Soil-transmitted helminth infections in school children from Cocle Province, Republic of Panama.

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. NCC has a long asymptomatic period with little or no inflammation, and the sequential progression to symptomatic NCC depends upon the intense inflammation associate...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alvarez JI,Mishra BB,Gundra UM,Mishra PK,Teale JM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycogen stores of adult Schistosoma mansoni worms could be labelled by incubation of the worms, after an initial reduction of their glycogen content, in the presence of [6-14C]glucose. Subsequent breakdown of the labelled glycogen by the parasite revealed that glycogen was degraded to lactate and carbon dioxide. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tielens AG,Celik C,Van den Heuvel JM,Elfring RH,Van den Bergh SG

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in domestic and peridomestic Triatoma infestans and Triatoma sordida specimens collected in a well-defined rural area in Pampa del Indio, northeastern Argentina. Microscopically-positive bugs were randomly selected with a multi-level sampli...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maffey L,Cardinal MV,Ordóñez-Krasnowski PC,Lanati LA,Lauricella MA,Schijman AG,Gürtler RE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dipstick dot ELISA for detection of Taenia-specific coproantigens was developed. The test was based on a sandwich ELISA using antibodies raised against adult Taenia solium. Antibodies were absorbed to nitrocellulose paper previously adhered to acetate plastic to form dipsticks. Once blocked with 5% skimmed milk and ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Allan JC,Mencos F,Garcia-Noval J,Sarti E,Flisser A,Wang Y,Liu D,Craig PS

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:Steroids have been shown to be beneficial in patients and mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection; however, the mechanism for this beneficial effect is unknown. We speculated that the effect of steroids in eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis infection may be media...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tsai HC,Chen YH

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective immunity against larval Taenia crassiceps has been shown to rely on T cells; however, the roles of the specific subsets of T cells during infection are not known. To investigate a possible role for gamma delta T cells, this study investigated larval infection in delta-chain knock-out C57BL/6 (deltaKO) and w...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Toenjes SA,Spolski RJ,Mooney KA,Kuhn RE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertically transmitted parasites (VTPs) such as Wolbachia are expected not only to minimize the damage they inflict on their hosts, but also to protect their hosts against the damaging effects of coinfecting parasites. By modifying the fitness costs of the infection, VTPs can therefore play an important role in the ev...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Zélé F,Denoyelle J,Duron O,Rivero A

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:The 'Muguga cocktail' live vaccine, delivered by an infection and treatment protocol, has been widely deployed in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa to protect cattle against East Coast fever, caused by Theileria parva. The vaccine contains 3 component stocks (Muguga, Serengeti-transformed and Kiambu 5). In a previo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Oura CA,Bishop R,Asiimwe BB,Spooner P,Lubega GW,Tait A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a major cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent of the 4 human Plasmodium species causing malaria, is potentially life threatening, is increasing in prevalence and is becoming even more resistant to in-use drugs. In light of the growing problem of mult...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mahajan SS,Kamath VR,Ghatpande SS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of genetic methods allows the delineation of species boundaries, especially in organisms where morphological characters are not reliable to differentiate species. However, few empirical studies have used these tools to delineate species among parasitic metazoans. Here we investigate the species ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pérez-Ponce DE León G,García-Varela M,Pinacho-Pinacho CD,Sereno-Uribe AL,Poulin R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of facilities in which customers make contact with cats before eating and drinking, called 'cat cafés', has recently increased in Tokyo, Japan. In a survey to clarify the possibility of zoonotic transmission in Giardia duodenalis, the infection rates of G. duodenalis in 321 stool samples of cats from 16 cat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Suzuki J,Murata R,Kobayashi S,Sadamasu K,Kai A,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In South America, visceral leishmaniasis is frequently caused by Leishmania infantum and, at an unknown frequency, by Leishmania amazonensis. Therefore, mixed infections with these organisms are possible. Mixed infections might affect the clinical course, immune response, diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of the d...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： DE Lima Celeste JL,Venuto Moura AP,França-Silva JC,Matos DE Sousa G,Oliveira Silva S,Norma Melo M,Luiz Tafuri W,Carvalho Souza C,Monteiro DE Andrade H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporulated oocysts or oocyst hulls of Eimeria acervulina given via the crop, and oocyst juice or sporozoites inoculated directly into the intestinal lumen, were tested for their effects on the hypersensitivity of the intestines of immunized and susceptible birds. Only viable sporozoites consistently caused an increase...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rose ME,Long PL,Bradley JW

