Amino acid catabolism in the nematodes Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Panagrellus redivivus. 1. Removal of the amino group.

abstract：:Leishmania donovani causes visceral disease (kala-azar), a major health problem throughout the tropics with 500 000 new cases every year. Leishmania differentiates from the promastigote to the amastigote form to establish infection in a mammalian host. To understand the process of differentiation, we assessed the glob...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Srividya G,Duncan R,Sharma P,Raju BV,Nakhasi HL,Salotra P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in host phenotype are often attributed to manipulation that enables parasites to complete trophic transmission cycles. We characterized changes in host phenotype in a colonial host–endoparasite system that lacks trophic transmission (the freshwater bryozoan Fredericella sultana and myxozoan parasite Tetracapsu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hartikainen H,Fontes I,Okamura B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key issue relating to developing multi-component anti-malarial vaccines, lies in studying Plasmodium vivax surface proteins' genetic variation. The present work was aimed at amplifying, cloning and sequencing the gene encoding P. vivax merozoite surface protein 5 (PvMSP5) in samples obtained from infected patients f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gomez A,Suarez CF,Martinez P,Saravia C,Patarroyo MA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engorged Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from sheep resident in an upland UK field site were significantly lighter than nymphs that engorged on previously tick-naïve sheep, indicating that site-resident sheep continually exposed to ticks acquired anti-tick resistance. The weights of engorged nymphs that fed on natural...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ogden NH,Casey AN,French NP,Adams JD,Woldehiwet Z

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：: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：:We studied the component community of lung-worms of the harbour porpoise, attempting to establish the relative importance of ecological and evolutionary factors on its development. The lungs of 64 porpoises by-caught in Norwegian waters were examined for helminths. Three pseudaliid species were detected. The porpoises...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Balbuena JA,Aspholm PE,Andersen KI,Bjørge A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxaemia has been described in cases of Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), but it is unclear if this phenomenon influences inflammatory pathology either in the periphery or central nervous system (CNS). We studied endotoxin concentrations in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesie...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maclean L,Aboubaker EA,Kennedy PG,Sternberg JM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current trend of antimony (Sb) unresponsiveness in the Indian subcontinent is a major impediment to effective chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although contributory mechanisms studied in laboratory-raised Sb-R parasites include an up-regulation of drug efflux pumps and increased thiols, their role in c...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mandal G,Wyllie S,Singh N,Sundar S,Fairlamb AH,Chatterjee M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporulated oocysts or oocyst hulls of Eimeria acervulina given via the crop, and oocyst juice or sporozoites inoculated directly into the intestinal lumen, were tested for their effects on the hypersensitivity of the intestines of immunized and susceptible birds. Only viable sporozoites consistently caused an increase...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rose ME,Long PL,Bradley JW

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plerocercoids of the pseudophyllidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus infect the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, with important consequences for the biology of host fish. Techniques for culturing the parasite in vitro and generating infective stages that can be used to infect sticklebacks experimental...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Barber I,Scharsack JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose uptake was examined in adult specimens of Proterometra macrostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) recovered from the stomach (endoparasites) and gills (ectoparasites) of longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis. The endoparasitic forms transported glucose directly through the external body surface by Na+-independent, facilitat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Uglem GL

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the cardiac beta-adrenergic system in early stages of Trypanosoma cruzi infection have been described. Here, we studied an early (135 days post-infection-p.i.) and a late stage (365 days p.i.) of the cardiac chronic form of the experimental infection (Tulahuen or SGO-Z12 strains), determining plasma epineph...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lo Presti MS,Rivarola HW,Fernández AR,Enders JE,Levin G,Fretes R,Cerban FM,Garrido VV,Paglini-Oliva P

