Parasite fauna of the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in an urban region of Germany: reservoir host of zoonotic metazoan parasites?

abstract：:This study identifies and characterizes one novel type of triactinospomyxon in oligochaete specimen of Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard collected from a fish pond used for rearing gibel carp located in Caidian Experimental Station of the Institute of Hydrobiology. It is nominated as Triactinospomyxon caidianensis type. The...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhai YH,Zhou L,Gui JF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taenia species of domestic dogs can cause cysticercosis and coenurosis in a wide range of intermediate hosts including humans. Most taeniids of dogs are globally distributed, but some wildlife-transmitted species can be specific for certain regions. Generally, little information exists on the species composition and f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mulinge E,Odongo D,Magambo J,Njenga SM,Zeyhle E,Mbae C,Kagendo D,Addy F,Ebi D,Wassermann M,Kern P,Romig T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many helminthic infections, eotaxin, a CC-chemokine, triggers the mobilization of eosinophils, thus, contributing to an elevated blood and periparasitic eosinophil level. Following an experimental intraperitoneal infection of C57BL6 mice with Echinococcus multilocularis metacestodes, however, we observed the absenc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mejri N,Gottstein B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas gallinae are parasitic flagellates of importance in wild and domestic birds. The parasite is worldwide distributed, and Columbine birds are its main host. Current research focuses mostly on epidemiological and phylogenetic studies. However, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding parasite-host interac...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rentería-Solís Z,Nguyen-Ho-Bao T,Taha S,Daugschies A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the taxonomic composition and endemism of adult helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Mexico, with regard to the main hydrological basins of the country. A presence-absence matrix, including every species of adult helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from 23 Mexican hydrological basins was compiled ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salgado-Maldonado G,Quiroz-Martínez B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral infection mainly vectored through the bite of Aedes mosquitoes. Recently, its transmission has strongly increased in urban and semi-urban areas of tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide, becoming a major international public health concern. There is no specific treatment for den...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sujitha V,Murugan K,Paulpandi M,Panneerselvam C,Suresh U,Roni M,Nicoletti M,Higuchi A,Madhiyazhagan P,Subramaniam J,Dinesh D,Vadivalagan C,Chandramohan B,Alarfaj AA,Munusamy MA,Barnard DR,Benelli G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology is a broad interdisciplinary area of research, development, and industrial activity that has been growing rapidly worldwide for the past decade. More ambitious uses of nanoparticles are bioremediation of contaminated environments, controlled release of fragrances, biocides, and antifungals on textiles. ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barik TK,Sahu B,Swain V

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are the major vector for the transmission of malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, filariasis, schistosomiasis, and Japanese encephalitis. Mosquito control is facing a threat because of the emergence of resistance to synthetic insecticides. Insecticides of botanical origin may serve as suitable alternative b...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Govindarajan M,Sivakumar R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether Kudoa septempunctata was able to live in the human intestine, we assessed viability of K. septempunctata sporoplasms under conditions that mimicked human and ragworm digestive tracts. To study the effect of osmotic pressure on viability, sporoplasms were incubated in 0.9 or 3.4 % sodium chloride s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ohnishi T,Fujiwara M,Tomaru A,Yoshinari T,Sugita-Konishi Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria recurrences after an initially successful therapy and malarial fever occurring a long time after infection are well-known problems in malariology. Currently, two distinct types of malaria recurrences are defined: recrudescence and relapse. A recrudescence is thought to originate from circulating Plasmodium blo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Richter J,Franken G,Holtfreter MC,Walter S,Labisch A,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinct sequences of Giardia duodenalis assemblages raised the hypothesis that certain assemblages may contribute to its clinical outcome. However, sequences analysis is time consuming, expensive, and needs many manual operations. Nested PCR targeting intergenic spacer (IGS) region was applied successfully to genotyp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hussein EM,Ismail OA,Mokhtar AB,Mohamed SE,Saad RM

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:The oncomiracidium (larva) of the entobdelline Neoentobdella parvitesticulata (Monogenea: Capsalidae), adults of which parasitise the skin of the stingray Himantura fai (Dasyatidae) at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, is described. The larva undergoes precocious development (progenesis) in the ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Whittington ID,Kearn GC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigated the anti-amoebic activity of two samarium (Sm) complexes, the acyclic complex [bis(picrato)(pentaethylene glycol)samarium(III)] picrate-referred to as [Sm(Pic)2(EO5)](Pic)-and the cyclic complex [bis(picrato)(18-crown-6)samarium(III)] picrate-referred to as [Sm(Pic)2(18C6)](Pic). Both Sm complex...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kusrini E,Hashim F,Gunawan C,Mann R,Azmi WNNWN,Amin NM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic Chagas' disease affects 10-30 % of patients infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and it mainly manifests as cardiomyopathy. Important pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the cardiac lesions include activation of the endothelium and induced microvascular alterations. These processes involve the production of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Molina-Berríos A,Campos-Estrada C,Lapier M,Duaso J,Kemmerling U,Galanti N,Ferreira J,Morello A,López-Muñoz R,Maya JD

