Early intrauterine embryonic development in Khawia sinensis Hsü, 1935 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea, Lytocestidae), an invasive tapeworm of carp (Cyprinus carpio): an ultrastructural study.

abstract：:Nested PCR was used as a diagnostic tool to investigate the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm in protected species of carnivores in Slovakia. Twenty-three faecal samples from wolves, four samples from bears and three samples from lynx from the Muránska Planina mountains and eight samples from wolves fro...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Martínek K,Kolárová L,Hapl E,Literák I,Uhrin M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allicin is an active ingredient of garlic that has antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and antiprotozoal activity. However, the inhibitory effects of allicin on Babesia parasites have not yet been examined. In the present study, allicin was tested as a potent inhibitor against the in vitro growth of bovine and equin...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salama AA,AbouLaila M,Terkawi MA,Mousa A,El-Sify A,Allaam M,Zaghawa A,Yokoyama N,Igarashi I

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:As Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia can be disseminated in the environment by avian hosts, a total of 499 fecal dropping from 308 free-ranging, 90 captive, and 101 domestic birds were tested by conventional, immunological, and molecular techniques for these human enteropathogens. Twenty-six (5.2%) tested pos...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Majewska AC,Graczyk TK,Słodkowicz-Kowalska A,Tamang L,Jedrzejewski S,Zduniak P,Solarczyk P,Nowosad A,Nowosad P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) T-helper (Th) cell is widely recognized to be capable of influencing worm development and egg granuloma formation after schistosome infection. Interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-4 play key roles in regulation of Th cell differentiation. In the present study, we subcutaneously inoculated mice with hybridoma cells secret...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cheng YL,Song WJ,Liu WQ,Lei JH,Kong Z,Li YL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel and simple technique for storing live Acanthamoeba for long periods of time. The amoebae are maintained at refrigerator temperatures in a peptone-yeast extract-glucose (PYG) medium normally used for cultivation. Using this method, we obtained survival rates of at least 4 years for Acanthamoeba polyp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Axelsson-Olsson D,Olofsson J,Ellström P,Waldenström J,Olsen B

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies of 20 mg/kg body weight (BW) of toltrazuril (Toltra) 2 days post-infection (dpi), 2 mg/kg BW of diclazuril 2 and 3 dpi and 200 mg/kg BW of sulphadimidine 2, 3 and 4 dpi were compared in a model for piglet isosporosis. Weight gain (first 4 weeks of life) and diarrhoea and oocyst excretion from 4 to 11 dp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mundt HC,Mundt-Wüstenberg S,Daugschies A,Joachim A

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Chagas disease (CD) is a tropical zoonosis caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Severe autonomic dysfunction like reduced cardiac catecholamine-containing or acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation have been reported in CD. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) seems to participate in the regulation of adrenal catech...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miranda AS,Camargos ERS,Marzano LAS,Marzano ACS,da Silva Oliveira B,Ferreira RN,Martinelli PM,Teixeira AL,Rachid MA,Simões E Silva AC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites were studied through a longitudinal survey in 400 horses over a 17-month period in an abattoir in Germany. Three hundred and ten horses (77.5 %) were demonstrated harbouring endoparasites either by direct recovery of parasites from the digestive tract and/or in te...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rehbein S,Visser M,Winter R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes and coccidia are major pathogens causing parasitic infections in livestock production. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and seasonality of gastrointestinal helminths and coccidia in communal sheep grazing in humid, semi-humid and arid zones of the Eastern Cape Province. A total of 3299 faecal sam...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Jansen MS,Nyangiwe N,Yawa M,Dastile M,Mabhece V,Muchenje V,Mpendulo TC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loa loa, a filarial worm, can cause fatal encephalitis in humans. In an attempt to find alternatives to the standard treatments (ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine citrate), we tested 12 methanolic extracts of nine traditional plant remedies. The extracts (100-0.09 microg/ml) were incubated with 20 Loa loa microfilaria...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mengome LE,Akue JP,Souza A,Feuya Tchoua GR,Nsi Emvo E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified the 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (Prx) from a bovine Babesia parasite, B. bovis. Prx is a recently described family of antioxidant enzymes that are highly conserved in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. B. bovis 2-Cys Prx (BbTPx-1) contained two conserved cysteine residues that corresponded to Cys47 and Cys170 of t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Tanaka M,Sakurai T,Yokoyama N,Inoue N,Kawazu S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis sp. is a common intestinal parasite. To date, there have been sporadic and scanty studies on Blastocystis sp. carried out in rural communities in Nepal. We surveyed the prevalence of Blastocystis sp. and its possible associated risk factors, and reported the predominant Blastocystis sp. subtype in two rur...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lee IL,Tan TC,Tan PC,Nanthiney DR,Biraj MK,Surendra KM,Suresh KG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In urban environments, catch basins serve as major developmental and resting sites for anthropophilic and zoophilic mosquitoes. However, the use of this habitat is inconsistent, with abundance of larvae varying significantly across catch basins at a fine spatial scale. During seasonal summer investigations on mosquito...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rydzanicz K,Jawień P,Lonc E,Modelska M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-tau (IFN-tau) treatment of Trichinella spiralis-infected BALB/c mice was investigated. The therapeutic regimen consisted of daily intraperitoneal injection of 10(4) U murine IFN-tau for 7 days, starting at 2 weeks post-infection. Striated muscle samples (diaphragm, thigh) were collected at 4, 8 and 12 weeks...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Neifer S,Kremsner PG,Weinig M,Harms G,Sahlmüller G,Bienzle U,Heitmann M,Breuer F,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomy and classification of the family Opisthorchiidae have been revised by several authors with the exclusion or synonymization of some genera. The genus Hepatiarius Feizullaev, 1961 accommodated two species: Hepatiarius sudarikovi Feizullaev, 1961 and H. longissimus Linstow, 1883. Recently, some experts have ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Suleman,Ma J,Khan MS,Sun MM,Muhammad N,He JJ,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP, in western China), which is the largest and highest plateau on Earth, is a highly epidemic region for Echinococcus spp. We collected 70 Echinococcus samples from humans, dogs, sheep, yaks, plateau pikas, and voles in eastern and southern Qinghai and genotyped them using the mitochondr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ma J,Wang H,Lin G,Craig PS,Ito A,Cai Z,Zhang T,Han X,Ma X,Zhang J,Liu Y,Zhao Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localisation and distribution of the cholinergic, serotoninergic and peptidergic components of the nervous system of the frog-lung fluke Haplometra cylindracea have been determined by the application of standard enzyme cytochemical and immunocytochemical techniques to cryostat sections and whole-mount preparations...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： McKay DM,Halton DW,Johnston CF,Fairweather I,Shaw C

