An identical epitope in Pneumocystis carinii and Toxoplasma gondii causing serological cross reactions.

abstract：:This randomised controlled laboratory study demonstrated the residual speed of efficacy of an imidacloprid/flumethrin collar (Seresto(®), Bayer) for the control of ticks (Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum) at 6 and 12 hours postinfestation on dogs when compared to oral afoxolaner (NexGard(®), Merial). Dogs ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ohmes CM,Hostetler J,Davis WL,Settje T,Everett WR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcocystis neurona is the parasite associated with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Recently, cats (Felis domesticus) have been implicated as a potential intermediate host in the life cycle of S. neurona. This study was initiated to determine whether cats have antibodies that react to S. neurona antigens sim...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Turay HO,Barr BC,Caldwell A,Branson KR,Cockrell MK,Marsh AE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta is a polymorphic species, morphs T. c. trifurcata and T. c. circumcincta being the most frequent. Among other traits, T. c. trifurcata has lower infectivity than T. c. circumcincta. Anthelmintic treatments that regularly remove populations should favour the more infective T. c. c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Leignel V,Cabaret J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel and simple technique for storing live Acanthamoeba for long periods of time. The amoebae are maintained at refrigerator temperatures in a peptone-yeast extract-glucose (PYG) medium normally used for cultivation. Using this method, we obtained survival rates of at least 4 years for Acanthamoeba polyp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Axelsson-Olsson D,Olofsson J,Ellström P,Waldenström J,Olsen B

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome analysis of Entamoeba histolytica predicts the presence of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Using Western blot, histochemistry, and confocal microscopy, we demonstrated the presence of a biotin-containing protein in the cytoplasm of E. histolytica, with a molecular weight of 136 kDa and biotin-carboxylase activity. This...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barbosa-Cabrera E,Salas-Casas A,Rojas-Hernández S,Jarillo-Luna A,Abarca-Rojano E,Rodríguez MA,Campos-Rodríguez R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Coccidia (Chromista: Miozoa: Eimeriidae) of columbiform birds (Aves: Columbiformes) have been described since the end of the nineteenth century; however, some of these descriptions were poorly detailed or inconclusive. In this sense, the current work makes a detailed taxonomic revision reconsidering and organizing 18 ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ortúzar-Ferreira CN,Oliveira MS,Genovez-Oliveira JL,Franco HA,Thode-Filho S,Cardozo SV,Oliveira ÁA,Lima VM,Ferreira I,Berto BP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gametocyte proteins are being explored as potential vaccine candidates against Eimeria sp. in chicken since they are the components of the resilient oocyst wall. The aim of this study was to investigate the immunoprophylactic efficacy of recombinant Eimeria tenella gametocyte antigen 22 (EtGam22) in chickens against h...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rafiqi SI,Garg R,Ram H,Reena KK,Asari M,Kumari P,Kundave VR,Singh M,Banerjee PS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is caused by unicellular parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which reside in erythrocytes during the clinically relevant stage of infection. To separate parasite from host cell material, haemolytic agents such as saponin are widely used. Previous electron microscopy studies on saponin-treated parasites reported...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Quadt KA,Smyrnakou X,Frischknecht F,Böse G,Ganter M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the scolex of the tapeworm Silurotaenica siluri (Batsch, 1786) (Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae), a specific parasite of European wels (Silurus glanis L.), was studied using light, scanning (SEM), and transmission electron (TEM) microscopy. The scolex of S. siluri is rather uniform in shape and size; i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Scholz T,Zd'árská Z,de Chambrier A,Drábek R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global pollinator decline has recently been discussed in the context of honey and bumble bee infections from various pathogens including viruses, bacteria, microsporidia and mites. The microsporidian pathogens Nosema apis, Nosema ceranae and Nosema bombi may in fact be major candidates contributing to this decline. Di...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Erler S,Lommatzsch S,Lattorff HM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helminths are one of the major health problems of working donkeys, often with heavy worm burden and contributing to their early demise and/or reduction in their work output. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies were conducted to investigate the current infection prevalence and level of strongyles infection donkeys...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dibaba MD,Getachew AM,Assefa Z,Fanta A,Etana M,Firew S,Goshu L,Burden F

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:More than 30 species of coccidian parasites have been described in Chelonidae (tortoises and turtles). Eimeria spp. are apparently the most common coccidia in chelonians. Findings of Caryospora cheloniae, Isospora sp., and Mantonella sp. have also been published, but reports about systemic coccidiosis are rare. We des...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schmidt V,Dyachenko V,Aupperle H,Pees M,Krautwald-Junghanns ME,Daugschies A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is part of an effort to document the diversity of avian schistosomes in ducks and snails in Northern Iran, a major flyway (Black Sea/Mediterranean) for migratory birds and where cercarial dermatitis (CD) is prevalent in rice growing areas. CD is an allergic skin reaction from schistosome trematodes that eme...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ashrafi K,Nouroosta A,Sharifdini M,Mahmoudi MR,Rahmati B,Brant SV

