Background: The diagnosis of malaria in nonendemic countries presents a continuing challenge.
Increasing physician awareness of the variability in its clinical presentation will improve …

The importation of malaria into a region where it is not endemic raises many concerns,
including the timely delivery of appropriate care, safety of the blood supply, and the risk of …

An ongoing screening program for toxoplasmosis identified a cluster of four women from
northern Quebec who, over a 4-month period, seroconverted during their pregnancy. An …

As part of a screening and treatment program for intestinal parasite infections offered to
newly arrived Southeast Asian refugees in Canada between July 1982 and February 1983, a …

Recent studies suggest that stool antigen assays are more sensitive and specific than
microscopy for the diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infection. One hundred twelve patients …

Objective To assess the effect on birthweight of antenatal mebendazole plus iron vs.
placebo plus iron in a highly hookworm‐endemic area. Methods Double‐blind, randomized …

We report the case of a 23-year-old Caribbean man with disseminated strongyloidiasis (co-infected
with human T cell lymphotropic virus I/II)), severe hypoalbuminemia, and a paralytic …

The clinical utility of eosinophil determinations, stool examinations, and serological studies
for detection of parasitic infection was examined in an asymptomatic expatriate population by …

Trichinosis is a serious but understudied medical problem in the Arctic. Forty-nine consecutive
cases in the Inuit population of northeastern Canada are described. Most developed the …

Repeated outbreaks of trichinellosis caused by the consumption of Trichinella-infected
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) meat, which have sometimes led to serious morbidity, have …