Host associations and turnover of haemosporidian parasites in manakins (Aves: Pipridae).

abstract：:During the early stages of the primary Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS parasitaemia in CBA/Ca mice this parasite invaded normocytes, but as the parasitaemia developed increasing numbers of parasites were seen within reticulocytes. During and just after peak parasitaemia, as further parasite replication was controlled,...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jarra W,Brown KN

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As has been shown previously, immunologically intact mice with patent Schistosoma mansoni infections had a significantly lower mean platelet number than intact uninfected mice (P<0.0001). However, platelet numbers in T-cell deprived mice with patent infections were not significantly different from those in uninfected ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stanley RG,Ngaiza JR,Atieno E,Jell G,Francklow K,Jackson CL,Parry H,Doenhoff MJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population of copepods (Cyclops strenuus abyssorum), with a naturally high prevalence of infection with procercoids of Diphyllobothrium spp., no difference in body size was found between infected and uninfected hosts. However, a significant reduction in the reproductive capacity of infected females was observed, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pasternak AF,Huntingford FA,Crompton DW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host recognition and invasion process of Myxobolus cerebralis actinospores (triactinomyxon, TAM) was studied on a genetic level. A small-scale in vitro assay was developed to activate a large number of TAMs simultaneously, and to monitor the host invasion in the absence of live fish. The transcriptomes of non-acti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Eszterbauer E,Kallert DM,Grabner D,El-Matbouli M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landscape epidemiology and landscape genetics combine advances in molecular techniques, spatial analyses and epidemiological models to generate a more real-world understanding of infectious disease dynamics and provide powerful new tools for the study of RNA viruses. Using dog rabies as a model we have identified how ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Brunker K,Hampson K,Horton DL,Biek R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small vessels showing inflammatory cell infiltrates were invariably observed in the vicinity of intact Toxoplasma tissue cysts within the brains of mice congenitally infected with the protozoan. Lymphocytes were observed in intimate contact with the luminal aspect of the endothelium, penetrating into the thickened bas...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sims TA,Hay J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many zoonotic disease agents are transmitted between hosts by arthropod vectors, including fleas, but few empirical studies of host-vector-microparasite dynamics have investigated the relative importance of hosts and vectors. This study investigates the dynamics of 4 closely related Bartonella species and their flea v...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Telfer S,Begon M,Bennett M,Bown KJ,Burthe S,Lambin X,Telford G,Birtles R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal's social behaviour both influences and changes in response to its parasites. Here we consider these bidirectional links between host social behaviours and parasite infection, both those that occur from ecological vs evolutionary processes. First, we review how social behaviours of individuals and groups infl...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hawley DM,Gibson AK,Townsend AK,Craft ME,Stephenson JF

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni depends for its survival on glycolysis. Two glycolytic enzymes, glyceraldehyde-3P-dehydrogenase and triose-phosphate dehydrogenase, found in both the adult and schistosomular tegument, have been reported to confer partial protection against cercarial infection. This paper describes the immunogenic ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mansour JM,McCrossan MV,Bickle QD,Mansour TE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West-central China is an important endemic focus of both alveolar and cystic echinococcosis where several species of intermediate host are commonly infected with Echinococcus granulosus and E. multilocularis . Isolates of E. granulosus were collected from humans and other animals from different geographical areas of Q...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yang YR,Rosenzvit MC,Zhang LH,Zhang JZ,McManus DP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seroprevalence data illustrate that human exposure to Toxocara is frequent. Environmental contamination with Toxocara spp. eggs is assumed to be the best indicator of human exposure, but increased risk of exposure has also been associated with many other factors. Reported associations are inconsistent, however, and th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kanobana K,Devleesschauwer B,Polman K,Speybroeck N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study was performed in Magoda, Tanzania, an area where malaria is holoendemic. Blood samples were collected from children (1-4 years) and tested for IgG antibody reactivity against 2 recombinant protein fragments of Plasmodium falciparum Rhoptry-Associated Protein-1 (rRAP-1). The...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alifrangis M,Lemnge MM,Moon R,Theisen M,Bygbjerg I,Ridley RG,Jakobsen PH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunopathological and ultrastructural studies were carried out on the gut of 30 specimens of powan Coregonus lavaretus (L.) from Lake Piediluco, Italy. The digestive tracts of 10 (33.3%) of the powan were found to harbour an acanthocephalan Dentitruncus truttae (Sinzar 1955). The numerous trunk spines of D. truttae r...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dezfuli BS,Lui A,Giovinazzo G,Boldrini P,Giari L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flatworm nervous system employs a wide repertoire of neuroactive substances, including small chemical messengers, the so called classical transmitters, and several types of neuropeptides. A large body of research accumulated over four decades has provided a wealth of information on the tissue localization and effe...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ribeiro P,El-Shehabi F,Patocka N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the rumen fluke, Calicophoron daubneyi is now very common and widespread throughout Western Europe, reports of clinical cases are still rare. This study explores the epidemiological background to a severe rumen fluke outbreak in 6-month-old heifers on a dairy farm in Ireland. Sequence analysis of the cytochro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： O'Shaughnessy J,Garcia-Campos A,McAloon CG,Fagan S,de Waal T,McElroy M,Casey M,Good B,Mulcahy G,Fagan J,Murphy D,Zintl A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma congolense (2 clones: ILNat3.1 and IL3000, and 4 stocks: IL2079, IL2466, IL3266 and CP-81) were continuously cultivated in vitro at 34-36 degrees C in the absence of feeder cell layers, using HMI-93 medium which was modified from Iscove's modified Dulbecco's MEM (Flow Laboratories, Irv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hirumi H,Hirumi K

