Tegumental disruption with Triton X-100 and its effects on longitudinal muscle function in male Schistosoma mansoni.

abstract：:Judged by oocyst production, infections with Eimeria acervulina in birds immunized with E. maxima were consistently higher than in birds which had not been immunized. Oocyst production of E. maxima in birds previously infected with E. acervulina was greater, in three out of four experiments, than in control chickens,...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rose ME

更新日期：1975-04-01 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：:Two experiments were carried out in which calves reared parasite-free were infected with a single dose of 3rd-stage larvae of Cooperia oncophora. In the first experiment the calves received 20 000 or 200 000 infective larvae and they were autopsied 28 or 56 days after the infection. In the second experiment the doses ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Borgsteede FH,Hendriks J

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum causes economical impact in cattle-raising farms since it is implicated as the major cause of bovine abortions. Although infection by the parasite has been widely described in mammals, the role of birds in its life-cycle is still obscure. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the infection by N. cani...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Furuta PI,Mineo TW,Carrasco AO,Godoy GS,Pinto AA,Machado RZ

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:The first rigorous proof applicable to the migration pathway of an infective juvenile macroparasite inside its host is presented. Third-stage larvae of a homogonic strain of Strongyloides ratti applied in exact doses of less than 20 to the skin of the flank of young rats were recovered 16-40 h later in the naso-fronta...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tindall NR,Wilson PA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bat flies are obligate ectoparasites of bats and it has been hypothesized that they may be involved in the transmission of Bartonella species between bats. A survey was conducted to identify whether Cyclopodia greefi greefi (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) collected from Ghana and 2 islands in the Gulf of Guinea harbour Barto...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Billeter SA,Hayman DT,Peel AJ,Baker K,Wood JL,Cunningham A,Suu-Ire R,Dittmar K,Kosoy MY

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th2-biased inflammation with eosinophilia and IgE production is a hallmark of helminth infections. It is pronounced in hyperreactive onchocerciasis patients ('sowda' or 'local form'), who efficiently kill microfilariae resulting in severe dermatitis and lymphadenitis. In contrast, hyporeactive patients ('generalised f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Korten S,Hoerauf A,Kaifi JT,Büttner DW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. NCC has a long asymptomatic period with little or no inflammation, and the sequential progression to symptomatic NCC depends upon the intense inflammation associate...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alvarez JI,Mishra BB,Gundra UM,Mishra PK,Teale JM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against variable antigens expressed on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes are believed to be important for protection against malaria. A target for these antibodies is the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1, PfEMP1, which is encoded by around 50 var genes and undergoes clon...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Giha HA,Staalsoe T,Dodoo D,Elhassan IM,Roper C,Satti GM,Arnot DE,Hviid L,Theander TG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a cDNA encoding a novel antigen from a Sarcoptes scabiei (Acari) cDNA library by immunoscreening with sera from S. scabiei-infected dogs. The antigen is encoded by a 2,157 bp mRNA with a predicted open reading frame of 719 amino acids (molecular weight 79 kDa). Our sequence analysis identified the prese...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ljunggren EL,Bergström K,Morrison DA,Mattsson JG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, a recombinant aminopeptidase P (rTgAPP) from Toxoplasma gondii was expressed in Escherichia coli to evaluate its enzyme parameters. The rTgAPP showed strong activity against a synthetic substrate for aminopeptidase P at pH 8·0 with a K m value of 0·255 µ m and a k cat value of 35·6 s-1. The overa...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yang M,Zheng J,Jia H,Song M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been an enormous growth in the development of biotechnological applications, where advances in the techniques of microelectronic fabrication and the technologies of miniaturization and integration in semiconductor industries are being applied to the production of Laboratory-on-a-Chip devices. The aim of this...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Talary MS,Burt JP,Pethig R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of schistosomulicidal activity of peritoneal macrophages by concanavalin A-stimulated supernatants from long-term T-cell clones and by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was investigated in detail. Optimal conditions of in vitro macrophage activation by T-cell clone supernatants were established. Macrophages f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kubelka CF,Ruppel A,Krammer PH,Gemsa D

