Rat-dietary fructose and the intestinal distribution and growth of Moniliformis (Acanthocephala).

abstract：:Polychromophilus murinus, a malaria parasite of Chiroptera is reported from Myotis daubentoni in England. The vector was suspected to be the ectoparasitic Nycteribiid fly, Nycteribia kolenatii. N. kolenatii collected from wild-caught M. daubentoni were found to have oocysts on the midgut and sporozoites in the salivar...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gardner RA,Molyneux DH

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo activity of two cyclosporins, cyclosporin A (CsA) and a non-immunosuppressive derivative of dihydrocylosporin A (DHCsA-d) against three tapeworms, Hymenolepis microstoma, H. diminuta and Mesocestoides corti, has been assessed. CsA reversibly reduced the dry weight of H. microstoma in the mouse, briefly del...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chappell LH,Wastling JM,Hurd H

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host recognition and invasion process of Myxobolus cerebralis actinospores (triactinomyxon, TAM) was studied on a genetic level. A small-scale in vitro assay was developed to activate a large number of TAMs simultaneously, and to monitor the host invasion in the absence of live fish. The transcriptomes of non-acti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Eszterbauer E,Kallert DM,Grabner D,El-Matbouli M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison has been made of the responses of random-bred CFLP and inbred NIH mice to infection with Trichuris muris. Random-bred mice showed greater variation in worm burdens and less uniformity in worm expulsion. Irradiation prior to infection reduced variation, but did not increase the mean level of infection abov...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wakelin D

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American trypanosamiasis occurs in nature as a sylvatic cycle, where Trypanosoma cruzi interacts with wild triatomines and mammalian reservoirs, such as marsupials, rodents, armadillos and other animals. Due to difficulties in trying to isolate T. cruzi stocks from the sylvatic cycle, very few studies have been perfor...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fernandes O,Mangia RH,Lisboa CV,Pinho AP,Morel CM,Zingales B,Campbell DA,Jansen AM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of sequence diversity among the genes encoding 10 antigens (Tp1-10) known to be recognized by CD8+ T lymphocytes from cattle immune to Theileria parva was analysed. The sequences were derived from parasites in 23 buffalo-derived cell lines, three cattle-derived isolates and one cloned cell line obtained fro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sitt T,Pelle R,Chepkwony M,Morrison WI,Toye P

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Interactions between infections of Trichinella spiralis and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis were studied in the NIH strain of mouse which is known to react strongly to T. spiralis. The course of N. brasiliensis infection in this strain of mouse is described and expulsion is shown to be accelerated in immunized mice and i...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kennedy MW

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal's social behaviour both influences and changes in response to its parasites. Here we consider these bidirectional links between host social behaviours and parasite infection, both those that occur from ecological vs evolutionary processes. First, we review how social behaviours of individuals and groups infl...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hawley DM,Gibson AK,Townsend AK,Craft ME,Stephenson JF

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the effects of acclimatization of Plasmodium in beta-thalassaemic mice, we used a mouse model of beta-thalassaemia (DBA/2J/beta-thal/beta-thal), similar to that observed in humans. We acclimatized 3 rodent malarias (P. berghei, P. chabaudi and P. yoelii) in DBA/2J and DBA/2J/beta-thal mice lines, by ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Clarebout G,Gamain B,Slomianny C,Camus D,Dive D

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological involvement following trypanosome infection has been recognised for over a century. However, there are still many unanswered questions concerning the mechanisms used by the parasite to gain entry to the CNS and the pathogenesis of the resulting neuroinflammatory reaction. There is a paucity of material fr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rodgers J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is a health problem in Brazil and the role of rodents in maintaining the schistosome life-cycle requires further clarification. The influence of Schistosoma mansoni on a population of Nectomys squamipes was studied by capture-recapture (1st phase, from June 1991 to November 1995) and removal (2nd phase...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： D'Andrea PS,Maroja LS,Gentile R,Cerqueira R,Maldonado Júnior A,Rey L

