Characterization of a major surface-associated excretory-secretory antigen of Trichinella spiralis larvae with antibodies to keyhole limpet haemocyanin.

abstract：:The importance of host heterogeneity in generating aggregation was investigated using Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematoda) in laboratory mice. Parameters of infection were compared between inbred and outbred mice, between primary and challenge infection protocols, and between gavage and natural exposure protocols, to ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tanguay GV,Scott ME

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite. The objective of the present study was to examine the behaviour of Toxoplasma gondii RH Ankara strain tachyzoites in a cell culture environment. The study represents the first step in determining whether T. gondii RH Ankara strain tachyzoites, grown in...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Döskaya M,Degirmenci A,Ciçek C,Ak M,Korkmaz M,Gürüz Y,Uner A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Calliphoridae include some of the most economically significant myiasis-causing flies in the world - blowflies and screwworm flies - with many being notorious for their parasitism of livestock. However, despite more than 50 years of research, key taxonomic relationships within the family remain unresolved. This st...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McDonagh LM,Stevens JR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of fever among infants in the village of Idete in the Morogoro region of Tanzania was analyzed in relation to densities of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in the peripheral blood. Parasite densities in both fever cases and in asymptomatic infants, were compared and a Bayesian non-parametric mixture decom...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Vounatsou P,Smith T,Kitua AY,Alonso PL,Tanner M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-h in vitro susceptibility test of Plasmodium falciparum wild isolates to artemisinin, chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and mefloquine was performed in Kibaha, Tanzania. A sigmoid Emax model was fitted to all data for each isolate and drug combination. Artemisinin and mefloquine exhibited 100% growth inhibit...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alin MH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model of the parasitic phase of the life-cycle of Ostertagia ostertagi in calves is described. The model is used in the re-analysis of previously published data from a long-term trickle infection experiment in which groups of calves were infected daily with graded doses of 3rd-stage (L3) larvae. The res...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Grenfell BT,Smith G,Anderson RM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic interaction of cells of the immune system with other cells, antigens and secreted factors determines the nature of an immune response. The response of individual cells is governed by the sequence of intracellular signalling events triggered following the association of cell surface molecules during cell-ce...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Goodridge HS,Harnett MM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Levamisole (Lms) is an anthelminthic drug with immunomodulatory activity. Chagas disease (CD) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and there is very low access to the drugs available, benznidazole (Bz) and nifurtimox, both far from ideal. In a drug-repurposing strategy to test potential activity as antiparasitic and immunom...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rocha Simões-Silva M,Brandão Peres R,Britto C,Machado Cascabulho C,de Melo Oliveira G,Nefertiti da Gama A,França da Silva C,Lima da Costa K,Finamore Araújo P,Diego de Souza Campos J,Meuser Batista M,Cristina Demarque K,da Cruz Mo

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma congolense (2 clones: ILNat3.1 and IL3000, and 4 stocks: IL2079, IL2466, IL3266 and CP-81) were continuously cultivated in vitro at 34-36 degrees C in the absence of feeder cell layers, using HMI-93 medium which was modified from Iscove's modified Dulbecco's MEM (Flow Laboratories, Irv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hirumi H,Hirumi K

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraerythrocytic malaria parasites ingest the cytosol of their host cell and digest it inside their acid food vacuoles. Acidified (pH 4-5.5, 37 degrees C) human red blood cell lysates were used to simulate this process, measuring the denaturation of haemoglobin (Hb) and the release of iron, in the absence or presence...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gabay T,Krugliak M,Shalmiev G,Ginsburg H

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host location by parasites can be achieved by either active or passive mechanisms. In spite of their significance, the efficacy of these methods has been little researched. High fecundity in parasites is discussed in terms of the role it plays in dispersal and transmission. Some concepts developed by mainstream behavi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rea JG,Irwin SW

