Pathogenicity of some hypocrealean fungi to adult Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).

abstract：:Spirometra erinacei is a pseudophyllidean tapeworm which inhabits the intestines of cats and dogs. The infections are usually asymptomatic in these animals, but the infection of the plerocercoid larvae of the parasite, spargana, cause sparganosis in other vertebrates, including human. In this study, we identified a ge...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li AH,Na BK,Ahn SK,Cho SH,Pak JH,Park YK,Kim TS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody responses to naturally acquired Plasmodium relictum and P. elongatum infections, blood parasitemia, and disease signs were investigated in 23 naive juvenile African black-footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus). Anti-Plasmodium spp. immunoglobulins were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) usin...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Graczyk TK,Cranfield MR,McCutchan TF,Bicknese EJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated how knowledge of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retrieval signals can be used to study specific trafficking pathways in the malaria-infected erythrocyte. We show that addition of various lumenal ER retrieval signals to soluble green fluorescent protein (GFP) chimaera causes retrieval of the fusion pro...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Külzer S,Gehde N,Przyborski JM

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:A total of 585 persons from several occupational groups (farmers, slaughterhouse staff, hunters, veterinarians) exposed to Toxocara infestations and 50 persons of a control group were tested for the presence of specific antibodies to the Toxocara canis antigen using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a western b...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Deutz A,Fuchs K,Auer H,Kerbl U,Aspöck H,Köfer J

更新日期：2005-11-01 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

abstract：:The principal health problem in small ruminants is helminthiasis and the rapid development of nematode resistance to anthelminthics has limited the success of control in several countries, stimulating the search for alternatives. In this study, extracts of immature fruits of the mango Mangifera indica L. var Ubá were ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Nery PS,Nogueira FA,Oliveira NJ,Martins ER,Duarte ER

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific anti-newborn larva antibodies present in the serum of rats chronically infected with Trichinella spiralis were incapable of inducing killing of newborn larvae by activation of normal peritoneal cells. These late antibodies blocked the cytotoxic reaction induced by early antibodies produced a few weeks after i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Venturiello SM,Costantino SN,Giambartolomei GH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to observe the histopathological alterations in schistosomula of Schistosoma japonicum induced by mefloquine. Mice were infected with S. japonicum cercariae, and after 14 days, a single dose of mefloquine (400 mg/kg) was administered orally. After 8 h, 24 h, 3 days, 7 days, and 14 days, groups of two t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Xiao SH,Zhang CW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that toxoplasmosis can be life threatening to immunocompromised individuals such as AIDS and organ transplantation patients. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used in the clinic for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and organ transplantation resulting in acute toxoplasmosis in these patients. Howeve...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang T,Gao JM,Yi SQ,Geng GQ,Gao XJ,Shen JL,Lu FL,Wen YZ,Hide G,Lun ZR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the occurrence of anisakids and raphidascarids in commercial fish from Balearic Sea (Western Mediterranean). A total of 335 fish including 19 black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa), 33 white anglerfish (L. piscatorius), 129 European hake (Merluccius merluccius), 30 red mullet (Mullus barbatus), a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barcala E,Ramilo A,Ortega N,Picó G,Abollo E,Pascual S,Muñoz P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inexpensive and simple method using acid-phenol was developed for the isolation of total RNA from eimerian oocysts. This procedure provides a pure preparation of undegraded RNA in high yield and can be completed in under 2 h. ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Johnston DA,Bratty J,Fernando MA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overall 44% transplacental transmission rate was observed in 221 rats fed cysts of 12 Toxoplasma strains at 15 days of pregnancy, with a range of 0-90% transmission. Considerable variability in the transmission rate was seen among different groups of rats that received similar Toxoplasma inocula; this is attributed...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Freyre A,Correa O,Falcón J,Mendez J,González M,Venzal JM

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Ultrastructural characters of the spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoon of Notopentorchis sp. (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Paruterinidae), a parasite from Apus affinis (Aves, Apodiformes, Apodidae) from Gabon, are described by means of transmission electron microscopy. Cytochemical analysis for detection of glycogen was...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yoneva A,Levron C,Nikolov PN,Mizinska Y,Mariaux J,Georgiev BB