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Benzimidazole anthelmintics are widely used against nematode, cestode and trematode parasites. The drugs undergo several enzyme-mediated reactions within the host animal that produce a number of metabolites. Although it has been shown that certain helminths, including Fasciola hepatica, can metabolise albendazole, not...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Robinson MW,Lawson J,Trudgett A,Hoey EM,Fairweather I

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to viable Acanthamoeba may cause fatal encephalitis and blinding keratitis in humans. Quantification of environmental Acanthamoeba by a reliable analytical assay is essential to assess the risk of human exposure and efficacy of control measures (e.g., superheating). Two DNA binding dyes (ethidium monoazide (E...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chang CW,Lu LW,Kuo CL,Hung NT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascaris lumbricoides is responsible for a highly disseminated helminth parasitic disease, ascariosis, a relevant parasitosis that responds for great financial burden on the public health system of developing countries. In this work, metabolic fingerprinting using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) was employed t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Melo CF,Esteves CZ,de Oliveira RN,Guerreiro TM,de Oliveira DN,Lima EO,Miné JC,Allegretti SM,Catharino RR

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes a simple method to yield large amounts of Leishmania amastigote-like forms in axenic cultures using promastigotes as the starting population. The method described induced extracellular amastigote transformation of Leishmania amazonensis (97%), Leishmania braziliensis (98%) and Leishmania chagasi (9...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Teixeira MC,de Jesus Santos R,Sampaio RB,Pontes-de-Carvalho L,dos-Santos WL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the ultrastructure of Protonaegleria westphali has been carried out by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electronmicroscopy (TEM). SEM investigation demonstrated much enlarged trophozoites, flagellates and cysts corresponding to those under light microscopical observation. I...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Michel R,Raether W,Schupp E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albendazole (ABZ), a widely used anthelmintic, attributes its primary metabolite-albendazole sulfoxide (ABZSO)-as an effective agent against helminthes. For a purpose of long-lasting releasing ABZSO in a special lesion, the present study successfully manufactured ABZSO-loaded thermo-sensitive hydrogel, which was prove...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Feng Y,Wang F,Zhang XW,Bhutani H,Ye B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology and ecology are described for four sibling species of digenean metacercariae: Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold 1859), M. strigatus (Lebour 1908) from the estuarine cockle Cerastoderma edule L. and M. fossarum (Bartoli, 1965) and M. rebecqui (Bartoli, 1983) comb. nov. from the brackish water lagoon cock...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bowers EA,Bartoli P,Russell-Pinto F,James BL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microneme protein 8 (MIC8) is considered a new essential invasion factor in Toxoplasma gondii. In the present study, a deoxyribonucleic acid vaccine expressing MIC8 of T. gondii was constructed and the immune response it induced in Kunming mice was evaluated. The gene sequence encoding MIC8 was inserted into the eukar...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu MM,Yuan ZG,Peng GH,Zhou DH,He XH,Yan C,Yin CC,He Y,Lin RQ,Song HQ,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diversity in parasite virulence is one of the factors that contribute to the clinical outcome of malaria infections. The association between the severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and the number of distinct parasite populations infecting the host (multiplicity of infection) or polymorphism within any of the spe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kiwuwa MS,Ribacke U,Moll K,Byarugaba J,Lundblom K,Färnert A,Fred K,Wahlgren M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the seasonal changes in a population of cosmocercid nematode parasites in a natural environment in an amphibian host of the Neotropical realm. A total of 232 individuals (83 females, 105 males, and 44 larvae) of Cosmocerca podicipinus were collected from 105 Pseudopaludicola boliviana from Corrient...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： González CE,Hamann MI

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00