Depletion of the ozone layer: consequences for non-infectious human diseases.

abstract：:This study quantifies the rate and intensity of re-infection with human hookworm and Schistosoma mansoni infection 12 months following successful treatment, and investigates the influence of socio-economic, geographical and environmental factors. A longitudinal study of 642 individuals aged over 5 years was conducted ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cundill B,Alexander N,Bethony JM,Diemert D,Pullan RL,Brooker S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of Haemoproteus infection on the survival and pathology caused in the biting midges. Forty-six females of Culicoides impunctatus were exposed experimentally by allowing them to feed on a naturally infected red-backed shrike infected with Haemoproteus lanii (lineage hRB1, gametocytaemia 5·2%). S...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bukauskaitė D,Bernotienė R,Iezhova TA,Valkiūnas G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA-AFLP (cDNA-Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism)-based strategy has been used to identify levamisole (LEV) resistance markers in the nematode Haemonchus contortus. Transcript profiles of adult nematodes from two LEV-resistant and two susceptible isolates were compared. Among the 17 280 transcript-derived fragme...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Neveu C,Charvet C,Fauvin A,Cortet J,Castagnone-Sereno P,Cabaret J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the extent of evolutionary divergence among parent taxa, hybrids may suffer from a breakdown of co-adapted genes or may conversely exhibit vigour due to the heterosis effect, which confers advantages to increased genetic diversity. That last mechanism could explain the success of hybrids when hybridizatio...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Planade B,Lena JP,Li H,Plenet S,Guegan JF,Thomas F,Hurtrez-Bousses S,Renaud F,Joly P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the early stages of the primary Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS parasitaemia in CBA/Ca mice this parasite invaded normocytes, but as the parasitaemia developed increasing numbers of parasites were seen within reticulocytes. During and just after peak parasitaemia, as further parasite replication was controlled,...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jarra W,Brown KN

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificially transformed schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni develop a consistent but small protection against the lethal effects of antibody plus complement when cultured for 24 h in a chemically defined medium. In contrast, they become rapidly resistant to antibody plus complement, when cultured in the presence of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tavares CA,Soares RC,Coelho PM,Gazzinelli G

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporulated oocysts or oocyst hulls of Eimeria acervulina given via the crop, and oocyst juice or sporozoites inoculated directly into the intestinal lumen, were tested for their effects on the hypersensitivity of the intestines of immunized and susceptible birds. Only viable sporozoites consistently caused an increase...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rose ME,Long PL,Bradley JW

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study was performed in Magoda, Tanzania, an area where malaria is holoendemic. Blood samples were collected from children (1-4 years) and tested for IgG antibody reactivity against 2 recombinant protein fragments of Plasmodium falciparum Rhoptry-Associated Protein-1 (rRAP-1). The...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alifrangis M,Lemnge MM,Moon R,Theisen M,Bygbjerg I,Ridley RG,Jakobsen PH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel repetitive DNA sequence in the sheep parasitic nematode Trichostrongylus colubriformis was cloned and sequenced. A 1.1 kb repetitive sequence (Tc15) which hybridized with DNA from T. colubriformis but not with DNA from two other parasitic nematodes, Haemonchus contortus and Ostertagia circumcincta, or sheep wa...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Callaghan MJ,Beh KJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field trial was conducted to evaluate the potential of the nematode-destroying fungus Duddingtonia flagrans to control free-living stages of horse strongyles. In late Spring 2 groups of horses (yearlings) with mixed infections of strongyles were allowed to contaminate 2 equal-sized pastures. One of the groups (F) re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Larsen M,Nansen P,Grøndahl C,Thamsborg SM,Grønvold J,Wolstrup J,Henriksen SA,Monrad J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory experiments indicated that the active life-span of the cercariae of Cryptocotyle lingua was temperature-dependent. An increase in water temperature and population age both correlated with a tendency for the organisms to become decaudate. The larvae were strongly photoresponsive to lateral light but with tim...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rea JG,Irwin SW

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora traps and invades all the free-living juvenile stages of the trichostrongyle nematode Trichostrongylus colubriformis. The processes of capture and invasion of the 1st-stage juveniles are described using differential interference contrast optics and 3-D reconstructio...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Murray DS,Wharton DA

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endemic transmission cycle of Babesia microti was discovered in Colorado in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. B. microti were found by PCR in 4 of 25 Ixodes spinipalpis tick pools tested (a 3.2 % minimum infection rate) and in 87% (13 of 15) of Microtus ochrogaster (the prairie vole) spleen and blood samples. U...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Burkot TR,Schneider BS,Pieniazek NJ,Happ CM,Rutherford JS,Slemenda SB,Hoffmeister E,Maupin GO,Zeidner NS

