Abstract：
:Introduced Siberian chipmunks Eutamias sibiricus have been reported to be important reservoirs for human Lyme disease, as they may host high numbers of hard ticks carrying Borrelia spp. and other pathogens. In the present study, we assessed the prevalence of Borrelia spp. and other pathogenic bacteria in ectoparasite arthropod species infesting Siberian chipmunks and coexisting native small rodents. Small rodents were trapped with Sherman traps in Veneto (NE Italy), where the largest Italian populations of chipmunks occur. A total of 14 individual ticks were found on 223 rodents, with 6 more ticks obtained from stored dead chipmunks from the same study area. Ectoparasites were screened for pathogens by molecular analyses including species-specific PCR amplifications. Rickettsia monacensis, Borrelia lusitaniae, and Anaplasma platys were present in the parasites of both native rodents and introduced chipmunks. The present findings suggest a role for the invasive species E. sibiricus in the maintenance of the Ixodes ricinus life cycle, which may result in the modification of the transmission dynamics of tick-borne pathogens. Moreover, the presence of Rickettsia in urban populations of chipmunks may represent a serious risk for human health and should be investigated further.
journal_name
Parasitol Resjournal_title
Parasitology researchauthors
Mori E,Pisanu B,Zozzoli R,Solano E,Olivieri E,Sassera D,Montagna Mdoi
10.1007/s00436-018-6022-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-10-01 00:00:00pages
3237-3243issue
10eissn
0932-0113issn
1432-1955pii
10.1007/s00436-018-6022-4journal_volume
117pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:A molecular approach was used to analyse a focus of cercarial dermatitis in northeastern France (Lake Der-Chantecoq), including both cercariae and snails,by sequencing the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 for ocellate furcocercariae and ITS2 for snails). Lymnaea stagnalis were found infected with the furcocercariae ...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-004-1273-7
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The activity of three anthelmintics (fenbendazole-FBZ; oxibendazole-OBZ; and pyrantel pamoate-PRT) was ascertained against the ascarid Parascaris equorum in horse foals on eight farms in Central Kentucky (2009-2010) in field tests. A total of 316 foals were treated, and 168 (53.2%) were passing ascarid eggs on the day...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-011-2379-3
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Twenty-four Holando Argentino male calves were treated orally with 50 mg/kg body weight trichlorphon (TCF); 0.2 mg/kg body weight subcutaneous ivermectin (IVM); a combination of TCF+IVM at the same doses and administration routes; or remained untreated (control group). All calves were necropsied at day 14 post treatme...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-011-2407-3
更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The petroleum ether extract of Viola websteri Hemsl. (Violaceae) was investigated for its activity against chloroquine-sensitive strains of Plasmodium falciparum using the parasite lactate dehydrogenase assay method. The main antiplasmodial principles, 6-(8'Z-pentadecenyl)-salicylic acid (1) and 6-(8'Z, 11'Z, 14'Z-hep...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-008-1205-z
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Parasite-mediated selection is currently believed to play an important role in life-history evolution. To assess how simple hematoserological and biochemical condition indices reflect host immunocompetence and infection resistance controlled laboratory experiments are required. We addressed these issues by infecting l...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-006-0142-y
更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Effects of gamma ray irradiation on the first-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis were studied. Compared to the non-treated controls, infection of rats with third-stage larvae which developed from irradiated first-stage larvae resulted in reduced recovery rates of adults. There was also a change in the male-fe...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF00536473
更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Schistosomiasis is the second widespread tropical disease that affects the health of over 240 million people of 78 countries. Questionnaires have been commonly used to diagnose schistosomiasis, while no meta-analysis of their efficacy had been reported previously. This meta-analysis was conducted to assess their diagn...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1007/s00436-015-4579-8
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous studies have shown that excretory/secretory products of larval Taenia crassiceps have immunomodulatory activities. We report here that one of these products, termed p66, possesses activities that mimic some characteristics of murine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Purified p66 cross-reacts with anti-murine IFN-...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-002-0590-y
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ultrastructure of Fibrillaspora is highly similar to that of Berwaldia but the former is phylogenetically distant from the taxon annotated as Berwaldia schaefernai (Genbank accession # AY090042). It was shown recently, however, that the latter sequence was not derived from Berwaldia, and correct nucleotide sequence da...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章,已发布勘误
doi：10.1007/s00436-018-5786-x
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ultrastructural characters of the spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoon of Notopentorchis sp. (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Paruterinidae), a parasite from Apus affinis (Aves, Apodiformes, Apodidae) from Gabon, are described by means of transmission electron microscopy. Cytochemical analysis for detection of glycogen was...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-011-2809-2
更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Many malaria-endemic areas are also associated with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. An understanding of the chemotherapeutic interactions that occur during malaria and HIV co-infections is important. Our previous studies have demonstrated that some antiretroviral protease inhibitors are eff...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-011-2427-z
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Levamisole phosphate, chosen based on its 100 % efficacy demonstrated by a previous fecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), was used as the exclusive anthelmintic treatment in the Embrapa Southeast Livestock sheep flock from 2009 to 2014 in a target selected treatment scheme. In the present study, the effectiveness of...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-015-4844-x
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Host feeding patterns of engorged sibling species of the Culicoides obsoletus and Culicoides pulicaris groups captured during three nights on two selected farms maintaining either cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs (Seedorf, Brandenburg) or cattle, sheep, moufflons, and red and fallow deer (Paulinenaue, Brandenburg) were...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-009-1408-y