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:Genome assemblies can form the basis of comparative analyses fostering insight into the evolutionary genetics of a parasite's pathogenicity, host-pathogen interactions, environmental constraints and invasion biology; however, the length and complexity of many parasite genomes has hampered the development of well-resol...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Thompson PC,Zarlenga DS,Liu MY,Rosenthal BM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased permeability of capillaries and venules, labelled with colloidal carbon, was observed in the superficial mucosa of the small intestine of sheep infected with Trichostrongylus colubriformis. The labelled vessels were restricted to infected portions of the gut, and the intensity of labelling appeared to be re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Barker IK

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key issue relating to developing multi-component anti-malarial vaccines, lies in studying Plasmodium vivax surface proteins' genetic variation. The present work was aimed at amplifying, cloning and sequencing the gene encoding P. vivax merozoite surface protein 5 (PvMSP5) in samples obtained from infected patients f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gomez A,Suarez CF,Martinez P,Saravia C,Patarroyo MA

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:SIV rats infected with a high dose (50,000 oocysts) of Eimeria nieschulzi displayed clinical symptoms of coccidiosis such as diarrhoea (days 6 and 7 post-primary infection) and weight loss (days 6-8 post-primary infection) and were completely immune to challenge with a similar dose. The ability of rats to produce tumo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Smith NC,Ovington KS,Deplazes P,Eckert J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of intermediate hosts with eggs of taeniid parasites results in a larval infestation known as cysticercosis. A number of studies have indicated that cysticercosis is associated with immunosuppression, although little is known about the mechanisms involved. In the present study, mice infected with the larvae ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Villa OF,Kuhn RE

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole (Lms) is an anthelminthic drug with immunomodulatory activity. Chagas disease (CD) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and there is very low access to the drugs available, benznidazole (Bz) and nifurtimox, both far from ideal. In a drug-repurposing strategy to test potential activity as antiparasitic and immunom...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rocha Simões-Silva M,Brandão Peres R,Britto C,Machado Cascabulho C,de Melo Oliveira G,Nefertiti da Gama A,França da Silva C,Lima da Costa K,Finamore Araújo P,Diego de Souza Campos J,Meuser Batista M,Cristina Demarque K,da Cruz Mo

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:We investigated spatial variation in the phylogenetic structure of host spectra in fleas parasitic on small mammals. Measures of phylogenetic host specificity ((phylogenetic species clustering (PSC) and phylogenetic species variability (PSV)) varied significantly more between than within flea species, but the proporti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Krasnov BR,Pilosof S,Shenbrot GI,Khokhlova IS,Degen AA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Described in the present study is a major component of the cell wall of 2 of the most pathogenic parasites of molluscs, Perkinsus atlanticus and P. marinus. The component is a high molecular weight protein (233 kDa), which we have named PWP-1 (for Perkinsus wall protein-1). Western blots, using a polyclonal serum gene...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Montes JF,Durfort M,Lladó A,García-Valero J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cats were repeatedly inoculated with infective larvae of Brugia pahangi. On parasitological grounds they could be divided into 5 groups. Group I--most cats (some 70%) became microfilaraemic (mf+) and retained high levels of microfilariae (mf) in their blood for over 2 years. In some Group I cats mf counts stabilized a...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Denham DA,Medeiros F,Baldwin C,Kumar H,Midwinter IC,Birch DW,Smail A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method has been devised to show that malaria parasites can be detected serologically in infected blood with a high degree of sensitivity. Using a murine malaria model, parasites were demonstrated in a solid-phase radio-immunoassay which measured antibody-binding inhibition. Lysed red blood cells (r.b.c.) were incuba...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mackey L,Perrin L,Leemans E,Lambert PH

更新日期：1980-02-01 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