Immunologically mediated, non-specific interactions between the intestinal phases of Trichinella spiralis and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis in the mouse.

abstract：:The serial passage of 3 strains of Eimeria from the chicken in embryonating turkey embryos is reported here. All 3 strains increased their reproduction in turkey embryos; reproduction being equal to or better than the same lines maintained in chicken embryos. Pathogenicity and immunogenicity trials conducted in chicke...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kogut MH,Gore TC,Long PL

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive transfer experiments showed that 76% of the resistance induced in CBA/Ca mice by exposure to radiation-attenuated cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni could be transferred to naive recipients by administration of donor serum. The level of protection achieved depended on the volume of serum administered and immunit...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McLaren DJ,Smithers SR

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied infection dynamics of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice infected with 3 genetically distinct clones--1 less virulent than the other 2--either on their own or in mixtures. During the acute phase of infection, total numbers of asexual parasites in mixed-clone infections were equal to those produced by the 3 clones ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： De Roode JC,Read AF,Chan BH,Mackinnon MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While purine transport has been widely studied in protozoa, almost nothing is known about their capacity to salvage pyrimidines. Here, we report a Leishmania major transporter with high affinity for uracil (Km=0.32+/-0.07 microM) which we designated LmU1. This transporter displayed a high degree of specificity, as it ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Papageorgiou IG,Yakob L,Al Salabi MI,Diallinas G,Soteriadou KP,De Koning HP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinine (QN) and quinidine (QND) have been commonly used as effective and affordable antimalarials for over many years. Quinine primarily is used for severe malaria treatment. However, plasmodia resistance to these drugs and poor patient compliance limits their administration to the patients. The declining sensitivity...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pandey SK,Dwivedi H,Singh S,Siddiqui WA,Tripathi R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against the retrovirus envelope glycoprotein (gp70) of mouse xenotropic retrovirus, BALB virus 2 (Bv2) reacted with the adult worms of Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni. This reaction was completely inhibited after adsorption of the antibodies with virions of retrovirus. The reactive schistosome antigen ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tanaka M,Iwamura Y,Amanuma H,Irie Y,Watanabe M,Watanabe T,Uchiyama Y,Yasuraoka K

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-mesocyclic development of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly in its migration from midgut to salivary glands, was revisited by sequential microdissection, morphometry and DNA-cytofluorometry. This development started by day 6 after the infective feed, with passage of mesocyclic midgut trypomastigotes through pr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Van Den Abbeele J,Claes Y,van Bockstaele D,Le Ray D,Coosemans M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the electrical properties of neurons in the motornervous system of Ascaris sutom suggests that it is largely an analogue system. The motorneurons do not conduct action potentials and they release transmitter tonically at their normal resting potential; transmitter release is increased or decreased as a con...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Davis RE,Stretton AO

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In areas where malaria is endemic, helminthic infections, caused by intestinal or filarial parasites, commonly coexist with malaria in the same individual. This study investigates the course of Plasmodium berghei malaria infection in CBA/J mice inoculated with irradiated attenuated 3rd-stage larvae (L3) of Brugia paha...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yan Y,Inuo G,Akao N,Tsukidate S,Fujita K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taenia cestodes were obtained from 5 different definitive host species in Kenya and 175 different samples were examined by classical morphological methods and by isoenzyme analysis using isoelectric focusing in agarose. Gels were stained for 17 different enzymes and 3 of these were used in the construction of isoenzym...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Allsopp BA,Jones A,Allsopp MT,Newton SD,Macpherson CN

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-parasite interactions are shaped by the co-evolutionary arms race of parasite virulence, transmission success as well as host resistance and recovery. The virulence and fitness of parasites may depend on host condition, which is mediated, for instance, by host energy constraints. Here, we investigated to what ext...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Coors A,De Meester L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight major reviews are cited to indicate a recent knowledge explosion on the use of marine parasites as potential indicators of pollution. A literature update is given for the period 1995-2001. An analysis of the publications cited is used to provide 10 refined criteria for selecting parasites as indicator/monitor sp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Williams HH,MacKenzie K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the quantitative distribution of Plasmodiumfalciparum gametocytes into the vector bloodmeal, Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes were fed on 3 volunteers naturally infected with gametocytes. The content of each mosquito midgut was smeared on a microscope slide and Giemsa stained. The distribution of gametoc...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pichon G,Awono-Ambene HP,Robert V

