In vitro effect of praziquantel and albendazole combination therapy on the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the acaricidal activity on the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus of essential oils from three Ocimum species. Acaricidal activity of five essential oils extracted from Ocimum gratissimum L. (three samples), O. urticaefolium Roth, and O. canum Sims was evaluated on 14...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hüe T,Cauquil L,Fokou JB,Dongmo PM,Bakarnga-Via I,Menut C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of resistance against most of the drugs in current use against malaria has aggravated the disease burden in endemic regions. Several plants species have been used for treatment of malaria in traditional/cultural health systems. Bergenia ciliata, used traditionally for treatment of fever by local communit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Walter NS,Bagai U,Kalia S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections are a common constraint to small ruminant industry throughout the world, and among those, haemonchosis has its own significance. Control of GIN primarily relies on the use of anthelmintics, but this approach has become less reliable due to the development of resistance in GIN...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Saddiqi HA,Jabbar A,Sarwar M,Iqbal Z,Muhammad G,Nisa M,Shahzad A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in rabbits remains a major veterinary issue. ELISA or immunofluorescence assays are the current reference standards of serological tests. However, these conventional techniques suffer from a lack of accuracy for distinguishing active from past infections, as a positive s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Desoubeaux G,Pantin A,Peschke R,Joachim A,Cray C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis is known to infect humans and a wide range of animals globally. However, no studies on G. duodenalis infection in Bactrian camels have been reported. In the present study, in order to examine the prevalence and genetic diversity of G. duodenalis in Bactrian camels, 852 fecal s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhao SS,Li YH,Zhang Y,Zhou Q,Jing B,Xu CY,Zhang LX,Song JK,Qi M,Zhao GH

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera of ten dogs infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum were analyzed by immunoblotting proteins of first stage larvae (L1) and adult parasites. The molecular weights (m.w.) of the principal L1 proteins identified by IgG, IgM, IgA, and IgE were 18-118 kDa and those of the adult parasite were 28-209 kDa. The L1 proteins...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： De Oliveira Vasconcelos V,De Almeida Vitor RW,Dos Santos Lima W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pellet freezing method, one type of rapid freezing protocol, was established for Trichomonas vaginalis. As cryoprotectants, 5-20% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and glycerol were used. Of these, DMSO showed a high protective effect, with a maximum effect at a concentration of 20%. No ef...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Matsuo J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick-borne intracellular protozoan parasites of the Theileria genus infect a wide range of both domestic and wild animals. In the present study, we describe the first PCR detection of Theileria luwenshuni in the blood of goats in Myanmar. Nested PCR targeting the Theileria 18S rRNA gene resulted in seven positive goat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bawm S,Kakisaka K,Thu MJ,Chel HM,Oo YMN,Soe NC,Win SY,Htun LL,Win MM,Suzuki H,Nakao R,Katakura K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the identification of host species of blood-sucking parasites, the suitability of disc-electrophoresis of the stomach contents was tested. Mammalian blood in the stomach of the medicinal blood leech Hirudo medicinalis gave satisfactory results. In the case of mixed blood samples from H. medicinalis, the identifica...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Keim A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saprophytic soil fungi can exert ovicidal and ovistatic effects on helminths with differing degrees of efficiency. The representatives of such fungi from temperate regions, Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom) Samson and P. marquandii (Masse) Hughes, exhibit recognized ovicidal activity on some nematodes. We evaluated the ac...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Basualdo JA,Ciarmela ML,Sarmiento PL,Minvielle MC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients infected with Trichuris trichiura, large eggs as well as more typical eggs were frequently found in the feces; these large eggs have been attributed to human infection by T. vulpis. To clarify whether the female worms laying the large eggs were T. trichiura or T. vulpis, we examined the morphology of adult...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yoshikawa H,Yamada M,Matsumoto Y,Yoshida Y

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) infesting domestic animals in Tchicala-Tcholoanga, Angola, in 2016 was investigated. Seventeen tick species were recorded, Amblyomma pomposum being the most abundant on cattle (40%), goats (38%) and sheep (35%); Rhipicephalus turanicus was the most abundant on dog...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sili G,Byaruhanga C,Horak I,Steyn H,Chaisi M,Oosthuizen MC,Neves L

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcophagids are a large family of Diptera, with a worldwide distribution. They are related to decomposing organic matter and are very interesting for health science and in forensic cases since many species produce myiasis and occur in human corpses. This family is considered difficult to study, particularly with rega...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Paños-Nicolás Á,Arnaldos MI,García MD,Ubero-Pascal N

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma is the causative agent of schistosomiasis, a common infectious disease distributed worldwide. Our previous phosphoproteomic analysis suggested that glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), a conserved protein kinase in eukaryotes, is likely involved in protein phosphorylation of Schistosoma japonicum. Here, we a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu J,Li H,Xia T,Du P,Giri B,Li X,Li X,Cheng G

