Description of gamontogonic and sporogonic stages of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) from Caudisoma durissa terrifica (Serpentes, Viperidae).

abstract：:Free-living amoebae (FLA) are opportunistic and ubiquitous protozoa that are widely found in various environmental sources. They are known to cause serious human infections. The aim of our study was to detect FLA and Acanthamoeba spp. in hospital water circuits. Eighty-four water samples were collected over a period o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Trabelsi H,Dendana F,Neji S,Sellami H,Cheikhrouhou F,Makni F,Ayadi A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For years, mammals of the order Pilosa have been considered Leishmania reservoirs. But while most studies have focused on sloth species, anteaters have been overlooked, and in many Leishmania endemic countries like Mexico, no studies have been carried out. The aims of this work were to identify the presence of Leishma...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Muñoz-García CI,Sánchez-Montes S,Villanueva-García C,Romero-Callejas E,Díaz-López HM,Gordillo-Chávez EJ,Martínez-Carrasco C,Berriatua E,Rendón-Franco E

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy and safety of treatment with imidacloprid 10%+moxidectin 2.5% spot-on (Advocate, Advantage multi; Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany) were tested in dogs naturally infested with Sarcoptes scabiei or Otodectes cynotis in a multi-centre, controlled, randomized, blinded field study conducted in France, Germany, Alban...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Krieger K,Heine J,Dumont P,Hellmann K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica forms chitin-walled cysts during encystation process, where formation of the cyst wall needs not only chitin synthase but also chitinase. During excystation, quadruplet amoebae emerge from the chitin-walled cysts by dissolving the wall, so that chitinase may be necessary for excystation process a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Makioka A,Kumagai M,Hiranuka K,Kobayashi S,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the gastrointestinal mucosa, mucus produced by goblet cells plays an important role in the defense against various pathogens. It is well known that some helminth parasites are able to up-regulate goblet cell numbers and alter the mucus components. However, the nature of the interactions between the protozoan parasi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Linh BK,Hayashi T,Horii Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A LightCycler real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to detect Wuchereria bancrofti DNA in blood-fed mosquitoes. The assay is based on fluorescence melting curve analysis of the PCR product generated from a family of repeated DNA elements: the 182 bp SspI repeat, specific to the genus Wuchereria...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lulitanond V,Intapan PM,Pipitgool V,Choochote W,Maleewong W

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyst-forming strain of Toxoplasma gondii was transfected with the Escherichia coli LacZ gene and expressed beta-galactosidase constitutively. This strain has been used to localize and analyze the early stages of development and reactivation of T. gondii in mice. The chromogenic detection of the enzyme allows an easy...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dao A,Soête M,Sergent V,Deslée D,Fortier B,Dubremetz JF

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken coccidiosis is a major parasitic disease caused by Eimeria spp. It is controlled and treated using chemical anticoccidial agents. Development of partial or complete resistance toward these anticoccidials is considered a major problem in poultry industry. Allicin is an organosulfur compound produced as a result...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Alnassan AA,Thabet A,Daugschies A,Bangoura B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysticercoids as well as 6-, 10-, and 14-day Hymenolepis diminuta were evaluated in terms of enzymatic activities related to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) utilization and mitochondrial succinate accumulation. The data obtained support a transition toward anaerobic electron-transport-dependent succinate accumulation, chara...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fioravanti CF,Walker DJ,Sandhu PS

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector-borne diseases caused by mosquitoes are one of the major economic and health problems in many countries. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a vector of several diseases in humans like yellow fever and dengue. Vector control methods involving the use of chemical insecticides are becoming less effective due to develop...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Suganya G,Karthi S,Shivakumar MS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 4-year period, we analyzed 128 fecal samples from free-living elk (Alces alces L., 1758) to determine the prevalence of Eimeria infections and identify the species present. Two eimerian species were isolated including Eimeria alces and a morphotype resembling Eimeria catubrina. Overall, two samples from 128 sam...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pyziel AM,Demiaszkiewicz AW

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical field trial was performed to evaluate the efficacy of imidacloprid, the active ingredient of Advantage 10% Spot-On, against natural lice infestations on dogs. Imidacloprid was highly effective against both sucking (Linognathus setosus) and biting (Trichodectes canis) lice over the 6-week period of the trial...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hanssen I,Mencke N,Asskildt H,Ewald-Hamm D,Dorn H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peritoneal cavity (PNC) and intestine of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) pups and California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups that died in late July and early August, 2003, on San Miguel Island, California, were examined for hookworms. Prevalence and morphometric studies were done with the hookworms ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lyons ET,Delong RL,Nadler SA,Laake JL,Orr AJ,Delong BL,Pagan C