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is one of the most important vector-borne zoonotic diseases in Latin America. Control strategies could be improved if transmissibility patterns of its aetiologic agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, were better understood. To understand transmissibility patterns of Chagas disease in Mexico, we inferred potential v...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rengifo-Correa L,Stephens CR,Morrone JJ,Téllez-Rendón JL,González-Salazar C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease transmitted through the bites of tsetse flies of the genus Glossina. We constructed mechanistic models for the basic reproduction number, R0, of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, respectively the causative agents of West and East African h...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Davis S,Aksoy S,Galvani A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence suggests that the earlier detachment of Boophilus microplus larvae from highly resistant cattle follows the release of histamine at the attachment site. In vivo and in vitro experiments show that a proportion of the larvae will detach following injection or infusion of histamine. Other mediator...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kemp DH,Bourne A

更新日期：1980-06-01 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：:The capacity of Acanthocheilonema viteae to metabolize fructose was investigated in vitro. In common with other filarial species A. viteae oxidized fructose to lactate but its rate of consumption was only 40% of the glucose-containing control value. Fructose was not incorporated into glycogen. Release of 14CO2 from [U...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hayes DJ,Carter NS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of the brain and spinal cord in humans with neuroangiostrongyliasis (NA) due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection has been well reported. Equivalent studies in animals are lacking. This case series describes clinical and MRI findings in 11 dogs with presumptively or ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wun MK,Malik R,Yu J,Chow KE,Lau M,Podadera JM,Webster N,Lee R,Šlapeta J,Davies S

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA and IgE activity against Teladorsagia circumcincta was investigated in a flock of Texel lambs following natural, mixed nematode infection among lambs. The distribution of IgA activity was similar to a gamma distribution whereas IgE activity was different. Box-Cox analysis demonstrated that X0.25 was a suitable tra...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Murphy L,Eckersall PD,Bishop SC,Pettit JJ,Huntley JF,Burchmore R,Stear MJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most human cases of cryptosporidiosis are caused by Cryptosporidium parvum or Cryptosporidium hominis, but the use of molecular diagnostic methods has revealed that several other less common species or genotypes can also be involved. Here, we describe two unusual causes of cryptosporidiosis, one being the recently des...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lebbad M,Beser J,Insulander M,Karlsson L,Mattsson JG,Svenungsson B,Axén C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out to determine values for the prevalence and intensity of infection of intestinal helminths in children living in Cocle Province, Republic of Panama. The data set consisted of the results of microscopic examinations (modified Kato Katz technique) of stool samples collected in November 1987 from ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Robertson LJ,Crompton DW,Walters DE,Nesheim MC,Sanjur D,Walsh EA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometric analysis of the binucleated protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis gave DNA histograms with a broad G1 peak and a definable G2 + M peak with twice the DNA content of G1. Twenty-four hour treatment with metronidazole arrested cell cycle progression of susceptible trophozoites in the G2 + M phase, but h...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hoyne GF,Boreham PF,Parsons PG,Ward C,Biggs B

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparatus for artificial feeding of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphae was modified to improve feeding performance. Heparinized blood was supplied above a treated artificial membrane while the ticks attached below on its undersurface. The feeding apparatus was incubated at 37 degrees C in an atmosphere of 3% CO2 ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Waladde SM,Young AS,Mwaura SN,Njihia GN,Mwakima FN

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary schistosomiasis is an important source of human morbidity in Msambweni, Kenya, where the intermediate host snail, Bulinus nasutus is found in ponds and water pools. In the past, aquatic habitats in the area have been studied separately; however, recent collections of B. nasutus snails and shells indicated that...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Clennon JA,King CH,Muchiri EM,Kitron U

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing models of the basic case reproduction number (R0) for vector-borne diseases assume (i) that the distribution of vectors over the susceptible host species is homogeneous and (ii) that the biting preference for the susceptible host species rather than other potential hosts is a constant. Empirical evidence cont...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kelly DW,Thompson CE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA barcoding is now a common tool in parasitology and epidemiology, which require good methods for identification not only of parasites and pathogens but vectors and reservoirs. This special issue presents some advances and challenges in barcoding of microbes, parasites, and their vectors and reservoirs. DNA barcodin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Morand S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confocal scanning laser microscopy has been employed with immunocytochemical techniques to map the distribution of serotoninergic and peptidergic components in the nervous system of the monogenean gill-parasite, Diclidophora merlangi; results are compared with the distribution of cholinergic components, following hist...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maule AG,Halton DW,Johnston CF,Shaw C,Fairweather I

更新日期：1990-04-01 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