An unexpected case of a Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax) infected with the giant thorny-headed worm (Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus) on the mainland of Japan (Honshu).

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：:Intestines of California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups (n= 204), born in 2002 on San Miguel Island, California, were examined for hookworms (Uncinaria spp.) as part of a seasonal mortality study from June through December 2002 and January 2003. The investigation was planned to coincide with most of the previo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lyons ET,Delong RL,Spraker TR,Melin SR,Laake JL,Tolliver SC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system of Cysticercus cellulosae, the metacestode stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium, was delineated using histochemical methods for the localization of the enzyme markers; nonspecific esterase and acetylcholinesterase. The main features of the nervous system include a pair of cerebral ganglia, a circumce...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vasantha S,Kumar BV,Roopashree SD,Das S,Shankar SK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicomponent DNA vaccine, encoding Toxoplasma gondii GRA1 and SAG1, was constructed and tested for its ability to confer protection. BALB/c mice were challenged with tachyzoites of the virulent T. gondii RH strain at 4 weeks following the last immunization, and immune responses and survival times were observed. Th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wu XN,Lin J,Lin X,Chen J,Chen ZL,Lin JY

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sticky traps were mounted on heifers and sheep to assess Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) host preference. Initially, four coloured 200-cm(2) sticky traps (white, clear, yellow and blue) were attached to the backs of each of ten Friesian heifers that were released into open pasture for 24 h, repeated on six ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thompson GM,Jess S,Gordon AW,Murchie AK

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-specific PCR primers targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) locus were generated that allow for the specific identification of the most common Eimeria species infecting turkeys (i.e., Eimeria adenoeides, Eimeria meleagrimitis, Eimeria gallopavonis, Eimeria meleagridis, Eimeria dispe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hafeez MA,Shivaramaiah S,Dorsey KM,Ogedengbe ME,El-Sherry S,Whale J,Cobean J,Barta JR

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two placebo-controlled pen studies were conducted to assess the efficacy of an imidacloprid 10 %/flumethrin 4.5 % polymer matrix collar (Seresto®, Bayer; Investigational Veterinary Product (IVP)) against the Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus). Dogs assigned to the placebo (n = 8) or IVP (n ≥ 8) groups had c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Smith WM,Ahlstrom LA,Rees R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culex pipiens pallens is the mosquito vector of a number of human pathogens such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and epidemic encephalitis B virus. Female C. pipiens pallens play an important role in transmitting pathogens by sucking blood, which is essential for reproduction. In the present study, a subtracti...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen HH,Zhang RL,Geng YJ,Cheng JQ,Zhang SX,Huang DN,Yu L,Gao ST,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick proteins have been shown to be useful for the development of vaccines which reduce tick infestations. Potential tick protective antigens have been identified and characterized, in part, by use of RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi allows for analysis of gene function by characterizing the impact of loss of gene expres...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de la Fuente J,Almazán C,Naranjo V,Blouin EF,Kocan KM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections are a common constraint to small ruminant industry throughout the world, and among those, haemonchosis has its own significance. Control of GIN primarily relies on the use of anthelmintics, but this approach has become less reliable due to the development of resistance in GIN...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Saddiqi HA,Jabbar A,Sarwar M,Iqbal Z,Muhammad G,Nisa M,Shahzad A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A good CD8+ response is required for immunity to many intracellular pathogens. Traditional antigen delivery using isolated sub-units or killed pathogens and adjuvant stimulates strong antibody responses but weak T-cell reactivity. Attenuated vaccines are usually more effective. The prime-boost delivery system based on...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hall R,Adamson R,Boulter N

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological importance of increasing reports worldwide on Cryptosporidium contamination of oysters remains unknown in relation to foodborne cryptosporidiosis. Thirty market-size oysters (Crassostrea virginica), collected from each of 53 commercial harvesting sites in Chesapeake Bay, MD, were quantitatively tes...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Graczyk TK,Lewis EJ,Glass G,Dasilva AJ,Tamang L,Girouard AS,Curriero FC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan-N-formylated gramicidin A, a nonhemolytic derivative of the toxic peptide antibiotic gramicidin A, has previously been shown to induce potassium leakage from Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in vitro and to inhibit the growth of the parasite. In the present study the antimalarial activities of tw...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Otten-Kuipers MA,Roelofsen B,Op den Kamp JA

