New host and locality records of two nematode parasites Dujardinnascaris mujibii (Heterocheilidae) and Hysterothylacium aduncum (Anisakidae) from the common seabream Pagrus pagrus: a light and scanning electron microscopic study.

abstract：:We tested whether biogeographic patterns characteristic of species diversity and composition may also apply to community assembly by investigating geographic variation in the pattern (PSA) (aggregation versus segregation) and strength of species associations (SSA) in flea and mite communities harbored by small mammali...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Krasnov BR,Shenbrot GI,Korallo-Vinarskaya NP,Vinarski MV,van der Mescht L,Warburton EM,Khokhlova IS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal RNA genes have been cloned from the major species of African trypanosomes. Complete nucleotide sequence composition of the small subunit (SSU) and portions of the large subunit (LSU) ribosomal RNA genes was determined for each of these trypanosome species. In contrast to the situation in Trypanosoma brucei, ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Urakawa T,Majiwa PA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Culicinomyces clavisporus is a fungal pathogen of a wide range of mosquito larvae. The C. clavisporus was isolated from the larvae of Culiseta inornata. We have investigated into potential pathogenicity against the adults of Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi. The culture filtrates relea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Singh G,Prakash S

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The present study shows that head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) are killed by suffocation when submersed into the anti-louse shampoo Licener®, which contains a mild shampoo component and an extract of neem seeds after their oil components had been pressed off. It is shown that the inner tracheal system becomes comp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Al-Quraishy S,Abdel-Ghaffar F,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:An optimized protocol is presented to visualize gene expression in the sedentary beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii, by whole-mount in situ hybridization. Two different probes were used for genes with known expression pattern in other nematodes. Vacuum infiltration of the fixative significantly increased its eff...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vanholme B,De Meutter J,Tytgat T,Gheysen GD,Vanhoutte I,Gheysen GD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During infections, Giardia lamblia undergoes a continuous change of its major surface antigens, the variant-specific surface proteins (VSPs). Many studies on antigenic variation have been performed using G. lamblia clone GS/M-83-H7, which expresses surface antigen VSP H7. The present study was focused on the identific...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bienz M,Siles-Lucas M,Müller N

更新日期：2001-12-01 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

abstract：:The present study reports on the antifilarial activity of a marine sponge Haliclona exigua (phylum Porifera). The crude methanol extract and n-butanol-soluble fraction killed adult Brugia malayi at 31.25-microg/ml concentration (both in motility and 3-(4,5 dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lakshmi V,Srivastava S,Kumar Mishra S,Misra S,Verma M,Misra-Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructure of Fibrillaspora is highly similar to that of Berwaldia but the former is phylogenetically distant from the taxon annotated as Berwaldia schaefernai (Genbank accession # AY090042). It was shown recently, however, that the latter sequence was not derived from Berwaldia, and correct nucleotide sequence da...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Simakova AV,Tokarev YS,Issi IV

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas' disease, a systemic infection that affects cells of meso-, endo-, and ectodermic origin. However, as far as we know, the presence of T. cruzi stages in bone has not been reported previously, and it has scarcely been investigated in cartilage. We inoculated 7- and 20-day-old (8 and 15 g...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morocoima A,Rodríguez M,Herrera L,Urdaneta-Morales S