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:A deterministic mathematical model which predicts the probability of developing a new drug-resistant parasite population within the human host is reported. The model incorporates the host's specific antibody response to PfEMP1, and also investigates the influence of chemotherapy on the probability of developing a viab...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gatton ML,Hogarth W,Saul A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent study by our group on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of local residents of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we observed that about 50% of the inhabitants were parasitized and had some knowledge of intestinal parasitic infections...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pereira AP,Alencar MF,Cohen SC,Souza-Júnior PR,Cecchetto F,Mathias LS,Santos CP,Almeida JC,de Moraes Neto AH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group of haemosporidian parasites is of general interest to basic and applied science, since several species infect mammals, leading to malaria and associated disease symptoms. Although the great majority of haemosporidian parasites appear in bird hosts, as in the case of Leucocytozoon buteonis, there is little ge...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chakarov N,Greiner JF,Hauser S,Schuetzmann D,Krüger O,Boerner M,Wıdera D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Anaplasma species are important globally distributed tick-transmitted bacteria of veterinary and public health importance. These pathogens, cause anaplasmosis in domestic and wild animal species including humans. Rhipicephalus, Ixodes, Dermacentor and Amblyomma genera of ticks are the important vectors of Anaplasm...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Atif FA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple parasitic infections have become increasingly recognized as a result of improvements in laboratory diagnosis and a growing population of immunocompromised individuals. This review examines the principles of chemotherapy in groupings of multiple infections which are of particular clinical significance. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chiodini PL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease, co-infects its triatomine vector with its sister species Trypanosoma rangeli, which shares 60% of its antigens with T. cruzi. Additionally, T. rangeli has been observed to be pathogenic in some of its vector species. Although T. cruzi-T. rangeli co-infections are c...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Peterson JK,Graham AL,Elliott RJ,Dobson AP,Triana Chávez O

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A time-course study was conducted to resolve discrepancies in the literature and better define aspects of the Eimeria maxima life cycle such, as sites of development and both morphology and number of asexual stages. Broiler chickens were inoculated orally with five million E. maxima oocysts (APU1), and were necropsied...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dubey JP,Jenkins MC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of genetic methods allows the delineation of species boundaries, especially in organisms where morphological characters are not reliable to differentiate species. However, few empirical studies have used these tools to delineate species among parasitic metazoans. Here we investigate the species ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pérez-Ponce DE León G,García-Varela M,Pinacho-Pinacho CD,Sereno-Uribe AL,Poulin R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australian tea tree oil (TTO) and its extract terpinen-4-ol (T4O) are found to be effective in moderating demodex-related diseases. Their possible effects are lowering the mite counts, relieving the demodex-related symptoms and modulating the immune system especially the inflammatory response. This review summarizes t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lam NSK,Long XX,Griffin RC,Chen MK,Doery JC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation-attenuated schistosome vaccine induces a high level of protective immunity in rodents. In order to assess its potential relevance to man, we have tested its efficacy in the non-human primate Papio anubis. A vaccination regime consisting of 3 exposures of approximately 9000 cercariae irradiated with 30 or...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yole DS,Pemberton R,Reid GD,Wilson RA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium infect all vertebrate groups and display some host specificity in their infections. It is therefore possible to assume that Cryptosporidium parasites evolved intimately aside with vertebrate lineages. Here we propose a scenario of Cryptosporidium-Vertebrata coevolution ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Garcia-R JC,Hayman DT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence factors from the ROP2-family have been extensively studied in Toxoplasma gondii, but in the closely related Neospora caninum only NcROP2Fam-1 has been partially characterized to date. NcROP40 is a member of this family and was found to be more abundantly expressed in virulent isolates. Both NcROP2Fam-1 and N...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pastor-Fernández I,Regidor-Cerrillo J,Jiménez-Ruiz E,Álvarez-García G,Marugán-Hernández V,Hemphill A,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planning of the control of Plasmodium falciparum malaria leads to a need for models of malaria epidemiology that provide realistic quantitative prediction of likely epidemiological outcomes of a wide range of control strategies. Predictions of the effects of control often ignore medium- and long-term dynamics. The com...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Smith T,Maire N,Ross A,Penny M,Chitnis N,Schapira A,Studer A,Genton B,Lengeler C,Tediosi F,de Savigny D,Tanner M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of hosts vary extensively in the types and numbers of parasites that the average individual contains. Understanding the factors that lead to this variation is an important goal for parasite ecologists. We characterized patterns of helminth component community structure in whitefish collected from a cluster...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Goater CP,Baldwin RE,Scrimgeour GJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:The biological parameters which generate seasonal fluctuations in the size of populations of Caryophyllaeus laticeps are examined in detail. A mathematical model is formulated to describe the dynamics of the adult parasite within the fish host Abramis brama, and the predictions of the model are compared with observed ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Anderson RM

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acanthocephalan parasite, Polymorphus minutus, manipulates its intermediate hosts' (gammarids) behaviour, presumably to facilitate its transmission to the definitive hosts. A fundamental question is whether this capability has evolved to target gammarids in general, or specifically sympatric gammarids. We assessed...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Farahani S,Palsbøll PJ,Pen I,Komdeur J

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00