Bartonella species in bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from western Africa.

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：:The phylogenetic relationship of 5 genera, i.e. Diplozoon Nordmann, 1832, Paradiplozoon Achmerov, 1974, Inustiatus Khotenovsky, 1978, Sindiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1981, and Eudiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1985 in the subfamily Diplozoinae Palombi, 1949 (Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea) was inferred from rDNA ITS-2 region using ne...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gao Q,X Chen M,Yao WJ,Gao Y,Song Y,Wang GT,Wang MX,Nie P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the monogenean communities of 34 species of butterflyfish from the tropical Indo-West Pacific, identifying 13 dactylogyrid species (including two species that are presently undescribed). Monogenean assemblages differed significantly between host species in terms of taxonomic structure, intensity and prevale...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Reverter M,Cutmore SC,Bray R,Cribb TH,Sasal P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity and prevalence of malaria parasites of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus were determined in the globally-threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola. Birds were sampled during migration in Portugal and at the wintering quarters in Senegal and parasites were detected using molecular methods. O...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Neto JM,Pérez-Rodríguez A,Haase M,Flade M,Bensch S

更新日期：2015-08-01 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 'Muguga cocktail' live vaccine, delivered by an infection and treatment protocol, has been widely deployed in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa to protect cattle against East Coast fever, caused by Theileria parva. The vaccine contains 3 component stocks (Muguga, Serengeti-transformed and Kiambu 5). In a previo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Oura CA,Bishop R,Asiimwe BB,Spooner P,Lubega GW,Tait A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission from one host to another constitutes a challenging obstacle for parasites and is a key determinant of their fitness. Due to their complex life histories involving several different hosts, the free-living dispersal stages (cercariae) of digenean trematodes show a huge diversity in morphology and behavi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Selbach C,Poulin R

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asparaginyl proteinases (or legumains) are a recently identified, novel class of cysteine proteinase which specifically hydrolyse peptide bonds after asparagine residues. Legumains have been implicated in the activation of cysteine proteases, particularly cathepsin B-like proteinases which are thought to help degrade ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Oliver EM,Skuce PJ,McNair CM,Knox DP

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Described in the present study is a major component of the cell wall of 2 of the most pathogenic parasites of molluscs, Perkinsus atlanticus and P. marinus. The component is a high molecular weight protein (233 kDa), which we have named PWP-1 (for Perkinsus wall protein-1). Western blots, using a polyclonal serum gene...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Montes JF,Durfort M,Lladó A,García-Valero J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium parvum is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that mainly affects the ileum of humans and livestock, with the potential to cause severe enteric disease. We describe the complete life cycle of C. parvum in an in vitro system. Infected cultures of the human ileocecal epithelial cell line (HCT-8) were observed ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Borowski H,Thompson RC,Armstrong T,Clode PL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular approach was used to genetically characterize 5 species (Aoruroides queenslandensis, Blattophila sphaerolaima, Cordonicola gibsoni, Desmicola ornata and Leidynemella fusiformis) belonging to the superfamily Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida), a group of pinworms that parasitizes terrestrial arthropods. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jex AR,Hu M,Rose HA,Schneider M,Cribb TH,Gasser RB

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Cercariae of the bird schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti and of the human schistosome Schistosoma mansoni employ proteases to invade the skin of their definitive hosts. To investigate whether a similar proteolytic mechanism is used by both species, cercarial extracts of T. regenti and S. mansoni were biochemically ch...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kasný M,Mikes L,Dalton JP,Mountford AP,Horák P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-subunit antigen (native M(r) > 200 kDa, reduced M(r) 97-100 kDa) has been identified in homogenates of Trichinella spiralis larvae using affinity-purified rabbit anti-keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) antibodies and its cross-reactivity with KLH was confirmed by competition blotting. The antigen was not present...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Modha J,Robertson WM,Kennedy MW,Kusel JR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments were carried out in which calves reared parasite-free were infected with a single dose of 3rd-stage larvae of Cooperia oncophora. In the first experiment the calves received 20 000 or 200 000 infective larvae and they were autopsied 28 or 56 days after the infection. In the second experiment the doses ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Borgsteede FH,Hendriks J

