Studies on Trichodinid and Chilodonellid Ciliophorans (Protozoa: Ciliophora) in the Indian freshwater and estuarine fishes with description of Trichodinella sunderbanensis sp. nov. and Trichodina nandusi sp. nov.

abstract：:Gonadectomized male laboratory rats were given 0.06 mg/kg estradiol benzoate daily for 14 days before being inoculated with 50 third-stage larvae of Parastrongylus malaysiensis. Hormone treatment was continued until the rats were killed. The numbers of larvae in the brain and of adult worms in the pulmonary area of th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kamis AB,Ahmad RA,Badrul-Munir MZ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of trypsin, bile, trypsin-bile, pepsin, dithiothreitol (DTT) and metacercarial excretory-secretory product (ESP) on the in vitro excystment of Clonorchis sinensis metacercariae were investigated. The majority of metacercariae excysted immediately in trypsin-bile in PBS solution, a process which was complet...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li S,Chung YB,Chung BS,Choi MH,Yu JR,Hong ST

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Sarcocystis neurona is the parasite associated with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Recently, cats (Felis domesticus) have been implicated as a potential intermediate host in the life cycle of S. neurona. This study was initiated to determine whether cats have antibodies that react to S. neurona antigens sim...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Turay HO,Barr BC,Caldwell A,Branson KR,Cockrell MK,Marsh AE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi are parasites belonging to the Trypanosomatidae family and the causative agents for two very important neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), namely leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, respectively. Together, they affect millions of people worldwide and the number of cases is constant...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hzounda Fokou JB,Dize D,Etame Loe GM,Nko'o MHJ,Ngene JP,Ngoule CC,Boyom FF

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoproteus spp. and Plasmodium spp. are blood parasites that occur in birds worldwide. Identifying the species within this group is complex, especially in wild birds that present low parasitemia when captured, making morphological identification very difficult. Thus, the use of alternative tools to identify species ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Oliveira L,Dias RJP,Rossi MF,D'Agosto M,Santos HA

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：:Recent studies have shown that hormones could induce anti-parasitic functions of the host immune system; thus, the aim of the present study was to estimate the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a Polish population of women and men with hyperprolactinaemia (n = 23...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dzitko K,Malicki S,Komorowski J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypersaline lagoons located in evaporation basins or salars (salt flats) in the Atacama Desert are extreme environments harbouring a specialised biota able to survive harsh conditions for life. The knowledge of the parasitic biodiversity of these extreme habitats is still scarce despite their functional importance...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Redón S,Vasileva GP,Georgiev BB,Gajardo G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick-borne intracellular protozoan parasites of the Theileria genus infect a wide range of both domestic and wild animals. In the present study, we describe the first PCR detection of Theileria luwenshuni in the blood of goats in Myanmar. Nested PCR targeting the Theileria 18S rRNA gene resulted in seven positive goat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bawm S,Kakisaka K,Thu MJ,Chel HM,Oo YMN,Soe NC,Win SY,Htun LL,Win MM,Suzuki H,Nakao R,Katakura K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main drawbacks of experimental amebiasis is the lack of an adequate animal model for invasive intestinal lesions. Mongolian gerbils are useful because both intestinal and hepatic amebiasis can be produced experimentally with Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. In this paper we show results obtained with in ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shibayama M,Navarro-García F,López-Revilla R,Martínez-Palomo A,Tsutsumi V

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study are to identify Leishmania species and compare and validate internal transcribed spacers (ITS) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay against parasitological methods for diagnosing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). We used the ITS-PCR, parasite culture, and microscopic evaluation of stained smears on...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shahbazi F,Shahabi S,Kazemi B,Mohebali M,Abadi AR,Zare Z

