Association and predatory capacity of fungi Pochonia chlamydosporia and Arthrobotrys cladodes in the biological control of parasitic helminths of bovines.

abstract：:In this review, we envisage the host environment, not as a hostile one, since the schistosome thrives there, but as one in which the relationship between the two organisms consists of constant communication, through signalling mechanisms involving sense organs, surface glycocalyx, surface membrane and internal organs ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kusel JR,Al-Adhami BH,Doenhoff MJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the low informative value of available morphological characters, cytogenetic and molecular methods, based on rDNA sequencing, were used to characterize adult and larval stages of Phyllodistomum spp. Species studied have 18 chromosomes with comparable absolute and relative lengths. Conventional Giemsa staining a...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Petkeviciŭte R,Stunzenas V,Staneviciŭte G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface coat of the 2nd-stage juveniles (J2) of plant-parasitic nematodes is considered to be involved in interactions with microorganisms in the soil and rhizosphere, as well as with the host plant. Characterization of surface antigens might be important in the development of new nematode control strategies. In t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sharon E,Spiegel Y,Salomon R,Curtis RH

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:We present a new phylogenetic analysis of 15 primate Plasmodium species based on 18S rDNA sequences including new sequences of Plasmodium coatneyi, P. fieldi, P. gonderi, P. hylobati and P. simium. The results are discussed in the context of the parasite host species and their geographical distribution. Contrary to ot...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Leclerc MC,Hugot JP,Durand P,Renaud F

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effectiveness of low doses of benznidazole (BNZ) on continuous administration (BNZc), combined with allopurinol (ALO), in C57BL/6J and C3H/HeN mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Nicaragua strain and T. cruzi Sylvio-X10/4 clone. TcN-C57BL/6J was also treated with intermittent doses of BNZ (BN...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rial MS,Scalise ML,López Alarcón M,Esteva MI,Búa J,Benatar AF,Prado NG,Riarte AR,Fichera LE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L. loa are co-endemic. In order to identify factors, including co-infections, which may ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pion SD,Clarke P,Filipe JA,Kamgno J,Gardon J,Basáñez MG,Boussinesq M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in patients with neurological disorders in Slovenia, serum/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 348 suspected patients were collected between the beginning of January 2001 and the end of December 2012 and analysed serologically for the presence of anti-T. soliu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Šoba B,Beović B,Lužnik Z,Skvarč M,Logar J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum is a cyst-forming parasite that causes abortion in cattle. Despite this parasite's ubiquitous distribution and wide host range, the number of N. caninum isolates obtained to date is limited. In vitro isolation of the parasite is arduous and often unsuccessful. In addition, most isolates have been obta...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Regidor-Cerrillo J,Gómez-Bautista M,Pereira-Bueno J,Aduriz G,Navarro-Lozano V,Risco-Castillo V,Férnandez-García A,Pedraza-Díaz S,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoids are parasites that invariably kill their host. Polydnaviruses are injected by parasitoid wasps into the body cavity of their insect host and cause immunosuppression, allowing the parasitoid to develop in the absence of encapsulation. One of the targets of the polydnaviruses are the haemocytes of the host, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Beckage NE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite-host interactions mediated by cell surface proteins have been implicated as a critical step in infections caused by the microsporidian Nosema bombycis. Such cell surface proteins are considered as promising diagnostic markers and targets for drug development. However, little research has specifically addresse...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Zhao W,Hao Y,Wang L,Zhou Z,Li Z

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double antibody sandwich ELISA technique has been developed for detection of antigens of African trypanosomes present in the sera of infected mammals. The assay uses a high titre, high affinity rabbit antiserum made to purified membranes of procyclic trypanosomes as "capture" reagent and a mixture of three biotin-la...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Liu MK,Pearson TW

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison has been made of the interactions between passively transferred and actively acquired immunity in regulating populations of Taenia hydatigena and T. ovis. When ewes were grazed prior to parturition under a high infection pressure, immunity was transferred to their offspring for up to 8 weeks. A qualitativ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gemmell MA,Lawson JR,Roberts MG,Griffin JF

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is present in all stages of the life-cycle of schistosomes and is located in muscle and on the surface of the parasite. Metrifonate is a drug that inhibits AChE. We compared the AChEs from three schistosome species (Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis) that ha...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Camacho M,Tarrab-Hazdai R,Espinoza B,Arnon R,Agnew A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium infect all vertebrate groups and display some host specificity in their infections. It is therefore possible to assume that Cryptosporidium parasites evolved intimately aside with vertebrate lineages. Here we propose a scenario of Cryptosporidium-Vertebrata coevolution ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Garcia-R JC,Hayman DT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to shared characteristics with snail haemocytes, the Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cell line has been used as a model in vitro system for the study of snail-trematode interactions. In this study, Bge cells were used to characterize the adherence of snail host cells to schistosome primary sporocysts, and to...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Castillo MG,Yoshino TP

