Fatty acid profiles in Leishmania spp. isolates with natural resistance to nitric oxide and trivalent antimony.

abstract：:The source of chemical anthelmintics (levamisole, flubendazole, and thiabendazole) had limited the success of gastrointestinal nematodiasis control in sheep and goats and thus awakened interest in the study of medicinal plant extracts as alternative sources of anthelmintics. The egg hatching and larvicidal effect of i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kamaraj C,Rahuman AA,Elango G,Bagavan A,Zahir AA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoreactivity of Taenia saginata and T. crassiceps metacestode neutral glyco(sphingo)lipids towards IgG antibodies derived from the sera of calves with experimental cysticercosis has been established. The glyco(sphingo)lipids are separable by normal-phase HPTLC (high-performance thin-layer chromatography) into ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Baumeister S,Schuh C,Dennis RD,Walther M,Pfister K,Geyer E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time-course of the detection of circulating and urinary filarial antigens was followed with a 2S-IRMA assay, using a mouse monoclonal antibody raised against Brugia malayi larvae, in Mastomys natalensis experimentally infected with Brugia malayi, Brugia pahangi, or Litomosoides carinii. In the prepatent phase of t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lutsch C,Cesbron JY,Zahner H,Capron A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To mimic a human malaria infection in the endemic condition, two strains of mice (Balb/c and CBA) were infected and treated several times to generate so-called semi-immune status. As previously reported, neither mice (Balb/c and CBA) strain showed cerebral malaria, even in the susceptible C57BL/6 (B6). The significant...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Helegbe GK,Yanagi T,Senba M,Huy NT,Shuaibu MN,Yamazaki A,Kikuchi M,Yasunami M,Hirayama K

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study was designed to investigate the role of different Cryptosporidium spp. in Swedish dairy herds with and without calf diarrhoeal problems. Faecal samples were collected from preweaned calves, young stock and cows. Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected by sodium chloride flotation and epifluorescence...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Silverlås C,de Verdier K,Emanuelson U,Mattsson JG,Björkman C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular characterization studies on Setaria equina are limited. The present study aimed to characterize S. equina at the cytochrome c oxidase gene and to examine its phylogenetic relationships with other filarid species. Sequence analysis showed 100% nucleotide homology with an S. equina sequence from Italy (AJ54487...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Devi A,Sudan V,Shanker D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common frogs (Rana temporaria) were exposed either to third-stage larvae (L3) or to first-stage larvae (L1) of Angiostrongylus vasorum. Following exposure to L3, viable larvae could be detected in the frogs for at least 2 weeks. Following exposure to L1, the frogs developed viable L3 in their tissues within 30 days. I...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bolt G,Monrad J,Frandsen F,Henriksen P,Dietz HH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of helminths in the horse population of the state of Brandenburg, Germany. One hundred and twenty-six horse farms in the state were selected by randomised stratified sampling. In total, 1,407 horses across all farms were examined coproscopically. The experiment...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hinney B,Wirtherle NC,Kyule M,Miethe N,Zessin KH,Clausen PH

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera of ten dogs infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum were analyzed by immunoblotting proteins of first stage larvae (L1) and adult parasites. The molecular weights (m.w.) of the principal L1 proteins identified by IgG, IgM, IgA, and IgE were 18-118 kDa and those of the adult parasite were 28-209 kDa. The L1 proteins...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： De Oliveira Vasconcelos V,De Almeida Vitor RW,Dos Santos Lima W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental infections of Galba truncatula with Fasciola gigantica or F. hepatica were carried out under laboratory conditions (20 degrees C) to determine the characteristics of rediae of both species via their morphometry and to find reliable measurements that might be efficiently used to discriminate between the re...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dar Y,Vignoles P,Dreyfuss G,Rondelaud D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is focused on the feasibility of two treatments of alcohol-fixed monogenean parasites which are intended to be use for the combined morphological and molecular characterizations. The monogenean parasite, Eudiplozoon nipponicum, was selected as a model parasite species; however it is expected that these tech...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kosková E,Matejusová I,Civánová K,Koubková B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis, testes, and vas deferens in the parthenogenetic monozoic tapeworm Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from Slovakia, parasitizing the carp Cyprinus carpio L., have been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. The present results sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bruňanská M,Nebesářová J,Oros M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 1.4 billion people in 73 countries worldwide are threatened by lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic infection that leads to a disease commonly known as elephantiasis. Filariasis is vectored by mosquitoes, with special reference to the genus Culex. The main control tool against mosquito larvae is represented by tre...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Murugan K,Benelli G,Ayyappan S,Dinesh D,Panneerselvam C,Nicoletti M,Hwang JS,Kumar PM,Subramaniam J,Suresh U

