Novel Cryptosporidium bat genotypes III and IV in bats from the USA and Czech Republic.

abstract：:Infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma causes considerable human and animal morbidity, mortality and economic loss to the livestock industry. Current diagnostic tools have limitations. In this study, we compared the sedimentation and filtration methods for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in livestock. A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Giovanoli Evack J,Kouadio JN,Achi L,Balmer O,Hattendorf J,Bonfoh B,Zinsstag J,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease (CD) is a tropical zoonosis caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Severe autonomic dysfunction like reduced cardiac catecholamine-containing or acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation have been reported in CD. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) seems to participate in the regulation of adrenal catech...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miranda AS,Camargos ERS,Marzano LAS,Marzano ACS,da Silva Oliveira B,Ferreira RN,Martinelli PM,Teixeira AL,Rachid MA,Simões E Silva AC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outbreak of bluetongue disease in Central Europe necessitates new approaches in the identification of vectors to follow-up changes of populations of species and not of complexes. Since females of species of the complex of Culicoides obsoletus are difficult to be identified according to morphological criteria, we a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Balczun C,Vorsprach B,Meiser CK,Schaub GA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent resurgence of the common bed bug Cimex lectularius L. throughout western industrialized nations has been facilitated in part by the insect becoming pesticide-resistant. Novel control strategies, including xenointoxication, should be considered to combat C. lectularius. Ivermectin, a U.S. Food and Drug Admin...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sheele JM,Ridge GE

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:In recent years, the mitochondrial haplotype diversity of the monogenean ectoparasites Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 on Atlantic salmon and G. thymalli Zitnan, 1960 on grayling has been studied intensively to understand the taxonomy and phylogeography of the two species. According to these studies, neither speci...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hansen H,Bakke TA,Bachmann L

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in 260 blood donors seen at blood banks in Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. Blood donors were interviewed about sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors for T. gondii infection. A bloo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Elsheikha HM,Azab MS,Abousamra NK,Rahbar MH,Elghannam DM,Raafat D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic DNA was extracted from nematode parasites, Heterakis gallinae from specific host, native chickens. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied to make amplification of the DNA content that aids in the further studies. The primer was used in the PCR reactions that have the following sequences: forward (...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bazh EK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to identify genetic characteristics of Besnoitia spp. isolated from goat in Iran. Molecular analysis of two portions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS1 and ITS2) was used for the genetic characterization of the Besnoitia species. Comparison of the sequencing data of the Iranian Besnoitia samples o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Namazi F,Oryan A,Sharifiyazdi H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), although discovered more than a century ago, is still a not very well-elucidated aspect. Individuals in the chronic phase of the disease may present asymptomatic clinical form or symptomatologies related to the cardiac, digestive systems, or both (m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Carvalho TB,Padovani CR,de Oliveira Júnior LR,Latini ACP,Kurokawa CS,Pereira PCM,Dos Santos RM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the damages of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to transplanted hydatid cysts in abdominal cavities of rabbits with aids of ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) and superabsorbent polymer (SAP) alone or in combination. A rabbit model with transplanted hydatid cyst was established by i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu AB,Cai H,Ye B,Chen LL,Wang MY,Zhang J,Zhao YF

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of vector species composition and monitoring their change over time is critical to evaluate malaria transmission and assess control interventions. This is especially important in countries such as Botswana, where malaria transmission is subjected to fluctuations due to climate variability. Another important ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kgoroebutswe TK,Ramatlho P,Reeder S,Makate N,Paganotti GM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba are found in the environment, particularly in water, all over the world. The genus is currently classified into 20 different genotypes, T1-T20. In this study, 63 natural water samples from 11 provinces in northeast Thailand were collected and cultured on non-nutrient agar plates. Positive samples by cultu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thammaratana T,Laummaunwai P,Boonmars T,Neglected, zoonosis and vector-borne disease research group.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated serum examination as an alternative to fecal analysis for the diagnosis of exposure to Cryptosporidium parvum in cattle. The accuracy of the serum ELISA was compared to the combined results of concentration flotation microscopy and fecal enzyme immunoassay. The expected performance of the serum ELISA at d...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Nydam DV,Lindergard G,Guard CL,Schaaf SL,Wade SE,Mohammed HO

