Detection of circulating trypanosomal antigens by double antibody ELISA using antibodies to procyclic trypanosomes.

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies reacting with pellicular antigens of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites have been selected among hybridomas produced against this organism by immunofluorescence assay. These antigens have been further characterized by immunofluorescence on living zoites, Western immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Couvreur G,Sadak A,Fortier B,Dubremetz JF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact surface membrane vesicles were obtained and purified from the schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni. The method of preparation of the vesicles involved treating the schistosomula in a buffered high salt medium for 1 h at 4 degrees C (Step 1), and then for 1 h at 25-37 degrees C (Step 2). Vesicles were formed fro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kusel JR,Gazzinelli G,Colley DG,de Souza CP,Cordeiro MN

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development and forward migration of Leishmania parasites in the sandfly gut is accompanied by morphological transformation to highly motile, non-dividing 'metacyclic' forms. Previous studies in vitro have demonstrated that this metacyclogenesis is associated with developmentally regulated changes in expression of two...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Davies CR,Cooper AM,Peacock C,Lane RP,Blackwell JM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. NCC has a long asymptomatic period with little or no inflammation, and the sequential progression to symptomatic NCC depends upon the intense inflammation associate...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alvarez JI,Mishra BB,Gundra UM,Mishra PK,Teale JM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an interconnected world, the international pet trade on wild animals is becoming increasingly important. As a consequence, non-native parasite species are introduced, which affect the health of wildlife and contribute to the loss of biodiversity. Because the investigation of parasite diversity within vulnerable hos...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Héritier L,Verneau O,Breuil G,Meistertzheim AL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, through a national programme for schistosomiasis control, this infection has been eliminated from Iran. The aim of this study was to report the process of significant decrease of urogenital schistosomiasis in southwestern Iran. During national programme surveillance for urogenital schistosomiasis cont...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Khademvatan S,Salmanzadeh S,Foroutan-Rad M,Ghomeshi M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome was determined for the fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum. This genome is 13,608 bp in length and encodes 12 protein-coding genes (but lacks the atp8), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) and 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, corresponding to the gene complement found thus...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Park JK,Kim KH,Kang S,Jeon HK,Kim JH,Littlewood DT,Eom KS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philasterides dicentrarchi is a histophagous ciliate causing systemic scuticociliatosis in cultured turbot. This study demonstrates that turbot which survive this disease have serum antibodies that recognize ciliary antigens of this ciliate in ELISA and immobilize/agglutinate the ciliate in vitro. Mouse sera raised ag...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Iglesias R,Paramá A,Alvarez MF,Leiro J,Ubeira FM,Sanmartín ML

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoresis of secretions collected from Globodera pallida revealed a smeared region between 25 and 50 kDa, and a single band of < 20 kDa. The secretions were used to raise an antiserum (LW1). Immunoblotting of parasite homogenates with LW1 differentiated G. pallida from its sibling species G. rostochiensis and re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Duncan LH,Robertson L,Robertson WM,Kusel JR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of glucose by Acanthocheilonema viteae was studied in vitro. The process was selective for the D-isomer and saturatable with a Km of 2 mM. The rate of glucose transport/utilization was inhibited by 2-deoxyglucose, mannose, 5-thioglucose and dipyridamole but, unlike mammalian systems, was not impaired by cyt...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hayes DJ,Selwood DL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A one-year study of gastro-intestinal parasitism in a free-ranging population of maras at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, UK, revealed a strong relationship between membership of social units and both intensity and prevalence of infection. The mara, a hystricomorph rodent from southern Argentina, has a social organization...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Porteous IS,Pankhurst SJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anthelmintic properties of tanniferous plants and of their secondary metabolites represent one possible alternative to chemotherapy that is currently being explored as a means of achieving sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminants. Previous in vivo and in vitro results suggest that tanniferous...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bahuaud D,Martinez-Ortiz de Montellano C,Chauveau S,Prevot F,Torres-Acosta F,Fouraste I,Hoste H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of BALB/c or MF1 mice with cyclosporin A (CsA) around the time of infection with Schistosoma mansoni conferred almost complete protection. The migration kinetics of L-[75Se]selenomethionine-labelled infective cercariae were investigated by compressed tissue autoradiography. Similar levels of skin penetration...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Munro GH,Brannan LR,Chappell LH,Thomson AW,McLaren DJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of the patterns and processes underlying the structure of parasite communities has progressed significantly in the last years; however, much of the evidence available to date on parasite community comes from unconfirmed studies. In this study the ectoparasite communities of 2 related rockfishes, Seba...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： González MT,Oliva ME

