Metronidazole (and other nitroimidazole derivatives) is effective in the treatment of invasive disease, but less effective in the treatment of luminal forms of the parasite. [68] Intestinal Infection.

A review of food and waterborne parasites in Kenya has highlighted gaps in surveillance, which researchers say means there is ...

Intestinal parasite infections are typically caused by one of two types of parasites: protozoa (single-celled organisms) or helminths (worms and larvae). The most common types of protozoa in the U ...

Pathogenic intestinal protozoa are responsible for clinically ... eradication of the parasite. For many of the protozoa the host immune response remains poorly defined, as are the mechanisms ...