Bioassay-guided isolation of antiplasmodial anacardic acids derivatives from the whole plants of Viola websteri Hemsl.

abstract：:The involvement of protein kinase C in the initiation of free oxygen radical generation by rat leukocytes in response to the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis was investigated. Inhibitors of protein kinase C, trifluoperazine and 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), inhibited free radical generatio...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Smith NC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed extra chromosomal genomes of avian blood protozoa, Leucocytozoon caulleryi. One of the genomes, the mitochondrial genome was completely sequenced resulting 5,959 bp in length. This genome contained the identical gene organization and contents to that of other avian blood protozoa previously analyzed: three...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Omori S,Sato Y,Hirakawa S,Isobe T,Yukawa M,Murata K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae (FLA) are widely spread in the environment and known to cause rare but often serious infections. Besides this, FLA may serve as vehicles for bacterial pathogens. In particular, Legionella pneumophila is known to replicate within FLA thereby also gaining enhanced infectivity. Cooling towers have bee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Scheikl U,Tsao HF,Horn M,Indra A,Walochnik J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living ameba and an opportunistic agent of lethal granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in humans and other mammals. Its supposed routes of infection have been largely assumed from what is known about Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri, other free-living amebae and opportunisti...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kiderlen AF,Laube U

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidiosis, caused by Cryptosporidium, causes self-limited diarrhea in normal hosts but may cause life-threatening diarrhea in immunocompromised persons. Cryptosporidium-induced manifestations, including weight-loss and intestinal physiological alterations are not noted in adult immunocompetent mice. So far, st...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Garza A,Castellanos-Gonzalez A,Griffiths J,Robinson P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin plays an important role in host-parasite interactions. In this study, we identified a novel gene encoding galectin-10 (AcGal-10) from the cDNA library of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and characterized its biological role in the parasite. Sequence and phylogeny analysis showed that AcGal-10 is related to other ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu LH,He HJ,Lv ZY,Wei J,Zeng X,Liang JY,Zheng HQ,Yu XB,Sun X,Wu ZD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed infections with Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni were carried out in mice. S. japonicum females paired with S. mansoni males developed normally and produced numerous viable eggs; very little sperm was found in the female genital tract. The eggs yielded many miracidia infective to Oncomelania hupensis, the ho...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Imbert-Establet D,Xia M,Jourdane J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the life cycle of the equid stomach parasite Habronema muscae was disclosed more than 100 years ago, little is known about the effect of the developing nematode larvae in its intermediate host, Musca domestica. In a series of experiments, freshly hatched M. domestica larvae were exposed to H. muscae eggs cont...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schuster RK,Sivakumar S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 70 proven cases of neurocysticercosis from la Réunion (Indian Ocean) were studied with enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) and immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) to detect specific antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Absorbance levels of antibody to crude Taenia solium cyst extract as an antigen...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Simac C,Michel P,Andriantsimahavandy A,Esterre P,Michault A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 116 samples (44 clinical specimens and 72 environmental samples) have been analyzed for the presence of Acanthamoeba. The environmental samples (ESs) were collected from four drinking water treatment plants (DWTP, n=32), seven wastewater treatment plants (n=28), and six locations of influence (n=12) on four...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Magnet A,Galván AL,Fenoy S,Izquierdo F,Rueda C,Fernandez Vadillo C,Pérez-Irezábal J,Bandyopadhyay K,Visvesvara GS,da Silva AJ,del Aguila C

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：: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：:Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is considered to be a multifactorial disease associated with host and parasite genetics, which influence clinical aspects of the disease and other host conditions. In order to understand better the evolution of the disease, this study intended to evaluation of...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lima APB,de Oliveira MT,Silva RR,Torres RM,Veloso VM,de Lana M,da Silva GN

