The practicality and sustainability of vaccination as an approach to parasite control.

abstract：:The fine structure of the oncosphere of Hymenolepis nana has been investigated by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, together with light microscope observations of JB-4 embedded material. The outer surface of the oncosphere is covered by an epithelial layer, termed the embryonic epithelium. Cell types pres...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fairweather I,Threadgold LT

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Raffel TR,Bommarito T,Barry DS,Witiak SM,Shackelton LA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:The spermatozoa of ticks are anomalous in many respects: they are very large, cytoplasm-rich cells which lack a flagellum but move with a peculiar gliding motility. Their metamorphosis after deposition in the female has been well documented, but many of the subsequent events in the career of the spermatozoa are...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Resler JH,Frazier JL,Shepherd JG,Modafferi JD

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the rumen fluke, Calicophoron daubneyi is now very common and widespread throughout Western Europe, reports of clinical cases are still rare. This study explores the epidemiological background to a severe rumen fluke outbreak in 6-month-old heifers on a dairy farm in Ireland. Sequence analysis of the cytochro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： O'Shaughnessy J,Garcia-Campos A,McAloon CG,Fagan S,de Waal T,McElroy M,Casey M,Good B,Mulcahy G,Fagan J,Murphy D,Zintl A

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:A 196 bp fragment of cloned kinetoplast (k) DNA of Leishmania infantum has been sequenced and shown to be diagnostic for this species. The DNA from 10(4)-10(5) promastigotes was routinely and specifically detected in crude dot blots of whole cells lysed in situ, and there was no cross-hybridization with 10(6) cells of...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gramiccia M,Smith DF,Angelici MC,Ready PD,Gradoni L

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philasterides dicentrarchi causes a severe disease in turbot, and at present there are no drugs available to treat infected fish. We have previously demonstrated that, in addition to the classical respiratory pathway, P. dicentrarchi possesses an alternative mitochondrial respiratory pathway that is cyanide-insensitiv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mallo N,Lamas J,Leiro JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a parasitic infection with the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis on the degradation rates of cytoplasmic tRNA, rRNA and mRNA in rats have been investigated by measuring the renal excretion rates of the modified RNA catabolites N6-threoninocarbonyladenosine, pseudouridine and 7-methylguanine. Between...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Topp H,Duden R,Stephan U,Schöch G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SSU ribosomal sequences of trypanosomes from Brazilian cattle and water buffalo were used to infer phylogenetic relationships between non-pathogenic T. theileri and allied species parasitic in artiodactyls. T. theileri trypanosomes from distinct geographical regions in Brazil and from other countries were tightly clus...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rodrigues AC,Paiva F,Campaner M,Stevens JR,Noyes HA,Teixeira MM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in the behaviour of Stagnicola elodes associated with the emergence of Plagiorchis elegans cercariae. Within 15 min of the reduction in light intensity, which triggered the onset of cercarial emergence, infected snails moved to the top of the water column and remained there for 2-3 h. Seventy-n...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lowenberger CA,Rau ME

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, representative of the genetic variability of the 2 principal lineages, that subdivide T. cruzi, were selected on the basis of previous multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis using 21 loci. Analyses were performed with lower numbers of loci to exp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Breniere SF,Barnabe C,Bosseno MF,Tibayrenc M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tegumental surface of Schistosoma mansoni sporocysts is the site of both nutritive and immunological interactions with haemolymph cells and plasma of Biomphalaria glabrata, the schistosome intermediate host. Within minutes of being placed in host plasma, sporocysts acquire plasma antigens, and within 3 h host plas...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bayne CJ,Loker ES,Yui MA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change, in particular rising temperature, is suspected to be a major driver for the emergence of many wildlife diseases. Proliferative kidney disease of salmonids, caused by the myxozoan Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, was used to evaluate how temperature dependence of host-parasite interactions modulates disea...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Strepparava N,Segner H,Ros A,Hartikainen H,Schmidt-Posthaus H,Wahli T

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Distribution of Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) among the pyloric caeca and the relationship between site and rate of maturation were studied in laboratory infections of 10, 25 and 40 cystacanths fed to green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus. After 1 week fish fed at each intensity had signific...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ewald JA,Nickol BB

