Are we ready for Taenia solium cysticercosis elimination in sub-Saharan Africa?

abstract：:An 8-point visual index was developed for Oil Red O staining of neutral lipids in infective juveniles (IJs) of Steinernema carpocapsae (A11), S. riobravis (Biosys 355), S. feltiae (UK76) and S. glaseri (NC). The visual index was found to be a reliable and rapid method for determining the relative neutral lipid content...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Patel MN,Stolinski M,Wright DJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence factors from the ROP2-family have been extensively studied in Toxoplasma gondii, but in the closely related Neospora caninum only NcROP2Fam-1 has been partially characterized to date. NcROP40 is a member of this family and was found to be more abundantly expressed in virulent isolates. Both NcROP2Fam-1 and N...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pastor-Fernández I,Regidor-Cerrillo J,Jiménez-Ruiz E,Álvarez-García G,Marugán-Hernández V,Hemphill A,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of adult Schistosoma mansoni originating from Guadeloupe (West Indies) was analysed in the natural host Rattus rattus in experimental and natural infections. A transfer of schistosomes from the porto-mesenteric system to the lungs occurs between the 4th and the 20th weeks post-infection, with a peak b...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Imbert-Establet D,Combes C

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri shows enhanced survival in mice with colitis. As the antibody response plays an important role in antiparasitic immunity, antibodies against male and female L4 H. polygyrus were examined in mice with and without colitis. Levels of specific antibodies in th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maruszewska-Cheruiyot M,Donskow-Łysoniewska K,Krawczak K,Szewczak L,Joachimiak E,Doligalska M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merocyanin 540 (Mc540) is a fluorescent compound which is thought to bind to membranes in which there are substantial amounts of lipid in the lipid-crystalline phase. It is shown here to be of value in detecting the transformation by both mechanical and skin-penetration methods of the cercaria to the schistosomulum. T...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Foley M,Kusel JR,Garland PB

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-gated chloride channels (LGCCs) are key components of the nervous system of parasitic nematodes and important targets for anthelmintics. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of a novel member of the LGCC gene family (HcLGCC1) from the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus. Sequence analysis re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Forrester SG,Siddiqui SZ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligosaccharides are broadly present on Leishmania cell surfaces. They can be useful for the leishmaniases diagnosis and also helpful in identifying new cell markers for the disease. The disaccharide Galα1-3Galβ is the immunodominant saccharide in Leishmania cell surface and is the unique non-reducing terminal glycosp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： de Souza LMB,Thomaz Soccol V,Petterle RR,Bates MD,Bates PA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The individual and combined effects of cadmium (Cd) and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126) on the antibody response of fish against metazoan parasites were tested. Eels experimentally infected with the swim bladder nematode Anguillicola crassus were exposed to sublethal concentrations of Cd and PCB 126. Cd was ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sures B,Knopf K

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:Anti-trypanosomiasis vaccination still remains the best theoretical option in the fight against a disease that is continuously hovering between its wildlife reservoir and its reservoir in man and livestock. While antigenic variation of the parasite surface coat has been considered the major obstacle in the development...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Magez S,Caljon G,Tran T,Stijlemans B,Radwanska M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engorged Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from sheep resident in an upland UK field site were significantly lighter than nymphs that engorged on previously tick-naïve sheep, indicating that site-resident sheep continually exposed to ticks acquired anti-tick resistance. The weights of engorged nymphs that fed on natural...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ogden NH,Casey AN,French NP,Adams JD,Woldehiwet Z

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is suspected that host-parasite interactions are influenced by climatic oscillations such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). However, the effects of climatic oscillations on host-parasite interactions have never been investigated. A long-term (1982-1999) dataset of the host snail Lymnaea stagnalis and tremato...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Doi H,Yurlova NI

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current World Health Organization strategic plan targets the elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem by 2025 and accurate diagnostics will play a pivotal role in achieving this goal. DNA-based detection methods provide a viable alternative to some of the commonly used tests, notably microscopy an...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Weerakoon KG,Gordon CA,Cai P,Gobert GN,Duke M,Williams GM,McManus DP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small RNAs are important regulators of gene expression. They were first identified in Caenorhabditis elegans, but it is now apparent that the main small RNA silencing pathways are functionally conserved across diverse organisms. Availability of genome data for an increasing number of parasitic nematodes has enabled bi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Britton C,Laing R,Devaney E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni were incubated in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% fetal calf serum, 10% human portal venous or 10% human peripheral venous sera in the presence of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) in order to measure differences in cell proliferation. The rates of cell proliferation as expressed by BrdU la...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shaker YM,Wu CH,el-Shobaki FA,Ashour E,Khattab HM,Draz HM,Kamel R,Wu GY

