Immunocytochemical demonstration of neuropeptides in the nervous system of the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda, Digenea).

abstract：:This study quantifies the rate and intensity of re-infection with human hookworm and Schistosoma mansoni infection 12 months following successful treatment, and investigates the influence of socio-economic, geographical and environmental factors. A longitudinal study of 642 individuals aged over 5 years was conducted ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cundill B,Alexander N,Bethony JM,Diemert D,Pullan RL,Brooker S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 186 bp Echinococcus granulosus-specific repetitive element, TREg, was used to assess genetic variation between strains. In G7 genotype (pig strain) it has the characteristics of a satellite DNA element with a copy number of 23000 per haploid genome. Analysis, by sequencing of TREg monomers, showed a great degree of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rosenzvit MC,Canova SG,Kamenetzky L,Guarnera EA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, ultrastructural observations revealed a large number of gap junctions (GJs) in the neck and immature proglottid tissues of Taenia solium tapeworms. In these helminths, cytoplasmic glycogen sacs are connected by numerous discrete GJs to other cells throughout the maturing strobilar tissue. Disconti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Zurabian R,Landa A,Robert L,Willms K

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is caused by the parasite Leishmania infantum and is a systemic disease, which can present with variable clinical signs, and clinicopathological abnormalities. Clinical manifestations can range from subclinical infection to very severe systemic disease. Leishmaniosis is categorized as a neg...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hosein S,Blake DP,Solano-Gallego L

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:We studied infection dynamics of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice infected with 3 genetically distinct clones--1 less virulent than the other 2--either on their own or in mixtures. During the acute phase of infection, total numbers of asexual parasites in mixed-clone infections were equal to those produced by the 3 clones ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： De Roode JC,Read AF,Chan BH,Mackinnon MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung schistosomulum of Schistosoma mansoni is the target of protective immunity in mice singly vaccinated with irradiated cercariae. Since the effector responses are T cell-mediated, their initiation requires the release of antigens from the intact parasite. We have used the technique of biosynthetic labelling wit...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Harrop R,Wilson RA

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:Urinary schistosomiasis is an important source of human morbidity in Msambweni, Kenya, where the intermediate host snail, Bulinus nasutus is found in ponds and water pools. In the past, aquatic habitats in the area have been studied separately; however, recent collections of B. nasutus snails and shells indicated that...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Clennon JA,King CH,Muchiri EM,Kitron U

更新日期：2007-05-01 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

abstract：:A prediction of the hypothesis of Wilson (1977, 1980 a, b) to account for larval migration of homogonic Strongyloides ratti in the host is that the pattern of invasion of the mammary gland of a lactating rat will be quantitatively similar on both sides and independent of the point of entry into the body. Twenty-one su...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wilson PA,Simpson NE

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-gated chloride channels (LGCCs) are key components of the nervous system of parasitic nematodes and important targets for anthelmintics. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of a novel member of the LGCC gene family (HcLGCC1) from the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus. Sequence analysis re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Forrester SG,Siddiqui SZ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews naturally occurring and synthetic compounds that either enhance immune defences or lower both natural and acquired immunity. Immunomodulatory agents used both for laboratory study and clinically for the management of immunologically based diseases are considered. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Nüssler AK,Thomson AW

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The current trend of antimony (Sb) unresponsiveness in the Indian subcontinent is a major impediment to effective chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although contributory mechanisms studied in laboratory-raised Sb-R parasites include an up-regulation of drug efflux pumps and increased thiols, their role in c...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mandal G,Wyllie S,Singh N,Sundar S,Fairlamb AH,Chatterjee M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunochromatographic test (ICT), using recombinant truncated P50 (P50t), for the detection of antibodies to Babesia gibsoni was developed and evaluated. Whereas all sera from specific pathogen-free dogs were clearly negative, all sera from dogs experimentally infected with B. gibsoni were clearly positive in the I...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Verdida RA,Xuan X,Fukumoto S,Huang X,Zhou J,Igarashi I,Claveria FG,Nagasawa H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the extent of evolutionary divergence among parent taxa, hybrids may suffer from a breakdown of co-adapted genes or may conversely exhibit vigour due to the heterosis effect, which confers advantages to increased genetic diversity. That last mechanism could explain the success of hybrids when hybridizatio...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Planade B,Lena JP,Li H,Plenet S,Guegan JF,Thomas F,Hurtrez-Bousses S,Renaud F,Joly P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometric analysis of the binucleated protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis gave DNA histograms with a broad G1 peak and a definable G2 + M peak with twice the DNA content of G1. Twenty-four hour treatment with metronidazole arrested cell cycle progression of susceptible trophozoites in the G2 + M phase, but h...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hoyne GF,Boreham PF,Parsons PG,Ward C,Biggs B