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Ticks spend most of their life cycle in the environment, and all tick life cycle stages are dependent on a complex combination of climate variables. Furthermore, host availability and vegetation significantly modulate the dynamics of tick populations. Tick recruitment is dependent on successful reproduction, which in ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Estrada-Peña A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine oligopeptidases of trypanosomatids are emerging as important virulence factors and therapeutic targets in trypanosome infections. A complete open reading frame of oligopeptidase B from Leishmania amazonensis was amplified with polymerase chain reaction with gradient annealing temperatures using primers designed...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Matos Guedes HL,Carneiro MP,Gomes DC,Rossi-Bergmanmn B,Giovanni de Simone S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosema ceranae is a ubiquitous microsporidian pathogen infecting the midgut of honey bees. The infection causes bee nosemosis, a disease associated with malnutrition, dysentery, and lethargic behavior, and results in considerable economic losses in apiculture. The use of a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive DNA-based m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lannutti L,Mira A,Basualdo M,Rodriguez G,Erler S,Silva V,Gisder S,Genersch E,Florin-Christensen M,Schnittger L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus costaricensis can infect several mollusks, and its migration route in intermediate hosts has been studied only in Sarasinula marginata. To verify the susceptibility of Omalonyx sp. as an intermediate host of A. costaricensis and to analyze the nematode migration route, individuals were infected with st...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Montresor LC,Vidigal TH,Mendonça CL,Fernandes AA,de Souza KN,Carvalho OS,Caputo LF,Mota EM,Lenzi HL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are first data on nematodes of Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 (mallard) and Bucephala clangula Linnaeus, 1758 (common goldeneye) from Northern Europe (Ladoga Lake region). The ducks were found to be infected with nine nematode species. A. platyrhynchos hosted eight nematode species and B. clangula was host to...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lebedeva DI,Yakovleva GA,Ieshko EP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cystic echinococcosis (CE) is highly endemic in Bulgaria, there is still scarce information about species and/or genotypes of the Echinococcus granulosus complex that infect humans. Our study tackled the genetic diversity of E. granulosus complex in a cohort of 30 Bulgarian CE patients. Ten animal E. granulos...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Marinova I,Spiliotis M,Wang J,Muhtarov M,Chaligiannis I,Sotiraki S,Rainova I,Gottstein B,Boubaker G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of alpha-bacteroids in relation to the fat-body cells of the lantern bug Pyrops candelaria was described. The fat-body-cell cytoplasm contained numerous mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticula, vacuoles, and storage granules. Its nucleus had scattered chromatin materials. The alpha-bacteroid was en...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang JB,Cheung WW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four controlled studies, one each in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, involving 30 calves each were conducted to evaluate the effect of simulated rainfall on the efficacy of Ivomec Pour-On against infections of Cooperia spp. At 3 weeks before treatment the calves were infected orally with...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rehbein S,Barrick RA,Batty AF,Drag MD,Rolfe PF,Cox JL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the damages of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to transplanted hydatid cysts in abdominal cavities of rabbits with aids of ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) and superabsorbent polymer (SAP) alone or in combination. A rabbit model with transplanted hydatid cyst was established by i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu AB,Cai H,Ye B,Chen LL,Wang MY,Zhang J,Zhao YF

更新日期：2013-05-01 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 epidemiological importance of increasing reports worldwide on Cryptosporidium contamination of oysters remains unknown in relation to foodborne cryptosporidiosis. Thirty market-size oysters (Crassostrea virginica), collected from each of 53 commercial harvesting sites in Chesapeake Bay, MD, were quantitatively tes...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Graczyk TK,Lewis EJ,Glass G,Dasilva AJ,Tamang L,Girouard AS,Curriero FC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper follows the study from 2013 focused on the molecular screening of mosquitoes as vectors of Dirofilaria spp. which provided the information on Aedes vexans as a potential vector of Dirofilaria repens in Slovakia. Current entomological and molecular research indicates that Ae. vexans can participate also in t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bocková E,Iglódyová A,Kočišová A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, advances in proteomic and mass spectrometry techniques and the sequencing of the Plasmodium falciparum genome have led to an increasing number of studies regarding the parasite proteome. However, these studies have focused principally on parasite protein expression, neglecting parasite-induced va...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fontaine A,Bourdon S,Belghazi M,Pophillat M,Fourquet P,Granjeaud S,Torrentino-Madamet M,Rogier C,Fusai T,Almeras L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito repellents represent a cleaner and safer alternative for population control and reduce the diseases they carry in large areas of the world. Recently, research has been focused on repellents of natural origins, both crude essential oils and their main constituents. We have observed that, although a large numbe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Iovinella I,Pelosi P,Conti B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and represents enormous diagnostic challenge. The objective of this report was to review scientific data from studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa on the diagnosis of malaria in pregnancy within the last two decades (1...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Uneke CJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis is an enteric protozoan parasite commonly found in humans and animals. Phylogenetic and genotypic analyses have shown that Blastocystis exhibits extreme genetic diversity, and humans are host to a number of zoonotic isolates. In the present study, the prevalence of Blastocystis in 276 stool samples from a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wong KH,Ng GC,Lin RT,Yoshikawa H,Taylor MB,Tan KS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00