Trypanosoma rangeli: RAPD-PCR and LSSP-PCR analyses of isolates from southeast Brazil and Colombia and their relation with KPI minicircles.

abstract：:A method is described for the isolation of peroxisomes from mitochondria-enriched fractions obtained from both species of nematodes. The distributions of these organelles are characterized after density gradient centrifugation in sucrose or Percoll by urate oxidase and catalase activities. The possession of peroxisome...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Paget TA,Fry M,Lloyd D

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig recipients of anti-tick immune serum or immune peritoneal exudate cells expressed 25 and 30% tick rejection, respectively, when challenged with Amblyomma americanum larval ticks. Previous studies have shown that IgG1 antibodies are responsible for the ability of immune serum to transfer resistance to ticks ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Brown SJ,Askenase PW

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-day-old specific-pathogen-free chickens were subcutaneously immunized with Eimeria tenella recombinant 5401 antigen (100 microg per chicken) with (0.25, 0.5 or 1.0mg per dose) or without ginsenosides, and boosted with the same dosage 14 days later. The chickens were challenged with 6 x 10(4) homologous sporulate...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Du A,Hu S,Wang S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous lesions elicited in guinea pigs by primary and secondary feeding populations of the argasid tick, Ornithodorus tartakovskyi, were analyzed by light and electron microscopy. Small clusters of basophils appeared at primary bite sites within 24 hr of tick attachment, and by 72 hr constituted approximately 11% o...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： McLaren DJ,Worms MJ,Brown SJ,Askenase PW

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the factors determining the expulsion of intestinal trematodes, we have analyzed the in vivo cytokine responses at several levels and the local responses against Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda) in two host species displaying different compatibility with the parasite. The response of the high co...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Trelis M,Sotillo J,Monteagudo C,Fried B,Marcilla A,Esteban JG,Toledo R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allelic variation in the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) gene is expressed as an association of allelic types in variable blocks. In this study, a PCR strategy that can detect 24 different MSP1 association types was used to investigate allelic variation in the MSP1 gene. We identified 236 dist...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Kaneko O,Kimura M,Kawamoto F,Ferreira MU,Tanabe K

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni muscle fibers contract in response to L-glutamate in a dose-dependent manner (10(-6)-10(-3) M). L-aspartate and D-aspartate are likewise effective in eliciting contraction of the fibers. Mammalian glutamate receptor agonists produce little or no contraction at concentrations as high as 1 mM. In add...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Miller CL,Day TA,Bennett JL,Pax RA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquisition of iron from lactoferrin and transferrin by a parasitic protozoon Tritrichomonas foetus has been studied in vitro. Specific, time-dependent, and saturable binding of iodinated ligands to the outer membrane of T. foetus at 4 degrees C was demonstrated for 125I-labeled lactoferrin only. About 1.7 x 10(5) bin...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Tachezy J,Kulda J,Bahníková I,Suchan P,Rázga J,Schrével J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Brazil caused by Leishmania infantum chagasi and its main vector species is the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. Epidemiological studies have used conventional PCR techniques to measure the rate of infection of sand flies collected in the field. However, real-time PCR can...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Bezerra-Vasconcelos DR,Melo LM,Albuquerque ÉS,Luciano MC,Bevilaqua CM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity to overlapping decapeptides based on sequences of human band 3 protein was determined for 24 rabbit serum samples. A high percentage of the sera recognized sequences of amino acid 650-670, as well as several other sequences representing putative exofacial regions of the band 3 protein. When sera were us...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Crandall I,Guthrie N,Sherman IW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia lamblia is a common cause of both acute and chronic diarrheal disease in humans worldwide. It has been shown that mast cells, IL-6 and TNF-alpha are substantially involved in the early control of G. lamblia infection in mice. However, no studies have yet been reported concerning the interaction between mast ce...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Muñoz-Cruz S,Gómez-García A,Millán-Ibarra J,Giono-Cerezo S,Yépez-Mulia L

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe the cloning and characterization of the Schistosoma mansoni Alkaline Phosphatase (SmAP), previously identified in the tegument of adult worms. SmAP encodes a complete sequence composed of 536 amino acids containing an N-terminal signal peptide, five N-glycosylation sites, and a GPI anchor signal, simi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Araujo-Montoya BO,Rofatto HK,Tararam CA,Farias LP,Oliveira KC,Verjovski-Almeida S,Wilson RA,Leite LC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the effect of the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors trichostatin A (TSA), valproic acid (VA) and sodium-butyrate on the metamorphosis of larvae of the human blood-fluke Schistosoma mansoni from the free-swimming miracidia into the intramolluskal sporocyst. We show that HDAC inhibi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Azzi A,Cosseau C,Grunau C

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motility is required for feeding, reproduction and maintenance of the fluke in the host's liver. According to that, the neuromuscular system can be an attractive drugable target for chemotherapy. Musculature of the Fascioloides magna is organized into three layers, an outer circular layer, beneath this layer the longi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Trailović SM,Marinković D,Trailović JN,Milovanović M,Marjanović DS,Aničić MR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoebae from the genus Acanthamoeba are facultative pathogens of humans and other animals. In humans they most frequently infect the eye causing a sight threatening infection known as Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), and also cause an often fatal encephalitis (GAE). A mannose-binding protein (MBP) has been identified as b...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Kang AY,Park AY,Shin HJ,Khan NA,Maciver SK,Jung SY

