Host-parasite interactions and global climate oscillations.

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：:Isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi from human patients, domestic and sylvatic animals and vector insects were obtained in different areas of Argentina. Electrophoretic patterns of enzymes from extracts of 95 isolates were analysed. On the basis of zymograms providing information on 10 loci, 12 zymodemes are described accor...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： de Luca D'oro GM,Gardenal CN,Perret B,Crisci JV,Montamat EE

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentastomids comprise a highly specialized taxon of arthropod-like parasites that probably became adapted to the lungs of amphibians and reptiles early in their long evolutionary history. Few other macroparasites exploit this particular niche. Pentastomids are often large, long-lived and yet they cause little observab...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Riley J,Henderson RJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digenean parasites infecting four Cominella whelk species (C. glandiformis, C. adspersa, C. maculosa and C. virgata), which inhabit New Zealand's intertidal zone, were analysed using molecular techniques. Mitochondrial 16S and cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI) and nuclear rDNA ITS1 sequences were used to infer phylogenetic r...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Donald KM,Spencer HG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, a recombinant aminopeptidase P (rTgAPP) from Toxoplasma gondii was expressed in Escherichia coli to evaluate its enzyme parameters. The rTgAPP showed strong activity against a synthetic substrate for aminopeptidase P at pH 8·0 with a K m value of 0·255 µ m and a k cat value of 35·6 s-1. The overa...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yang M,Zheng J,Jia H,Song M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the evolution of microparasites in response to the immune system of vertebrate hosts. We first describe a simple model for an acute infection. This model suggests that the within-host dynamics of the microparasite will be a 'race' between parasite multiplication and a clonally expanding response by the host...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Antia R,Lipsitch M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statistical aggregation of parasites among hosts is often described empirically by the negative binomial (Poisson-gamma) distribution. Alternatively, the Poisson-lognormal model can be used. This has the advantage that it can be fitted as a generalized linear mixed model, thereby quantifying the sources of aggrega...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Elston DA,Moss R,Boulinier T,Arrowsmith C,Lambin X

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased availability of multilocus sequence data, the lack of concordance of gene trees estimated for independent loci has focused attention on both the biological processes producing the discord and the methodologies used to estimate phylogenetic relationships. What has emerged is a suite of new analytical...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Knowles LL,Klimov PB

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:In the context of a broader program dealing with the symbiotic associations of apple snails, we sampled three species that coexist in Lake Regatas (Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina). The population of Asolene platae, (but not those of Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea scalaris) showed trematode larvae (echinocercariae ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dellagnola FA,Montes MM,Martorelli SR,Vega IA

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:The localization of adult Schistosoma mansoni originating from Guadeloupe (West Indies) was analysed in the natural host Rattus rattus in experimental and natural infections. A transfer of schistosomes from the porto-mesenteric system to the lungs occurs between the 4th and the 20th weeks post-infection, with a peak b...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Imbert-Establet D,Combes C

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exponential decay in community similarity as a function of distance is a ubiquitous phenomenon in biogeography. Thus, for parasite communities, pairwise similarity decreases with increasing geographical distance between host populations. This biogeographical rule should also apply along other dimensions characterizing...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Poulin R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eimerian oocysts were found in 98% of 422 faeces samples from goats in SE England. It was found that 74% of the samples contained thousands or tens of thousands of oocysts/g. Kids less than 1 year old had higher oocyst counts than yearling or adult goats. Nine species of Eimeria were identified, and 65% of the samples...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Norton CC

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endemic transmission cycle of Babesia microti was discovered in Colorado in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. B. microti were found by PCR in 4 of 25 Ixodes spinipalpis tick pools tested (a 3.2 % minimum infection rate) and in 87% (13 of 15) of Microtus ochrogaster (the prairie vole) spleen and blood samples. U...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Burkot TR,Schneider BS,Pieniazek NJ,Happ CM,Rutherford JS,Slemenda SB,Hoffmeister E,Maupin GO,Zeidner NS

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni were incubated in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% fetal calf serum, 10% human portal venous or 10% human peripheral venous sera in the presence of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) in order to measure differences in cell proliferation. The rates of cell proliferation as expressed by BrdU la...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shaker YM,Wu CH,el-Shobaki FA,Ashour E,Khattab HM,Draz HM,Kamel R,Wu GY

