol Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Heteropagus, also known as parasitic twining, is the asymmetric twinning of conjoined identical or monozygotic twins. One severely deficient twin (the parasite) relies on the other twin's heart (the autosite) to survive. The circumstance only arises when parts of the body of the developed and delivered twin are joined to the undeveloped or underdeveloped twin.
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