Nematode parasites of Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Lutken, 1864) (Amphibia: Anura) with description of a new species of Rhabdias Stiles and Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India.

abstract：:A new species of dajid isopod in the genus Aspidophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883 is described from three females and one male found infesting the lateral carapace of Heteromysis (Olivemysis) actiniae Clarke, 1955 (Mysidae: Heteromysinae) associated with the corkscrew anemone Bartholomea annulata (Lesuer, 1817) (Anthozoa: Aipt...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Boyko CB,Williams JD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro study has been carried out to monitor changes to the female reproductive system in adult triclabendazole (TCBZ)-resistant Fasciola hepatica following treatment with a commercial preparation of myrrh ("Mirazid"). Flukes were immersed for 6 h and 24 h in myrrh extract at a concentration of 200 µg/ml, then pr...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Abdelaal MMO,Brennan GP,Hanna REB,Abdel-Aziz A,Fairweather I

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Theileria equi is an intra-erythrocytic apicomplexean protozoa that infect equines. Protein kinases (PK), key molecules of the apicomplexean life cycle, have been implicated as significant drug targets. The growth inhibitory efficacy of PK inhibitors against Theileria/Babesia animal parasites have not been...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Yadav J,Goel P,Mandal KD,Yadav R,Kumar N,Kumar R,Tripathi BN,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new genus and a new species of an ectoparasitic ergasilid (Copepoda, Ergasilidae) parasite of the red-tailed lambari, Astyanax fasciatus, from Jurumirim Reservoir (Upper Paranapanema River), São Paulo State, Brazil. METHODS:The host fish were collected using multi-panel gill nets. The gill of eac...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Narciso RB,Brandão H,Perbiche-Neves G,da Silva RJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hookworms, a group to which Ancylostoma ceylanicum belongs, are gastrointestinal nematodes that infect more than 700 million people around the world. They are a leading cause of anemia in developing countries. In order to effectively prevent hookworm infections research is conducted to develop an effective vaccine usi...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Wiśniewski M,Łapiński M,Daniłowicz-Luebert E,Jaros S,Długosz E,Wędrychowicz H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND : Tetraonchidae is a small and relatively monomorphic family of dactylogyroid monogeneans. Since the morphology of sclerites of the attachment organ (haptor) is one of the primary criteria in tetraonchid taxonomy, the confocal study of sclerites and associated musculature may provide valuable taxonomic info...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Petrov AA,Gerasev PI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tegument ultrastructure of the intestinal fluke Aphallus tubarium was studied for the first time with the use of scanning and transmission electron microscopy. New details on morphology were recorded. The ultrastructural study revealed that the tegument of A. tubarium had a syncytial organization with a distal cyt...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Antonelli L,Quilichini Y,Foata J,Marchand B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A parasitological investigation was performed on a total of 5380 Atlantic cod larvae, post-larvae and small juveniles sampled from the North Sea during a period of five years. The copepod Caligus elongatus (Von Nordmann, 1832) and the nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) were found at a relatively high p...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Mehrdana F,Bahlool QZ,Skovgaard A,Kuhn JA,Kania PW,Munk P,Buchmann K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of gamonts and sporulated oocysts of Goussia metchnikovi in the spleen of gudgeon, Gobio gobio from the river Lee, England is described. In developing microgamonts, small amylopectin granules were grouped centrally and nuclei were often arranged peripherally, close to the surface membrane. Nuclear c...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Ball SJ,Daszak P,Davies AJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new isosporoid coccidian species (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) is reported from the southern house wren Troglodytes musculus, a very well distributed species in South and Central America. Isospora corruirae sp. nov. oocysts are subspherical to ovoidal, 24.1 × 21.4 μm, with smooth, bilayered wall. Micropyle and...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： doBomfim Lopes B,Rodrigues MB,da Silva LM,Berto BP,Luz HR,Ferreira I,Lopes CW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a hemoprotozoan tick-borne disease with worldwide distribution that is caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi. There are studies reporting the presence of equine piroplasmosis in Turkey but the situation in Erzurum is unknown. The aim of the current study was to determine the situati...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Guven E,Avcioglu H,Deniz A,Balkaya İ,Abay U,Yavuz Ş,Akyüz M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we compared the prevalence of Demodex mites in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in one control group involving individuals of similar mean age. From each person we epilated 3-4 lashes from each eyelid and examined them under a microscope to find Demodex mites. In total 147 patients were exam...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Garbacewicz A,Jaworski J,Grytner-Zięcina B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the morphology of Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pintoi (Kohn et Fernandes, 1988), isolated from the intestine of Corydoras micracanthus Regan, 1912 and C. paleatus (Jenyns, 1842) (both Callichthyidae, Siluriformes) from Bermejo and Juramento River basins, respectively, province of Salta, Argenti...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Ailán-Choke LG,Ramallo G,Davies D

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric DNA vaccines co-expressing Eimeria acervulina macrophage migration inhibitory factor (E.MIF) and chicken IL-2 (IL-2) or interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were constructed and their efficacies against E. acervulina were evaluated. The open reading frame (ORF) of E.MIF was cloned from E. acervulina merozoites and subcloned ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Song X,Zhang R,Xu L,Yan R,Li X

