What helminth genomes have taught us about parasite evolution.

abstract：:American trypanosamiasis occurs in nature as a sylvatic cycle, where Trypanosoma cruzi interacts with wild triatomines and mammalian reservoirs, such as marsupials, rodents, armadillos and other animals. Due to difficulties in trying to isolate T. cruzi stocks from the sylvatic cycle, very few studies have been perfor...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fernandes O,Mangia RH,Lisboa CV,Pinho AP,Morel CM,Zingales B,Campbell DA,Jansen AM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Little is known about the effects of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, on its tick vectors. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavioural and ecological effects of infection by the bacterium in nymphal and adult black-legged (Ixodes scapularis) ticks. We found th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lefcort H,Durden LA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparatus for artificial feeding of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphae was modified to improve feeding performance. Heparinized blood was supplied above a treated artificial membrane while the ticks attached below on its undersurface. The feeding apparatus was incubated at 37 degrees C in an atmosphere of 3% CO2 ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Waladde SM,Young AS,Mwaura SN,Njihia GN,Mwakima FN

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of a broader program dealing with the symbiotic associations of apple snails, we sampled three species that coexist in Lake Regatas (Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina). The population of Asolene platae, (but not those of Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea scalaris) showed trematode larvae (echinocercariae ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dellagnola FA,Montes MM,Martorelli SR,Vega IA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of the 18S small subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA of Hammondia hammondi and Sarcocystis mucosa was obtained and compared to SSU rDNA sequences of Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii, Besnoitia besnoiti, 2 species of Frenkelia, 3 species of Isospora, and 13 species of Sarcocystis. Analyses showed that ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jenkins MC,Ellis JT,Liddell S,Ryce C,Munday BL,Morrison DA,Dubey JP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philasterides dicentrarchi causes a severe disease in turbot, and at present there are no drugs available to treat infected fish. We have previously demonstrated that, in addition to the classical respiratory pathway, P. dicentrarchi possesses an alternative mitochondrial respiratory pathway that is cyanide-insensitiv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mallo N,Lamas J,Leiro JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile salts have been identified as an important trigger for excystation of Cryptosporidium oocysts but the hierarchy or synergism of this signal in relation to other triggers involved in excystation is poorly understood. In addition to excystation, bile salts have also been reported to increase the invasiveness of spo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： King BJ,Keegan AR,Phillips R,Fanok S,Monis PT

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta-1,3-glucan-binding lectin from the penetration glands of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum cercariae was isolated by affinity chromatography using yeast glucan and curdlan as affinity matrices. Further purification to homogeneity was performed by cation-exchange chromatography. The protein migrated as a double band ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mikes L,Man P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against Neospora caninum tachyzoites were produced to identify the cross-reactive antigens between N. caninum and Toxoplasma gondii. Ten mAbs recognizing cross-reactive antigens of both parasites were obtained and tentatively classified into 6 different groups based on their reactiv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Liao M,Xuan X,Huang X,Shirafuji H,Fukumoto S,Hirata H,Suzuki H,Fujisaki K

更新日期：2005-05-01 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 behaviour and development of Elasmosoma sp., near pergandei Ashm. (Neoneurinae: Braconidae: Hymenoptera), a parasite of the ant, Formica obscuriventris clivia Creighton, was studied in a coastal sand dune habitat in central Oregon over a 2-year period. Female wasps oviposited into the abdomen of major worker ants ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Poinar G Jr