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:The outcome of a parasite infection is the result of the interaction between the host and the parasite. In the system we studied, there are 3 critical stages for the outcome of infection of the (intermediate) host, the copepod Macrocyclops albidus, with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus. During the establishment pha...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： van der Veen IT,Kurtz J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the pattern of infection and the inter-annual variation and individual factors affecting the infection of 2 species of nasopharyngeal bot flies, Cephenemyia auribarbis and Pharyngomyia picta (Diptera: Oestridae), in a population of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) from south central Spain (10 an...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Vicente J,Fierro Y,Martínez M,Gortázar C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus was examined using the xanthine-xanthine oxidase assay system and by non-denaturing PAGE followed by specific enzyme staining. High levels of activity were detected in excretory-secretory (ES) products of adult worms and ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Britton C,Knox DP,Kennedy MW

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a major cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent of the 4 human Plasmodium species causing malaria, is potentially life threatening, is increasing in prevalence and is becoming even more resistant to in-use drugs. In light of the growing problem of mult...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mahajan SS,Kamath VR,Ghatpande SS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization and distribution of neuropeptides in the nervous system of the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica at different stages in the development of the adult fluke have been determined by an indirect immunofluorescence technique, using antisera to 19 vertebrate peptides and the invertebrate neuropeptide, FMRFamid...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Magee RM,Fairweather I,Johnston CF,Halton DW,Shaw C

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current World Health Organization strategic plan targets the elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem by 2025 and accurate diagnostics will play a pivotal role in achieving this goal. DNA-based detection methods provide a viable alternative to some of the commonly used tests, notably microscopy an...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Weerakoon KG,Gordon CA,Cai P,Gobert GN,Duke M,Williams GM,McManus DP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electron microscopical study was made on the development of Eimeria dispersa in the small intestine of the domestic turkey. Turkey poults, 10-14 days of age, were inoculated with oocysts and pieces of intestinal tissue were fixed at intervals between 3.5 and 114 h after inoculation. Sporozoites were occasionally se...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Millard BJ,Lawn AM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzymatic comparison has been made between isolates of Schistosoma mansoni from rats and humans in Guadeloupe and a Burundi isolate of S. rodhaini. Analyses of LDH, MDH, AcP, PGM, GPI, G6PDH and HK by isoelectric focusing provided no evidence for the involvement of S. rodhaini in the recent evolution of the schisto...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rollinson D,Imbert-Establet D,Ross GC

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:The twin concepts of zooprophylaxis and the dilution effect originated with vector-borne diseases (malaria), were driven forward by studies on Lyme borreliosis and have now developed into the mantra "biodiversity protects against disease". The basic idea is that by diluting the assemblage of transmission-competent hos...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Randolph SE,Dobson AD

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania braziliensis strain M2903 was adapted for growth and serially maintained as amastigotes at 34 degrees C in modified UM-54 medium, with growth curves exhibiting typical log and stationary phases. In late passages, amastigote growth took place in the absence of supplementary haemin and was unaffected when the...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Balanco JM,Pral EM,da Silva S,Bijovsky AT,Mortara RA,Alfieri SC

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystoisospora belli is a coccidian protozoan that can cause chronic diarrhoea, acalculous cholecystitis and cholangiopathy in AIDS patients. We applied molecular methods to identify Cystoisospora at species level in AIDS patients presenting with and without the presence of unizoites in lamina propria. Coprological and...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Velásquez JN,Osvaldo GA,Di Risio C,Etchart C,Chertcoff AV,Perissé GE,Carnevale S

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:The public health significance of hookworm disease is briefly reviewed. The latest evidence confirms that blood loss caused by the worms' feeding activity in the gut is a contributing factor in the development of poor iron status leading to iron-deficiency anaemia. The World Health Organization has identified adolesce...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Crompton DW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance of Profilicollis botulus was monitored in eider ducks for 3 years. No significant difference in P. botulus abundance was found between eiders taken alive and those collected dead from the shore line, or between adult males and adult females. Adult male eiders had a seasonal pattern of infection. Incubati...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Thompson AB

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary immune response to infection with Heligmosomoides polygyrus was studied in mice differing in response phenotype (fast-SWR, intermediate-NIH, slow-CBA). Marked IgG1 and IgE but not IgG2a antibody responses were detected in infected mice and the former were more intense in fast compared with slow responder s...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wahid FN,Behnke JM,Grencis RK,Else KJ,Ben-Smith AW

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00