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody raised against membrane proteins of Toxoplasma gondii with molecular weights of 35 and 21 kDa also reacts strongly and "specifically" with surface antigens of Pneumocystis carinii with molecular weights of 394.2 and 69 kDa when used in a direct immunofluorescence antibody test, on the one hand, a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hassl A,Müller WA,Aspöck H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water buffalo is important livestock in several countries in the Latin American and Caribbean regions. This buffalo species can be infected by tick-borne hemoparasites and remains a carrier of these pathogens which represent a risk of infection for more susceptible species like cattle. Therefore, studies on the epidem...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Obregón D,Cabezas-Cruz A,Armas Y,Silva JB,Fonseca AH,André MR,Alfonso P,Oliveira MCS,Machado RZ,Corona-González B

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral infection mainly vectored through the bite of Aedes mosquitoes. Recently, its transmission has strongly increased in urban and semi-urban areas of tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide, becoming a major international public health concern. There is no specific treatment for den...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sujitha V,Murugan K,Paulpandi M,Panneerselvam C,Suresh U,Roni M,Nicoletti M,Higuchi A,Madhiyazhagan P,Subramaniam J,Dinesh D,Vadivalagan C,Chandramohan B,Alarfaj AA,Munusamy MA,Barnard DR,Benelli G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among tick species, members of the subfamily Amblyomminae have received special attention, since they serve as vectors for pathogens such as Rickettsia spp. and display cryptic species complexes that make their taxonomical classification challenging. Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma maculatum, and other species of the genus...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rivera-Páez FA,Sampieri BR,Labruna MB,da Silva Matos R,Martins TF,Camargo-Mathias MI

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cattle tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is an important constraint on livestock production, particularly in tropical and subtropical areas. Synthetic acaricides are the primary method of control this thick. Resistance of R. microplus to synthetic acaricides has given rise to the need of new scientific investigations on ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pereira SG,de Araújo SA,Guilhon GMSP,Santos LS,Junior LMC

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:The proboscis apex of the eoacanthocephalan parasite Paratenuisentis ambiguus was studied, using electron and light microscopy, for a better understanding of the parasite's attachment at the intestinal wall of its definitive hosts (Anguilla rostrata and A. anguilla). The results suggest the presence of an epidermis co...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Herlyn H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global pollinator decline has recently been discussed in the context of honey and bumble bee infections from various pathogens including viruses, bacteria, microsporidia and mites. The microsporidian pathogens Nosema apis, Nosema ceranae and Nosema bombi may in fact be major candidates contributing to this decline. Di...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Erler S,Lommatzsch S,Lattorff HM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metacercarial cyst walls of Paragonimus westermani, P. miyazakii, P. ohirai, and P. iloktsuenensis were examined using ultrastructural and histochemical techniques. The cyst walls of P. westermani, P. miyazakii, and P. ohirai were found to have five distinct layers, whereas the wall of P. iloktsuenensis had only t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lou YS,Fujino T,Morita K,Ishii Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibian populations are declining around the world, and the main reasons are the environmental changes and pathogens. However, there are few studies addressing the interaction and impact of the different pathogens that affect amphibians, such as hemoparasites. These parasites had been described as common in some amp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Isaak-Delgado AB,López-Díaz O,Romero-Callejas E,Martínez-Hernández F,Muñoz-García CI,Villalobos G,Rendón-Franco E

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different Tunga penetrans isolates from various hosts obtained from South America (Fortaleza. Brazil) have been studied by nucleotide sequence comparison of the first and the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS1, ITS2) of the ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) and part of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA. Results sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gamerschlag S,Mehlhorn H,Heukelbach J,Feldmeier H,D'Haese J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyosin is a muscle protein that probably plays a role in the survival of the larval stage of Taenia solium during its prolonged host-parasite relationship. Here we describe the structure of the gene coding for the paramyosin of T. solium. The characterization of two clones obtained from a genomic library showed th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vargas-Parada L,Laclette JP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 480 snails were collected from 3 habitats on the Mau Escarpment, Kenya, and were identified as Bulinus tropicus. Of the 351 snails examined alive in London, 75 were infected with Calicophoron microbothrium, 39 with C. microbothrium and Schistosoma bovis, 1 with S. bovis, 24 with other species of trematodes ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Southgate VR,Brown DS,Warlow A,Knowles RJ,Jones A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive survey to document the presence of free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba was conducted in tap water and sea water sources related to human environments in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Acanthamoeba identification was based on the morphology of cyst and trophozoite forms and PCR amplification...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lorenzo-Morales J,Ortega-Rivas A,Foronda P,Martínez E,Valladares B

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was undertaken to identify and characterize trophozoite proteases of five axenic strains of Giardia duodenalis isolated in Brazil and the reference strain Portland 1 isolated in the United States. Trophozoite cell lysates of each strain were analysed for the pattern of proteins and for proteo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Coradi ST,Guimarães S

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:We evaluated serum examination as an alternative to fecal analysis for the diagnosis of exposure to Cryptosporidium parvum in cattle. The accuracy of the serum ELISA was compared to the combined results of concentration flotation microscopy and fecal enzyme immunoassay. The expected performance of the serum ELISA at d...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Nydam DV,Lindergard G,Guard CL,Schaaf SL,Wade SE,Mohammed HO

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00