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) T-helper (Th) cell is widely recognized to be capable of influencing worm development and egg granuloma formation after schistosome infection. Interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-4 play key roles in regulation of Th cell differentiation. In the present study, we subcutaneously inoculated mice with hybridoma cells secret...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cheng YL,Song WJ,Liu WQ,Lei JH,Kong Z,Li YL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematophagous leeches express a broad variety of bioactive factors that are released from the salivary gland cells into the wound of a host during feeding. Among these, hirudin is probably the best studied factor and, moreover, the only one that has successfully made the transition from nature to clinical use. Many c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Müller C,Haase M,Lemke S,Hildebrandt JP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol, a natural phytoalexin found mainly in grapes, possesses a variety of beneficial activities including anticancer, antimicrobial and antiviral. However, there is no information about its effects on kinetoplastid parasites such as Leishmania. Leishmania is a human pathogen responsible for a spectrum of disea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kedzierski L,Curtis JM,Kaminska M,Jodynis-Liebert J,Murias M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity is present in mitochondrial lysates of Phytomonas serpens. Rotenone at 2-10 microM inhibited the activity 50-75%, indicating that it belongs to respiratory complex I. The activity was also inhibited 50-60% in the presence of 10-30 nM atovaquone suggesting that inhibition of comp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： González-Halphen D,Maslov DA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isometamidium chloride (ISM) is an effective trypanocide with curative and prophylactive activity in husbandry animals. The mode of action of ISM against pathogenic trypanosomes is not fully understood, but there is evidence in the literature that kinetoplastic topoisomerase type II is selectively inhibited by the dru...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kaminsky R,Schmid C,Lun ZR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary findings of a high prevalence of Clonorchis sinensis in wild-caught fish in a North Vietnam reservoir (Thac Ba reservoir, Yen Bai Province) prompted a longitudinal epidemiological study of fish infections. Monthly collections of fish from September 2014 to August 2015 were processed for recovery of metacer...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bui TN,Pham TT,Nguyen NT,Nguyen HV,Murrell D,Phan VT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eggshells of young developmental stages in the uterus are rather thin and homogenous. In the brezel stage of Brugia malayi they are 35 nm thick and 20 nm in Litomosoides carinii. In young developmental stages up to brezel stages the eggshells bind the lectins WGA, DBA and PNA labelled with colloidal gold. This sho...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schraermeyer U,Peters W,Zahner H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoreactivity of Taenia saginata and T. crassiceps metacestode neutral glyco(sphingo)lipids towards IgG antibodies derived from the sera of calves with experimental cysticercosis has been established. The glyco(sphingo)lipids are separable by normal-phase HPTLC (high-performance thin-layer chromatography) into ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Baumeister S,Schuh C,Dennis RD,Walther M,Pfister K,Geyer E

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Host specificity is a fundamental property of parasites. Whereas most studies focus on measures of specificity on host range, only few studies have considered quantitative aspects such as infection intensity or prevalence. The relative importance of these quantitative aspects is still unclear, mainly because of method...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Clough D,Råberg L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reports the ability of egg-propagated gametocyte vaccine to induce protective immunity against Eimeria tenella infections in offspring chicks. For this purpose, breeding hens were immunized with adjuvanted gametocyte vaccine orally, being the best vaccine in our previous studies. Eggs collected 2 wee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hafeez MA,Akhtar M,Javed MT,ul Haq A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine proteinases secreted by adult Trichinella spiralis were isolated from excretory/secretory products (ES) of in-vitro-cultured parasites by affinity chromatography with p-benzamidine-celite. The purified enzymes had molecular weights of approximately 18, 40, and 50 kDa and displayed enzyme activity against a rang...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Todorova VK,Stoyanov DI

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the genetic characterization by the analysis of the miniexon gene, strains of Trypanosoma cruzi can be classified into six discrete typing units (DTUs), and the DTU 1 into four distinct genotypes associated with different life cycles. While Chagas disease is endemic in Costa Rica, T. cruzi isolates from t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zuriaga MÁ,Blandón-Naranjo M,Valerio-Campos I,Salas R,Zeledón R,Bargues MD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data is available on the vertical transmission of Neospora caninum via the colostrum. The results of our previous research revealed the presence of N. caninum DNA in the milk of seropositive cows. The aim of the present work is to demonstrate parasite DNA in colostrum samples. A polymerase chain reaction using...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Moskwa B,Pastusiak K,Bien J,Cabaj W

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental aim of parasite ecology is to understand the mechanisms behind spatial variation in diversity and structure of parasite assemblages. To understand the contribution of individual parasite species and their assemblages to spatial variation in parasite communities, we examined species contributions to beta ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Spickett A,van der Mescht L,Junker K,Krasnov BR,Haukisalmi V,Matthee S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the acaricidal and larvicidal activity against the larvae of Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann (Acarina: Ixodidae) and larvae of hematophagous fly Hippobosca maculata Leach (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and against the fourth-instar larvae of malaria vector, Anopheles steph...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Jayaseelan C,Rahuman AA,Rajakumar G,Santhoshkumar T,Kirthi AV,Marimuthu S,Bagavan A,Kamaraj C,Zahir AA,Elango G,Velayutham K,Rao KV,Karthik L,Raveendran S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00