The usefulness of short-term in vitro cultivation for the detection and molecular study of Blastocystis hominis in stool specimens.

abstract：:During a survey lasting from 1990 to 2008, we captured 4,113 Asian house rats, Rattus tanezumi Temminck 1844 (Rodentia: Muridae) from 28 counties of Yunnan Province in southwestern China. From these rats, a total of 19,304 gamasid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) were collected and identified as comprising 50 different spe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Huang LQ,Guo XG,Speakman JR,Dong WG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-tubulin coding sequences were investigated for the Chinese liver fluke, Clonorchis sinensis. A cDNA library of adult C. sinensis was screened with cDNA probes synthesized by polymerase chain reaction using degenerate primers, and two beta-tubulin cDNAs, CsTB1 and CsTB3, were subsequently cloned. The CsTB1 and...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li S,Hong SJ,Choi MH,Hong ST

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the initial interaction between Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites and the large intestine is impossible in humans and very difficult in experimental animals. To circumvent this obstacle we treated the luminal side of full-thickness rabbit colon segments mounted in Ussing-type chambers with trophozoite lys...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Navarro-García F,López-Revilla R,Tstusumi V

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody TGCM5 (isotype G, subclass 1, kappa light chain) against SAG2, a major surface antigen of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites, was produced in quantity and its Fab-containing idiotype (Id) was injected into rabbits for production of rabbit anti-Id sera. The rabbit anti-Id IgG (aId-IgG) with a SAG2 inte...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yang CD,Chang GN,Chao D

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existing armament of drugs for the treatment and prevention of malaria is inadequate due to development of resistance. In addition to this due to lack of economic enticement the rate of new drug development and new drug discovery in the segment of parasitic diseases is very low as compared to the other segments. T...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Aditya NP,Patankar S,Madhusudhan B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of host gender and body mass on species richness of flea infracommunities in nine rodent host species from three biomes (temperate zone of central Europe, desert of the Middle East and the tropics of East Africa). Using season- and species-specific generalized linear mixed models and controlling ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kiffner C,Stanko M,Morand S,Khokhlova IS,Shenbrot GI,Laudisoit A,Leirs H,Hawlena H,Krasnov BR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Myxozoa) is the causative agent of proliferative kidney disease in various species of salmonids which are found in Europe and North America. Less information about the interactions of T. bryosalmonae proteins with salmonid proteins during parasite development is known. In this study, ant...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kumar G,Gotesman M,El-Matbouli M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search of alternatives for the control of mosquitoes of medical importance, we evaluated the larvicidal activity of micronized suspensions of calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)₂] against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. Tests conducted under laboratory conditions determined a LC50 = 0.027% (LC90 = 0.096%) for A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Estrada-Aguilar A,Sánchez-Manzano RM,Martínez-Ibarra JA,Camacho AD,Márquez-Navarro A,Nogueda-Torres B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of information acquired from local health authorities in Evora district of Portugal on cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), an epidemiology survey study was conducted. To determine the prevalence of anti-Leishmania antibodies in the local human and canine populations residing in Evora town and 14 adjacen...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Semião-Santos SJ,el Harith A,Ferreira E,Pires CA,Sousa C,Gusmão R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis hominis has been reclassified as a protozoan parasite. Its role as a human pathogen is somewhat controversial. There has been a dramatic increase in the frequency of B. hominis infection in association with diarrhea especially in immunocompromised hosts like AIDS patients, travelers, homosexuals, day care...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Basak S,Rajurkar MN,Mallick SK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During infections, Giardia lamblia undergoes a continuous change of its major surface antigens, the variant-specific surface proteins (VSPs). Many studies on antigenic variation have been performed using G. lamblia clone GS/M-83-H7, which expresses surface antigen VSP H7. The present study was focused on the identific...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bienz M,Siles-Lucas M,Müller N

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A parasitological survey of 651 northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus L. from five subpopulations was conducted on St. Paul Island, Alaska, during July-August 2012-2014. Digenean trematodes were found in 210 of 651 fur seals with a total prevalence of 32.3%. Intensity of infection varied from 1 to 1540 parasites with...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kuzmina TA,Tkach VV,Spraker TR,Lyons ET,Kudlai O

