Proteomics on the rims: insights into the biology of the nuclear envelope and flagellar pocket of trypanosomes.

abstract：:The surface morphology of fixed ovarian balls from female Moniliformis dubius, agd 12, 18, 26, 28, 42, 77, 105 and 118 days, has been examined by means of scanning electron microscopy. The appearance of the surface has been found to be variable between ovarian balls from worms of the same and different ages. Some part...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Parshad VR,Crompton DW,Martin J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In South America, visceral leishmaniasis is frequently caused by Leishmania infantum and, at an unknown frequency, by Leishmania amazonensis. Therefore, mixed infections with these organisms are possible. Mixed infections might affect the clinical course, immune response, diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of the d...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： DE Lima Celeste JL,Venuto Moura AP,França-Silva JC,Matos DE Sousa G,Oliveira Silva S,Norma Melo M,Luiz Tafuri W,Carvalho Souza C,Monteiro DE Andrade H

更新日期：2017-08-01 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 parasitic roundworms Strongyloides stercoralis (in man) and Strongyloides ratti (in rats) employ environmentally controlled XX/XO sex determination with a pair of X chromosomes and two pairs of autosomes. Strongyloides papillosus (in sheep) has only two pairs of chromosomes, one of which combines the genetic mater...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kulkarni A,Dyka A,Nemetschke L,Grant WN,Streit A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurately identifying resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infections requires the ability to identify animals with low and high intensities of infection. The pathogenic effects of nematodes depend upon both the length and number of worms, neither of which can be measured in live animals. Indices that predict thes...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mair C,Matthews L,De Cisneros JP,Stefan T,Stear MJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloidiasis is frequently asymptomatic and diagnosis of latent infection is difficult due to limitations of current parasitological and serological methods. This study aimed to verify the use of conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for molecular diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Fres...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sitta RB,Malta FM,Pinho JR,Chieffi PP,Gryschek RC,Paula FM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex life-cycles of parasitic animals are a product of exploiting the process of development to generate organisms with different biological potentials within a species. Successive stages of the parasite adapt to functions such as host invasion and transmission, and to the colonization of a variety of niches, o...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bianco AE,Maizels RM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The snail Bulinus nasutus 1214 possesses a potent haemagglutinin (end-point titre with human erythrocytes, 2(-18)) in its cell-free haemolymph which also binds to the miracidia (but not other larvae) of the incompatible parasite Schistosoma margrebowiei. We have purified a protein possessing this haemagglutinating pro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Harris RA,Preston TM,Southgate VR

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers, distribution in the small intestine, sexual development and growth (dry weight) of 5-week-old Moniliformis dubius (Acanthocephala) were investigated experimentally in adult, female CFHB rats fed on theoretically isoenergetic diets containing known amounts of fructose in combination with either maize-oil f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Crompton DW,Keymer A,Singhvi A,Nesheim MC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphacia stroma (von Linstow, 1884) Morgan, 1932 and Syphacia frederici Roman, 1945 are oxyurid nematodes that parasitize two murid rodents, Apodemus sylvaticus and Apodemus flavicollis, on the European mainland. Only S. stroma has been recorded previously in Apodemus spp. from the British Isles. Despite the paucity o...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stewart A,Lowe A,Smales L,Bajer A,Bradley J,Dwużnik D,Franssen F,Griffith J,Stuart P,Turner C,Zaleśny G,Behnke JM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNAs encoding cysteine proteinases were isolated from a cDNA library constructed from feeding females of Heterodera glycines. The library was screened with a cysteine proteinase gene fragment originally amplified from cDNA of H. glycines. Database searches predict that 1 cDNA (hgcp-I) encodes a cathepsin L-like p...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Urwin PE,Lilley CJ,McPherson MJ,Atkinson HJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus absorb the L-amino acids proline, methionine, leucine, alanine, serine, phenylalanine, lysine and glutamic acid by a combination of mediated transport and diffusion. All eight amino acids were accumulated against a concentration gradient. Comparison of Kt and Vmax values sugges...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jeffs SA,Arme C

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the mechanisms of neuromyopathic damage induced by Trypanosoma cruzi are mediated by T cells and are parasite-strain dependent. In the present study our aim was to determine whether the humoral response against muscle and nervous system is also parasite-strain dependent. Of the sera fr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tekiel VS,Mirkin GA,Gonzalez Cappa SM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is largely present in rural areas but its spatial distribution in this environment remains poorly known. In particular, it is unclear if areas of high density of cats, the only hosts excreting Toxoplasma gondii, constitute foci of high prevalence. To improve our understanding of the spatial distribution ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gotteland C,Chaval Y,Villena I,Galan M,Geers R,Aubert D,Poulle ML,Charbonnel N,Gilot-Fromont E