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 7 genetic assemblages of the parasite Giardia duodenalis only 2 (A and B) are known to cause infections in humans. These assemblages have been characterized in detail at the genomic level but few studies have examined differences in the proteins expressed. Employing one and two-dimensional PAGE we have identifi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Steuart RF,O'Handley R,Lipscombe RJ,Lock RA,Thompson RC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks have numerous natural enemies, but only a few species have been evaluated as tick biocontrol agents (BCAs). Some laboratory results suggest that several bacteria are pathogenic to ticks, but their mode of action and their potential value as biocontrol agents remain to be determined. The most promising entomopath...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Samish M,Ginsberg H,Glazer I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of our knowledge about the process of penetration of skin, by cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni, has been gained from studies carried out in vivo with laboratory animals. Human skin is significantly different from that of other animals but there are obvious practical difficulties in directly studying attachment an...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Khammo N,Bartlett A,Clothier RH,Whitfield PJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic relationship of 5 genera, i.e. Diplozoon Nordmann, 1832, Paradiplozoon Achmerov, 1974, Inustiatus Khotenovsky, 1978, Sindiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1981, and Eudiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1985 in the subfamily Diplozoinae Palombi, 1949 (Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea) was inferred from rDNA ITS-2 region using ne...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gao Q,X Chen M,Yao WJ,Gao Y,Song Y,Wang GT,Wang MX,Nie P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thymine-uracil transport system is present in the plasma membrane brush-border of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta. The relation between initial uptake and substrate concentration of either thymine or uracil was sigmoidal when 2-14C-labelled substrates were used. In contrast, absorption kinetics of methyl-14C- and...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Uglem GL,Dupre RK,Harley JP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past and more recent research has examined the ultrastructure, metabolism, cell biology, genomics and post-genomics of schistosome schistosomula. These areas are considered and discussed in this review with particular emphasis on (1) the early migration phases through the host, (2) interaction of the host immune respo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gobert GN,Chai M,McManus DP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on morphological variability of Eimeria species, which may be given either by drawings or as quantitative data. The drawings may be used to facilitate identification by eye of 'unknown' Eimeria specimens, whereas quantitative data may serve as a reference set for identification by multivariate stati...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sommer C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvilli are developed on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula during penetration of the host skin; they form rapidly but are lost approximately 90 min after penetration. Identical microvilli are also formed on schistosomula which have penetrated a mouse skin preparation in vitro, and on schistosomula pr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McLaren DJ,Hockley DJ

更新日期：1976-10-01 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：:Eggs of Neoheterocotyle rhinobatidis, Troglocephalus rhinobatidis and Merizocotyle icopae (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the shovelnose ray Rhinobatos typus (Rhinobatidae) have a distinct hatching pattern linked to light periodicity. Larvae of these 3 monogenean species emerge only during daylight when exposed to nat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chisholm LA,Whittington ID

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:The sequence of appearance of specific lytic activity against more than 20 variable antigen types (VATs) of Trypanosoma vivax in the serum of 27 animals belonging to 5 species has been examined. For each host species there was a characteristic course of infection, with differences in height and duration of parasitaemi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Barry JD

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates a cohort of 2187 laboratory reared Culex quinquefasciatus fed on 69 human volunteers, including 59 persons with different levels of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae and 10 without microfilaria. Mosquitoes were followed until death. Mosquito survival was analysed in relation to the level of mi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Krishnamoorthy K,Subramanian S,Van Oortmarssen GJ,Habbema JD,Das PK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brugia malayi is one of the parasitic worms which causes lymphatic filariasis in humans. Its geographical distribution includes a large part of Asia. Despite its wide distribution, very little is known about the genetic variation and molecular epidemiology of this species. In this study, the internal transcribed space...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fong MY,Noordin R,Lau YL,Cheong FW,Yunus MH,Idris ZM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Unravelling the determinants of parasite life-history traits in natural settings is complex. Here, we deciphered the relationships between biotic, abiotic factors and the variation in 4 life-history traits (body size, egg presence, egg number and egg size) in the fish ectoparasite Tracheliastes polycolpus. We...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Loot G,Poulet N,Brosse S,Tudesque L,Thomas F,Blanchet S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichinella spiralis infections may lead to the loss of behavioural dominance among male mice. Reversals of dominance order first appear at the time when newborn larvae are released into the circulation of the host. The duration of dominance reversals bears no relationship to the number of muscle larvae harboured. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rau ME

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents have considerable potential to regulate or constrain the population growth of vertebrate hosts in natural habitats. A broad theoretical framework provides many insights into how the biology of the parasite and the demography of the host interact to determine this impact. It may manifest itself as a s...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Anderson RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00