Phytochemical profile and larvicidal properties of seed essential oil from Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae), against Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi, and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae).

abstract：:Extracts were prepared from leaf, bark, and seed of Azadirachta indica, leaf and seed of Prunus persica, bark of Mangifera indica, and leaf of Psidium guajava and were evaluated against Boophilus microplus. Of the eight extracts screened, the extracts prepared from the A. indica seed showed very high level of efficacy...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Srivastava R,Ghosh S,Mandal DB,Azhahianambi P,Singhal PS,Pandey NN,Swarup D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effectiveness of an oral combination of toltrazuril and iron dextran (Baycox(®) Iron) to maintain weaning weight by preventing coccidiosis caused by Isospora suis and iron-deficiency anaemia in neonatal piglets was investigated on three commercial pig farms with a history of coccidiosis: two in Mexico and one in Brazi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Streyl K,Carlstron J,Dantos E,Mendoza R,Islas JA,Bhushan C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated patterns of helminth infection in two closely related rodents (social Rhabdomys pumilio occurring mainly in xeric habitats and solitary R. dilectus occurring mainly in mesic habitats) at 20 localities in different biomes of South Africa and asked if between-species differences were mainly caused by dif...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Spickett A,Junker K,Krasnov BR,Haukisalmi V,Matthee S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a key enzyme involved in nerve impulse transmission in both vertebrates and invertebrates. In addition to neuromuscular AChE, many parasitic nematodes synthesize AChE in secretory glands and release the enzyme into their external environment. In this study, we evaluate the activities of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Podolska M,Nadolna K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to perform an analysis based on mtDNA sequences of the 16S rRNA gene in order to determine the phylogenetic position of ticks belonging to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group from the Canary Islands, Cyprus, and Croatia. All the haplotypes obtained from ticks collected in the Canary Islands and...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chitimia-Dobler L,Kurzrock L,Molčányi T,Rieß R,Mackenstedt U,Nava S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we cloned a novel full-length cDNA that encodes a Trichinella spiralis cathepsin B-like protease gene (TsCPB) using 3'-RACE PCR. The recombinant mature TsCPB protein (rTsCPB) was then expressed in an Escherichia coli expression system and purified with Ni-affinity chromatography. Real-time quantitative ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhan JH,Yao JP,Liu W,Hu XC,Wu ZD,Zhou XW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the accelerated movement of population, human parasitoses become an increasingly serious public health's problem. Currently, detections of parasite eggs through microscopic images are still the golden standard for diagnoses. However, this conventional method relies heavily on the experiences of inspectors, thus g...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li Z,Gong H,Zhang W,Chen L,Tao J,Song L,Wu Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetramicra brevifilum, a microsporidian parasite of Scophthalmus maximus, was found in Lophius budegassa for the first time. This parasite was detected in 5 of 199 hosts captured in the coastal waters of Barcelona (Northwest Mediterranean), which enlarges the geographic distribution of this microsporidian. Affected fi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Maíllo PA,Amigó JM,Baena R,Salvadó H,Gracia MP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a facultative ectoparasite that causes myiasis in both man and animals, leading to serious human health problems and economic losses in the livestock industry. Like other insects, olfaction of this species plays an important role in host location and is presumab...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang X,Zhong M,Wen J,Cai J,Jiang H,Liu Y,Aly SM,Xiong F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic, continuous mosquito surveillance is considered the most reliable tool to predict the spread and establishment of alien mosquito species such as the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), Japanese bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus), and the transmission risk of mosquito-borne arboviruses to humans. Only sing...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schoener E,Zittra C,Weiss S,Walder G,Barogh BS,Weiler S,Fuehrer HP

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WD40-repeat proteins have four to eight repeating units flanked by Gly-His (GH) and Trp-Asp (WD) at both termini and folds into a beta-propeller. A polypeptide deduced from a Clonorchis sinensis cDNA clone analyzed to have seven WD40-repeats and predicted to form a beta-propeller (CsWD1). The CsWD1 protein was express...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cho PY,Kim TI,Yoo WG,Li S,Hong SJ,Kim TY,Park YS,Song KY,Choi MH,Hong ST,Chung YJ,LoVerde PT,Osman A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microneme protein 8 (MIC8) is considered a new essential invasion factor in Toxoplasma gondii. In the present study, a deoxyribonucleic acid vaccine expressing MIC8 of T. gondii was constructed and the immune response it induced in Kunming mice was evaluated. The gene sequence encoding MIC8 was inserted into the eukar...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu MM,Yuan ZG,Peng GH,Zhou DH,He XH,Yan C,Yin CC,He Y,Lin RQ,Song HQ,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In opposite to the free-living soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the genetic regulation of hypobiosis or inhibited or arrested development in parasitic nematodes is completely unknown. In C. elegans, the daf-genes or the age-1 gene are of major importance in signaling pathways regulating arrested development. To i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Strube C,von Samson-Himmelstjerna G,Schnieder T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitological analyses are often based on invasive methodologies, involving host sacrifice, raising ethical and conservation issues. However, alternative non-invasive approaches may not be always applicable due to the location of the parasite in the host tissue or the quality and reliability of the non-invasive samp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Jorge F,Carretero MA,Roca V,Poulin R,Perera A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different Tunga penetrans isolates from various hosts obtained from South America (Fortaleza. Brazil) have been studied by nucleotide sequence comparison of the first and the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS1, ITS2) of the ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) and part of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA. Results sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gamerschlag S,Mehlhorn H,Heukelbach J,Feldmeier H,D'Haese J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In latest years, the importance of the Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil (EO) has been greatly empathised due to its anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory effects, as well as to its toxic properties towards many arthropods of great medical and veterinary importance. In this research, the EO extracted from aerial par...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Conti B,Flamini G,Cioni PL,Ceccarini L,Macchia M,Benelli G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Culicinomyces clavisporus is a fungal pathogen of a wide range of mosquito larvae. The C. clavisporus was isolated from the larvae of Culiseta inornata. We have investigated into potential pathogenicity against the adults of Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi. The culture filtrates relea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Singh G,Prakash S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cDNA encoding a lysophospholipase (SmLPLH) homologue has been cloned from the human parasite, Schistosoma mansoni. The predicted primary structure of SmLPLH shares high sequence homology with mammalian lysophospholipases (62%) and also contains aconsensus signature peptide (GXSXG), which is present in all lipa...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hamdan FF,Ribeiro P

