Phagocyte-specific S100 proteins in the local response to the Echinococcus granulosus larva.

abstract：:To test the homogeneity of 18S sequences within Trypanosoma cruzi, riboprint profiles were separated by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE). Upon interpretation of melting curves of fragments within a riboprint profile, there appeared to be two 18S sequence types within each stock examined. Two similar typ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stothard JR,Frame IA,Carrasco HJ,Miles MA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteases of pathogenic protozoan parasites play pivotal roles in the life cycle of parasites, but strict regulation of their activities is also essential for maintenance of parasite physiology and interaction with hosts. In this study, we identified and characterized cryptostatin, a novel inhibitor of cystei...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kang JM,Ju HL,Yu JR,Sohn WM,Na BK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perkinsus marinus is a protozoan responsible for dramatic mortality in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, but not in the Pacific oyster, C. gigas. To understand the host-parasite relationship, we inoculated P. marinus trophozoites into the shell cavity of C. gigas and measured, over 2 months, (i) intensity of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Romestand B,Corbier F,Roch P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing models of the basic case reproduction number (R0) for vector-borne diseases assume (i) that the distribution of vectors over the susceptible host species is homogeneous and (ii) that the biting preference for the susceptible host species rather than other potential hosts is a constant. Empirical evidence cont...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kelly DW,Thompson CE

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：: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：:Chagas infection is a major endemic disease affecting Latin American countries. The persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi generates a chronic inflammatory reactivity that induces an immune response directed to the host's tissues. The effectiveness of the treatment in the chronic phase is still unsatisfactory due, amongst o...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fauro R,Lo Presti S,Bazan C,Baez A,Strauss M,Triquell F,Cremonezzi D,Negrete OS,Willhuber GC,Paglini-Oliva P,Rivarola HW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia is widespread in filarial nematodes. Previous studies have suggested concordance between the phylogeny of Wolbachia with that of their nematode hosts. However, there is only one published molecular phylogenetic study of filarial species, based on the 5S rRNA gene spa...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Casiraghi M,Anderson TJ,Bandi C,Bazzocchi C,Genchi C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of host heterogeneity in generating aggregation was investigated using Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematoda) in laboratory mice. Parameters of infection were compared between inbred and outbred mice, between primary and challenge infection protocols, and between gavage and natural exposure protocols, to ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tanguay GV,Scott ME

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxozoans have been successfully used as tags for fish stock identification around the world. However, few studies using myxozoan tags have been carried out in the Southern Atlantic, a region with complex oceanography that constitutes a potentially suitable scenario for testing the utility of myxozoans as indicators. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cantatore DM,Irigoitia MM,Holzer AS,Timi JT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A time-course study was conducted to resolve discrepancies in the literature and better define aspects of the Eimeria maxima life cycle such, as sites of development and both morphology and number of asexual stages. Broiler chickens were inoculated orally with five million E. maxima oocysts (APU1), and were necropsied...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dubey JP,Jenkins MC

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:The pentastomid parasite, Raillietiella frenata, is native to Asia where it infects the Asian House gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus. This gecko has been widely introduced and recently R. frenata was found in introduced populations of cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Australia, indicating a host-switch from introduced geck...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kelehear C,Saltonstall K,Torchin ME

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizont-infected red blood cells (SI-RBC) from Plasmodium berghei-infected mice contain between 2 and 10 times as much sialic acid as uninfected RBC from the same blood (99-550 micrograms/10(10) RBC versus 33-65 micrograms/10(10) RBC). Total RBC samples from infected animals containing up to 63% ring- and trophozoite...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Howard RJ,Seeley DC Jr,Kao V,Wember M,Schauer R

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landscape epidemiology and landscape genetics combine advances in molecular techniques, spatial analyses and epidemiological models to generate a more real-world understanding of infectious disease dynamics and provide powerful new tools for the study of RNA viruses. Using dog rabies as a model we have identified how ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Brunker K,Hampson K,Horton DL,Biek R

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Murine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against Neospora caninum tachyzoites were produced to identify the cross-reactive antigens between N. caninum and Toxoplasma gondii. Ten mAbs recognizing cross-reactive antigens of both parasites were obtained and tentatively classified into 6 different groups based on their reactiv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Liao M,Xuan X,Huang X,Shirafuji H,Fukumoto S,Hirata H,Suzuki H,Fujisaki K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoids are parasites that invariably kill their host. Polydnaviruses are injected by parasitoid wasps into the body cavity of their insect host and cause immunosuppression, allowing the parasitoid to develop in the absence of encapsulation. One of the targets of the polydnaviruses are the haemocytes of the host, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Beckage NE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular phylogeny and morphology of the oxyuroid nematode genus Aspiculuris from voles and house mice has been examined. Worms collected from Myodes glareolus in Poland, Eire and the UK are identified as Aspiculuris tianjinensis, previously known only from China, while worms from Mus musculus from a range of loc...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Behnke JM,Stewart A,Bajer A,Grzybek M,Harris PD,Lowe A,Ribas A,Smales L,Vandegrift KJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the origin of invasive parasites and ecological transmission barriers on the distribution of mosquito-borne pathogens is enriched by molecular phylogenetic approaches now that large databases are becoming available. Here we assess the biogeographical relationships among haemosporidian blood parasites and...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Baillie SM,Brunton DH

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:The host-parasite relationship is exquisitely specific. In exploiting the host niche, a variety of helminth parasites have been shown to directly manipulate their hosts' immune responses. We assessed the ability of a whole-worm extract of Hymenolepis diminuta to modulate immune cell activation. Immune cells isolated f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wang A,McKay DM

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Most sylvatic species of Trichinella are known to have poor infectivity to rats, but in the present study oral administration of bile from other hosts appeared to modify this infectivity. A total of 75 rats were inoculated in groups of 25 with 3 species of Trichinella (T. spiralis, T. nativa, and T. nelsoni) and each ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Theodoropoulos G,Styliara M,Petrakos M,Kapel CM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-h in vitro susceptibility test of Plasmodium falciparum wild isolates to artemisinin, chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and mefloquine was performed in Kibaha, Tanzania. A sigmoid Emax model was fitted to all data for each isolate and drug combination. Artemisinin and mefloquine exhibited 100% growth inhibit...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alin MH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrogametogony and the formation of the oocyst wall has been examined in Eimeria acervulina. Macrogametes develop within a parasitophorous vacuole. Within the cytoplasm can be observed wall-forming bodies of Type I (WFBI) and Type II (WFBII), a nucleus, mitochondria, canaliculi and polysaccharide granules. WFBII are ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pittilo RM,Ball SJ

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult Onchocerca volvulus worms obtained by enzyme digestion from nodules of infected Mexicans were radio-isotope labelled by the chloramine-T or Bolton-Hunter methods. No antigenic determinants were detected in extracts of worms labelled by the chloramine-T method but 3 antigens were detected in extracts of the Bolto...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Philipp M,Gómez-Priego A,Parkhouse RM,Davies MW,Clark NW,Ogilvie BM,Beltrán-Hernández F

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological and pharmacological techniques were used to study glutamatergic signalling in the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum. Glutamate or kainate injections into whole worms produced a paralysed quasi-static posture similar to the waveform in behaving worms. The DE2 motorneuron class is a primary target. S...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Davis RE

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:Leishmania donovani causes visceral disease (kala-azar), a major health problem throughout the tropics with 500 000 new cases every year. Leishmania differentiates from the promastigote to the amastigote form to establish infection in a mammalian host. To understand the process of differentiation, we assessed the glob...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Srividya G,Duncan R,Sharma P,Raju BV,Nakhasi HL,Salotra P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00