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we describe the molecular analysis of zinc-metalloproteases from the abomasal nematode Ostertagia ostertagi which were exclusively recognized by local antibodies of immune cattle. Full-length or partial coding sequences of 4 different zinc-metalloprotease cDNAs of Ostertagia (met-1, -2, -3 and -4) were ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： De Maere V,Vercauteren I,Geldhof P,Gevaert K,Vercruysse J,Claerebout E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of authors have demonstrated that the schistosomicidal compound, Praziquantel (Pzq), depends for its action upon the immune status of the host (Sabah et al. 1985; Brindley & Sher, 1987; Doenhoff et al. 1987). We have attempted to define the synergistic interaction between immuno- and chemotherapy further, usi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Piper KP,Mott RF,Hockley DJ,McLaren DJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early in the history of schistosomiasis research, children under 5 years of age were known to be infected. Although this problem was recognized over 100 years ago, insufficient action has been taken to address this issue. Under current policy, such infected children only receive their first antiparasitic treatment (pr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bustinduy AL,Wright S,Joekes EC,Kabatereine NB,Reinhard-Rupp J,King CH,Stothard JR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanism of action and compared the anthelmintic efficacy of cysteine proteinases from papaya, pineapple, fig, kiwi fruit and Egyptian milkweed in vitro using the rodent gastrointestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus. Within a 2 h incubation period, all the cysteine proteinases, with the exceptio...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stepek G,Buttle DJ,Duce IR,Lowe A,Behnke JM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If the deleterious effects of non-specific parasites are greater on vulnerable host species than on reservoir host species then exclusion of the vulnerable host through apparent competition is more likely. Evidence suggests that such a mechanism occurs in interactions between the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tompkins DM,Greenman JV,Hudson PJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free radical nitric oxide (NO) is a neuronal messenger which is synthesized from L-arginine and O2 by nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In the synthesis NO and L-citrulline are produced in a stoichiometric 1:1 relation. The activity of NOS was analysed in homogenates of the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta by measurin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Terenina NB,Onufriev MV,Gulyaeva NV,Lindholm AM,Gustafsson MK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in mammals reveals the extent of sexual selection, which may in turn explain why males are often more infected by parasites than females and that parasites may contribute to the association between SSD and male-biased mortality. Here, we investigated the relationship between SSD in small m...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Morand S,De Bellocq JG,Stanko M,Miklisová D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of different incubation media and of temperature on the induction of water sensitivity has been investigated in intact and tailless Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. Removal of the cercarial tail by vortex stirring and elevation of the temperature of the medium from 27 to 37 degrees C resulted in the rapid ons...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ramalho-Pinto FJ,Gazzinelli G,Howells RE,Pellegrino J

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, the validity of the assumption of concerted evolution of ribosomal regions in larval and adult Cooperia oncophora was assessed. In each of 4 individuals of this parasitic nematode, at least 78% of the sequences comprised different ITS variants. This implies that concerted evolution is not acting, which is corrob...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mes TH,Cornelissen AW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis spp. is the most frequent infectious unicellular, luminal parasite in all species of animals and humans. It has been linked to diarrhoea and irritable bowel syndrome. Saccharomyces boulardii (Sb) is a widely used probiotic that previously showed efficacy against several intestinal pathogens. The aim of th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Méabed EMH,Abdelhafez DN,Abdelaliem YF

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraerythrocytic malaria parasites ingest the cytosol of their host cell and digest it inside their acid food vacuoles. Acidified (pH 4-5.5, 37 degrees C) human red blood cell lysates were used to simulate this process, measuring the denaturation of haemoglobin (Hb) and the release of iron, in the absence or presence...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gabay T,Krugliak M,Shalmiev G,Ginsburg H

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports that inhibition of Leishmania Topo-I with the minor groove-binding ligands (MGBLs) Hoechst 33342 (Ho342) blocks parasite growth in culture by mechanisms involving DNA breakage. While Ho342 inhibited the replication of several species of Leishmania in a dose- and time-dependent manner, Ho258 was not ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Marquis JF,Drolet M,Olivier M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the kinetics of adenosine transport were carried out on the P1 and P2 transporters of drug-sensitive Trypanosoma evansi and its cloned derivative, resistant to the melaminophenyl arsenical Mel CY. Characterization of adenosine uptake was made by estimation of the maximum concentration taken up at time infin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Suswam EA,Ross CA,Martin RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated calcium (Ca2+) channels contribute to impulse propagation in excitable cells and also regulate intracellular levels of Ca2+. High voltage-activated (HVA) Ca2+ channels are heteromultimeric membrane proteins. The pore-forming, voltage-sensing subunit is the alpha1 subunit. We have cloned 3 HVA Ca2+ channe...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kohn AB,Lea J,Roberts-Misterly JM,Anderson PA,Greenberg RM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00