Histopathology of the tegument of rabbits infested by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) ticks and exposed to selamectin (active principle of acaricide Revolution, Pfizer).

abstract：:Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are important vectors for a wide range of pathogenic organisms. As large parts of the human population in developed countries live in cities, the occurrence of vector-borne diseases in urban areas is of particular interest for epidemiologists and public health authorities. In this study...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lebl K,Zittra C,Silbermayr K,Obwaller A,Berer D,Brugger K,Walter M,Pinior B,Fuehrer HP,Rubel F

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：: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：:Trichinella spiralis infection results in the transformation of muscle cells into a new, non-muscular cell called the nurse cell, and the nurse cell-muscle larva complex is finally created. To investigate whether T. spiralis infectivity is NBL age-dependent, five groups of synchronous newborn larvae (sNBL) were obtain...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wranicz MJ,Cabaj W,Moskwa B

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas gallinae are parasitic flagellates of importance in wild and domestic birds. The parasite is worldwide distributed, and Columbine birds are its main host. Current research focuses mostly on epidemiological and phylogenetic studies. However, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding parasite-host interac...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rentería-Solís Z,Nguyen-Ho-Bao T,Taha S,Daugschies A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an experiment including 8 groups of 15 mice, the effect of migrating Ascaris suum larvae in the lungs on the establishment and pathogenicity of aerosol exposure to Pasteurella multocida was investigated. Following aerosol exposure to P. multocida, mice with migrating A. suum in their lungs developed more severe pne...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Tjørnehøj K,Eriksen L,Aalbaek B,Nansen P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A good CD8+ response is required for immunity to many intracellular pathogens. Traditional antigen delivery using isolated sub-units or killed pathogens and adjuvant stimulates strong antibody responses but weak T-cell reactivity. Attenuated vaccines are usually more effective. The prime-boost delivery system based on...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hall R,Adamson R,Boulter N

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the major causative agent of American tegumentary leishmaniasis, a disease that has a wide geographical distribution and is a severe public health problem. The cysteine proteinase B (CPB) from Leishmania spp. represents an important virulence factor. In this study, we characterized...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rebello KM,Côrtes LM,Pereira BA,Pascarelli BM,Côrte-Real S,Finkelstein LC,Pinho RT,d'Avila-Levy CM,Alves CR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because benznidazole (BZL) was found to downregulate nitric oxide (NO) and cytokine synthesis by murine macrophages, we analyzed the potential immunological repercussions of BZL treatment in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected rats. To evaluate whether the effects of BZL were also observed in the presence of an immunostimulati...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Piaggio E,Roggero E,Pitashny M,Wietzerbin J,Bottasso OA,Revelli SS

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant surface protein of Theileria annulata (TaSP) was used in the standardization and validation of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of circulating antibodies against tropical theileriosis. ELISA data were expressed as the percentage positivity (PP) of the reactivity of an inte...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bakheit MA,Schnittger L,Salih DA,Boguslawski K,Beyer D,Fadl M,Ahmed JS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental infection trails of Lymnaea (cailliaudi) natalensis snails with miracidia of Fasciola hepatica revealed neither cercariae nor larval stages shed. Infection of white mice with metacercariae from field-collected snails proved to be negative for Fasciola eggs and immature juveniles or adults after 84 days po...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hussein AN,Khalifa RM

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:In opposite to the free-living soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the genetic regulation of hypobiosis or inhibited or arrested development in parasitic nematodes is completely unknown. In C. elegans, the daf-genes or the age-1 gene are of major importance in signaling pathways regulating arrested development. To i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Strube C,von Samson-Himmelstjerna G,Schnieder T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isometamidium chloride (ISM) is an effective trypanocide with curative and prophylactive activity in husbandry animals. The mode of action of ISM against pathogenic trypanosomes is not fully understood, but there is evidence in the literature that kinetoplastic topoisomerase type II is selectively inhibited by the dru...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kaminsky R,Schmid C,Lun ZR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine ocular setariasis arising mainly from ectopic infestation of Setaria digitata is a common vision impairing ophthalmic disease in India, and the identification of this filarial nematode is based solely on morphology. However, morphological characters alone are inadequate to detect and differentiate S. digitata f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Maharana BR,Potliya S,Ganguly A,Bisla RS,Mishra C,Ganguly I