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated visceral coccidiosis (DVC) is a widely distributed intestinal and extraintestinal disease of cranes caused by eimeriid coccidia and has lethal pathogenicity to several crane species. Here, feces of 164 black-necked cranes collected in Dashanbao Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve, China, were exami...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liang Y,Zhao Z,Hu J,Esch GW,Peng M,Liu Q,Chen J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi virulence factors include molecules expressed on the cell surface as well as those secreted or shed into the extracellular medium. Phosphatase activities modulate different aspects of T. cruzi infection, although no studies to date addressed the presence and activity of phosphatases in vesicles secre...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Neves RF,Fernandes AC,Meyer-Fernandes JR,Souto-Padrón T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new and four previously described species of Annulotrema were collected from the gills of four species (three genera, i.e. Alestes, Hydrocynus and Brycinus) of African tetras from Lake Turkana, Kenya: Annulotrema alestesnursi Paperna, 1973 from Brycinus nurse; Annulotrema ansatum n. sp., Annulotrema besalis Řehul...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kičinjaová ML,Blažek R,Gelnar M,Řehulková E

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) has a worldwide distribution and is considered of medical and veterinary importance. Its synanthropic behavior combined with the visitation of decaying organic matter allows it to mechanically transmit pathogens to human and animals. Pyrethroids are ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Oliveira SR,Caleffe RRT,Gigliolli AAS,Moreira DR,Conte H,Ruvolo-Takasusuki MCC

更新日期：2020-10-17 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：:The tegument proteins of schistosomes are regarded as potential vaccine candidates and drug targets to control schistosomiasis. Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase-5 (NPP-5), which belongs to a multigene family of nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterases (NPPs), is important in the hydrolysis of pyrophos...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhang M,Han Y,Zhu Z,Li D,Hong Y,Wu X,Fu Z,Lin J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report of cryptosporidiosis in a bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) in China. Two Cryptosporidium isolates derived from the same bactrian camel (3-year-old) in November 2005 and April 2006 were characterized using sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the small-subunit rRNA (18S rRNA), 70-kDa heat s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang R,Zhang L,Ning C,Feng Y,Jian F,Xiao L,Lu B,Ai W,Dong H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first schizogony of Eimeria bovis takes place in lymphatic endothelial cells of the ileum, resulting in the formation of macroschizonts within 2-3 weeks. In this study, we analyse early cellular immune responses to infected host cells on the basis of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) adhesion on and transmi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Taubert A,Zahner H,Hermosilla C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental infections of Galba truncatula with Fasciola hepatica were carried out under laboratory conditions to determine why the use of Tetraphyll, when provided every 3 days as food for snails, stimulated the intensity of cercarial shedding. In snails raised on cos lettuce and Tetraphyll, the number of metacercar...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Belfaiza M,Abrous M,Rondelaud D,Moncef M,Dreyfuss G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation with light and electron microscopy has been made of the cement apparatus of the mature male Neoechinorhynchus rutili, a parasite of Gasterosteus aculeatus. N. rutili possesses a single compact mass of glandular tissue (cement gland) with eight giant nuclei. The nucleus is lobe-shaped and has a conspicuou...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dezfuli BS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine responses of lymphocytes against Toxoplasma gondii are usually studied by stimulating the cells from infected animals with tachyzoite lysate antigens (TLA) in vitro. We examined whether strains (genotypes) of the parasite used for TLA affect the production of IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-gamma in the culture of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rodgers L,Wang X,Wen X,Dunford B,Miller R,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many malaria-endemic areas are also associated with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. An understanding of the chemotherapeutic interactions that occur during malaria and HIV co-infections is important. Our previous studies have demonstrated that some antiretroviral protease inhibitors are eff...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li X,He Z,Chen L,Li Y,Li Q,Zhao S,Tao Z,Hu W,Qin L,Chen X

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present paper was to analyse the association between sequences of Entamoeba histolytica and their relationship with the development of hepatic abscesses in hamsters, using a complementary DNA library for E. histolytica. From the sequences obtained, we designed oligonucleotides for amplification by P...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Crisóstomo-Vázquez Mdel P,Jiménez-Cardoso E,Arroyave-Hernández C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A majority of Kudoa spp. infects the somatic muscle of fish establishing cysts. Previously, elevated humoral responses were detected in BALB/c mice immunised with Kudoa sp. pseudocyst extracts and in BALB/c mice orally inoculated with Kudoa sp. pseudocysts, as well as the presence of anti-Kudoa sp. antibodies in human...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Martínez de Velasco G,Rodero M,Cuéllar C,Chivato T,Mateos JM,Laguna R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermiogenesis of the monozoic cestode Khawia armeniaca (Cholodkovski, 1915), a parasite of Capoeta capoeta sevangi (De Filippi, 1865) (Pisces: Cyprinidae), has been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. The present results show that the type of spermiogenesis in K. armeniaca sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Brunanská M,Poddubnaya LG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00