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve populations of bats were examined to determine the extent of interspecific associations in determining the species richness of intestinal helminth infracommunities. The pool of helminth species which was available to individual bats ranged from 2 to 21. The 'summed binomial' distribution was determined to under...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lotz JM,Font WF

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis or dracontiasis, is an ancient disease with records going back over 4500 years, but until the beginning of the 20th century, little was known about its life cycle, particularly how humans became infected. In 1905, Robert Thomas Leiper was sent by the British colonial authorities to ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tayeh A,Cairncross S,Cox FEG

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and development of microgametocytes pf Eimeria maxima from chicks killed during the 6th day of infection were examined using transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Initially, nucleoli disappear and the surface of the microgametocyte invaginates. This is followed by a condensation of the chromatin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ball SJ,Pittilo RM,Joyner LP,Norton CC

更新日期：1981-02-01 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

abstract：:Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L. loa are co-endemic. In order to identify factors, including co-infections, which may ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pion SD,Clarke P,Filipe JA,Kamgno J,Gardon J,Basáñez MG,Boussinesq M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical characterization of 137 Leishmania braziliensis isolates from South and Central America, and from selected endemic foci in Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia, performed by isoenzymatic electrophoresis using 10 enzymatic systems, showed a high enzymatic polymorphism (44 zymodemes obtained) based on the variation ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chouicha N,Lanotte G,Pratlong F,Cuba Cuba CA,Velez ID,Dedet JP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and other hosts acquire Toxoplasma gondii infection by ingesting tissue cysts in undercooked meat, or by food or drink contaminated with oocysts. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent clinical disease due this parasite in humans, although, various T. gondii vaccine candidates are being developed. Mice are g...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dubey JP,Ferreira LR,Martins J,McLeod R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes are amongst the most successful and abundant organisms on the planet with approximately 30 000 species described, although the actual number of species is estimated to be one million or more. Despite sharing a relatively simple and invariant body plan, there is considerable diversity within the phylum. Nemat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gillan V,Devaney E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the nutrition and physiology of Trichomonas vaginalis have been hampered by the lack of a defined synthetic medium in which to grow the organism. New synthetic media free of ill-defined supplements and serum which support good growth of T. vaginalis have been developed in this study. The first successful ap...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Linstead D

更新日期：1981-08-01 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：:Currently available methods for the diagnosis of human schistosomiasis often lack enough sensitivity and specificity. Recently, several authors have developed more specific and sensitive diagnostic methods, mainly based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. Nevertheless, these have been only applied for th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sandoval N,Siles-Lucas M,Pérez-Arellano JL,Carranza C,Puente S,López-Abán J,Muro A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:The domestic dog's involvement with different members of the Trypanosomatidae family has been the focus of several studies due to this animal's close proximity to man. Recently this animal has been infected by a new Trypanosoma species (T. caninum), described in Rio de Janeiro and 19 similar isolates were later...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： De S Pinto AG,Schubach TM,Figueiredo FB,Baptista C,Fagundes A,Da S Barros JH,De Paula CC,Toma HK,Madeira MF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults of the porocephalid pentastomid Porocephalus crotali infect the lung of rattlesnake definitive hosts and larvae develop in rat intermediate hosts. In the latter, nymphs encyst within a variety of tissue sites (commonly abdominal fat bodies and lungs) and each becomes the focus of an eosinophilic granuloma. From...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McHardy P,Riley J,Huntley JF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epicontinental fauna of the Iberian Peninsula is strongly influenced by its geographical history. As the possibilities for dispersion of organisms into and from this region were (and still are) limited, the local fauna consists almost exclusively of endemic species. Almost all Iberian freshwater fishes of the fami...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Benovics M,Desdevises Y,Šanda R,Vukić J,Scheifler M,Doadrio I,Sousa-Santos C,Šimková A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small vessels showing inflammatory cell infiltrates were invariably observed in the vicinity of intact Toxoplasma tissue cysts within the brains of mice congenitally infected with the protozoan. Lymphocytes were observed in intimate contact with the luminal aspect of the endothelium, penetrating into the thickened bas...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sims TA,Hay J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00