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host susceptibility to parasites is likely to be influenced by intrinsic factors, such as host oxidative status determined by the balance between pro-oxidant production and antioxidant defences. As a result, host oxidative status acts as an environmental factor for parasites and may constrain parasite development. We ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Delhaye J,Glaizot O,Christe P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triatoma platensis is occasionally found coexisting with Triatoma infestans in chicken coops in Argentina. Some authors have reported the presence of hybrid specimens of both species in chicken coops and other peridomestic habitats. Given the coexistence of T. infestans with T. platensis and the possibility of generat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： López AG,Cardozo M,Oscherov EB,Crocco LB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on serine protease activity in cercarial secretions (CSs) from the bird parasite Trichobilharzia ocellata. Using a colorigenic substrate, the biochemical properties of this enzyme were studied and its activity was compared to the homologous one in CSs from the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. The specific...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bahgat M,Ruppel A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of development of Eimeria tenella in chickens fed high n-3 fatty acids (n-3FA) diets showed ultrastructural degeneration of both asexual and sexual parasite stages. Abnormal shedding of asexual and sexual parasite developmental stages into the cecal lumen was also observed. Ultrastructural degeneration was cha...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Danforth HD,Allen PC,Levander OA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, remains a serious public health problem in Latin America. In relation to digestive problems, 4.5% of patients show mega syndromes (megacolon) in the chronic phase. In this article, we evaluated intestinal motility at the acute phase of T. cruzi infection throu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Oliveira GM,de Melo Medeiros M,da Silva Batista W,Santana R,Araújo-Jorge TC,de Souza AP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoid granules were isolated from the tegument of adult Schistosoma mansoni by differential centrifugation of freeze-thaw extracts. Comparison of proteins and glycoproteins from discoid granules, surface membranes and the soluble fraction implied that discoid granules and the surface membrane were functionally linke...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： MacGregor AN,Kusel JR,Wilson RA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to determine the sensitization against the trematode Fasciola hepatica in horses from an endemic area (NW Spain) was assessed. Blood samples were collected from 536 horses and tested against a 2.9-kDa recombinant surface protein (FhrAPS) to estimate the presence of I...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Arias MS,Piñeiro P,Hillyer GV,Francisco I,Cazapal-Monteiro CF,Suárez JL,Morrondo P,Sánchez-Andrade R,Paz-Silva A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium and Giardia are ubiquitous parasites that infect humans and animals. Few reports are available on the prevalence of these two protozoan parasites in yaks (Bos grunniens). In this study, 344 faecal samples were collected from yaks with diarrhoea in the Chenduo and Nangqian counties of Qinghai Province, ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang G,Wang G,Li X,Zhang X,Karanis G,Jian Y,Ma L,Karanis P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attractive toxic sugar bait (active ingredient, 1% boric acid) was evaluated against Aedes albopictus Skuse populations in the laboratory, semi-field trials, and field trials in residential communities in St. Augustine, Florida. Laboratory evaluations of boric acid sugar baits applied to the plant Pentas lanceolata (R...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naranjo DP,Qualls WA,Müller GC,Samson DM,Roque D,Alimi T,Arheart K,Beier JC,Xue RD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic enzymes and biochemical parameter values were analysed in the sera of 32 lambs: 12 infected with 1,000 Dicrocoelium dendriticum metacercariae, 12 with 3,000 and eight controls. Blood samples were collected at intervals of 30 days from day 0 post-infection (p.i.). Half the lambs in each group were slaughtered o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Manga-González MY,Ferreras MC,Campo R,González-Lanza C,Pérez V,García-Marín JF

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of lemon oil (Citrus limon) on Sarcoptes scabiei var. cuniculi was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. The mite samples were collected from naturally infected rabbits. The lemon oil was prepared in six concentrations by dilution with distilled water (2.5, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 %). In vitro application was done...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Aboelhadid SM,Mahrous LN,Hashem SA,Abdel-Kafy EM,Miller RJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito foraging behavior is a determinant of host-vector contact and has an impact on the risk of arboviral epidemics. Therefore, blood-feeding patterns is a useful tool for assessing the role in pathogen transmission by vector mosquitoes. Competent vectors of dengue and chikungunya viz. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sivan A,Shriram AN,Sunish IP,Vidhya PT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00