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： He GZ

更新日期：2012-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An active Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle maintained by wild rodents in the Andean valleys of Cochabamba Bolivia is described. Wild and domestic Triatoma infestans with 60% infection with T. cruzi were found and was evidenced in 47.5% (rodents) and 26.7% (marsupial) by parasitological and/or serologycal methods. ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Cortez MR,Pinho AP,Cuervo P,Alfaro F,Solano M,Xavier SC,D'Andrea PS,Fernandes O,Torrico F,Noireau F,Jansen AM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the protozoan Leishmania donovani in humans is usually subclinical. Parasites probably persist for the life of the host and the low-level infection is controlled by the cellular immune response. To better understand the mechanisms related to the control of infection, we studied the evolution and archite...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Melby PC,Tabares A,Restrepo BI,Cardona AE,McGuff HS,Teale JM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thrombin (E.C. 3.4.21.5) inhibitor, savignin, was isolated from the salivary glands of Ornithodoros savignyi by a combination of size exclusion, anion-exchange, and reversed-phase chromatography. The inhibitor has a molecular mass of 12,430.4 Da as determined by electrospray mass spectrometry. The behavior of savign...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Nienaber J,Gaspar AR,Neitz AW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigellosis is a serious public health problem in Korea, because large outbreaks of Shigella sonnei infections were recorded in many parts of the country during the period 1998-2000. However, the epidemiological features of shigellosis are not well known. In this study, we devised conditions suitable for the growth an...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Jeong HJ,Jang ES,Han BI,Lee KH,Ock MS,Kong HH,Chung DI,Seol SY,Cho DT,Yu HS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an ubiquitous intracellular parasite, causative agent of toxoplasmosis, and a worldwide zoonosis for which an effective vaccine is needed. A group of proteins secreted by tachyzoites during host-cell invasion was isolated from the interaction medium. It induced the permeability of the cells as ass...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Azzouz S,Maache M,Osuna A,Lawton P,Pétavy AF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that symptomatic infection by Giardia lamblia causes acute or chronic diarrhea, dehydration, abdominal pain and malabsorption, leading to undernutrition and weight loss. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of giardiasis and its combination with a low-protein diet on the intestin...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Gomes MA,de Oliveira DR,de Freitas SE,de Pinho Viana M,Borges EL

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 597 faecal samples were collected from western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus), Euros (M. robustus), red kangaroos (M. rufus) in Western Australia and Eastern Grey Kangaroos (M. giganteus) from Victoria and screened for the presence of Eimeria by PCR at the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) locus. The overall ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Yang R,Fenwick S,Potter A,Elliot A,Power M,Beveridge I,Ryan U

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-month-old beagle dogs were experimentally infected with amastigotes of Leishmania infantum and kept for 14 months. Infection course was monitored by clinical examination, serum protein variations, and levels of specific antibodies against Leishmania estimated by indirect immunofluorescence test and Western blotti...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Carrera L,Fermín ML,Tesouro M,García P,Rollán E,González JL,Méndez S,Cuquerella M,Alunda JM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the effects of age and the role of spleen in rats with heavy Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. Young rats (8 weeks) infected with 100 larvae were found to have significantly higher worm recovery rate (75.0±6.6%) than the adult (6 months) (55.7±1.5%) and the aging ones (13 mont...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Wang LC,Yen CM,Liu CL,Chen ER,Chao D

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania aethiopica is a public health and social problem with a sequel of severe and mutilating skin lesions. It is manifested in three forms: localized CL (LCL), mucosal CL (MCL) and diffuse CL (DCL). Unresponsiveness to sodium stibogluconate (Sb(V)) is common in Ethiopian CL...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Utaile M,Kassahun A,Abebe T,Hailu A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis) muscle larvae (ML) excretory/secretory products (ESPs) are antitumor substances extracted from the culture medium of T. spiralis ML. The ESPs inhibit tumor growth and induce tumor cell apoptosis. To explore the effects of these products on the non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) line ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Wu H,Li M,Shao X,An Z,Du J,Yin H,Pan J,Li S,Zhang Y,Du L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine phosphorylation (PY) is a well-known signalling mechanism which is also involved in host-parasite interactions. Despite its transcendence, PY has been poorly studied in parasitic helminths. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of bile salts on the PY pattern in parasitic trematodes. Two dist...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Marcilla A,Rubia JE,Espert A,Carpena I,Esteban JG,Toledo R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have a wide range of applications in basic and applied research as well as in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Phage display antibody libraries offer an alternative to hybridoma technology for the generation of monoclonal antibodies and can be applied to high-throughput screening and fa...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Norbury LJ,Basałaj K,Bąska P,Zawistowska-Deniziak A,Kalinowska A,Wilkowski P,Wesołowska A,Wędrychowicz H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and six mangabey monkeys (Cercocebus atys) were inoculated with Onchocerca volvulus third-stage larvae (L3) of West African origin. Two chimpanzees each received 200, 300, or 400 L3, while three mangabeys each received either 50 or 250 L3. All six chimpanzees became microfilaria posit...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Eberhard ML,Dickerson JW,Tsang VC,Walker EM,Ottesen EA,Chandrashekar R,Weil GJ,Trpis M,Strobert E,Constantinidis I

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00