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of different incubation media and of temperature on the induction of water sensitivity has been investigated in intact and tailless Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. Removal of the cercarial tail by vortex stirring and elevation of the temperature of the medium from 27 to 37 degrees C resulted in the rapid ons...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ramalho-Pinto FJ,Gazzinelli G,Howells RE,Pellegrino J

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteases of pathogenic protozoan parasites play pivotal roles in the life cycle of parasites, but strict regulation of their activities is also essential for maintenance of parasite physiology and interaction with hosts. In this study, we identified and characterized cryptostatin, a novel inhibitor of cystei...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kang JM,Ju HL,Yu JR,Sohn WM,Na BK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) has a crucial role for host defence against parasite infection. It is not clear, however, how IFN-gamma affects the parasite-infected host cells. The effect of IFN-gamma on Neospora caninum-infected cells was investigated in murine fibroblasts and canine kidney cells in vitro. In the prese...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Nishikawa Y,Mishima M,Nagasawa H,Igarashi I,Fujisaki K,Otsuka H,Mikami T

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Several approaches were adopted for the disruption and removal of the tegumental surface from protoscoleces of the horse strain of the hydatid organism, Echinococcus granulosus. The effectiveness of each method and the purity of subsequent microthrix-enriched fractions obtained by differential centrifugation were eval...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McManus DP,Barrett NJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinically useful antibacterial drugs have intracellular target sites. Therefore, in order to reach their targets, these compounds must be able to cross bacterial outer and cytoplasmic membranes. Considerable information is available on the mechanisms by which antibiotics cross bacterial membranes and, in many ca...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chopra I

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary urea supplementation and of a 10-week trickle infection regime, simulating chronic exposure to Haemonchus contortus, on the zymogenic population of the abomasa of Hampshire Down lambs was examined. At necropsy a variety of parameters including plasma pepsinogen concentration, the wet weights of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Scott I,Stear MJ,Irvine J,Dick A,Wallace DS,McKellar QA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An M13 phage random 12-mers peptide library was used to screen cathepsin L mimotopes of Fasciola hepatica and to evaluate their immunogenicity in sheep. Seven clones showed positive reactivity to a rabbit anti-cathepsin L1/L2 antiserum in ELISA, and their amino acid sequences deduced by DNA sequencing were tentatively...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Villa-Mancera A,Quiroz-Romero H,Correa D,Ibarra F,Reyes-Pérez M,Reyes-Vivas H,López-Velázquez G,Gazarian K,Gazarian T,Alonso RA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 7 genetic assemblages of the parasite Giardia duodenalis only 2 (A and B) are known to cause infections in humans. These assemblages have been characterized in detail at the genomic level but few studies have examined differences in the proteins expressed. Employing one and two-dimensional PAGE we have identifi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Steuart RF,O'Handley R,Lipscombe RJ,Lock RA,Thompson RC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona are protozoan parasites with terrestrial definitive hosts, and both pathogens can cause fatal disease in a wide range of marine animals. Close monitoring of threatened southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) in California allowed for the diagnosis of dual transplacental tr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shapiro K,Miller MA,Packham AE,Aguilar B,Conrad PA,Vanwormer E,Murray MJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of host specificity and the potential trade-off between being a generalist and a specialist are central issues in the evolutionary ecology of parasites. Different species of parasites or even different populations of the same species often show different degrees of host specificity. However, less is know...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Leung TL,Poulin R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycans at the surface of adult Schistosoma mansoni were investigated with gold-labelled lectins. The fragile complex of the glycans with the outer membranes could be preserved for electron microscopy by avoiding extensive pre-fixation with aldehydes and by introducing osmium-ferrocyanide as a membrane fixative. Male ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Schmidt J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by larval Echinococcus granulosus is usually characterized by tight inflammatory control. However, various degrees of chronic granulomatous inflammation are also observed, reaching a high point in infection of cattle by the most prevalent parasite strain worldwide, which is not well adapted to this host spec...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Basika T,Muñoz N,Casaravilla C,Irigoín F,Batthyány C,Bonilla M,Salinas G,Pacheco JP,Roth J,Durán R,Díaz A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanism of action and compared the anthelmintic efficacy of cysteine proteinases from papaya, pineapple, fig, kiwi fruit and Egyptian milkweed in vitro using the rodent gastrointestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus. Within a 2 h incubation period, all the cysteine proteinases, with the exceptio...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stepek G,Buttle DJ,Duce IR,Lowe A,Behnke JM

更新日期：2005-02-01 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