The complete mitochondrial genome of Gastrothylax crumenifer (Gastrothylacidae, Trematoda) and comparative analyses with selected trematodes.

abstract：:A majority of Kudoa spp. infects the somatic muscle of fish establishing cysts. Previously, elevated humoral responses were detected in BALB/c mice immunised with Kudoa sp. pseudocyst extracts and in BALB/c mice orally inoculated with Kudoa sp. pseudocysts, as well as the presence of anti-Kudoa sp. antibodies in human...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Martínez de Velasco G,Rodero M,Cuéllar C,Chivato T,Mateos JM,Laguna R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between viable and non-viable hookworm ova in environmental samples is necessary in order to implement strategies to mitigate re-infections in endemic regions. In this study, an untargeted metabolic profiling method was developed that utilised gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in order to in...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gyawali P,Beale DJ,Ahmed W,Karpe AV,Magalhaes RJ,Morrison PD,Palombo EA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monogamy is a mating system with pairs made of only one male and only one female. But social monogamy cannot inevitably imply the sexual exclusivity between mates, which is yet the case in genetic monogamy on which the offspring results only from the observed pair. The genetic monogamy is today considered as an except...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Beltran S,Boissier J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have shown that filarial nematodes can effectively metabolize hydrogen peroxide in excess of that generated by activated host cells. However, the mechanisms of H2O2 removal by the filarial parasites are unclear. Herein we report the results of studies carried out on the biochemical activity and on immuno...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chandrashekar R,Tsuji N,Morales TH,Carmody AB,Ozols VO,Welton J,Tang L

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pellet freezing method, one type of rapid freezing protocol, was established for Trichomonas vaginalis. As cryoprotectants, 5-20% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and glycerol were used. Of these, DMSO showed a high protective effect, with a maximum effect at a concentration of 20%. No ef...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Matsuo J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In July 2005, 107 rainbow trout in age 1+ from a salmonid farm in Southern Germany situated in the southern tributary area of the Danube river were examined. The aim of this study was to determine the gyrodactylid species found on rainbow trout and to identify their location on the host's body. In total, 291 specimens...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dzika E,Maciejewska IW,Hoffmann RW,Oidtmann B

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium spp. are common intestinal protozoa causing diarrhea in humans and a variety of animal species. With the recent development of fur industry, a large number of fur animals are farmed worldwide, especially in China. The existence of identical Cryptosporidium species/genotypes in humans and fur animals su...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yang Z,Zhao W,Wang J,Ren G,Zhang W,Liu A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ixodes holocyclus has a narrow, discontinuous distribution along the east coast of Australia. We studied ticks from 17 localities throughout the geographic range of this tick. The ITS2 of I. holocyclus is 793 bp long. We found nucleotide variation at eight of the 588 nucleotide positions (1.4%) that were compared for ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shaw M,Murrell A,Barker SC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free-living amoebae, Acanthamoeba, can act as opportunistic parasites on a wide range of vertebrates and are becoming a serious threat to human health due to the resistance of their cysts to harsh environmental conditions, disinfectants, some water treatment practices, and their ubiquitous distribution. Subgenus c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Magnet A,Henriques-Gil N,Galván-Diaz AL,Izquiedo F,Fenoy S,del Aguila C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas-liquid chromatographic studies were done to determine the fatty acid composition of the digestive gland-gonad (DGG) complex of Helisoma trivolvis snails infected with the intramolluscan stages of Echinostoma trivolvis, of rediae freed from the DGG, of uninfected DGG, and of 41-day-old adult worms grown in golden h...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fried B,Rao KS,Sherma J,Huffman JE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flame atomic absorption spectrometry was performed to determine the alteration of calcium concentration in the soft parts and shells of Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncatus due to the infection with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, respectively. The results showed significant lowering in the calcium c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mostafa OM

