Possible involvement of Artemia as live diet in the transmission of cryptosporidiosis in cultured fish.

abstract：:One cDNA clone was purified from an adult Clonorchis sinensis cDNA library, and its deduced polypeptide sequence was found to be homologous with myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) of invertebrates and vertebrates. Two amino-acid residues, Thr and Ser, were conserved at the phosphorylation sites that regulate the fun...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kwon YD,Cho PY,Hong SJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The platynosomiasis, a worldwide parasitic disease with importance for domestic cat, has an etiological agent species of trematodes of the genus Platynosomum, whose complete life cycles are not yet known. The real role of lizards in the transmission of this dicrocoeliid parasite (as obligatory intermediate or parateni...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pinto HA,Mati VL,de Melo AL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of helminths in the horse population of the state of Brandenburg, Germany. One hundred and twenty-six horse farms in the state were selected by randomised stratified sampling. In total, 1,407 horses across all farms were examined coproscopically. The experiment...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hinney B,Wirtherle NC,Kyule M,Miethe N,Zessin KH,Clausen PH

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several polymorphic markers, including serine-rich protein genes, have been used for the genotyping of isolates from the morphologically indistinguishable protozoan parasites Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, and Entamoeba nuttalli. Genotypes of tRNA-linked short tandem repeats (STRs) are highly polymorphic, bu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Feng M,Komiyama T,Yanagi T,Cheng X,Sherchand JB,Tachibana H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eimeria tenella-specific antibodies were examined for the cross-reactivity on the sporozoites and merozoites of E. tenella, Eimeria maxima, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria brunetti in an indirect fluorescence antibody test. Two of nine antibodies showed cross-reactivity with sporozoites of E. maxima, E. acervulina and ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Khalafalla RE,Daugschies A,Dyachenko V

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the efficacy of a novel flavoured tablet formulation of emodepside plus praziquantel (Profender tablets for dogs) against mature and immature adult hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala) in dogs. The tablets were used at the minimum recommended dose of 1 mg emodepside and 5 mg pr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schimmel A,Altreuther G,Schroeder I,Charles S,Cruthers L,Ketzis J,Kok DJ,Kraemer F,McCall JW,Krieger KJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas' disease, which is an important health problem in humans, is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The cellular and molecular mechanisms, involved in the selective tropism of T. cruzi to different organs remain largely unknown. In this study we designed a PCR-based molecular diagnosis method in order to st...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vera-Cruz JM,Magallón-Gastelum E,Grijalva G,Rincón AR,Ramos-García C,Armendáriz-Borunda J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When used at low concentrations and added to the water body, water-soluble chlorophyllin (resulting from chlorophyll after removal of the phytol) and pheophorbid (produced from chlorophyllin by acidification) are able to kill mosquito larvae and other small animals within a few hours under exposure of solar radiation....

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wohllebe S,Richter R,Richter P,Häder DP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acanthocephalan parasite Acanthocephalus dirus infects the freshwater isopod Caecidotea intermedius as an intermediate host before completing its life cycle in a fish. Transmission to the definitive host occurs after the parasite has reached the cystacanth stage, and development into this stage is associated with ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Korkofigas E,Park T,Sparkes TC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed orally with nitroxynil at a concentration of 40 mg/kg and adult Fasciola hepatica recovered after 24 h, 48 h and 72 h. Surface changes to the flukes were monitored by means of SEM. After the 24 h treatment, extensive swelling and blebbing of the tegument was observed on both surface...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： McKinstry B,Fairweather I,Brennan GP,Forbes AB

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endopeptidase specific to the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocytic schizont stage and to free merozoites was detected using the fluorogenic GlcA-Val-Leu-Gly-Lys(or Arg)-AEC substrate. The enzyme was purified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); its optimal activity was around pH 7.5 and its isoelectric p...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Grellier P,Picard I,Bernard F,Mayer R,Heidrich HG,Monsigny M,Schrével J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent resurgence of the common bed bug Cimex lectularius L. throughout western industrialized nations has been facilitated in part by the insect becoming pesticide-resistant. Novel control strategies, including xenointoxication, should be considered to combat C. lectularius. Ivermectin, a U.S. Food and Drug Admin...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sheele JM,Ridge GE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to study the migration of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) into the retinal layer during infection of C57BL/6 mice with Toxoplasma gondii. Eyes from infected and non-infected animals were analyzed on the 60th day of infection by light and transmission electron microscopy. Non-infected eyes showed a norma...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Tedesco RC,Smith RL,Corte-Real S,Calabrese KS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eggshells of young developmental stages in the uterus are rather thin and homogenous. In the brezel stage of Brugia malayi they are 35 nm thick and 20 nm in Litomosoides carinii. In young developmental stages up to brezel stages the eggshells bind the lectins WGA, DBA and PNA labelled with colloidal gold. This sho...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schraermeyer U,Peters W,Zahner H