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships among Trypanosoma rangeli isolates from man, wild mammals and triatomine bugs from widespread geographical origin were inferred by comparison of the small subunit of ribosomal gene sequences. The phylogenetic trees indicated that the subgenus Herpetosoma is polyphyletic and strongly supporte...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Da Silva FM,Noyes H,Campaner M,Junqueira AC,Coura JR,Añez N,Shaw JJ,Stevens JR,Teixeira MM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eggs of Neoheterocotyle rhinobatidis, Troglocephalus rhinobatidis and Merizocotyle icopae (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the shovelnose ray Rhinobatos typus (Rhinobatidae) have a distinct hatching pattern linked to light periodicity. Larvae of these 3 monogenean species emerge only during daylight when exposed to nat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chisholm LA,Whittington ID

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) hay consumption on the pathophysiology and local cellular responses of growing lambs during infection with Trichostrongylus colubriformis was investigated. Thirty-two lambs, 16 weeks of age, were allocated to 1 of 4 treatment groups (n=8) that were offered either grass (G...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ríos-de Alvarez L,Greer AW,Jackson F,Athanasiadou S,Kyriazakis I,Huntley JF

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of introduced hosts can increase or decrease infections of co-introduced parasites in native species of conservation concern. In this study, we compared parasite abundance, intensity, and prevalence between native Awaous stamineus and introduced poeciliid fishes by a co-introduced nematode parasite (Camal...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gagne RB,Heins DC,McIntyre PB,Gilliam JF,Blum MJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascarid parasites infect a variety of hosts and regular anthelmintic treatment is recommended for all species. Parascaris spp. is the only ascarid species with widespread anthelmintic resistance, which allows for the study of resistance mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to establish an in vitro drug exposure p...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Scare JA,Dini P,Norris JK,Steuer AE,Scoggin K,Gravatte HS,Howe DK,Slusarewicz P,Nielsen MK

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major transaminase in Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Panagrellus redivivus and rat liver was the 2-oxoglutarate-glutamate system, with relatively few amino acids acting as donors for the pyruvate-alanine and oxaloacetate-aspartate systems. The relative effectiveness of the different amino acid donors in the three tran...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Grantham BD,Barrett J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative importance of temporal and spatial effects was assessed in helminth communities of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in 3 woodland sites in N.E. Poland in the late summers of 1999 and 2002. Among common species the rank order of sites in relation to prevalence and abundance of infection was maintained between...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Behnke JM,Bajer A,Harris PD,Newington L,Pidgeon E,Rowlands G,Sheriff C,Kuliś-Malkowska K,Siński E,Gilbert FS,Barnard CJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum is the causative agent of bovine neosporosis. A N. caninum cytoplasmic dynein LC8 light chain (NcDYNLL) protein was characterized in this study. Cytoplasmic dyneins, including DYNLLs, belong to the microtubule minus-end-directed motor proteins and are involved in many cellular processes. Previous micr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cao L,Fetterer R,Qu G,Zhang X,Tuo W

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 7 genetic assemblages of the parasite Giardia duodenalis only 2 (A and B) are known to cause infections in humans. These assemblages have been characterized in detail at the genomic level but few studies have examined differences in the proteins expressed. Employing one and two-dimensional PAGE we have identifi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Steuart RF,O'Handley R,Lipscombe RJ,Lock RA,Thompson RC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epicontinental fauna of the Iberian Peninsula is strongly influenced by its geographical history. As the possibilities for dispersion of organisms into and from this region were (and still are) limited, the local fauna consists almost exclusively of endemic species. Almost all Iberian freshwater fishes of the fami...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Benovics M,Desdevises Y,Šanda R,Vukić J,Scheifler M,Doadrio I,Sousa-Santos C,Šimková A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a major tool to control malaria. Over recent years increased ITN coverage has been associated with decreased malaria transmission. However, ITN 'misuse' has been increasingly reported and whether this emergent behaviour poses a threat to successful malaria control and elimination is...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Honjo K,Chaves LF,Satake A,Kaneko A,Minakawa N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) stand out as an important cause of disease in small ruminant, especially on goat farm. Widespread resistance to synthetic anthelminthics has stimulated the research for alternative strategies of parasite control, including the use of medicinal plants. The present work summarizes th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Oliveira Santos F,Ponce Morais Cerqueira A,Branco A,José Moreira Batatinha M,Borges Botura M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 186 bp Echinococcus granulosus-specific repetitive element, TREg, was used to assess genetic variation between strains. In G7 genotype (pig strain) it has the characteristics of a satellite DNA element with a copy number of 23000 per haploid genome. Analysis, by sequencing of TREg monomers, showed a great degree of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rosenzvit MC,Canova SG,Kamenetzky L,Guarnera EA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and expressed Echinostoma caproni HSP70 in Escherichia coli. This molecule presents an open reading frame (ORF) of 655 amino acids, and a theoretical molecular weight of 71 kDa. E. caproni HSP70 protein showed a high homology to other helminth molecules, major differences being located in the C-terminal regi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Higón M,Monteagudo C,Fried B,Esteban JG,Toledo R,Marcilla A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00