Purification and cellular localization of the Entamoeba histolytica transcarboxylase.

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：:The histopathological examination of 11 mesenteric lymph nodes from adult sheep infected with immature stages of Linguatula serrata revealed acute and chronic lesions with the presence of bacterial colonies and yeast cells. Bacteria were mainly present in acute, hemorrhagic, or necrotic lesions while yeast cells were ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miclăuş V,Mihalca AD,Negrea O,Oană L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albendazole is known as the drug of choice for medical treatment of cystic echinococcosis (CE). Albendazole sulfoxide (ABZ-SO), as the main active metabolite of albendazole, has low efficacy in the disease due to low water solubility and poor absorptivity. PLGA nanoparticles (NPs) enhance the dissolution of poorly sol...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Darvishi MM,Moazeni M,Alizadeh M,Abedi M,Tamaddon AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Feline lungworms infect the respiratory tract of wild and domestic cats, causing infection often associated with clinical disease. Until recently, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus has been considered the most relevant species of lungworm, while Troglostrongylus brevior was considered of less significance. Fecal samples of f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salant H,Yasur-Landau D,Rojas A,Otranto D,Mazuz ML,Baneth G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cystic echinococcosis (CE) has been a recognized public health problem in Greece, molecular data are lacking regarding the types and prevalences of infecting strains of the etiological agent Echinococcus granulosus. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of CE and determined the infecting genotypes in shee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Varcasia A,Canu S,Kogkos A,Pipia AP,Scala A,Garippa G,Seimenis A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS) ProteinChip assays with weak cationic exchange chips were used for protein profiling of different isolates of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar. When SELDI-TOF MS spectra of cell lysates from E. histolytica strain HM-1:IMSS ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

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

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:In the present study the behavior and pathogenicity of second-stage larvae of Toxocara canis were examined in different mouse strains with special emphasis on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Mice of the inbred strains BALB, C3H, C57BL, and DBA and the outbred strain NMRI were infected orally with 1000 seco...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Epe C,Sabel T,Schnieder T,Stoye M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous nematodes were found in the rectum of three fish species Synodontis ocellifer, S. nigrita, and S. schall (Mochokidae, Siluriformes) from the Gambia River and Mare Simenti, National Park Niokolo Koba, Senegal. A nematode species Raillietnema synodontisi Vassiliadès, 1973 (host S. ocellifer), is redescribed usi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Koubková B,Barus V,Hodová I,Simková A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two species of Babesia were isolated from naturally infected sheep in the eastern part of Gansu province. One of the species was identified as B. ovis, while the another one seems as yet to be an unidentified Babesia species. The latter could be transmitted transovarially by Haemaphysalis longicornis. It was shown tha...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bai Q,Liu G,Liu D,Ren J,Li X

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of vector species composition and monitoring their change over time is critical to evaluate malaria transmission and assess control interventions. This is especially important in countries such as Botswana, where malaria transmission is subjected to fluctuations due to climate variability. Another important ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kgoroebutswe TK,Ramatlho P,Reeder S,Makate N,Paganotti GM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with helminth parasites or the administration of their antigens can prevent or attenuate autoimmune diseases. To date, the specific molecules that prime the amelioration are only limited. In this study, recombinant Schistosoma japonicum cystatin (rSjcystatin) and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (rSjFBPA) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yan K,Wang B,Zhou H,Luo Q,Shen J,Xu Y,Zhong Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a real-time LC PCR assay to detect a 152 bp sequence in an uncharacterized region of the Blastocystis genome. The described assay detected 11 of 11 ATCC strains of Blastocystis from subtypes 1, 3, and 4. Three of three stool samples from Oregon and California military personnel that were negative for Blas...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Jones MS 2nd,Ganac RD,Hiser G,Hudson NR,Le A,Whipps CM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium berghei XAT is an irradiation-induced, permanent attenuated derivative from high-virulence P. berghei NK65. Monoclonal antibodies against XAT were developed. By immunofluorescence screening, one monoclonal antibody was identified that was reactive with XAT at the schizont stage but not with NK65 nor with an...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Takagi T,Waki S,Kogure S,Sugioka Y,Suzuki M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of parasite-specific antibodies is an important component of immunity to blood stage malaria infection, as shown by several previous studies in rodent models. However, no study has addressed the induction of humoral immunity by different parasites in a genetically homogeneous host population. Here, levels o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Smith EC,Taylor-Robinson AW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gullet worm (Gongylonema pulchrum) has been recorded from a variety of mammals worldwide. In an earlier study, we demonstrated two separate transmission cycles in cattle (Bos taurus) and wild mammals in Japan based on nucleotide sequences of the ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox-1) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Setsuda A,Da N,Hasegawa H,Behnke JM,Rana HB,Dhakal IP,Sato H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitological analyses are often based on invasive methodologies, involving host sacrifice, raising ethical and conservation issues. However, alternative non-invasive approaches may not be always applicable due to the location of the parasite in the host tissue or the quality and reliability of the non-invasive samp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Jorge F,Carretero MA,Roca V,Poulin R,Perera A