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species composition of wild reservoir hosts can influence the transmission and maintenance of multi-host vector borne pathogens. The 'pace of life' hypothesis proposes that the life history strategy of reservoir hosts can influence pathogen transmission of vector borne generalist pathogens. We use empirical data to pa...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Erazo D,Cordovez J,Cabrera C,Calzada JE,Saldaña A,Gottdenker NL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelodera strongyloides larvae were found in the conjunctival sacs of Apodemus sylvaticus and Clethrionomys glareolus and in hair follicles of A. sylvaticus. Those in the eyes were 3rd-stage larvae while most of those in the dermis were early 4th stages. There was no evidence of pathology and sections of the skin showe...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hominick WM,Aston AJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harnessing the full utility of extensive gene sequences recently available for the economically important sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, requires the adaptation of modern molecular biology approaches to this non-model organism. Using a putative microsomal prostaglandin E synthase type-2 (PGES2) as a candidate gen...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Campbell EM,Pert CC,Bowman AS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematophagous fungi are used in the biological control of the parasitic helminths of animals and plants. The association of ovicidal and predator nematophagous fungi may present a complementary and increased action on the biological control of helminths. Joint growth compatibility and predation tests were carried out ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Vieira ÍS,Oliveira IC,Campos AK,Araújo JV

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesiculated protoscoleces (VP) were produced by culturing freshly collected protoscoleces from Echinococcus granulosus horse liver hydatids in RPMI 1640 monophasic medium at 37 degrees C for 18 days. Half of the VP were used as such, the other half used after killing them by freeze-thawing. Nine-day-old chicken heart ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Janssen D,De Rycke PH,De Ridder L

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite transmission can be altered via the removal of parasites by the ambient communities in which parasite-host interactions take place. However, the mechanisms driving parasite removal remain poorly understood. Using marine trematode cercariae as a model system, we investigated the effects of consumer and host bo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Welsh JE,Hempel A,Markovic M,van der Meer J,Thieltges DW

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Dr David Livingstone died on May 1st 1873. He was 60 years old and had spent much of the previous 30 years walking across large stretches of Southern Africa, exploring the terrain he hoped could provide new environments in which Europeans and Africans could cohabit on equal terms and bring prosperity to a part of the ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Barrett MP,Giordani F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome was determined for the fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum. This genome is 13,608 bp in length and encodes 12 protein-coding genes (but lacks the atp8), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) and 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, corresponding to the gene complement found thus...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Park JK,Kim KH,Kang S,Jeon HK,Kim JH,Littlewood DT,Eom KS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deterministic mathematical model which predicts the probability of developing a new drug-resistant parasite population within the human host is reported. The model incorporates the host's specific antibody response to PfEMP1, and also investigates the influence of chemotherapy on the probability of developing a viab...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gatton ML,Hogarth W,Saul A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to oxidative stress is a well-established feature of the malarial parasite. Pharmacologists have taken advantage of this property to design highly effective pro-oxidant antimalarial drugs. Less well appreciated is the fact that nutritional manipulation of host oxidative stress status by dietary means ca...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Levander OA,Ager AL Jr

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycolytic enzyme triosephosphate isomerase catalyses the isomerization between glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. Here we report that Trichomonas vaginalis contains 2 fully functional tpi genes. Both genes are located in separated chromosomal context with different promoter regulatory elem...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Figueroa-Angulo EE,Estrella-Hernández P,Salgado-Lugo H,Ochoa-Leyva A,Gómez Puyou A,Campos SS,Montero-Moran G,Ortega-López J,Saab-Rincón G,Arroyo R,Benítez-Cardoza CG,Brieba LG

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hymenolepis microstoma from secondary infections in mice were found to grow initially more slowly than H. microstoma from primary infections. Eventually a similar rate of growth was attained by both kinds of worm. After transplantation, young worms (less than or equal to 4 days old) grew more slowly in previously infe...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Howard RJ

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission-blocking monoclonal antibody 13.1, which recognizes the ookinete surface antigen Pbs21 of Plasmodium berghei, and an IgG2a isotype control antibody 26.37 were purified by caprylic acid and ammonium sulphate precipitation. Fab fragments were prepared by papain digestion. IgG but not Fab from antibody 1...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ranawaka GR,Alejo-Blanco AR,Sinden RE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrogametogony and the formation of the oocyst wall has been examined in Eimeria acervulina. Macrogametes develop within a parasitophorous vacuole. Within the cytoplasm can be observed wall-forming bodies of Type I (WFBI) and Type II (WFBII), a nucleus, mitochondria, canaliculi and polysaccharide granules. WFBII are ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pittilo RM,Ball SJ

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00