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus has undergone a dramatic expansion of its range in the last few decades. Since its first detection in 2007 in Germany at the motorway A5 coming from Italy via Switzerland to Germany, it has been continuously introduced by vehicles, most probably from Italy. After a hint from a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Becker N,Schön S,Klein AM,Ferstl I,Kizgin A,Tannich E,Kuhn C,Pluskota B,Jöst A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synoptic data and an understanding of helminth parasite diversity among diverse rodent assemblages across temperate latitudes of North America remain remarkably incomplete. Renewed attention to comprehensive survey and inventory to establish the structure of biodiverse faunas is essential in providing indicators and p...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hoberg EP,Makarikov AA,Tkach VV,Meagher S,Nims TN,Eckerlin RP,Galbreath KE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastomys coucha and jirds infected with Acanthocheilonema viteae, a filarial species free of endosymbiontic bacteria of the genus Wolbachia, suffer lethal side effects after effective microfilaricidal therapy with diethylcarbamazine and levamisole, whereas, M. coucha infected with the Wolbachia-infested species Brugia...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Müller HA,Zahner H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructure of Fibrillaspora is highly similar to that of Berwaldia but the former is phylogenetically distant from the taxon annotated as Berwaldia schaefernai (Genbank accession # AY090042). It was shown recently, however, that the latter sequence was not derived from Berwaldia, and correct nucleotide sequence da...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Simakova AV,Tokarev YS,Issi IV

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations on the occurrence of trichodinid ciliates from fish caught in the Kiel Bight and Kiel Fjord (western Baltic Sea) were carried out between September 1996 and March 1997. Smears of the gills, fins, and skin of 120 Gadus morhua and 92 Platichthys flesus caught by fish traps and trammel nets revealed the pr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Palm HW,Dobberstein RC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feline lungworms infect the respiratory tract of wild and domestic cats, causing infection often associated with clinical disease. Until recently, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus has been considered the most relevant species of lungworm, while Troglostrongylus brevior was considered of less significance. Fecal samples of f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salant H,Yasur-Landau D,Rojas A,Otranto D,Mazuz ML,Baneth G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the morphology and morphometric characterization of Thelohanellus niloticus sp. nov., a new myxozoan belonging to genus Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933 (Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) infecting the gills of Labeo niloticus (Osteichthyes, Cyprinidae), were described for the first time from the River Nile at El...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdel-Ghaffar F,Morsy K,Bashtar AR,El-Ganainy S,Gamal S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic cats and other felids are definitive hosts for the zoonotic protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Serology is widely used in epidemiological studies conducted to estimate the proportion of domestic cats that have encountered the parasite. However, a limited number of such studies are available from some regio...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Galat M,Must K,Rissanen K,Jokelainen P

更新日期：2019-08-01 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 complete coding sequence of manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) of Trichinella pseudospiralis (Tp) was obtained and characterized for the first time by degenerative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid amplification of complementary DNA ends (RACE) reactions. The open reading fram...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wu WK,Mak CH,Ko RC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-tau (IFN-tau) treatment of Trichinella spiralis-infected BALB/c mice was investigated. The therapeutic regimen consisted of daily intraperitoneal injection of 10(4) U murine IFN-tau for 7 days, starting at 2 weeks post-infection. Striated muscle samples (diaphragm, thigh) were collected at 4, 8 and 12 weeks...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Neifer S,Kremsner PG,Weinig M,Harms G,Sahlmüller G,Bienzle U,Heitmann M,Breuer F,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode in humans, distributed through tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In most individuals, the infection has a chronic nature due to auto-infection at the low level. Accelerated auto-infection, mainly after an alteration in immune status, can cause a syndrome...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Meamar AR,Rezaian M,Mohraz M,Hadighi R,Kia EB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first description of an electron microscopic study of Trypanosoma corvi in the vector Ornithomyia avicularia is reported. There is a close association between vector and parasite in the midgut, ileum and rectum of the vector. The midgut distribution of parasites is determined by the peritrophic membrane, which con...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mungomba LM,Molyneux DH,Wallbanks KR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloides stercoralis can cause severe infection both in humans and dogs. Coproparasitological examination has low sensitivity for the diagnosis of this parasite; hence, different diagnostic techniques have been implemented. However, serology and molecular methods have been assessed almost exclusively in humans. I...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Buonfrate D,Paradies P,Iarussi F,Formenti F,Perandin F,Otranto D,Bisoffi Z

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Resveratrol, a natural phytoalexin found mainly in grapes, possesses a variety of beneficial activities including anticancer, antimicrobial and antiviral. However, there is no information about its effects on kinetoplastid parasites such as Leishmania. Leishmania is a human pathogen responsible for a spectrum of disea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kedzierski L,Curtis JM,Kaminska M,Jodynis-Liebert J,Murias M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report demonstrates that the Gymnorhynchus gigas plerocercoid possesses various types of endo- and exoproteases with activity against general (azocoll, azocasein, and azoalbumin) and specific substrates (elastin, keratin, collagen, hemoglobin, fibrinogen, plasma, and immunoglobulin G). The activity against...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vázquez-López C,de Armas-Serra C,Giménez-Pardo C,Rodríguez-Caabeiro F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, there is a need for increased efforts to develop newer and effective methods to control mosquito vectors as the existing chemical and biological methods are not as effective as in earlier period owing to different technical and operational reasons. The use of nanomaterial products in various sectors of scie...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barik TK,Kamaraju R,Gowswami A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00