更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The tick Rhipicephalus microplus affects cattle health, with production loss in tropical and subtropical regions. Moreover, the use of commercial acaricides has been reduced due to the resistance of this parasite. Although alternatives such as plant bioactive molecules have been sought, essential oils present variatio...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-017-5662-0
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The principal health problem in small ruminants is helminthiasis and the rapid development of nematode resistance to anthelminthics has limited the success of control in several countries, stimulating the search for alternatives. In this study, extracts of immature fruits of the mango Mangifera indica L. var Ubá were ...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-012-3017-4
更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Seventy specimens of Hypsiboas albopunctatus (Anura: Hylidae) were collected and surveyed for endoparasites in Brasília, Brazil at the end of the rainy season (February and March) in 2005. Sixteen males (22.86%) were infected by Rhabdias sp., Aplectana sp., Cosmocerca sp., and Falcaustra mascula. Rhabdias sp., a lung ...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-007-0797-z
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A monoclonal antibody TGCM5 (isotype G, subclass 1, kappa light chain) against SAG2, a major surface antigen of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites, was produced in quantity and its Fab-containing idiotype (Id) was injected into rabbits for production of rabbit anti-Id sera. The rabbit anti-Id IgG (aId-IgG) with a SAG2 inte...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-003-1006-3
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living ameba and an opportunistic agent of lethal granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in humans and other mammals. Its supposed routes of infection have been largely assumed from what is known about Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri, other free-living amebae and opportunisti...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-004-1163-z
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two seroepidemiological surveys on canine leishmaniosis in stray dogs were performed annually in the Madrid region for 10 years (November 1996-April 2006). The presence of anti-Leishmania antibodies was detected by immunofluorescence antibodies test (cut off 1:100). The overall seroprevalence found in the 1,803 dogs s...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-007-0497-8
更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of trypsin, bile, trypsin-bile, pepsin, dithiothreitol (DTT) and metacercarial excretory-secretory product (ESP) on the in vitro excystment of Clonorchis sinensis metacercariae were investigated. The majority of metacercariae excysted immediately in trypsin-bile in PBS solution, a process which was complet...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-004-1097-5
更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We investigated patterns of helminth infection in two closely related rodents (social Rhabdomys pumilio occurring mainly in xeric habitats and solitary R. dilectus occurring mainly in mesic habitats) at 20 localities in different biomes of South Africa and asked if between-species differences were mainly caused by dif...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-017-5419-9
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A retrospective study was carried out on the experimental infections of Lymnaea truncatula with Fasciola hepatica performed over the last 20 years to determine if the populations of snails living in highland or lowland countries had the same ability to sustain trematode larval development. The six highland populations...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-001-0542-y
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The efficacy of a combination of ivermectin (IVM) and albendazole (ABZ) used as a chemoprophylactic treatment and as treatment of secondary hydatidosis is described for the first time. IVM treatment alone was not effective against Echinococcus granulosus, either when the protoscolices were recently inoculated or when ...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-002-0623-6
更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The genus Plasmodium (Plasmodiidae) ranks among the most widespread intracellular protozoan parasites affecting a wide range of mammals, birds, and reptiles. Little information is available about lizard malaria parasites in South America, and the pathological features of the resulting parasitoses remain unknown or poo...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-020-06756-7
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Members of the Naegleria genus are free-living amoebae, and the only pathogenic specie described to date for humans is N. fowleri. However, as the complete genome of this specie has not been reported, non-pathogenic N. gruberi is employed to describe molecular pathways in N. fowleri. Regardless, certain mechanisms, su...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-016-5293-x
更新日期：2017-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-010-2038-0
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pathogen-free rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) aged 735 degree days were experimentally exposed to a low dose of infectious Myxobolus cerebralis (20 triactinomyxons fish(-1)). Three time periods were chosen for sampling that included 10 days (d), 67 d, and 5 months (mo) post exposure. Five diagnostic assays were us...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-006-0166-3
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 1997, an outbreak of alveolar echinococcosis in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) occurred in a zoo in Hokkaido, Japan. Twelve infected monkeys from a colony (n = 57) were diagnosed serologically by Western blotting, and ultrasonography showed the presence of tumor-like tissue in the livers of nine monkeys. The 12 ...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-009-1627-2
更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In temperate regions, some avian haemosporidian parasites have evolved seasonal transmission strategies, with chronic infections relapsing during spring and transmission peaking during the hosts' breeding season. Because lineages with seasonal transmission strategies are unlikely to produce gametocytes in winter, we p...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-020-06646-y
更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hassalstrongylus epsilon is a small nematode, whose adult forms are found among the intestinal microvilli of the water rat Nectomys squamipes, Brants 1827 (Rodentia: Muridae). The external appearance of the cuticle, which presents transversal striations and longitudinal ridges, is described using scanning electron mic...
journal_title：Parasitology research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00436-003-0845-2
更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00
