Trypanocidal activity of the proteasome inhibitor and anti-cancer drug bortezomib.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study shows the results of three years of IRS entomological monitoring (2016, before intervention; 2017 and 2018, after intervention) performed in Alibori and Donga, northern Benin. METHODS:Mosquito collections were performed on a monthly basis using human landing catches and pyrethrum spray cat...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Salako AS,Dagnon F,Sovi A,Padonou GG,Aïkpon R,Ahogni I,Syme T,Govoétchan R,Sagbohan H,Sominahouin AA,Akinro B,Iyikirenga L,Agossa F,Akogbeto MC

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies demonstrate that insect-specific viruses can influence the ability of their mosquito hosts to become infected with and transmit arboviruses of medical and veterinary importance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the interactions between Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) (Parvoviridae) (...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Urakova N,Brustolin M,Joseph RE,Johnson RM,Pujhari S,Rasgon JL

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Mignotte A,Garros C,Gardès L,Balenghien T,Duhayon M,Rakotoarivony I,Tabourin L,Poujol L,Mathieu B,Ibañez-Justicia A,Deniz A,Cvetkovikj A,Purse BV,Ramilo DW,Stougiou D,Werner D,Pudar D,Petrić D,Veronesi E,Jacobs F,

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human and animal fascioliasis poses serious public health problems in South America. In Venezuela, livestock infection represents an important veterinary problem whereas there appear to be few human cases reported, most of which are passively detected in health centres. However, results of recent surveys sug...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bargues MD,González LC,Artigas P,Mas-Coma S

更新日期：2011-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The low prevalence of blood parasites in some bird species may be related to the habitats they frequent, the inexistence of the right host-parasite assemblage or the immunological capacity of the host. Here, we assess the parasite load of breeding populations of Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae), a medium-...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Gutiérrez-López R,Gangoso L,Martínez-de la Puente J,Fric J,López-López P,Mailleux M,Muñoz J,Touati L,Samraoui B,Figuerola J

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soil-transmitted helminthiases are important neglected tropical diseases that result in a notably high number of disability-adjusted life years worldwide. Characterizing the interactions between the human intestinal microbiome and helminths is of interest in the development of alternative treatments that do ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Chen H,Mozzicafreddo M,Pierella E,Carletti V,Piersanti A,Ali SM,Ame SM,Wang C,Miceli C

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was carried out to develop a health education learning package (HELP) about soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, and to evaluate what impact such a package could have in terms of reducing the incidence and intensity of STH infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in Pahang, Malaysia. MET...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Al-Delaimy AK,Al-Mekhlafi HM,Lim YA,Nasr NA,Sady H,Atroosh WM,Mahmud R

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite intensive control measures including governmental campaigns using highly-efficacious systemic insecticides, there is evidence for persisting or recurring bovine Hypoderma species populations in parts of Europe, the USA and Canada. The present study evaluated the efficacy of LONGRANGE® (eprinomectin 5...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Lia RP,Rehbein S,Giannelli A,Fankhauser B,Otranto D

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmaniasis represents an important public health problem in Brazil. The continuous process of urbanization and expansion of human activities in forest areas impacts natural habitats, modifying the ecology of some species of Leishmania, as well as its vectors and reservoirs and, consequently, changes the e...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： da Costa SM,Cordeiro JLP,Rangel EF

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic zoonoses. The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans varies widely worldwide. Detection of Toxoplasma-specific antibodies has been a gold standard method for both epidemiological investigation and clinical diagnosis. Genetic investigation ind...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sun X,Lu H,Jia B,Chang Z,Peng S,Yin J,Chen Q,Jiang N

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diversity of malaria vector populations, expressing various resistance and/or behavioural patterns could explain the reduced effectiveness of vector control interventions reported in some African countries. A better understanding of the ecology and distribution of malaria vectors is essential to design m...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Moiroux N,Bio-Bangana AS,Djènontin A,Chandre F,Corbel V,Guis H

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxoplasma gondii is a widely prevalent protozoan parasite that causes serious toxoplasmosis in humans and animals. The present study aimed to determine the genetic diversity of T. gondii isolates from pigs in Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guangdong Provinces and Chongqing Municipality in China using multilocous polymer...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Jiang HH,Huang SY,Zhou DH,Zhang XX,Su C,Deng SZ,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis japonica remains a major public health concern in China. There are many interventions implemented to control the transmission of the disease. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of an integrated control strategy for schistosomiasis control. METHODS:An integrated c...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sun LP,Wang W,Liang YS,Tian ZX,Hong QB,Yang K,Yang GJ,Dai JR,Gao Y

更新日期：2011-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is a major disease of public health importance in humans occurring in 76 countries of the tropics and sub-tropics. In China, schistosomiasis japonica is one of the highest priorities in communicable disease control defined by the central government. Since 1970s, the habitats of Biomphalaria straminea, ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang W,Liang YS,Hong QB,Dai JR

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blastocystis spp. are the most prevalent intestinal eukaryotes identified in humans, with at least 17 genetic subtypes (ST) based on genes coding for the small-subunit ribosomal RNA (18S). It has been argued that the 18S gene should not be the marker of choice to discriminate between STs of these strains bec...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Alarcon-Valdes P,Villalobos G,Martinez-Flores WA,Lopez-Escamilla E,Gonzalez-Arenas NR,Romero-Valdovinos M,Martinez-Hernandez F,Santillan-Benitez JG,Maravilla P