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:The DNA content of the developmental stages within the life cycle of Babesia divergens was measured by means of fluorescence microscopy using the DNA-specific bisbenzimide Hoechst 33258. By comparing the mean relative fluorescence intensities, the assumption of sexual reproduction in the gut of the tick vector (Ixodes...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mackenstedt U,Gauer M,Mehlhorn H,Schein E,Hauschild S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are a key threat for millions of people worldwide, since they act as vectors for devastating pathogens and parasites. The standard method of utilisation of morphological characters becomes challenging due to various factors such as phenotypical variations. We explored the complementary ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Murugan K,Vadivalagan C,Karthika P,Panneerselvam C,Paulpandi M,Subramaniam J,Wei H,Aziz AT,Alsalhi MS,Devanesan S,Nicoletti M,Paramasivan R,Parajulee MN,Benelli G

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Different species of amoebae belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba are widely distributed in many parts of the world and known as free-living organisms. Some strains of the protozoans may exist as parasites and cause risk to human health as causative agents of serious human diseases. Currently, in Poland, there is no su...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lass A,Szostakowska B,Idzińska A,Chomicz L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnivores usually act as definitive hosts of Sarcocystis species. However, the number of reports on sarcocyst formation in musculature of predators is on the increase. In the present study, muscle samples of 68 mustelids collected in Lithuania were examined for sarcocysts of Sarcocystis species. Sarcocysts were detec...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Prakas P,Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž,Rudaitytė-Lukošienė E,Servienė E,Butkauskas D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and abundance of infections with haemoparasites were studied over a 4-year period in Microtus arvalis (common vole, n =321) sampled from fallow grassland sites in north-eastern Poland. Total species richness was five (prevalence= Haemobartonella sp. 63.9%, Bartonella spp. 27.7%, Babesia microti 9.0%, Tr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pawelczyk A,Bajer A,Behnke JM,Gilbert FS,Sinski E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Snake venom can affect the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. As new classes of therapeutic drugs against protozoan parasites could be derived from snake venom, alterations in the ultrastructure and growth of the epimastigotes, trypomastigotes and amastigotes of T. cruzi, as well as the promastigotes of L...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gonçalves AR,Soares MJ,de Souza W,DaMatta RA,Alves EW

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis represents an important public health issue, with the consumption of raw or undercooked meat being a major way of human infection. The role of beef in the transmission of the parasite to humans is questioned due to lower quantity of tissue cysts compared with other meat-producing species. However, the ha...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gazzonis AL,Marino AMF,Garippa G,Rossi L,Mignone W,Dini V,Giunta RP,Luini M,Villa L,Zanzani SA,Manfredi MT

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniases are cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral diseases affecting humans and domesticated animals mostly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the planet. Host genetics have been widely investigated for their role in developing various infectious diseases. The SLC11A1 gene has been reported to play a role...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Braliou GG,Kontou PI,Boleti H,Bagos PG

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seasonal investigation on the occurrence of fishborne zoonotic trematodes (FZT) in economically important mono-cultured hybrid catfish and giant gouramy was conducted in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Fish from carp poly-culture and intensive small-scale integrated vegetable-aquaculture-animal husbandry farming (VAC) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thien PC,Dalsgaard A,Thanh BN,Olsen A,Murrell KD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocytis sp. is the most common enteric protozoan in human, but its pathogenesis is still unclear. To study the infectious effects of Blastocytis sp. on tissue damage, we orally challenged the Sprague Dawley (SD) rats with different doses of Blastocytis subtype1 (ST1) and examined the histological changes. We found...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li J,Deng T,Li X,Cao G,Li X,Yan Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the anisakid nematode distribution pattern in the fish collected from coasts of Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, during the period September 2010-April 2011. Two hundred thirty out of 300 (76.7%) Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass) marine fishes belonging to family Moronidae were dissected and found t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morsy K,Bashtar AR,Abdel-Ghaffar F,Mehlhorn H,Quraishy SA,El-Mahdi M,Al-Ghamdi A,Mostafa N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new neogregarine pathogen of the great spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is described based on light microscopy and ultrastructural characteristics. The pathogen infects the fat body and the hemolymph of the beetle. The infection was nonsynchronous so that different dev...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yaman M,Radek R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study dealing with the association between HLA alleles and cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Yemeni patients. The present study aimed to detect the association of HLA-DRB(1) alleles and susceptibility or resistance to CE in Yemeni patients by HLA-DRB(1) typing; first by HLA-DRB(1) amplification using PCR...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Al-Ghoury AB,El-Hamshary EM,Azazy AA,Hussein EM,Rayan HZ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingestion of the larval nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis can cause the human eosinophilic meningitis known as angiostrongyliasis. Analysis of the extracts and excretory-secretory (ES) products of A. cantonensis larvae and adult stages on gelatin substrate zymography demonstrated the presence of distinct gelatinoly...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lai SC,Jiang ST,Chen KM,Lee HH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00