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new feather mite species, Trouessartia sechellarum sp. n. (Astigmata: Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae), is described from the Seychelles magpie-robin Copsychus sechellarum (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), an endangered endemic passerine bird inhabiting the Seychelles Islands. The most clear features distinguishing this mi...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Mironov SV,Palma RL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this retrospective, population-based study was to characterize demographically and clinically cystic-echinococcosis (CE) in southern Israel, between 2005 and 2012. Newly-diagnosed (nd-CE) and past-diagnosed (pd-CE, diagnosed before the study) cases were defined. Two populations live in southern-Israel, rece...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Ben-Shimol S,Sagi O,Houri O,Bazarsky E,Berkowitz A,Bulkowstein S,Barrett C,Greenberg D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, two pairs of oligonucleotide primers were designed according to the nucleotide sequence of the internal transcribed spacers (ITSs) of Babesia bigemina and B. bovis isolates from China. The primers were used in a multiplex PCR to detect parasite DNA in blood samples from cattle. There was no cross reacti...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Liu J,Guan G,Liu A,Li Y,Yin H,Luo J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Larval stages of trombiculid mites infest a wide variety of wild and domestic animals. The most common clinical signs related with the presence of these parasites are alopecia, crusts, erythema, excoriation, erosion, papules, pustules and vesicles. Most of trombiculid infestations may not be perceived by the cl...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Ramilo DW,Costa P,Stekolnikov AA,Cláudio JM,Lourenço AM,Pereira da Fonseca I,Cardoso L

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:With the development of anthelmintic resistance of parastic nematodes, it is necessary to isolate and study nematophagous fungi to screen out the native isolates for their potential in the biocontrol of domestic animal nematodosis. This study aimed to isolate the Arthrobotrys sinense (Monacrosporium sinense) of nemato...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Xue YJ,Li EL,Jing CX,Ma L,Cai KZ

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE : The present study aimed to investigate the amoebicidal and amoebistatic efects of Artemisia argyi leaf methanolic extract by testing the effects on trophozoites and on cysts. We also determined cytotoxic effect, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant activities, total phenolic, lavonoid and antioxidative co...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kolören O,Kolören Z,Şekeroğlu ZA,Çolayvaz M,Karanis P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fish parasites can cause diseases in humans and lead to commercial losses in fisheries and aquaculture. The objectives of this study were to analyze E. ongus's parasite fauna regarding food safety and parasite transmission risk between Epinephelus species and test whether E.ongus populations can be distinguishe...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Koepper S,Nuryati S,Palm HW,Theisen S,Wild C,Yulianto I,Kleinertz S

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria and responsible for considerable economic loss in the livestock and poultry industries. Resistance to the current anticoccidial drugs is now a major challenge to efforts to control the disease, and this has stimulated the...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Abdel-Tawab H,Abdel-Haleem HM,Abdel-Baki AS,Al-Quraishy S,El-Mallah AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the summer of 2013, several specimens of Phoenicopterus chilensis (Phoenicopteridae) were found dead from unknown causes, in lakes from the endorheic system "Encadenadas del Oeste", Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Two species of Nematoda were recovered from the proventriculus, one of them new for science. The...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Núñez V,Drago FB,Digiani MC,Lunaschi LI

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis is an ubiquitous flagellate that infects humans and many species of animals. This species exhibits great biotypic and genetic diversity. In the present study, we established short- and long-term in vitro cultures of G. duodenalis trophozoites originating from red deer and Thomson's gazelle (artiodac...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Solarczyk P,Majewska AC,Słodkowicz-Kowalska A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancylostoma ceylanicum belongs to a group of soil-transmitted helminths, which infect almost 576 mln people worldwide and are a major cause of anaemia and malnutrition. Upon contact with a permissive host, third-stage larvae (L3) residing in the environment become activated larvae (ssL3), a process associated with cha...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Siwińska AM,Bąska P,Daniłowicz-Luebert E,Januszkiewicz K,Długosz E,Wędrychowicz H,Cappello M,Wiśniewski M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis, caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is one of the world's most dangerous zoonosis and an emerging disease with growing incidence in humans. The disease has been reported in new areas and host species in the last two decades, and the primary hosts of the parasite - red fox, gold...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Sindičić M,Bujanić M,Štimac I,Martinković F,Tuškan N,Špehar M,Konjević D

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leishmaniasis, as one of the most important vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, can be seen in different forms and is more prevalent in developing countries worldwide. Due to the absence of effective strategies in its prevention, treatment, and control, investigation of effective control strategies against the ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Namavari M,Namazi F,Asadi-Manesh R,Hosseini MH,Nazifi S,Asadpour M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During July 2011, a single Cordillera striped shrew-rat (Chrotomys whiteheadi) was collected from the Philippines and its faeces examined for coccidian parasites. It harboured an eimerian that we describe here as new. Oocysts of Eimeria macarthuri sp. n. were spheroidal to subspheroidal with a bi-layered wall and meas...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： McAllister CT,Seville RS,Duszynski DW,Bush SE

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal coccidian parasites are intracellular protozoa most frequently transmitted during food-borne and water-borne infections. This group of parasites is responsible for acute diarrhoeal illnesses especially among immunocompromised patients. However, they are more frequently detected in immunocompetent individual...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kłudkowska M,Pielok Ł,Frąckowiak K,Paul M

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and distribution of canine babesiosis and hepatozoonosis in the south of Romania as well as to assess if there are differences in the prevalence between regions in that area. METHODS:Blood samples from 300 dogs from the south of Romania were screened for the...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Cimpan AA,Nachum-Biala Y,Ben-Shitrit B,Miron L,Baneth G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00