Small RNAs in parasitic nematodes - forms and functions.

abstract：:Invasive parasites can spill over to new hosts in invaded ecosystems with often unpredictable trophic relationships in the newly arising parasite-host interactions. In European seas, the intestinal copepod Mytilicola orientalis was co-introduced with Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas) and spilled over to native blue mu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Goedknegt MA,Shoesmith D,Jung AS,Luttikhuizen PC,van der Meer J,Philippart CJM,van der Veer HW,Thieltges DW

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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：:A study carried out on a sheep farm examined whether Toxoplasma gondii foetal infection and associated abortion occur in successive lambings. We identified 29 ewes that gave birth to lambs on at least 2 successive years over our study period, 2000-2003. Tissue samples from the progeny of these ewes were analysed by PC...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Morley EK,Williams RH,Hughes JM,Thomasson D,Terry RS,Duncanson P,Smith JE,Hide G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis SSU-rDNA sequence data from 317 captive and free-living non-human primates (NHPs) representing 30 genera of apes, Old and New World (OW and NW) monkeys and prosimians were analysed to investigate subtype (ST) and allele distribution among hosts. Excluding 20 mixed ST infections, 27% of the sequences belon...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alfellani MA,Jacob AS,Perea NO,Krecek RC,Taner-Mulla D,Verweij JJ,Levecke B,Tannich E,Clark CG,Stensvold CR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterized antigens of Trichinella spiralis and T. pseudospiralis muscle larvae recognized by mice infected with the worms. Two-dimensional (2-D) Western blot analysis revealed some profile of antigenic peptides including: (1) molecular weight (MW); (2) isoelectric points (pI), (3) reactivity to well-def...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wu Z,Nagano I,Takahashi Y

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture chamber fitted with a polycarbonate sieve has been used to isolate Plasmodium knowlesi merozoites as they are released from schizonts. A 3 mum pore-size sieve allows passage of normal erythrocytes and red cells containing rings and trophozoites and can be used to concentrate schizonts from a mixed cell popul...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dennis ED,Mitchell GH,Butcher GA,Cohen S

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present observational and experimental evidence that cycles of the Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., can be maintained by sheep in the virtual absence of alternative hosts. A 2-year field study in upland moorland habitats of northwest UK established that sheep feed up to 80% of larval, > 99% of n...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ogden NH,Nuttall PA,Randolph SE

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bat flies (Streblidae) are diverse, obligate blood-feeding insects and probably the most conspicuous ectoparasites of bats. They show preferences for specific body regions on their host bat, which are reflected in behavioural characteristics. In this study, we corroborate the categorization of bat flies into three eco...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hiller T,Honner B,Page RA,Tschapka M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute Chagas disease outbreaks are related to the consumption of food or drink contaminated by triatomine feces, thus making oral infection an important route of transmission. Both vector-borne and oral infections trigger important cardiac manifestations in the host that are related to a dysregulated immune response. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kuehn CC,Oliveira LG,Miranda MA,Prado JC

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：: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：:With the increased availability of multilocus sequence data, the lack of concordance of gene trees estimated for independent loci has focused attention on both the biological processes producing the discord and the methodologies used to estimate phylogenetic relationships. What has emerged is a suite of new analytical...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Knowles LL,Klimov PB

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Parasites often induce behavioural changes in their host. However, it is not necessarily easy to determine whether these changes are representative of an adaptation of the parasite (parasite manipulation), an adaptive response of the host or a side-effect of infection. In a solitary parasitoid of Drosophila larvae (Le...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Varaldi J,Petit S,Boulétreau M,Fleury F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feulgen-pararosaniline (SO2) staining was performed on stages in the life-cycle of Isospora (Toxoplasma) gondii, Eimeria tenella, Sarcocystis cruzi and Plasmodium berghei. The fluorescence emission of the stained DNA in nuclei of these stages was examined and compared with absorption microscopy measurements at 560 nm ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cornelissen AW,Overdulve JP,Van der Ploeg M

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Vertically transmitted parasites (VTPs) such as Wolbachia are expected not only to minimize the damage they inflict on their hosts, but also to protect their hosts against the damaging effects of coinfecting parasites. By modifying the fitness costs of the infection, VTPs can therefore play an important role in the ev...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Zélé F,Denoyelle J,Duron O,Rivero A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trophically transmitted parasites must trade-off own growth on one hand and energy drain from the intermediate host on the other hand, since killing the host before transmission to the next host is a dead end for both parasites and hosts. This challenge becomes especially intriguing when multiple parasites find themse...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Nordeide JT,Matos F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis induces cellular damage to the host cells (cytotoxicity) through the proteolytic activity of multiple proteinases of the cysteine type (CPs). Some CPs are modulated by environmental factors such as iron, zinc, polyamines, etc. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess the effect of glucose on T....

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Miranda-Ozuna JFT,Rivera-Rivas LA,Cárdenas-Guerra RE,Hernández-García MS,Rodríguez-Cruz S,González-Robles A,Chavez-Munguía B,Arroyo R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice fed 1.5 mg ochratoxin A (OTA) per kg body weight and infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense were compared with trypanosome-infected placebo-fed and uninfected OTA-fed controls. Uninfected OTA-fed mice showed fever, lethargy, facial and eyelid oedemas, mild hepatitis and nephritis, and high survival. Infecte...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kibugu JK,Ngeranwa JJ,Makumi JN,Gathumbi JK,Kagira JM,Mwangi JN,Muchiri MW,Mdachi RE

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Thirty-one stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, representative of the genetic variability of the 2 principal lineages, that subdivide T. cruzi, were selected on the basis of previous multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis using 21 loci. Analyses were performed with lower numbers of loci to exp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Breniere SF,Barnabe C,Bosseno MF,Tibayrenc M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological rate parameters of host generalist parasites are difficult to estimate, especially in cases where variation in parasite performance can be attributed to host species. Such cases are likely common for generalist parasites of sympatric grazing mammals. In this study, we combined data from experimental ex...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Beck MA,Goater CP,Colwell DD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the free-living stages of Ostertagia ostertagi incubated at constant temperatures from 5 to 27 degrees C and in dung pats in the field was observed. The death rates were adequately described by a single exponential functional and the distribution of times for development by a delayed gamma density f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Young RR,Nicholson RM,Tweedie RL,Schuh HJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trials were carried out to study the humoral immune response of blackflies to filariae following infection using the intrathoracic injection technique. An induced 66 kDa protein was abundant in the haemolymph of the European species Simulium ornatum following infection with bovine Onchocerca lienalis. This protein was...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hagen HE,Grunewald J,Ham PJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Raffel TR,Bommarito T,Barry DS,Witiak SM,Shackelton LA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life-cycle stages of the microsporidia Nosema bombycis, the pathogen causing silkworm pebrine, were separated and purified by an improved method of Percoll-gradient centrifugation. Soluble protein fractions of late sporoblasts (spore precursor cells) and mature spores were analysed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide ge...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cai S,Lu X,Qiu H,Li M,Feng Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites can have a wide range of pathophysiological effects on the host. This review describes those associated with some parasites of major importance in man and animals. Haemoprotozoan diseases such as trypanosomiasis and malaria are primarily associated with anaemia. Such anaemias have a complex aetiology involvi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Holmes PH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the kinetics of adenosine transport were carried out on the P1 and P2 transporters of drug-sensitive Trypanosoma evansi and its cloned derivative, resistant to the melaminophenyl arsenical Mel CY. Characterization of adenosine uptake was made by estimation of the maximum concentration taken up at time infin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Suswam EA,Ross CA,Martin RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00