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ticks are increasingly reported on cats worldwide, with Ixodes ricinus being a relevant species across Europe and in near by areas of North Africa and the Middle East. Yet there are few acaracidal products with proven efficacy approved for use in cats. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Geurden T,Borowski S,Wozniakiewicz M,King V,Fourie J,Liebenberg J

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The spread of vector-borne diseases to new regions has become a global threat due to climate change, increasing traffic, and movement of people and animals. Dirofilaria repens, the canine subcutaneous filarioid nematode, has expanded its distribution range northward during the last decades. The northernmost ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Pietikäinen R,Nordling S,Jokiranta S,Saari S,Heikkinen P,Gardiner C,Kerttula AM,Kantanen T,Nikanorova A,Laaksonen S,Lavikainen A,Oksanen A

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though male-biased parasitism is common in mammals, little effort has been made to evaluate whether higher parasitic burden in males results in an extra biological cost, and thus a decrease in fitness. Body condition impairment and the augmentation of oxidative stress can be used as indicators of the co...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Oliver-Guimerá A,Martínez-Carrasco C,Tvarijonaviciute A,Ruiz de Ybáñez MR,Martínez-Guijosa J,López-Olvera JR,Fernández-Aguilar X,Colom-Cadena A,Mentaberre G,Velarde R,Gassó D,Garel M,Rossi L,Lavín S,Serrano E

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blastocystis sp. is one of the most prevalent parasites found in human stool and has been recently considered an opportunistic emerging pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. However, cases of invasive intestinal infections and skin rashes have been attributed to infection by Blastocystis sp in immunocom...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Santos HL,Sodré FC,de Macedo HW

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to map the occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis at national level within Central America and the Caribbean basin, and to map the distribution of porcine cysticercosis at first-level administrative subdivision level (department level) and the porcine population at risk. This zo...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Braae UC,Devleesschauwer B,Sithole F,Wang Z,Willingham AL

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Equine trypanosomiases are complex infectious diseases with overlapping clinical signs defined by their mode of transmission. Despite their economic impacts, these diseases have been neglected by the scientific community, the veterinary authorities and regulatory organizations. To fill the observed knowledge...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vourchakbé J,Tiofack AAZ,Mbida M,Simo G

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sibling species of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) and Anopheles coluzzii co-exist in many parts of West Africa and are thought to have recently diverged through a process of ecological speciation with gene flow. Divergent larval ecological adaptations, resulting in Genotype-by-En...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Akpodiete NO,Tripet F

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the biology of malaria vector mosquitoes is crucial to understanding many aspects of the disease, including control and future outcomes. The development rates and survival of two Afrotropical malaria vectors, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, are investigated here under conditions of...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Lyons CL,Coetzee M,Chown SL

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Cqm1 α-glucosidase of Culex quinquefasciatus larvae acts as the midgut receptor for the binary toxin of the biolarvicide Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Mutations within the cqm1 gene can code for aberrant polypeptides that can no longer be properly expressed or bind to the toxin, leading to insect resistance...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Menezes HS,Chalegre KD,Romão TP,Oliveira CM,de-Melo-Neto OP,Silva-Filha MH

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Susceptibility of Ae. aegypti mosquito to dengue virus (DENV) varies geographically and can be influenced by climatic factors such as temperature, which affect the incidence, seasonality and distribution of vector-borne diseases. The first outbreak of dengue fever (DF) in Kenya occured in 1982 in the coastal...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Chepkorir E,Lutomiah J,Mutisya J,Mulwa F,Limbaso K,Orindi B,Ng'ang'a Z,Sang R

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) are a group of blood-feeding ectoparasites. They mainly specialize on bats and birds, but a few species are important human pests. They exhibit several unique adaptations for their parasitic lifestyle. Among those, bed bug aggregations represent a striking example of a sub-s...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Balvín O,Chajma P,Naylor R

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis japonica is an infectious disease caused by Schistosoma japonicum that seriously endangers human health. Domestic animals have important roles in disease transmission and goats are considered a primary reservoir host and source of infection. The prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis inf...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Guo Q,Chen C,Zhou K,Li Y,Tong L,Yue Y,Zhou K,Liu J,Fu Z,Lin J,Zhao J,Sun P,Hong Y

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The TNF signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of many cellular processes (such as apoptosis and cell proliferation). Previous reports indicated the effect of human TNF-α on metabolism, physiology, gene expression and protein phosphorylation of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni and suggested th...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bertevello CR,Russo BRA,Tahira AC,Lopes-Junior EH,DeMarco R,Oliveira KC

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The bacteria Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis and the protozoan Leishmania infantum are vector-borne agents that cause canine vector-borne diseases, some of which are zoonotic. The present survey investigated the prevalence of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia and Leishmania in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Cardoso L,Gilad M,Cortes HC,Nachum-Biala Y,Lopes AP,Vila-Viçosa MJ,Simões M,Rodrigues PA,Baneth G

更新日期：2015-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Release of gene-drive mutants to suppress Anopheles mosquito reproduction is a promising method of malaria control. However, many scientific, regulatory and ethical questions remain before transgenic mosquitoes can be utilised in the field. At a behavioural level, gene-drive carrying mutants should be at lea...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Su MP,Georgiades M,Bagi J,Kyrou K,Crisanti A,Albert JT

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00