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A post-embedding immunogold technique was used to examine the subcellular distribution of immunoreactivities to the invertebrate peptide, FMR-Famide, and to vertebrate pancreatic polypeptide (PP) within the central nervous system of the trematode, Fasciola hepatica. Gold labeling of peptide was localised exclusively o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Brownlee DJ,Brennan GP,Halton DW,Fairweather I,Shaw C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise identification of members of the genus Diplostomum is difficult in that many larval stages have been described and named separately from their adult forms. In this study, the life cycles of two Diplostomum spp. were established using metacercariae obtained from the eyes of rainbow trout. The parasites were ide...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Field JS,Irwin SW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While bivalves can acquire trematode metacercariae over their lifetime, the rate at which this accumulation takes place is not necessarily linear. The present study found that the bivalve Macomona liliana acquires very few or no metacercariae until it reaches 30 mm in size, but thereafter the rate at which it becomes ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Leung TL,Poulin R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within livestock production, enteric diseases play an important role, since they cause severe economic losses due to mortality, growth depression, and reduction in the conversion rate. Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria spp. is a parasitic disease of high morbidity that affects various animal species, including sheep. In s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Trejo-Huitrón G,Bautista-Gómez LG,Martínez-Castañeda JS,Romero-Núñez C,Trejo-Castro L,Espinosa-Ayala E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light, electron microscopy and DNA analyses were performed to characterize a microsporidium infecting Rachiplusia nu larvae from a laboratory rearing in Argentina. Diplokaryotic spores were oval and measured 3.61 ± 0.29 × 1.61 ± 0.14 μM (fresh). The spore wall was composed of an electron-dense exospore and an electron...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Arneodo JD,Sciocco-Cap A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the present study, we offer new information on the morphology, histopathology, and 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequence of Myxobolus scardinii to supplement and revise the original description of Reuss (Bull Acad Imp Sci St-Pétersbourg, V Serie, XXV, No. 3: 199-205, 1906). M. scardinii was found infecting the gill...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pekmezci GZ,Yardimci B,Yilmaz S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro leucocyte proliferative responses to parasite antigens and to mitogens as well as lymphocyte sub-types were compared in guinea pigs with genetically determined differences in their ability to express protective immunity against Trichostronylus colubriformis infection. Proliferative responses to parasite antig...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Manjili MH,Sangster NC,Rothwell TL

更新日期：2000-04-01 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

abstract：:The protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis is known to infect humans and a wide range of animals globally. However, no studies on G. duodenalis infection in Bactrian camels have been reported. In the present study, in order to examine the prevalence and genetic diversity of G. duodenalis in Bactrian camels, 852 fecal s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhao SS,Li YH,Zhang Y,Zhou Q,Jing B,Xu CY,Zhang LX,Song JK,Qi M,Zhao GH

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Seventy-five previously frozen Northern Lapwings, Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) were dissected and examined for trematodes. The available birds were euthanized after suffering severe injuries from a hail storm. Trematode specimens were found in the air sacs, body cavities and kidneys. They were cleared, stained i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hintzen J,Thielebein J,Daugschies A,Schmäschke R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronemes are characteristic secretory organelles located within the apical cell region of apicomplexan parasites. The protein contents are exocytosed during an early phase of host cell invasion and contribute to parasite motility and the invasion of target cells. We report here on the cloning and heterologous expres...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Klein H,Mueller S,Loeschner B,Toenjes RR,Braun G,Mueller EC,Otto A,Montag T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of host gender and body mass on species richness of flea infracommunities in nine rodent host species from three biomes (temperate zone of central Europe, desert of the Middle East and the tropics of East Africa). Using season- and species-specific generalized linear mixed models and controlling ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kiffner C,Stanko M,Morand S,Khokhlova IS,Shenbrot GI,Laudisoit A,Leirs H,Hawlena H,Krasnov BR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus were incubated in vitro with praziquantel (PZ), albendazole (ABZ), or a combination of both (PZ + ABZ). PZ and ABZ displayed slower protoscolicidal activity when applied separately than when used in combination. Despite the low PZ + ABZ concentrations used, protoscolex viabilit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Urrea-París MA,Moreno MJ,Casado N,Rodriguez-Caabeiro F

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral larva migrans (VLM) syndrome caused by Toxocara canis larvae was first described in the 1950s. The role of other nematode larvae, i.e. the pig roundworm Ascaris suum as a causative agent of visceral larva migrans-associated symptoms like general malaise, cough, liver dysfunction, hypereosinophilia with hepato...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schneider R,Obwaller A,Auer H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fine structure of the infective hexacanths of Echinococcus multilocularis was examined with particular emphasis on the functional ultrastructure of penetration glands and nerve cells directly involved in the mechanism of initial host infection. The oncosphere contains two types of penetration glands, PG1 and PG2, ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

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

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thunbergia laurifolia Linn (Rang Chuet) possesses antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well as anticancer activities. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of T. laurifolia in reducing inflammation from pathological changes in Syrian hamsters infected with the human liver fluke Opisthorc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wonkchalee O,Boonmars T,Aromdee C,Laummaunwai P,Khunkitti W,Vaeteewoottacharn K,Sriraj P,Aukkanimart R,Loilome W,Chamgramol Y,Pairojkul C,Wu Z,Juasook A,Sudsarn P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00