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis japonica remains one important public health concern that cause great loss of humans' health and social-economic development in the Peoples' Republic of China. At the end of 1990s and the beginning of 2000s, there were still about 0.8 million patients and nearly 85 million people living in the epidemic...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu R,Dong HF,Jiang MS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemonchus contortus isolates were evaluated for benzimidazole (BZ) resistance or susceptibility by allele-specific PCR based on β-tubulin isotype 1 gene polymorphisms at the F167Y, E198A, and F200Y sites. Two isolates, one presumed susceptible from wild pronghorn antelope (PH) and one known to be resistant from goats...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Arafa WM,Holman PJ,Craig TM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequences of the triose phosphate isomerase (TPI) gene (624 bp) and mitochondrial cytochrome b (cob) gene (520 bp) were obtained by PCR and evaluated for utility in inferring the phylogenetic relationships among Trichuris species. Published sequences of one other nuclear gene (18S or SSU rRNA, 1816-1846 bp)...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Callejón R,Cutillas C,Nadler SA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Availability of mites is a recognized limiting factor of biological and genetic investigations of the genus Sarcoptes. Current methods of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction from individual mites also need substantial improvement in efficiency and operator friendliness. We have first developed a technique for effic...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Soglia D,Rambozzi L,Maione S,Spalenza V,Sartore S,Alasaad S,Sacchi P,Rossi L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate morphologically the tongue of individuals with chronic Chagas disease (CD) in comparison to the non-chagasic ones. Twenty-four protocol cases of autopsies were selected. They were subdivided into CD patients (10 cases) and non-chagasic ones (14 cases). The morphometric analysi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Lima Pereira SA,Rodrigues DB,da Fonseca Ferraz ML,da Cunha Castro EC,dos Reis MA,de Paula Antunes Teixeira V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of production and excretion of leukotrienes by parasitic larvae of Oesophagostomum dentatum and their role for the development of the larvae were studied. Larvae were cultured in vitro to the fourth stage (L4). Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) was detected in homogenates and in supernatant of larvae, with the homoge...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Daugschies A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris Gill, 1866), inhabiting rookeries on the mainland of Año Nuevo State Reserve in central California, were investigated in 2012 for presence of hookworms (Uncinaria spp.). Material collected and examined for hookworms included: blubber (n = 15), stomach and intestines (n ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lyons ET,Kuzmina TA,Spraker TR,Jaggi N,Costa DP,Crocker DE,Tolliver SC,Tift MS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro system for studying the transformation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei into procylic (midgut) forms is described. In this system, transformation of the parasites was stimulated by Glossina morsitans morsitans midgut homogenates at 27 degrees C but not at 4 degrees C. The transformation-st...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Imbuga MO,Osir EO,Labongo VL,Darji N,Otieno LH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before and after a stress treatment, larval stages and adult worms of Haemonchus contortus were tested for the induction and expression of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) using immunoblot analysis with HSP70-and HSP65-specific monoclonal antibodies. Stress treatment or heat shock did not alter the signals obtained with the...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： van Leeuwen MA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomphalaria glabrataembryonic (Bge) cells have been shown to provide favourable environmental conditions for the development of Schistosoma mansoni sporocysts. We investigated the effect of Bge excretory-secretory products on metabolic activity and gene transcription in S. mansoni mother sporocysts. Using the differe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Coppin JF,Lefebvre C,Caby S,Cocquerelle C,Vicogne J,Coustau C,Dissous C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gnathiid isopods are marine ectoparasites that feed on the blood of fishes that have been implicated as vectors of blood parasites, with transmission possibly occurring through biting during their parasitic life-stages, or through ingestion by fishes. However, evidence for their role as vectors is limited, reflecting ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sikkel PC,Pagan JA,Santos JL,Hendrick GC,Nicholson MD,Xavier R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoperoxidase localisation of antigen at the electron microscope level confirms that parasite surface proteins, in association with membrane, are shed from the surface of the zoite on invasion, while varying amounts are also internalised. SAG 1 is stable on intracellular zoites for up to 48 h, although new protein ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Grimwood J,Smith JE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monogamy is a mating system with pairs made of only one male and only one female. But social monogamy cannot inevitably imply the sexual exclusivity between mates, which is yet the case in genetic monogamy on which the offspring results only from the observed pair. The genetic monogamy is today considered as an except...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Beltran S,Boissier J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information exists on serum biochemistry and haematology of the European wild boar, and few correlations have been found between parasitic burden and clinical parameters in this species. Naturally infected wild boars were experimentally treated to study the effect of nematode parasites and ivermectin treatment...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： López-Olvera JR,Höfle U,Vicente J,Fernández-de-Mera IG,Gortázar C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole sequencing of protozoan trypanosomatid genomes revealed the presence of several predicted unknown genes coding for hypothetical proteins. Pairwise, alignment-based, computational methods available online are unable to identify the function of these sequences. To detect clues to identify the function of hypotheti...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cestari IS,Haver NJ,Barbosa-Silva A,Ramirez MI

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00