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential mechanisms of immunoregulation have been investigated for the capacity to generate heterogeneity in the outcome of infection with helminth parasites. We have developed a mathematical model of the interaction between T cell and parasite populations, based on the assumption that activation of a Th1 CD4+ T cell...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Schweitzer AN,Anderson RM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following cloning of Leishmania (L.) amazonensis kinetoplast DNA two recombinant clones were identified: one specific for L. (L.) amazonensis and the other specific for L. (L.) amazonensis and closely related isolates. DNA sequences from these clones were compared with those of other kinetoplastids and oligonucleotide...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Eresh S,McCallum SM,Barker DC

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 7 genetic assemblages of the parasite Giardia duodenalis only 2 (A and B) are known to cause infections in humans. These assemblages have been characterized in detail at the genomic level but few studies have examined differences in the proteins expressed. Employing one and two-dimensional PAGE we have identifi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Steuart RF,O'Handley R,Lipscombe RJ,Lock RA,Thompson RC

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:We assessed the distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in domestic and peridomestic Triatoma infestans and Triatoma sordida specimens collected in a well-defined rural area in Pampa del Indio, northeastern Argentina. Microscopically-positive bugs were randomly selected with a multi-level sampli...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maffey L,Cardinal MV,Ordóñez-Krasnowski PC,Lanati LA,Lauricella MA,Schijman AG,Gürtler RE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actively immunized mice, whole-body irradiated with 650 or 525 rad., manifested comparable levels of resistance to Schistosoma mansoni compared with unirradiated, immunized mice in spite of a marked reduction in circulating leucocytes (greater than 90%) and platelets (greater than 85%), and despite an abrogation of de...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Vignali DA,Bickle QD,Taylor MG

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cod (Gadus morhua), an important fish species in the Baltic Sea, is the paratenic host for many parasite species, including the zoonotic nematodes, Anisakis sp. and Contracaecum osculatum. We aimed to identify which invertebrate species (found in situ in the fish stomach) are responsible for infection of cod with zoon...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pawlak J,Nadolna-Ałtyn K,Szostakowska B,Pachur M,Bańkowska A,Podolska M

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:The respiratory chain of the procyclic stage of Trypanosoma brucei contains the standard complexes I through IV, as well as several alternative enzymes contributing to electron flow. In this work, we studied the function of an alternative NADH : ubiquinone oxidoreductase (NDH2). Depletion of target mRNA was achieved u...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Verner Z,Skodová I,Poláková S,Durišová-Benkovičová V,Horváth A,Lukeš J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is a health problem in Brazil and the role of rodents in maintaining the schistosome life-cycle requires further clarification. The influence of Schistosoma mansoni on a population of Nectomys squamipes was studied by capture-recapture (1st phase, from June 1991 to November 1995) and removal (2nd phase...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： D'Andrea PS,Maroja LS,Gentile R,Cerqueira R,Maldonado Júnior A,Rey L

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the parasitic swimbladder nematode, Anguillicola crassus, on the physiological status of wild European eels (Anguilla anguilla) was investigated during an 18 month survey (February 1995 until September 1996), and compared with that of wild uninfected eels collected over the same time-period. Despite the ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kelly CE,Kennedy CR,Brown JA

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of intermediate hosts with eggs of taeniid parasites results in a larval infestation known as cysticercosis. A number of studies have indicated that cysticercosis is associated with immunosuppression, although little is known about the mechanisms involved. In the present study, mice infected with the larvae ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Villa OF,Kuhn RE

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global seroprevalence of latent toxoplasmosis is estimated to be higher than 30%. The presence of slowly dividing parasites in tissue cysts located mainly in immunoprivileged organs was long considered asymptomatic. Recently, many studies have shown that latent Toxoplasma infections could have serious impacts on h...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Flegr J,Escudero DQ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The individual and combined effects of cadmium (Cd) and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126) on the antibody response of fish against metazoan parasites were tested. Eels experimentally infected with the swim bladder nematode Anguillicola crassus were exposed to sublethal concentrations of Cd and PCB 126. Cd was ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sures B,Knopf K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cumulative effect of co-infections between pathogen pairs on the haematological response of East African Short-horn Zebu calves is described. Using a longitudinal study design a stratified clustered random sample of newborn calves were recruited into the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) study ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Van Wyk IC,Goddard A,de C Bronsvoort BM,Coetzer JA,Handel IG,Hanotte O,Jennings A,Lesosky M,Kiara H,Thumbi SM,Toye P,Woolhouse MW,Penzhorn BL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human strongyloidiasis is a serious disease mostly attributable to Strongyloides stercoralis and to a lesser extent Strongyloides fuelleborni, a parasite mainly of non-human primates. The role of animals as reservoirs of human-infecting Strongyloides is ill-defined, and whether dogs are a source of human infection is ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Barratt JLN,Sapp SGH

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00