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:The development of Babesia equi was studied in the salivary glands of adult female ticks, Boophilus microplus, using a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Engorged nymphs were obtained from splenectomized foals experimentally infected with B. equi and fed in the adult phase for 5 days on rabbits. Sporogony in B. e...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Guimarães AM,Lima JD,Ribeiro MF,Camargos ER,Bozzi IA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholamines, such as dopamine and noradrenaline, play important roles as neuromuscular transmitters and modulators in all parasitic helminthes, including Schistosoma japonicum. S. japonicum tyrosine hydroxylase (SjTH) was amplified by rapid amplification of cDNA ends polymerase chain reaction that shows strong homo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hu Y,Shi D,Luo Q,Liu Q,Zhou Y,Liu L,Yu L,Wei W,Shen J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neodiplostomum americanum Chandler and Rausch, 1947 has been reported from six species of owls in North America. At present, there are no molecular data for this species and gene sequence data from Neodiplostomum Railliet, 1919 are limited. A freshly deceased specimen of the Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Gmelin, 1...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Woodyard ET,Rosser TG,Griffin MJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million people worldwide; another 600 million are at risk of infection. The schistosomulum stage is believed to be the target of protective immunity in the attenuated cercaria vaccine model. In an attempt to identify genes up-regulated in the schistosomulum stage in relation to ce...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Farias LP,Tararam CA,Miyasato PA,Nishiyama MY Jr,Oliveira KC,Kawano T,Verjovski-Almeida S,Leite LC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts were prepared from leaf, bark, and seed of Azadirachta indica, leaf and seed of Prunus persica, bark of Mangifera indica, and leaf of Psidium guajava and were evaluated against Boophilus microplus. Of the eight extracts screened, the extracts prepared from the A. indica seed showed very high level of efficacy...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Srivastava R,Ghosh S,Mandal DB,Azhahianambi P,Singhal PS,Pandey NN,Swarup D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen with global distribution. However, limited data exist on the prevalence and genetic diversity of Blastocystis in the USA and in food animals. We conducted the first large-scale molecular investigation of Blastocystis in the USA by testing 2539 fecal samples from dairy heif...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Maloney JG,Lombard JE,Urie NJ,Shivley CB,Santin M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hassalstrongylus epsilon is a small nematode, whose adult forms are found among the intestinal microvilli of the water rat Nectomys squamipes, Brants 1827 (Rodentia: Muridae). The external appearance of the cuticle, which presents transversal striations and longitudinal ridges, is described using scanning electron mic...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Oliveira-Menezes A,De Souza W,Lanfredi RM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections are a common constraint to small ruminant industry throughout the world, and among those, haemonchosis has its own significance. Control of GIN primarily relies on the use of anthelmintics, but this approach has become less reliable due to the development of resistance in GIN...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Saddiqi HA,Jabbar A,Sarwar M,Iqbal Z,Muhammad G,Nisa M,Shahzad A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because benznidazole (BZL) was found to downregulate nitric oxide (NO) and cytokine synthesis by murine macrophages, we analyzed the potential immunological repercussions of BZL treatment in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected rats. To evaluate whether the effects of BZL were also observed in the presence of an immunostimulati...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Piaggio E,Roggero E,Pitashny M,Wietzerbin J,Bottasso OA,Revelli SS

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Experimental concurrent infection with two or more parasite species in mammalian host models may result in heterologous antagonistic and synergistic interactions ranging in magnitude from reduced/enhanced growth and fecundity to blockage/enhancement of establishment/expulsion. With some exceptions only, there is a rea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Christensen NO,Nansen P,Fagbemi BO,Monrad J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In freshwater ecosystems, snails can significantly influence the competition between primary producers through grazing of periphyton. This activity can potentially be modified by trematodes, a large group of parasites which mostly use molluscs as the first intermediate host. Available studies, however, show contradict...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vivas Muñoz JC,Hilt S,Horák P,Knopf K

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:The performance of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the detection of Dirofilaria immitis antigens (Speed Diro™; BVT-Virbac, France) was assessed in 49 experimentally infected dogs and in 244 naturally infected animals; 142 dogs and 102 cats. In experimentally infected dogs, Speed Diro™ showed a sensitivity of 90...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Genchi M,Mangia C,Ferrari N,Loukeri S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00