First report of typical Brazilian Toxoplasma gondii genotypes from isolates of free-range chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) circulating in the state of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil.

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is of public health and veterinary importance causing severe diseases in immunocompromised individuals including HIV/AIDS patients and in congenital cases and animals. There is limited information on the epidemiology of T. gondii infection in humans, particularly HIV patients and food animals and the...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pappoe F,Cheng W,Wang L,Li Y,Obiri-Yeboah D,Nuvor SV,Ambachew H,Hu X,Luo Q,Chu D,Xu Y,Shen J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to genetically characterize and phylogenetically analyze the Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from exotic birds commercialized in popular markets, commercial aviaries, and pet shops located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fecal samples from individually housed birds were collected and subjected t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gomes RS,Huber F,da Silva S,do Bomfim TC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hydatidosis is characterized by a prolonged coexistence of Echinococcus granulosus and its host without effective rejection of the parasite. This parasitic infection constitutes a major health problem in Algeria. In this study, we investigated in vivo production of nitrite (NO(2)(-) + NO(3)(-)) in sera of Algeri...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zeghir-Bouteldja R,Amri M,Bouaziz S,Mezioug D,Touil-Boukoffa C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under natural conditions, eukaryote cells may contain bacteria. Arthropods such as ticks, insects or mites are a group particularly favoured by the obligate intracellular bacteria. While arthropods are vectors for some of them, other bacteria inhabit invertebrate host cells having entered mutualistic interactions. Suc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rymaszewska A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosema ceranae is a ubiquitous microsporidian pathogen infecting the midgut of honey bees. The infection causes bee nosemosis, a disease associated with malnutrition, dysentery, and lethargic behavior, and results in considerable economic losses in apiculture. The use of a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive DNA-based m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lannutti L,Mira A,Basualdo M,Rodriguez G,Erler S,Silva V,Gisder S,Genersch E,Florin-Christensen M,Schnittger L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease (CD) is a tropical zoonosis caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Severe autonomic dysfunction like reduced cardiac catecholamine-containing or acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation have been reported in CD. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) seems to participate in the regulation of adrenal catech...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miranda AS,Camargos ERS,Marzano LAS,Marzano ACS,da Silva Oliveira B,Ferreira RN,Martinelli PM,Teixeira AL,Rachid MA,Simões E Silva AC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis (syn. G. intestinalis, G. lamblia) is an intestinal protozoan parasite that infects humans and a wide range of mammals that includes dogs. Highly significant genetic heterogeneity has been found within this species, while only genotypes from assemblages A and B have zoonotic potential. Although Giar...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Solarczyk P,Majewska AC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new and four previously described species of Annulotrema were collected from the gills of four species (three genera, i.e. Alestes, Hydrocynus and Brycinus) of African tetras from Lake Turkana, Kenya: Annulotrema alestesnursi Paperna, 1973 from Brycinus nurse; Annulotrema ansatum n. sp., Annulotrema besalis Řehul...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kičinjaová ML,Blažek R,Gelnar M,Řehulková E

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the emergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in 2011, 21,397 culicoid biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from targeted and non-targeted sampling activities carried out during the summer months of 2011 to 2013 and in late 2014 in various regions in Germany were analyzed for the virus by real-time RT-PCR. ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kameke D,Werner D,Hoffmann B,Lutz W,Kampen H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermiogenesis of the pseudophyllidean tapeworm Eubothrium crassum has been described by the aid of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. Initially, early spermatids form a distal cytoplasmic protrusion, a differentiation zone containing a small electron-dense, apically oriented region. Out of this regi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Brunanská M,Nebesárová J,Scholz T,Fagerholm HP

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence and genotypes of Cryptosporidium parasite in 50 brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) inhabiting an urban area of Japan. Fecal samples collected from the animals were examined by an immuno-fluorescence assay (IFA). Genomic DNA was extracted directly from fecal sample of each animal and nested P...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kimura A,Edagawa A,Okada K,Takimoto A,Yonesho S,Karanis P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites of managed bees can disrupt the colony success of the host, but also influence local bee-parasite dynamics, which is regarded as a threat for wild bees. Therapeutic measures have been suggested to improve the health of managed bees, for instance, exploiting the bees' RNA interference (RNAi) pathway to treat ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Sousa Pereira K,Piot N,Smagghe G,Meeus I

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the fundamental factors influencing the epidemiology of wildlife disease is essential to determining the impact of disease on individual health and population dynamics. The host-pathogen-environment relationship of the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) and the parasitic hookworm, Uncinari...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Marcus AD,Higgins DP,Gray R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence data of Leishmania infantum infection in cats are characterized by a large variability mainly attributed to the differences in diagnostic techniques. In the absence of consensus about the method of choice for diagnosing feline leishmaniosis, the performance of a new immunofluorescence antibody test (IFA...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Iatta R,Trerotoli P,Lucchese L,Natale A,Buonavoglia C,Nachum-Biala Y,Baneth G,Otranto D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to reveal genomic diversity formed during parthenogenetic reproduction of rediae of the trematode Himasthla elongata in its molluskan host Littorina littorea. We applied amplification fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) to determine the genomic diversity of individual cercariae within the clo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Galaktionov NK,Podgornaya OI,Strelkov PP,Galaktionov KV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During infections, Giardia lamblia undergoes a continuous change of its major surface antigens, the variant-specific surface proteins (VSPs). Many studies on antigenic variation have been performed using G. lamblia clone GS/M-83-H7, which expresses surface antigen VSP H7. The present study was focused on the identific...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bienz M,Siles-Lucas M,Müller N