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of mating interactions between schistosome species from different evolutionary lineages in mice showed that mating is not random: heterospecific pairs form but, given the choice, the preference is for homospecific partners. Mating competition and change of mate were also demonstrated. Schistosoma mans...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cosgrove CL,Southgate VR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an interconnected world, the international pet trade on wild animals is becoming increasingly important. As a consequence, non-native parasite species are introduced, which affect the health of wildlife and contribute to the loss of biodiversity. Because the investigation of parasite diversity within vulnerable hos...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Héritier L,Verneau O,Breuil G,Meistertzheim AL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double antibody sandwich ELISA technique has been developed for detection of antigens of African trypanosomes present in the sera of infected mammals. The assay uses a high titre, high affinity rabbit antiserum made to purified membranes of procyclic trypanosomes as "capture" reagent and a mixture of three biotin-la...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Liu MK,Pearson TW

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact surface membrane vesicles were obtained and purified from the schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni. The method of preparation of the vesicles involved treating the schistosomula in a buffered high salt medium for 1 h at 4 degrees C (Step 1), and then for 1 h at 25-37 degrees C (Step 2). Vesicles were formed fro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kusel JR,Gazzinelli G,Colley DG,de Souza CP,Cordeiro MN

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:The efficiency of treatment of human infections with the unicellular eukaryotic pathogens such as fungi and protozoa remains deeply unsatisfactory. For example, the mortality rates from nosocomial fungemia in critically ill, immunosuppressed or post-cancer patients often exceed 50%. A set of six systemic clinical azol...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lepesheva GI,Friggeri L,Waterman MR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii has a unique enzyme, a NTPase, which has a wide specificity toward NTP. In the present study, we produced a monoclonal antibody (IgG1, 6C6) against the enzyme which could recognize NTPase isozymes among several strains of T. gondii. Three avirulent strains of T. gondii, ME49, Beverley and Nakayama, w...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kikuchi T,Furuta T,Kojima S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of adult Schistosoma mansoni originating from Guadeloupe (West Indies) was analysed in the natural host Rattus rattus in experimental and natural infections. A transfer of schistosomes from the porto-mesenteric system to the lungs occurs between the 4th and the 20th weeks post-infection, with a peak b...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Imbert-Establet D,Combes C

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Haemonchus contortus are a major constraint on ruminant health world-wide. Young lambs are very sensitive to Haemonchus infection. Older lambs and sheep acquire immunity after a continuous or seasonal exposure to the parasite. The mechanisms underlying immunity are still not completely understood. Anti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Schallig HD

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:The individual and combined effects of cadmium (Cd) and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126) on the antibody response of fish against metazoan parasites were tested. Eels experimentally infected with the swim bladder nematode Anguillicola crassus were exposed to sublethal concentrations of Cd and PCB 126. Cd was ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sures B,Knopf K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis in domestic dogs and cats relies on a single drug class, the macrocyclic lactones (MLs). Recently, it has been demonstrated that ML-resistant D. immitis are circulating in the Mississippi Delta region of the USA, but the prevalence and impact of these resis...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wolstenholme AJ,Evans CC,Jimenez PD,Moorhead AR

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Steroids have been shown to be beneficial in patients and mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection; however, the mechanism for this beneficial effect is unknown. We speculated that the effect of steroids in eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis infection may be media...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tsai HC,Chen YH

更新日期：2020-10-02 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：:In recent years, a malaria infection of humans in South East Asia, originally diagnosed as a known human-infecting species, Plasmodium malariae, has been identified as a simian parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi. This species had been subject to considerable investigation in monkeys since the 1930s. With the development of...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Butcher GA,Mitchell GH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses to Taenia taeniaeformis infection were studied in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (scid), which lack functional T and B lymphocytes. In the early phase of infection, accumulation of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PML) occurred around the larvae in the liver of scid mice and their immunocompetent co...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ishiwata K,Oku Y,Ito M,Kamiya M

更新日期：1992-04-01 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