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:The origin, differentiation and functional ultrastructure of oncospheral or egg envelopes in Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863 were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and cytochemistry. The purpose of our study is to describe the formation of the four primary embryonic envelopes, namely vitelli...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Świderski Z,Miquel J,Azzouz-Maache S,Pétavy AF

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eimeria tenella-specific antibodies were examined for the cross-reactivity on the sporozoites and merozoites of E. tenella, Eimeria maxima, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria brunetti in an indirect fluorescence antibody test. Two of nine antibodies showed cross-reactivity with sporozoites of E. maxima, E. acervulina and ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Khalafalla RE,Daugschies A,Dyachenko V

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxobolus turpisrotundus Zhang, 2009, infects allogynogenetic gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) and is always regarded as synonymous with Myxobolus rotundus Nemeczek, 1911, since its first report in goldfish Carassius auratus auratus (L.) in China in 1955. In this study, it was comprehensively examined by m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu Y,Gu ZM,Luo YL

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：: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：:To contribute to the knowledge of the role of small mammals in the transmission cycle of tegumentary leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis, we studied the small mammal community and its temporal and spatial association with phlebotominae, as well as small mammal infection by Leishmania spp. by PCR-RFLP analy...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fernández MS,Fraschina J,Acardi S,Liotta DJ,Lestani E,Giuliani M,Busch M,Salomón OD

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the effect of Nosema algerae (Microsporidia, Nosematidae) on the development of Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles stephensi (Diptera, Culicidae), we carried out infection experiments under standardized laboratory conditions. Apart from a mean reduction of 69% in oocyst development, smaller numbers of oocy...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Margos G,Maier WA,Seitz HM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in rabbits remains a major veterinary issue. ELISA or immunofluorescence assays are the current reference standards of serological tests. However, these conventional techniques suffer from a lack of accuracy for distinguishing active from past infections, as a positive s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Desoubeaux G,Pantin A,Peschke R,Joachim A,Cray C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats from the families Rhinolophidae (n = 90) and Vespertilionidae (n = 191) in the USA and Czech Republic were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium by microscopic and molecular analysis of faecal samples collected from rectum of dissected animals and from the ground beneath roosting sites. Cryptosporidium ooc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kváč M,Hořická A,Sak B,Prediger J,Salát J,Širmarová J,Bartonička T,Clark M,Chelladurai JR,Gillam E,McEvoy J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of the myxosporean fauna of Australian marine fishes revealed the presence of three previously unreported species of Unicapsula (Multivalvulida: Trilosporidae) from sites off Southeast Queensland, off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and from Jurien Bay in Western Australia. Morphometric d...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miller TL,Adlard RD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaf extract of Acalypha alnifolia with different solvents - hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone and methanol - were tested for larvicidal activity against three important mosquitoes such as malarial vector, Anopheles stephensi, dengue vector, Aedes aegypti and Bancroftian filariasis vector, Culex quinquefa...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kovendan K,Murugan K,Vincent S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00