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few data are available on the molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in cattle in China. In the present study, a total of 507 fecal specimens from six dairy farms in Heilongjiang Province were examined for Cryptosporidium spp. by light microscopy of concentrates from the formalin-ethyl acetate sedimentatio...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu A,Wang R,Li Y,Zhang L,Shu J,Zhang W,Feng Y,Xiao L,Ling H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the accelerated movement of population, human parasitoses become an increasingly serious public health's problem. Currently, detections of parasite eggs through microscopic images are still the golden standard for diagnoses. However, this conventional method relies heavily on the experiences of inspectors, thus g...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li Z,Gong H,Zhang W,Chen L,Tao J,Song L,Wu Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Companion animals including dogs are one of the important components in One Health. Parasites may cause not only diseases in pet animals but also many zoonotic diseases infecting humans. In this study, we performed a survey of intestinal parasites in fecal specimens (n = 485) collected from outpatient pet dogs with di...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yu Z,Ruan Y,Zhou M,Chen S,Zhang Y,Wang L,Zhu G,Yu Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify brain cell types that serve as host cells of Toxoplasma gondii encystation primary cultures from murine brain were infected and stained for neural and parasite stage-specific markers. In mixed culture inoculated with T. gondii tachyzoites, MAP2+ neurons, GFAP+ astrocytes, F4/80+ microglia, and O1+...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fischer HG,Nitzgen B,Reichmann G,Gross U,Hadding U

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the term guild community as an intermediate level between component and supra-community proves to be advantageous within the different steps of parasite communities. It can comprise more information than a component community but researchers are able to analyse important parts of the supra-community without...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zander CD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron microscopic investigation of the anterior part of the infective third-stage juvenile of Onchocerca volvulus provides first insights into the structure of the excretory system of this developmental stage of the parasite. The most anterior part of this system consists of a cell process of the syncytial excr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Strote G,Bonow I

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Macroscopically visible sarcocysts were observed in the skeletal muscles of naturally infected skinks of the genus Agama (infection rate 11.3%). Sarcocysts were described by means of transmission electron microscopy. These cysts measured 0.03-0.25 x 0.38-1.7 mm (mean 0.12 x 1.1 mm). Typical mature cysts were bordered ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sakran TF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined four species of Plectropomus Oken, 1817 (Serranidae: Epinephelinae), Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell), Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède), Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède) and Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch) from sites off Heron Island and Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (GBR), and the Gambi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bott NJ,Miller TL,Cribb TH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date classification and differentiation of Alaria spp. are based largely on external characteristics and comparative morphology of adult flukes. The accurate differentiation between various Alaria spp. mesocercariae is indeed difficult because there are only few data on morphological and morphometrical features of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Riehn K,Hamedy A,Alter T,Lücker E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was used to study the intraspecies variation of Brugia spp. in cat reservoirs. Blood specimens from seven naturally infected cats were collected from two different geographical brugian-endemic areas in Thailand. The DNAPAR tree of these Brugia spp. was constructed using a m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Areekit S,Singhaphan P,Khuchareontaworn S,Kanjanavas P,Sriyaphai T,Pakpitchareon A,Khawsak P,Chansiri K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia spp. are obligate intracellular parasites which are very minute with sizes ranging from 1 to 10 μm. They have been increasingly recognized as human pathogens in AIDS and immunocompromised patients, mainly associated with life-threatening chronic diarrhea and systemic disease. For accurate identification ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdel-Hamid MY,Badawy AF,Ibrahim AN

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With this case report, we describe Trombiculidae larvae (Neotrombicula autumnalis) infestation in a Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) which was brought to our clinics by the Directorship of Environmental and Forestry authorities of Samsun, Turkey in April, 2007. The male Little Bittern (I. minutus), with a black bac...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cakiroglu D,Pekmezci D,Meral Y,Gokalp G,Acici M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclospora cayetanensis was identified as the cause of large outbreaks of diarrhea in many parts of the world, but its host range and reservoirs remains poorly defined. Recently, oocysts resembling the C. cayetanensis were detected in dairy cattle fecal specimens from China. The 18S rDNA from two of these Cyclospora-l...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li G,Xiao S,Zhou R,Li W,Wadeh H

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information is available on the occurrence of endoparasites in pet guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasites in cavies kept as pets in southern Italy. Fresh fecal samples were randomly collected from 60 guinea pigs housed in pet shops or priv...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： d'Ovidio D,Noviello E,Ianniello D,Cringoli G,Rinaldi L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of redial burden and cercarial shedding were studied in two groups of Lymnaea truncatula subjected to successive cross-exposures to one miracidium of Paramphistomum daubneyi and one of Fasciola hepatica per snail, or vice versa. The results were compared with those obtained in controls subjected to two...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Augot D,Abrous M,Rondelaud D,Dreyfuss G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the infection of snails by trematodes has been conducted in Europe for over a hundred years. The initial poor knowledge of the intra-molluscan stages of these parasites together with the difficulty of classifying them constituted a serious obstacle to the undertaking of integrated parasitological and malac...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zbikowska E,Nowak A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00