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcocystis sarcocysts are common in muscles of herbivores but are rare in muscles of carnivores. Here, we report sarcocysts in the muscles of a gray wolf (Canis lupus) from Alaska, USA, for the first time. Sarcocysts extracted from the tongue of the wolf were up to 900 μm long and slender and appeared to have a relat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Calero-Bernal R,Cerqueira-Cézar CK,Verma SK,Mowery J,Carmena D,Beckmen K,Dubey JP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loa loa, a filarial worm, can cause fatal encephalitis in humans. In an attempt to find alternatives to the standard treatments (ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine citrate), we tested 12 methanolic extracts of nine traditional plant remedies. The extracts (100-0.09 microg/ml) were incubated with 20 Loa loa microfilaria...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mengome LE,Akue JP,Souza A,Feuya Tchoua GR,Nsi Emvo E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probolocoryphe species occur primarily as intestinal parasites of birds and mammals. Infection of the crab Nanosesarma minutum with the metacercarial cyst stages of Probolocoryphe uca is common in Kuwait Bay. In this study, the snail Cerithidea cingulata was used to determine if it would serve as first intermediate ho...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Al-Kandari WY,Al-Bustan SA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine embryonic development in the caryophyllidean tapeworm Khawia sinensis has been investigated using transmission electron microscopy and cytochemical staining with periodic acid-thiosemicarbazide-silver proteinate for glycogen. Contrary to previous light microscopy findings that reported the release of non-...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bruňanská M,Mackiewicz JS,Młocicki D,Swiderski Z,Nebesářová J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), commonly used for cryoprotection or for the solvation of cytoskeleton-modifying drugs, causes changes in the topology of the plasma membrane of the tegumental brush border in the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta; however, relatively long exposures of high concentrations are required. In tapewor...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Forman LA,Oaks JA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplementary feeding is widely used in game management but may aid the transmission of parasites. Firstly, feeding sites attract animals and may be regarded as high-risk areas for parasite transmission. Secondly, high host population densities resulting from and supported by supplementary feeding, as well as accumula...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Oja R,Velström K,Moks E,Jokelainen P,Lassen B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eimeria spp. multiply within the intestinal tract causing severe inflammatory responses. Chitosan (CS), meanwhile, has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory activities in different experimental models. Here, we investigated the effect of CS on the outcome of inflammation caused by Eimeria papillata in the mouse inte...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdel-Latif M,Abdel-Haleem HM,Abdel-Baki AA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problems of parasite resistance, as well as the toxic residues to most of the commercially available antipiroplasmic drugs severely weaken their effective, curative, and environmental safe employment. Therefore, it is clear that the development of treatment options for piroplasmosis is vital for improving disease ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Batiha GE,Tayebwa DS,Beshbishy AM,N'Da DD,Yokoyama N,Igarashi I

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) production by peritoneal macrophages was evaluated in Calomys callosus and Swiss mice during the course of infection with two strains of Trypanosoma cruzi. In C. callosus, no NO production was detected throughout the period of observation in animals infected with either parasite strain, except for a ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Oliveira L,Borges MM,Leal RC,Assreuy J,Kloetzel JK

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work aimed at studying the possible association of HLA antigens with Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar asymptomatic infection in a Mexican mestizo population. A case-control design was selected for evaluation of the role of genetic markers in parasite infection. For this purpose the HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-DR ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Valdez E,del Carmen Martínez M,Gómez A,Cedillo R,Arellano J,Pérez ME,Ramos F,Morán P,González E,Valenzuela O,Melendro EI,Ramiro M,Kretschmer R,Muñoz O,Ximénez C

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzimidazole anthelmintics are widely used against nematode, cestode and trematode parasites. The drugs undergo several enzyme-mediated reactions within the host animal that produce a number of metabolites. Although it has been shown that certain helminths, including Fasciola hepatica, can metabolise albendazole, not...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Robinson MW,Lawson J,Trudgett A,Hoey EM,Fairweather I

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One cDNA clone was purified from an adult Clonorchis sinensis cDNA library, and its deduced polypeptide sequence was found to be homologous with myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) of invertebrates and vertebrates. Two amino-acid residues, Thr and Ser, were conserved at the phosphorylation sites that regulate the fun...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kwon YD,Cho PY,Hong SJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suckling rabbits from six litters were orally inoculated at various ages with oocysts of Eimeria flavescens or Eimeria intestinalis. The total number of oocysts in the ceca served to estimate parasite reproduction. The rabbits at 14 and 16 days old remained uninfected, and in 19-day-old animals, low or no oocyst shedd...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pakandl M,Hlásková L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seasonal investigation on the occurrence of fishborne zoonotic trematodes (FZT) in economically important mono-cultured hybrid catfish and giant gouramy was conducted in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Fish from carp poly-culture and intensive small-scale integrated vegetable-aquaculture-animal husbandry farming (VAC) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thien PC,Dalsgaard A,Thanh BN,Olsen A,Murrell KD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00