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the nutrition and physiology of Trichomonas vaginalis have been hampered by the lack of a defined synthetic medium in which to grow the organism. New synthetic media free of ill-defined supplements and serum which support good growth of T. vaginalis have been developed in this study. The first successful ap...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Linstead D

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

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：:The use of parasites as biological tags to discriminate among marine fish stocks has become a widely accepted method in fisheries management. Here, we first link this approach to its unstated ecological foundation, the decay in the similarity of the species composition of assemblages as a function of increasing distan...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Poulin R,Kamiya T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum is a cyst-forming parasite that causes abortion in cattle. Despite this parasite's ubiquitous distribution and wide host range, the number of N. caninum isolates obtained to date is limited. In vitro isolation of the parasite is arduous and often unsuccessful. In addition, most isolates have been obta...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Regidor-Cerrillo J,Gómez-Bautista M,Pereira-Bueno J,Aduriz G,Navarro-Lozano V,Risco-Castillo V,Férnandez-García A,Pedraza-Díaz S,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Nematophagous fungi are used in the biological control of the parasitic helminths of animals and plants. The association of ovicidal and predator nematophagous fungi may present a complementary and increased action on the biological control of helminths. Joint growth compatibility and predation tests were carried out ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Vieira ÍS,Oliveira IC,Campos AK,Araújo JV

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites can have a wide range of pathophysiological effects on the host. This review describes those associated with some parasites of major importance in man and animals. Haemoprotozoan diseases such as trypanosomiasis and malaria are primarily associated with anaemia. Such anaemias have a complex aetiology involvi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Holmes PH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases caused by viruses are a constant and major problem for livestock production world wide. The diseases range from highly contagious acute forms with high mortality, to chronic disabling diseases with an insidious effect on production. Such diseases cannot be regarded as static in nature due to the highly mutabl...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Crowther JR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to oxidative stress is a well-established feature of the malarial parasite. Pharmacologists have taken advantage of this property to design highly effective pro-oxidant antimalarial drugs. Less well appreciated is the fact that nutritional manipulation of host oxidative stress status by dietary means ca...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Levander OA,Ager AL Jr

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:An enzymatic comparison has been made between isolates of Schistosoma mansoni from rats and humans in Guadeloupe and a Burundi isolate of S. rodhaini. Analyses of LDH, MDH, AcP, PGM, GPI, G6PDH and HK by isoelectric focusing provided no evidence for the involvement of S. rodhaini in the recent evolution of the schisto...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rollinson D,Imbert-Establet D,Ross GC

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of 2 genomic clones has allowed us to further characterize a Schistosoma mansoni serine protease designated SmSP1. The deduced amino acid sequence (248aa) considered as a 'light chain' encoding the active site, presents significant homologies with mouse plasma kallikrein and human factor I light chain. T...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cocude C,Pierrot C,Cêtre C,Fontaine J,Godin C,Capron A,Khalife J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pre-feeding and feeding periods of larvae, nymphs and adults of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were investigated. Larvae and nymphs required at least 8-9 days after hatching and moulting respectively before they could attach and start feeding, while adults required at least 6-9 day...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tukahirwa EM

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SSU ribosomal sequences of trypanosomes from Brazilian cattle and water buffalo were used to infer phylogenetic relationships between non-pathogenic T. theileri and allied species parasitic in artiodactyls. T. theileri trypanosomes from distinct geographical regions in Brazil and from other countries were tightly clus...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rodrigues AC,Paiva F,Campaner M,Stevens JR,Noyes HA,Teixeira MM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of epimastigotes and production of infective metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma congolense were examined in a culture system which enabled manipulation of the population density of insect forms. Scanning electron microscopy of cultures revealed the attachment sites of epimastigotes in detail, showing them...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Prain CJ,Ross CA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thymine-uracil transport system is present in the plasma membrane brush-border of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta. The relation between initial uptake and substrate concentration of either thymine or uracil was sigmoidal when 2-14C-labelled substrates were used. In contrast, absorption kinetics of methyl-14C- and...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Uglem GL,Dupre RK,Harley JP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00