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium parvum is composed of multiple subtypes, which appear to be zoonotic or anthroponotic. Therefore, in order to understand the molecular epidemiology of this species and to control the zoonotic transmission, it is essential to identify the isolates at the subtype level. In the present study, 60.2% of 103...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Misic Z,Abe N

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization announced in November 2014 at the fourth international meeting on 'the control of neglected zoonotic diseases - from advocacy to action', that intervention tools for eliminating Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis (TSTC) are in place. The aim of this work was to elucidate theoretical ou...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Johansen MV,Trevisan C,Gabriël S,Magnussen P,Braae UC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digenean parasites infecting four Cominella whelk species (C. glandiformis, C. adspersa, C. maculosa and C. virgata), which inhabit New Zealand's intertidal zone, were analysed using molecular techniques. Mitochondrial 16S and cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI) and nuclear rDNA ITS1 sequences were used to infer phylogenetic r...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Donald KM,Spencer HG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrastructural study has been performed on radiation-attenuated parasites fixed in situ during their extended stay in the lungs. At day 7 post-infection all parasites were located within blood vessels. In contrast to normally migrating parasites, at days 13 and 21 post-infection the majority of radiation-attenuate...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mastin A,Bickle QD,Wilson RA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biozzi mice of Selections 1 and 3, each exhibiting either high- or low-antibody responses to a wide range of antigens, were exposed to primary, secondary and tertiary infections of the nematode, Nematospiroides dubius. The course of these infections was followed by monitoring egg output and by examination of the worm ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jenkins DC,Carrington TS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If parasitic infection is a driving force in female mate choice, then females should preferentially select parasite-free males. The role of infection on female mate choice in mammals was assessed using a 3-chambered apparatus. A female CD-1 mouse was allowed to choose between 2 tethered male mice, 1 uninfected and 1 i...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ehman KD,Scott ME

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison has been made of the responses of random-bred CFLP and inbred NIH mice to infection with Trichuris muris. Random-bred mice showed greater variation in worm burdens and less uniformity in worm expulsion. Irradiation prior to infection reduced variation, but did not increase the mean level of infection abov...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wakelin D

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates a cohort of 2187 laboratory reared Culex quinquefasciatus fed on 69 human volunteers, including 59 persons with different levels of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae and 10 without microfilaria. Mosquitoes were followed until death. Mosquito survival was analysed in relation to the level of mi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Krishnamoorthy K,Subramanian S,Van Oortmarssen GJ,Habbema JD,Das PK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks are of vast medical and veterinary public health importance due to direct damage caused by feeding and their roles in transmitting well known and emerging infectious agents. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens stimulate the immune system of the host. Those immune interactions are of importance in tick biology, pathog...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Brossard M,Wikel SK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface proteins and glycoproteins of red cells from Plasmodium berghei-infected blood have been radio-isotope labelled and compared with those of normal mouse erythrocytes using the following protein labelling probes: lactoperoxidase-catalysed radio-iodination of tyrosyl residues, periodate oxidation and NaB3H4 r...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Howard RJ,Smith PM,Mitchell GF

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endemic transmission cycle of Babesia microti was discovered in Colorado in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. B. microti were found by PCR in 4 of 25 Ixodes spinipalpis tick pools tested (a 3.2 % minimum infection rate) and in 87% (13 of 15) of Microtus ochrogaster (the prairie vole) spleen and blood samples. U...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Burkot TR,Schneider BS,Pieniazek NJ,Happ CM,Rutherford JS,Slemenda SB,Hoffmeister E,Maupin GO,Zeidner NS

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00