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic 5S rRNA, synthesized by RNA polymerase III (Pol III), is an essential component of the large ribosomal subunit. Most organisms contain hundreds of 5S rRNA genes organized into tandem arrays. However, the genome of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major contains only 11 copies of the 5S rRNA gene, which are...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Moreno-Campos R,Florencio-Martínez LE,Nepomuceno-Mejía T,Rojas-Sánchez S,Vélez-Ramírez DE,Padilla-Mejía NE,Figueroa-Angulo E,Manning-Cela R,Martínez-Calvillo S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex ratio theory posits that the adaptive proportion of male to female gametocytes of a malaria parasite within the vertebrate host depends on the degree of inbreeding within the vector. Gametocyte sex ratio could be phenotypically flexible, being altered based on the infection's clonal diversity, and thus likely inbr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Osgood SM,Schall JJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxozoans have been successfully used as tags for fish stock identification around the world. However, few studies using myxozoan tags have been carried out in the Southern Atlantic, a region with complex oceanography that constitutes a potentially suitable scenario for testing the utility of myxozoans as indicators. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cantatore DM,Irigoitia MM,Holzer AS,Timi JT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma brucei causes African trypanosomiasis in both humans and animals. Infections place a significant health and economic burden on developing nations in sub-Saharan Africa, but few effective anti-parasitic treatments are currently available. Hence, there is an urgent need to identify...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dickie EA,Young SA,Smith TK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractionation of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae gland secretion on a Sephadex G-150 column followed by a Superose-12 column in an FPLC system, isolated a 47 kDa protease which migrated as a single band on SDS-PAGE gels. A monoclonal antibody (MAb) was produced which recognizes only the 47 kDa protease, and an immuno-af...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chavez-Olortegui C,Resende M,Tavares CA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni were incubated in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% fetal calf serum, 10% human portal venous or 10% human peripheral venous sera in the presence of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) in order to measure differences in cell proliferation. The rates of cell proliferation as expressed by BrdU la...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shaker YM,Wu CH,el-Shobaki FA,Ashour E,Khattab HM,Draz HM,Kamel R,Wu GY

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the forces behind the diversification of parasite assemblages have shed light on many aspects of parasite biodiversity. By using only parasite species richness as their measure of diversity, however, previous investigations have ignored the relatedness among parasite species and the taxonomic structu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Luque JL,Mouillot D,Poulin R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An egg-adapted line of Eimeria necatrix has now been passaged 40 times in the chorio-allantoic membranes of embryonated eggs. Between the 21st and 40th passage in eggs the parasite was subjected to a selection for precocious development, and its pre-patent period in this host is now 123-125 h. The parasite continued t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shirley MW,Bellatti MA,Millard BJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kudoid parasites are significant pathogens of marine fish. In the past, specific identification has been difficult due to a paucity of detailed morphological and biological information provided in the original description of some species. However, the introduction of DNA analysis has dramatically improved diagnosis. F...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Burger MA,Adlard RD

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoresis of secretions collected from Globodera pallida revealed a smeared region between 25 and 50 kDa, and a single band of < 20 kDa. The secretions were used to raise an antiserum (LW1). Immunoblotting of parasite homogenates with LW1 differentiated G. pallida from its sibling species G. rostochiensis and re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Duncan LH,Robertson L,Robertson WM,Kusel JR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycans at the surface of adult Schistosoma mansoni were investigated with gold-labelled lectins. The fragile complex of the glycans with the outer membranes could be preserved for electron microscopy by avoiding extensive pre-fixation with aldehydes and by introducing osmium-ferrocyanide as a membrane fixative. Male ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Schmidt J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the molar content of guanine + cytosine (GC content) of DNA of the filarial nematode (Brugia malayi, Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria imitis) and of the free-living soil nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and have analysed the DNA for the presence of methylcytosine. Two independent methods, thermal dena...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rothstein N,Stoller TJ,Rajan TV

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium parvum is composed of multiple subtypes, which appear to be zoonotic or anthroponotic. Therefore, in order to understand the molecular epidemiology of this species and to control the zoonotic transmission, it is essential to identify the isolates at the subtype level. In the present study, 60.2% of 103...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Misic Z,Abe N

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma vivax are the most extensively distributed trypanosomes responsible for diseases in livestock. Western blot and indirect immunofluorescence assays revealed a high immunological cross-reaction between these two parasites. An antigen with an apparent molecular mass of 64 kDa (p64), whi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Uzcanga G,Mendoza M,Aso PM,Bubis J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis spp. is the most frequent infectious unicellular, luminal parasite in all species of animals and humans. It has been linked to diarrhoea and irritable bowel syndrome. Saccharomyces boulardii (Sb) is a widely used probiotic that previously showed efficacy against several intestinal pathogens. The aim of th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Méabed EMH,Abdelhafez DN,Abdelaliem YF

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to shared characteristics with snail haemocytes, the Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cell line has been used as a model in vitro system for the study of snail-trematode interactions. In this study, Bge cells were used to characterize the adherence of snail host cells to schistosome primary sporocysts, and to...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Castillo MG,Yoshino TP

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the C-terminal region of the intermediate subunit of Entamoeba histolytica galactose- and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-inhibitable lectin (C-Igl) is a useful antigen for serodiagnosis of amebiasis. An immunochromatographic kit was developed using fluorescent silica nanoparticles coated with C...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tachibana H,Kakino A,Kazama M,Feng M,Asai S,Umezawa K,Nozaki T,Makiuchi T,Kamada T,Watanabe H,Horiki N,Cheng X,Masuda G

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00