更新日期：1979-06-01 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：:Several approaches were adopted for the disruption and removal of the tegumental surface from protoscoleces of the horse strain of the hydatid organism, Echinococcus granulosus. The effectiveness of each method and the purity of subsequent microthrix-enriched fractions obtained by differential centrifugation were eval...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McManus DP,Barrett NJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated intestinal trichomonads in western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees and humans cohabiting the forest ecosystem of Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area in Central African Republic, using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and SSU rRNA gene sequences. Trichomonads belonging to the genus Tetratrich...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Petrželková KJ,Smejkalová P,Céza V,Pafčo B,Shutt-Phillips KA,Todd A,Jirků-Pomajbíková K,Benavides J,Modrý D,Čepička I

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major transaminase in Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Panagrellus redivivus and rat liver was the 2-oxoglutarate-glutamate system, with relatively few amino acids acting as donors for the pyruvate-alanine and oxaloacetate-aspartate systems. The relative effectiveness of the different amino acid donors in the three tran...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Grantham BD,Barrett J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvilli are developed on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula during penetration of the host skin; they form rapidly but are lost approximately 90 min after penetration. Identical microvilli are also formed on schistosomula which have penetrated a mouse skin preparation in vitro, and on schistosomula pr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McLaren DJ,Hockley DJ

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of molecular diversity were identified in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (cox1) gene sequences of Schistosoma turkestanicum from Hungary. These cox1 sequences were all specific to Hungary which contrasted with the low levels of diversity seen in the nuclear internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) sequ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lawton SP,Bowen LI,Emery AM,Majoros G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of Leishmania donovani in co-culture with Trypanosoma brucei, were severely affected in their growth, resulting in swelling and subsequent lysis. Similar effects were also observed when Crithidia luciliae or Phytomonas sp. were co-cultured with T. brucei. Direct contact between the cells under investigation and ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Coppens I,Ter Kuile BH,Opperdoes FR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in the behaviour of Stagnicola elodes associated with the emergence of Plagiorchis elegans cercariae. Within 15 min of the reduction in light intensity, which triggered the onset of cercarial emergence, infected snails moved to the top of the water column and remained there for 2-3 h. Seventy-n...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lowenberger CA,Rau ME

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Calliphoridae include some of the most economically significant myiasis-causing flies in the world - blowflies and screwworm flies - with many being notorious for their parasitism of livestock. However, despite more than 50 years of research, key taxonomic relationships within the family remain unresolved. This st...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： McDonagh LM,Stevens JR

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Members of the phylum Microspora are a group of unusual, obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites that infect a wide range of hosts. However, there are a limited number of microsporidial infections reported in avian hosts, and no parasite species has been defined as an avian pathogen. A microsporidian organism was ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Snowden KF,Logan K,Phalen DN

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the quantitative distribution of Plasmodiumfalciparum gametocytes into the vector bloodmeal, Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes were fed on 3 volunteers naturally infected with gametocytes. The content of each mosquito midgut was smeared on a microscope slide and Giemsa stained. The distribution of gametoc...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pichon G,Awono-Ambene HP,Robert V

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes represent one of the most abundant and species-rich groups of animals on the planet, with parasitic species causing chronic, debilitating infections in both livestock and humans worldwide. The prevalence and success of the nematodes is a direct consequence of the exceptionally protective properties of their ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stepek G,McCormack G,Birnie AJ,Page AP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most human cases of cryptosporidiosis are caused by Cryptosporidium parvum or Cryptosporidium hominis, but the use of molecular diagnostic methods has revealed that several other less common species or genotypes can also be involved. Here, we describe two unusual causes of cryptosporidiosis, one being the recently des...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lebbad M,Beser J,Insulander M,Karlsson L,Mattsson JG,Svenungsson B,Axén C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysporoplasma sparis infection was studied in gilthead sea bream from different mariculture systems of the Spanish coasts. Culture conditions influenced the infection dynamics, as the parasite appeared only in semi-intensive cultures and was not found in intensive closed systems nor in open ones. No clear seasonal p...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Palenzuela O,Alvarez-Pellitero P,Sitjà-Bobadilla A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00