更新日期：2007-09-01 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

abstract：:Reports of an unusual intraerythrocytic pathogen in amphibian blood have been made for decades; these pathogens appear as membrane-bound vacuoles within erythrocytes. It is now understood that the pathogen is a Rickettsia bacteria, which are obligate intracellular parasites, and most are transmitted by arthropod vecto...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Davis AK,Cecala K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was made to investigate efficacy of eprinomectin against to Toxocara canis in dogs. In the study, 20 stray dogs naturally infected with T. canis were divided into two groups as treatment (ten dogs) and control (ten dogs). Eprinomectin (100 microg/kg, Eprinex 250 ml) was given to treatment group dogs orally,...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kozan E,Sevimli FK,Birdane FM,Adanir R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva has been suggested as an easily accessible and a noninvasive diagnostic alternative for detection of antibodies. To identify and characterize Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum) antigens that are recognized by saliva of infected host, we have used a pool of saliva from infected patients to immunoscreen an egg ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhou YP,Wu ZD,Yang LL,Sun X,You X,Yu XB,Hu W,Zheng HQ,Lv ZY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new Ceratomyxa species were described from the gallbladder of four Red Sea fishes at Suez and Hurghada, Egypt. These species are Ceratomyxa bassoni sp. n. from Plectorhinchus gaterinus (Forsskal 1775) at Suez and Hurghada, Ceratomyxa entzerothi sp. n. from Valamugil seheli (Forsskal 1775) at Suez and Hurghada, Ce...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdel-Ghaffar F,Ali MA,Al Quraishy S,Al Rasheid K,Al Farraj S,Abdel-Baki AS,Bashtar AR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we compared and validated a nested ABC polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay to amplify Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene fragment with a previous nested PCR-RFLP method. When RFLP of COWP gene did not provide clear results, we further a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Leone A,Ripabelli G,Sammarco ML,Grasso GM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 1 year, from January to December 1999, a total of 173 slaughtered sheep at Al-Mahala abattoir were examined for presence of nematode parasites. Eighteen sheep (10.4%) were infected with eight different species of nematodes. The prevalence rates of detected nematode parasites were; Haemonchus contortus (3.5%), Hae...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Khalafalla RE,Elseify MA,Elbahy NM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to present briefly background information on 27 tick-borne viruses ("tiboviruses") that have been detected in Europe, viz flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), louping-ill (LIV), Tyuleniy (TYUV), and Meaban (MEAV); orthobunyaviruses Bahig (BAHV) and Matruh (MTRV); phleboviruses Grand A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hubálek Z,Rudolf I

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Spermiogenesis of the monozoic cestode Khawia armeniaca (Cholodkovski, 1915), a parasite of Capoeta capoeta sevangi (De Filippi, 1865) (Pisces: Cyprinidae), has been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. The present results show that the type of spermiogenesis in K. armeniaca sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Brunanská M,Poddubnaya LG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to derive a physical map of the genome of Eimeria tenella are being made to complement genetic mapping and to assist in the production of an integrated map. A large insert library of DNA from the Houghton (H) reference strain of E. tenella has been constructed in yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). The librar...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hoogendoorn B,Toye AA,Bumstead N,Shirley MW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined four species of Plectropomus Oken, 1817 (Serranidae: Epinephelinae), Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell), Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède), Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède) and Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch) from sites off Heron Island and Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (GBR), and the Gambi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bott NJ,Miller TL,Cribb TH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Praziquantel is still very effective for the treatment of schistosomiasis, but there are rising concerns on the potential risk of developing resistances because of the extensive use of this drug. Triclabendazole, a systemic anthelmintic, is very effective against other trematodes such as Paragonimus spp. and Fasciola ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barduagni P,Hassanein Y,Mohamed M,Wakeel AE,Sayed ME,Hallaj Z,Curtale F

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nature, parasitic infections must be addressed as complex systems involving parasite-host relationships on a temporal and spatial scale. Since the parasites cover a great biological diversity, we can expect that wildlife are exposed simultaneously to different parasites. In this sense, the objective of this work wa...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Santos FM,de Sousa KCM,Sano NY,Nantes WAG,Liberal SC,Machado RZ,André MR,Herrera HM

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic cats and other felids are definitive hosts for the zoonotic protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Serology is widely used in epidemiological studies conducted to estimate the proportion of domestic cats that have encountered the parasite. However, a limited number of such studies are available from some regio...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Galat M,Must K,Rissanen K,Jokelainen P

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodents have been widely studied as intermediate hosts of Sarcocystis; however, only a few reports on these parasites in the black rat (Rattus rattus) are known. Having examined 13 black rats captured in Latvia, sarcocysts were found in skeletal muscles of two mammals and were described as Sarcocystis ratti n. sp. Und...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Prakas P,Kirillova V,Gavarāne I,Grāvele E,Butkauskas D,Rudaitytė-Lukošienė E,Kirjušina M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcocystis neurona is the parasite associated with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Recently, cats (Felis domesticus) have been implicated as a potential intermediate host in the life cycle of S. neurona. This study was initiated to determine whether cats have antibodies that react to S. neurona antigens sim...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Turay HO,Barr BC,Caldwell A,Branson KR,Cockrell MK,Marsh AE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae (FLA) are widely spread in the environment and known to cause rare but often serious infections. Besides this, FLA may serve as vehicles for bacterial pathogens. In particular, Legionella pneumophila is known to replicate within FLA thereby also gaining enhanced infectivity. Cooling towers have bee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Scheikl U,Tsao HF,Horn M,Indra A,Walochnik J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis, a flagellated protozoan parasite causes a variety of adverse health consequences in both men and women. The parasite exists in the trophozoite and the pseudocystic stage. The study reports for the first time that pseudocyst forms of T. vaginalis isolated from cervical neoplasia (CN) patients dem...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Afzan MY,Suresh K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00