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In murine Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis, females sustain larger intensities of infection than males. However, during chronic infection, this difference disappears and males show a feminization process. To further study the role of two cytokines, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and macrophage-migration inhibitory factor (MIF), ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morales-Montor J,Baig S,Kabbani A,Damian RT

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several polymorphic markers, including serine-rich protein genes, have been used for the genotyping of isolates from the morphologically indistinguishable protozoan parasites Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, and Entamoeba nuttalli. Genotypes of tRNA-linked short tandem repeats (STRs) are highly polymorphic, bu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Feng M,Komiyama T,Yanagi T,Cheng X,Sherchand JB,Tachibana H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports results of the first cytogenetic study carried out on a recently described monozoic tapeworm, Khawia saurogobii Xi et al., 2009, from the Chinese lizard gudgeon (Saurogobio dabryi). The karyotype of this species is composed of eight pairs of metacentric and telocentric chromosomes (2n = 16; n = 3m +...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Orosová M,Marec F,Oros M,Xi BW,Scholz T

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of an unusual intraerythrocytic pathogen in amphibian blood have been made for decades; these pathogens appear as membrane-bound vacuoles within erythrocytes. It is now understood that the pathogen is a Rickettsia bacteria, which are obligate intracellular parasites, and most are transmitted by arthropod vecto...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Davis AK,Cecala K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficiency of chemotherapy for the treatment of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Twenty-four patients who suffered from late-stage AE were enrolled in this study. The classification of the disease stages was performed according to the PNM (parasite lesion, neigh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li H,Song T,Shao Y,Tuergan A,Ran B,Wen H

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Fecal specimens from 432 pre-weaned calves younger than 35 days were collected over a 2-year period (2010-2012) from 74 dairy cattle farms in the central area of Colombia. These samples were microscopically examined for the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts, and positive specimens were selected for molecular examina...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Avendaño C,Ramo A,Vergara-Castiblanco C,Sánchez-Acedo C,Quílez J

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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 new method for the extraction of DNA from Ascaris suum muscle has been developed. It combines a standard SDS-based extraction with a plant DNA extraction procedure. The use of SDS and proteinase K allows the elimination of proteins, while CTAB and polyclar AT eliminate glycogen and polyphenols. The DNA thus obtained...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Di Mito C,Betschart B

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites display considerable phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits such as, body size. Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite of the western honey bee Apis mellifera. Several studies have reported that in V. destructor, there is a wide phenotypic plasticity within a population of mites. However, it is unk...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Maggi MD,Sardella NH,Ruffinengo SR,Eguaras MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive visceral infection caused in golden hamsters by Leishmania donovani amastigotes led to gradual impairment of the proliferative response of their splenic (SPMC) or peripheral blood (PBMC) mononuclear cells to in vitro stimulation with leishmanial antigen, with mitogen (concanavalin A), and even with a c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dasgupta S,Mookerjee A,Chowdhury SK,Ghose AC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes transmit dreadful diseases to human beings wherein biological control of these vectors using plant-derived molecules would be an alternative to reduce mosquito population. Aqueous leaf extract and green synthesized silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) from Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. were investigated for...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sundaravadivelan C,Nalini Padmanabhan M,Sivaprasath P,Kishmu L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nematode Anisakis simplex is a marine parasite that causes allergy as well as anisakiasis. Although five Anisakis allergens have already been identified, immunoblotting studies suggested that unidentified allergens still exist. In this study, an expression cDNA library constructed from A. simplex was subjected to ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kobayashi Y,Ishizaki S,Shimakura K,Nagashima Y,Shiomi K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the phytochemical composition and larvicidal effect of leaf essential oil from Murraya exotica against early fourth-instar larvae of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus. Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses reve...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Krishnamoorthy S,Chandrasekaran M,Raj GA,Jayaraman M,Venkatesalu V

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00