title: Serum malondialdehyde level in children infected with Vampirolepis nana.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vampirolepis nana is the only human tapeworm in which the intermediate host is not necessary and transmission is from person to person. In this study the changes of serum malondialdehyde level, that is, the oxidative stress hypothesis in patients infected with V. nana, was investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum malondialdehyde concentration activity was measured in 32 patients who were positive for intestinal parasite of V. nana. Levels were obtained for the positively infected patients and their age and gender were matched to 32 healthy controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The difference between malondialdehyde levels of patients infected with V. nana and the control group was statistically significant both for females (P < 0.05) and males (P < 0.05). In the patient and control groups, no correlation was found between age and malondialdehyde levels both in females and males. In addition, no significant correlation could be found between malondialdehyde levels of both females and males for the patient and control groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malondialdehyde levels were clearly increased in the patients infected with V. nana.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Medical Facutly, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. syazar@erciyes.edu.tr
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yazar
authors.forename: Eser
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saraymen
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozbilge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood*; D018384:Oxidative Stress
chemical_list: D008315:Malondialdehyde