Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to
set off a chain of effects that significantly affects public health through casualties and injuries …

Background Giardiasis infection may be asymptomatic, or can cause diarrhoea (sometimes
severe), weight loss, malabsorption, and, in children, failure to thrive. It is usually treated with …

On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit by two major earthquakes that caused
extremely heavy structural damage to buildings and infrastructure in one of the most densely …

Although giardiasis has been a threat to mankind for thousands of years, this protozoan
infection was, until recently, relatively neglected. Giardia duodenalis is recognised as a …

Until now, an estimate quotes that 1100 healthcare facilities were damaged and over
100,000 livestock lost in the two earthquakes that occurred in April and May of 2015 in …

Objectives To assess the trends in prevalence of soil‐transmitted helminths (STH s),
Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia among school‐aged children in Nepal between …

The present report is a case control study aimed to determine the levels of cytokines and
other parameters in the sera of allergy-complicated and uncomplicated giardiasic children …

Background: Sudan has the world's largest internally displaced population, estimated at four
millions. There are eight main areas of internally displaced people in Kassala (eastern …

Infectious diseases following natural disasters tend to occur as a result of the prolonged
secondary effects of the disaster, mostly when there is an interruption of public health …

Natural disasters such as earthquakes resulting in infrastructural damage in affected areas
can also result in outbreaks of infectious diseases, with infections usually beginning within …