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a biological inventory of the Rio Lacantún basin in the Biosphere Reserve of Montes Azules from Chiapas State (southeastern, Mexico), the following monogenoid ectoparasites infecting the external surface of the anal opening and the gill lamellae of the freshwater fish Astyanax aeneus (Characidae) in ten str...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Franco EF,Caspeta-Mandujano JM,Salgado-Maldonado G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flame atomic absorption spectrometry was performed to determine the alteration of calcium concentration in the soft parts and shells of Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncatus due to the infection with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, respectively. The results showed significant lowering in the calcium c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mostafa OM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known of the prevalence and genetic identity of Giardia duodenalis in sheep in Algeria. The present study aimed at characterizing G. duodenalis in lambs up to 6 months of age in Djelfa, Algeria. A total of 346 fecal specimens were collected from 28 farms and screened for G. duodenalis cysts by zinc sulfate f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Benhassine S,Baroudi D,Hakem A,Thomas M,Laatamna A,Belkessa S,Feng Y,Roellig D,Chen X,Adjou KT,Xiao L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli are kinetoplastid parasites which are able to infect humans in Central and South America. Misdiagnosis between these trypanosomes can be avoided by targeting barcoding sequences or genes of each organism. This work aims to analyze the feasibility of using species-specific mark...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ferreira KA,Fajardo EF,Baptista RP,Macedo AM,Lages-Silva E,Ramírez LE,Pedrosa AL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two thousand four hundred fifty-eight fish comprised of 53 species were captured in the Danjiangkou Reservoir, in the northwestern part of Hubei Province, central China during 2004, to examine Camallanus cotti infections. We found that 19 cypriniform, 3 siluriforme, and 4 perciforme fishes were infected by the nematod...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wu S,Wang G,Gao D,Xi B,Yao W,Liu M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethanolic leaf extract of Cassia obtusifolia was investigated for their larvicidal and oviposition deterrence effects against Anopheles stephensi. Concentrations ranging from 25 to 125 mg/l were assessed at 24 h post-treatment against late third instar larvae. The leaf extract had significant larvicidal effect wit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rajkumar S,Jebanesan A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia can be disseminated in the environment by avian hosts, a total of 499 fecal dropping from 308 free-ranging, 90 captive, and 101 domestic birds were tested by conventional, immunological, and molecular techniques for these human enteropathogens. Twenty-six (5.2%) tested pos...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Majewska AC,Graczyk TK,Słodkowicz-Kowalska A,Tamang L,Jedrzejewski S,Zduniak P,Solarczyk P,Nowosad A,Nowosad P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two neolignans, burchellin and nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), were toxic only to Trypanosoma cruzi clone Dm28c maintained in brain heart infusion (BHI) medium at a concentration of 100 microg/ml, not 10 microg/ml. When Rhodnius prolixus was fed with epimastigotes of T. cruzi and treated simultaneously with a single...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cabral MM,Azambuja P,Gottlieb OR,Garcia ES

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), although discovered more than a century ago, is still a not very well-elucidated aspect. Individuals in the chronic phase of the disease may present asymptomatic clinical form or symptomatologies related to the cardiac, digestive systems, or both (m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Carvalho TB,Padovani CR,de Oliveira Júnior LR,Latini ACP,Kurokawa CS,Pereira PCM,Dos Santos RM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the ultrastructural organisation of the spermatozoon of a digenean Enodiotrema reductum (Pligiorchiida: Plagiorchiidae) from the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758). This is the first report of E. reductum from Senegal. The mature spermatozoon of E. reductum is filiform and exhibits two a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ndiaye PI,Quilichini Y,Sène A,Tkach VV,Bâ CT,Marchand B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma causes considerable human and animal morbidity, mortality and economic loss to the livestock industry. Current diagnostic tools have limitations. In this study, we compared the sedimentation and filtration methods for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in livestock. A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Giovanoli Evack J,Kouadio JN,Achi L,Balmer O,Hattendorf J,Bonfoh B,Zinsstag J,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic DNA was extracted from nematode parasites, Heterakis gallinae from specific host, native chickens. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied to make amplification of the DNA content that aids in the further studies. The primer was used in the PCR reactions that have the following sequences: forward (...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bazh EK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free-living amoebae, Acanthamoeba, can act as opportunistic parasites on a wide range of vertebrates and are becoming a serious threat to human health due to the resistance of their cysts to harsh environmental conditions, disinfectants, some water treatment practices, and their ubiquitous distribution. Subgenus c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Magnet A,Henriques-Gil N,Galván-Diaz AL,Izquiedo F,Fenoy S,del Aguila C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a live Cryptobia salmositica (Kinetoplastida) vaccine on the humoral and cellular immune response, and changes in the peripheral leukocyte populations of Salmo salar were investigated. The vaccine produced detectable parasitemia in the blood which peaked at 5 weeks post-vaccination (w.p.v). Antibodies w...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chin A,Woo PT

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sticky traps were mounted on heifers and sheep to assess Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) host preference. Initially, four coloured 200-cm(2) sticky traps (white, clear, yellow and blue) were attached to the backs of each of ten Friesian heifers that were released into open pasture for 24 h, repeated on six ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thompson GM,Jess S,Gordon AW,Murchie AK

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a serious health problem in many parts of the world. It causes high morbidity and claims many lives in developing countries each year. Humans are generally infected by four species of malaria parasites. However, malaria infection caused by Plasmodium malariae or P. falciparum is recognized as an import...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Elsheikha HM,Sheashaa HA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00