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithodoros moubata ticks were fed on blood infected with Babesia equi. However, the parasites were quickly cleared as evidenced by the disappearance of B. equi-specific ribosomal RNA from the ticks. We hypothesized that if the Babesia parasite can escape midgut-associated barriers a non-vector tick can become infect...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Battsetseg B,Matsuo T,Xuan X,Boldbaatar D,Chee SH,Umemiya R,Sakaguchi T,Hatta T,Zhou J,Verdida AR,Taylor D,Fujisaki K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitellogenin synthesis by the fat body has been monitored using in vitro culture and immunoprecipitation. This system was found to be efficient for measuring vitellogenin production in both non-infected Tenebrio molitor and those infected with Hymenolepis diminuta. In fat bodies from infected beetles, vitellogenin pro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Webb TJ,Hurd H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymorphic set of 14 kDa excretory-secretory (E-S) antigen-encoding cDNAs, with similarity to a previously characterized 15 kDa E-S antigen of Haemonchus contortus, was cloned from Cooperia punctata. Five cDNAs encoding predicted proteins of 70-80% identity were sequenced. Genomic analyses of individuals proved the...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yatsuda AP,De Vries E,Vieira Bressan MC,Eysker M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes morphological changes during capsule formation of Trichinella spiralis with emphasis on nuclei within the capsule. The nuclei of the pre-existing muscle cell may become hypertrophied or degrade soon after the entrance of newborn larvae. Cytoplasm associated with these hypertrophied nuclei was baso...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Matsuo A,Wu Z,Nagano I,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:The molecular phylogeny and morphology of the oxyuroid nematode genus Aspiculuris from voles and house mice has been examined. Worms collected from Myodes glareolus in Poland, Eire and the UK are identified as Aspiculuris tianjinensis, previously known only from China, while worms from Mus musculus from a range of loc...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Behnke JM,Stewart A,Bajer A,Grzybek M,Harris PD,Lowe A,Ribas A,Smales L,Vandegrift KJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystoisospora belli is a coccidian protozoan that can cause chronic diarrhoea, acalculous cholecystitis and cholangiopathy in AIDS patients. We applied molecular methods to identify Cystoisospora at species level in AIDS patients presenting with and without the presence of unizoites in lamina propria. Coprological and...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Velásquez JN,Osvaldo GA,Di Risio C,Etchart C,Chertcoff AV,Perissé GE,Carnevale S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many marine fisheries in South American Atlantic coasts (SAAC) are threatened by overfishing and under serious risk of collapsing. The SAAC comprises a diversity of environments, possesses a complex oceanography and harbours a vast biodiversity that provide an enormous potential for using parasites as biological tags ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cantatore DM,Timi JT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to diclazuril was induced by 10 passages of the Houghton strains of Eimeria acervulina and E. tenella in chickens given progressively greater concentrations of the drug. This resistance was, however, not complete since the drug retained some efficacy against the drug-passaged lines. Attempts to passage the ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chapman HD

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most, if not all, organisms face attack by natural enemies and will be selected to evolve some form of defence. Resistance may have costs as well as its obvious benefits. These costs may be associated with actual defence or with the maintenance of the defensive machinery irrespective of whether a challenge occurs. In ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kraaijeveld AR,Ferrari J,Godfray HC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in mammals reveals the extent of sexual selection, which may in turn explain why males are often more infected by parasites than females and that parasites may contribute to the association between SSD and male-biased mortality. Here, we investigated the relationship between SSD in small m...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Morand S,De Bellocq JG,Stanko M,Miklisová D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multicopy mini-exon-derived RNA (med RNA) locus of Leishmania donovani was enzymatically amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The major 180 bp PCR product contained conserved med RNA gene sequences flanking the variable intergenic spacer from the med RNA gene tandem repeat. The oligonucleotide primers...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hassan MQ,Ghosh A,Ghosh SS,Gupta M,Basu D,Mallik KK,Adhya S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of hosts vary extensively in the types and numbers of parasites that the average individual contains. Understanding the factors that lead to this variation is an important goal for parasite ecologists. We characterized patterns of helminth component community structure in whitefish collected from a cluster...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Goater CP,Baldwin RE,Scrimgeour GJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomes are blood-borne parasites that can infect a variety of different vertebrates, including animals and humans. This study aims to broaden scientific knowledge about the presence and biodiversity of trypanosomes in Australian bats. Molecular and morphological analysis was performed on 86 blood samples collect...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Austen JM,Van Kampen E,Egan SL,O'Dea MA,Jackson B,Ryan UM,Irwin PJ,Prada D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costa Rica is near malaria elimination. This achievement has followed shifts in malaria health policy. Here, we evaluate the impacts that different health policies have had on malaria transmission in Costa Rica from 1913 to 2018. We identified regime shifts and used regression models to measure the impact of different...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chaves LF,Ramírez Rojas M,Prado M,Garcés JL,Salas Peraza D,Marín Rodríguez R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of Schistosoma mansoni murine infection there is a dramatic increase of some immunoglobulins and S. mansoni-specific antibodies. The most substantial response is initiated after 40 days of infection and results in a prolonged increase of total IgG1, IgM and IgA. The maximum increase is respectively 2...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bout D,Rousseaux R,Carlier Y,Capron A

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteuria penetrans is a Gram-positive endospore-producing bacterium that is a parasite of root-knot nematodes. Attachment of endospores to the cuticle of the nematode is the first stage in the infection process. Western blot analysis with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that recognize the 30 kDa heparin-binding ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mohan S,Fould S,Davies KG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in the behaviour of Stagnicola elodes associated with the emergence of Plagiorchis elegans cercariae. Within 15 min of the reduction in light intensity, which triggered the onset of cercarial emergence, infected snails moved to the top of the water column and remained there for 2-3 h. Seventy-n...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lowenberger CA,Rau ME

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00