更新日期：2006-11-01 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

abstract：:In the present article, we report on the identification of Vermamoeba (Hartmannella) vermiformis as the etiological agent of a tissue infection close to the eye of a female patient. Laboratory examination revealed no involvement of any pathogenic bacteria or fungi in the tissue infection. V. vermiformis was identified...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Scheid PL,Lâm TT,Sinsch U,Balczun C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two thousand four hundred fifty-eight fish comprised of 53 species were captured in the Danjiangkou Reservoir, in the northwestern part of Hubei Province, central China during 2004, to examine Camallanus cotti infections. We found that 19 cypriniform, 3 siluriforme, and 4 perciforme fishes were infected by the nematod...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wu S,Wang G,Gao D,Xi B,Yao W,Liu M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, Diplectanum laubieri was redescribed from material obtained from wild and cultured fish. The population dynamics of D. aequans and D. laubieri under culture conditions was studied. The prevalence and mean intensity (average number of worms per parasitized fish) were 80.64% and 112 for D. aequans ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： González-Lanza C,Alvarez-Pellitero P,Sitjá-Bobadilla A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva has been suggested as an easily accessible and a noninvasive diagnostic alternative for detection of antibodies. To identify and characterize Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum) antigens that are recognized by saliva of infected host, we have used a pool of saliva from infected patients to immunoscreen an egg ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhou YP,Wu ZD,Yang LL,Sun X,You X,Yu XB,Hu W,Zheng HQ,Lv ZY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine immunological responses to experimental infection with Trichuris muris and the effects of the resident microbiota on these responses are of increasing interest. For these studies, accurate dose delivery and improved sterilization of inocula are essential to prevent co-infection with unknown contaminants. We fou...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kopper JJ,Mansfield LS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodnius nasutus, a triatomine species autochthonous in the Brazilian Northeast, is primarily associated with the Copernicia prunifera palm tree (Carnauba). For the first time, the colonization of this triatomine in another tree species is reported. To investigate the existence of an infected triatomine focus located ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lima MM,Sarquis O

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Ivermectin at single doses of 0.2-1.0 mg/kg body weight reduced the microfilarial counts of subperiodic Brugia malayi in Presbytis cristata by 59.9%-89.6% of initial counts, 4 weeks after treatment. Adult filaricidal activity was poor, live adult worms being recovered from all animals at autopsy. There was no serious ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mak JW,Lam PL,Rain AN,Suresh K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the links between parasites and behavioural traits of juvenile Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii). The Murray cod is an endangered Australian freshwater fish for which restocking programs are in place and there is a growing human consumption market. However, little is known about the pa...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shamsi S,Rogers L,Sales E,Kopf RK,Freire R

更新日期：2021-01-06 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：:Three specimens of Caudisoma durissa terrifica infected with Hepatozoon spp. were studied. One was parasitized by one type of gamont and the other two were each infected by two morphologically different gamonts. Utilizing morphology and morphometry analysis, we concluded that three types of gamonts were very similar a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： O'Dwyer LH,da Silva RJ,Madeira NG

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplementary feeding is widely used in game management but may aid the transmission of parasites. Firstly, feeding sites attract animals and may be regarded as high-risk areas for parasite transmission. Secondly, high host population densities resulting from and supported by supplementary feeding, as well as accumula...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Oja R,Velström K,Moks E,Jokelainen P,Lassen B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a highly conserved cytokine that has a well-known regulatory role in immunity, but also in organ development of most animal species including helminths. Homologous tgf-b genes and mRNA have been detected in the filaria Brugia malayi. The in situ protein expression is unkno...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Korten S,Büttner DW,Schmetz C,Hoerauf A,Mand S,Brattig N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis invasion primarily cause heavy or negligible eosinophic meningitis and meningoencephalitis in the brain of non-permissive and permissive hosts, respectively. Chemokines are effective leukocyte chemoattractants and may play an essential role in mediating eosinophil recruitment in angiostrong...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li S,Yang F,Ji P,Zeng X,Wu X,Wei J,Ouyang L,Liang J,Zheng H,Wu Z,Lv Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis japonica remains one important public health concern that cause great loss of humans' health and social-economic development in the Peoples' Republic of China. At the end of 1990s and the beginning of 2000s, there were still about 0.8 million patients and nearly 85 million people living in the epidemic...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu R,Dong HF,Jiang MS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hymenolepis diminuta is a zoonotic cestode parasitizing the small intestine of rodents (definitive hosts). Humans can accidentally enter into the life cycle of this tapeworm via the ingestion of infected insects (intermediate hosts) containing cestode cysticercoids in their body cavity. More than two centuries after t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Panti-May JA,Rodríguez-Vivas RI,García-Prieto L,Servián A,Costa F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult liver flukes belonging to three isolates of differing sensitivity to triclabendazole were incubated for 24 h in vitro in nitroxynil at a concentration of 100 microg/ml. Fine structural changes to the tegument, sub-tegumental region and gut were assessed by transmission electron microscopy. Similar changes were o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： McKinstry B,Halferty L,Brennan GP,Fairweather I

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00