Effects of Echinostoma caproni miracidia dose on the amino acid contents of Biomphalaria glabrata as determined by high-performance thin-layer chromatography.

abstract：:Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a hemoprotozoan tick-borne disease with worldwide distribution that is caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi. There are studies reporting the presence of equine piroplasmosis in Turkey but the situation in Erzurum is unknown. The aim of the current study was to determine the situati...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Guven E,Avcioglu H,Deniz A,Balkaya İ,Abay U,Yavuz Ş,Akyüz M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parasitism is a complex problem that is often ignored in companion animals, including birds, unless it develops into a severe clinical disorder. The present study was, therefore, aimed to investigate the presence of the gastrointestinal nematode infecting the domestic pigeon and provide a complete morphologi...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Al Quraishy S,Abdel-Gaber R,Dkhil MA,Alzuabi K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:This study described the detection, prevalence and phylogeny of Anaplasma marginale in the bovine (cattle and buffaloes) and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick belonged to the tribal area of coastal South Gujarat, India, by amplifying 576 bp of major surface protein (msp) 5 gene using custo...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kumar N,Solanki JB,Varghese A,Jadav MM,Das B,Patel MD,Patel DC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Due to mass population movements driven by internal conflicts and wars, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is becoming increasingly important in Turkey. This study is aimed at determining the clinical aspects, diagnosis and genotyping of CL patients coming to Turkey from abroad. METHODS:In our study, the clinical ma...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Özbilgin A,Gencoglan G,Tunali V,Çavuş İ,Yıldırım A,Gündüz C,Harman M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new quill mite species Stibarokris mariasi sp. nov. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) is described from the Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin) (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae) from Johnston Atoll. Females of S. mariasi sp. nov. differ from most similar species S. phoeniconaias Skoracki and OConnor, ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Glowska E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giardia duodenalis is a widespread protozoan parasite affecting humans and many species of animals, including dogs and cats. Due to its zoonotic potential, it is important to know the frequency of this parasite in companion animals. The aim of this study was to determine current epidemiological status of G. ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Piekara-Stępińska A,Piekarska J,Gorczykowski M,Bania J

更新日期：2020-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concerns a new neogregarine parasitic in the great spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) (Curculionidae, Scolytinae). The rate of infection was high, reaching 27.3%. There was no difference in the rate of infection of male and female beetles. The life-cycle stages of the pathogen were described ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Yaman M,Radek R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present paper represented the third installment on the monogenoidean parasites collected during a workshop exploring the diversity of the parasites of fishes in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Previous reports on monogenoids collected during the workshop included species parasitizing beloniform and g...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kritsky DC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc), the causative agent of Chagas disease, affects millions of people worldwide. One of the major characteristics of T. cruzi is related to its heterogeneity due to the variability of its biological properties, parasite growth rates, infectivity, tissue tropism, morbidity and virulence among differ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Sales-Campos H,Kappel HB,Andrade CP,Lima TP,de Castilho A,Giraldo LE,Lages-Silva E

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, two pairs of oligonucleotide primers were designed according to the nucleotide sequence of the internal transcribed spacers (ITSs) of Babesia bigemina and B. bovis isolates from China. The primers were used in a multiplex PCR to detect parasite DNA in blood samples from cattle. There was no cross reacti...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Liu J,Guan G,Liu A,Li Y,Yin H,Luo J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterocytozoon bieneusi, the dominant zoonotic species of microsporidia, has been reported in various animals and humans. However, relatively little information is available concerning the worldwide prevalence and genotypes of E. bieneusi in ruminants, such as sheep and goats. The present study was conducted...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Li WC,Wang K,Gu YF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of dajid isopod in the genus Aspidophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883 is described from three females and one male found infesting the lateral carapace of Heteromysis (Olivemysis) actiniae Clarke, 1955 (Mysidae: Heteromysinae) associated with the corkscrew anemone Bartholomea annulata (Lesuer, 1817) (Anthozoa: Aipt...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Boyko CB,Williams JD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are currently nine monogenoidean species of Rhabdosynochus infecting the gill lamellae of wild and cultured centropomid fishes from tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. The purpose of the present study was to describe the morphological distinctiveness of two ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Montero-Rodríguez M,Mendoza-Franco EF,Téllez NAL

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Theileria equi is an intra-erythrocytic apicomplexean protozoa that infect equines. Protein kinases (PK), key molecules of the apicomplexean life cycle, have been implicated as significant drug targets. The growth inhibitory efficacy of PK inhibitors against Theileria/Babesia animal parasites have not been...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Yadav J,Goel P,Mandal KD,Yadav R,Kumar N,Kumar R,Tripathi BN,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro study has been carried out to monitor changes to the female reproductive system in adult triclabendazole (TCBZ)-resistant Fasciola hepatica following treatment with a commercial preparation of myrrh ("Mirazid"). Flukes were immersed for 6 h and 24 h in myrrh extract at a concentration of 200 µg/ml, then pr...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Abdelaal MMO,Brennan GP,Hanna REB,Abdel-Aziz A,Fairweather I