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:This study is part of an effort to document the diversity of avian schistosomes in ducks and snails in Northern Iran, a major flyway (Black Sea/Mediterranean) for migratory birds and where cercarial dermatitis (CD) is prevalent in rice growing areas. CD is an allergic skin reaction from schistosome trematodes that eme...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ashrafi K,Nouroosta A,Sharifdini M,Mahmoudi MR,Rahmati B,Brant SV

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi can modulate a large number of host intracellular responses during its invasion. GTPases such as RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 are examples of molecules that could be activated at this moment and trigger changes in the pattern of F-actin cytoskeleton leading to the formation of structures like stress fibers, ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dutra JM,Bonilha VL,De Souza W,Carvalho TM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the major causative agent of American tegumentary leishmaniasis, a disease that has a wide geographical distribution and is a severe public health problem. The cysteine proteinase B (CPB) from Leishmania spp. represents an important virulence factor. In this study, we characterized...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rebello KM,Côrtes LM,Pereira BA,Pascarelli BM,Côrte-Real S,Finkelstein LC,Pinho RT,d'Avila-Levy CM,Alves CR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential oil of Cananga odorata flowers was evaluated for oviposition-deterrent, ovicidal, insecticidal, and repellent activities toward three mosquito species: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles dirus, and Culex quinquefasciatus. Oviposition deterrence of the oil was evaluated on gravid females using oviposition deterrenc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Soonwera M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a highly conserved cytokine that has a well-known regulatory role in immunity, but also in organ development of most animal species including helminths. Homologous tgf-b genes and mRNA have been detected in the filaria Brugia malayi. The in situ protein expression is unkno...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Korten S,Büttner DW,Schmetz C,Hoerauf A,Mand S,Brattig N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the identification of host species of blood-sucking parasites, the suitability of disc-electrophoresis of the stomach contents was tested. Mammalian blood in the stomach of the medicinal blood leech Hirudo medicinalis gave satisfactory results. In the case of mixed blood samples from H. medicinalis, the identifica...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Keim A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bimiracidial infections of Lymnaea ovata with Fasciola hepatica were performed under laboratory conditions to determine the susceptibility of snails from six French populations to trematode infection. In five populations of L. ovata the prevalence of infection in the 1-mm groups ranged between 2.7% and 43.7% at day 35...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dreyfuss G,Vignoles P,Rondelaud D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation with light and electron microscopy has been made of the cement apparatus of the mature male Neoechinorhynchus rutili, a parasite of Gasterosteus aculeatus. N. rutili possesses a single compact mass of glandular tissue (cement gland) with eight giant nuclei. The nucleus is lobe-shaped and has a conspicuou...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dezfuli BS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the effect of Nosema algerae (Microsporidia, Nosematidae) on the development of Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles stephensi (Diptera, Culicidae), we carried out infection experiments under standardized laboratory conditions. Apart from a mean reduction of 69% in oocyst development, smaller numbers of oocy...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Margos G,Maier WA,Seitz HM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on serine protease activity in cercarial secretions (CSs) from the bird parasite Trichobilharzia ocellata. Using a colorigenic substrate, the biochemical properties of this enzyme were studied and its activity was compared to the homologous one in CSs from the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. The specific...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bahgat M,Ruppel A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis, testes, and vas deferens in the parthenogenetic monozoic tapeworm Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from Slovakia, parasitizing the carp Cyprinus carpio L., have been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. The present results sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bruňanská M,Nebesářová J,Oros M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The published data concerning Toxoplasma gondii, Hammondia hammondi, H. heydorni and Neospora caninum on one side and between T. gondii on the other were neglected by most authors. As conclusion we are convinced that there are only two valid species: Isospora (Toxoplasma) gondii and Hammondia heydorni. The first inclu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mehlhorn H,Heydorn AO

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxocara canis is an intestinal nematode of canids with a worldwide distribution, causing an important but neglected parasitic zoonosis in humans. Aquaporins (AQP) are a family of water channel proteins, which function as membrane channels to regulate water homeostasis. In this study, the coding sequence of aquaporin-...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Luo YF,Hu L,Ma GX,Luo YL,Yin SS,Xiong Y,Zhu XQ,Zhou RQ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human homologue of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein was cloned and characterized from the human filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. Sequence analysis showed that W. bancrofti HMGB1 (WbHMGB1) and B. malayi HMGB1 (BmHMGB1) proteins share 99 % sequence identity. Filarial HMGB1 showed typ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thirugnanam S,Munirathinam G,Veerapathran A,Dakshinamoorthy G,Reddy MV,Ramaswamy K

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：: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