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdias paraensis Santos, Melo, Nascimento, Nascimento, Giese et Furtado, 2011 was described based on fully gravid worms. Further investigations on the free-living stages, immature worms and young individuals were facilitated by cultivation in the laboratory, which allowed us to add new information about the morpholo...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Melo FT,do Nascimento Lde C,Macedo LC,dos Santos JN,Kuzmin Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera collected from healthy individuals from the general population in the Czech Republic during repeated cross-sectional surveys were analyzed. Samples collected in the same six districts in two time periods, 1978-1989 and 2001, were compared. The study subjects were divided into six age categories between 10 and 59 ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kříž B,Malý M,Balátová P,Kodym P,Kurzová Z,Daniel M,Kybicová K

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fish parasites can cause diseases in humans and lead to commercial losses in fisheries and aquaculture. The objectives of this study were to analyze E. ongus's parasite fauna regarding food safety and parasite transmission risk between Epinephelus species and test whether E.ongus populations can be distinguishe...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Koepper S,Nuryati S,Palm HW,Theisen S,Wild C,Yulianto I,Kleinertz S

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosmocerca leytensis sp. nov. (Ascaridida, Cosmocercidae) from the large intestine of Cyrtodactylus gubaot (Squamata: Gekkonidae) collected on Leyte Island, Philippines is described and illustrated. Cosmocerca leytensis sp. nov. is the 30th species assigned to the genus, the 4th from the Oriental region, and the first...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Bursey CR,Goldberg SR,Siler CD,Brown RM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of Rhinonastes, hitherto monotypic, is described and illustrated from the nasal cavity of 'curimat', Prochilodus argenteus from São Francisco River, Brazil. Rhinonastes curimatae n. sp. presents a male copulatory organ with more than five rings while the type species of the genus is characterized by male...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Monteiro CM,Brasil-Sato MC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new feather mite species, Trouessartia sechellarum sp. n. (Astigmata: Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae), is described from the Seychelles magpie-robin Copsychus sechellarum (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), an endangered endemic passerine bird inhabiting the Seychelles Islands. The most clear features distinguishing this mi...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Mironov SV,Palma RL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic hydatidosis is a re-emerging parasitic zoonosis with worldwide distribution. The current study was carried out to investigate the possible role of rats in the epidemiology of such disease in urban and suburban areas. For this purpose, a total of 50 feral Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) were collected from urban...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Abdel-Moein KA,Hamza DA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis is an ubiquitous flagellate that infects humans and many species of animals. This species exhibits great biotypic and genetic diversity. In the present study, we established short- and long-term in vitro cultures of G. duodenalis trophozoites originating from red deer and Thomson's gazelle (artiodac...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Solarczyk P,Majewska AC,Słodkowicz-Kowalska A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mascarene grass frog Ptychadena cf. mascareniensis is a species of frog with a vast area of distribution in Africa. A total of 300 frog specimens were collected from different localities at El-Giza province, Egypt; then dissected and examined for the presence of parasitic infection. Only eighty six (28.66%) specim...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Abdel-Gaber R,Abdel-Ghaffar F,Kamel R,Maher S,El Deeb N,Al Quraishy S,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Haemaphysalis longicornis is an important ectoparasite of domestic and wild animals that can transmit many pathogens including viruses, fungi, bacteria and protozoa. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this study, we examined genetic variation and population genetics in three mitochondrial (mt) genes [cox1 (cytochro...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Li ZB,Fu YT,Cheng TY,Yao GM,Hou QH,Li F,Zhao Y,Zou FC,Liu GH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal coccidian parasites are intracellular protozoa most frequently transmitted during food-borne and water-borne infections. This group of parasites is responsible for acute diarrhoeal illnesses especially among immunocompromised patients. However, they are more frequently detected in immunocompetent individual...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kłudkowska M,Pielok Ł,Frąckowiak K,Paul M

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Opportunistic infections such as cryptosporidiosis and cyclosporiasis are commonly encountered in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We investigated the existence of opportunistic protozoans that significantly affect the quality of life in HIV-1 infected patients using conventional and molecular ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Uysal HK,Adas GT,Atalik K,Altiparmak S,Akgul O,Saribas S,Gurcan M,Yuksel P,Yildirmak T,Kocazeybek B,Ziver T,Oner YA

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of propolis against Ligictaluridus floridanus on Ictalurus punctatus gills. METHODS:This study used an ethanol extract of propolis at a concentration of 300 mg mL-1, with a total polyphenol concentration of 2.77 mg mL-1 as determined by ch...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： de la Cruz-Cervantes JA,Sánchez-Martínez JG,Ruíz-Uribe AJ,Vázquez-Sauceda ML,Rábago-Castro JL,Pérez-Castañeda R,Blanco-Martínez Z,Garrido-Olvera L,Benavides-González F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hookworms, a group to which Ancylostoma ceylanicum belongs, are gastrointestinal nematodes that infect more than 700 million people around the world. They are a leading cause of anemia in developing countries. In order to effectively prevent hookworm infections research is conducted to develop an effective vaccine usi...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Wiśniewski M,Łapiński M,Daniłowicz-Luebert E,Jaros S,Długosz E,Wędrychowicz H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trematode genus Diplostomum comprises of parasitic species which cause diplostomiasis, the 'white eye' disease in fish and heavy infection can result in mortality. The increasing availability of DNA sequences of accurately identified Diplostomum species on public data base presently enables the rapid identification of...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Enabulele EE,Awharitoma AO,Lawton SP,Kirk RS

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00