Molecular characterization of Cystoisospora belli and unizoite tissue cyst in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

abstract：:The abundance of Profilicollis botulus was monitored in eider ducks for 3 years. No significant difference in P. botulus abundance was found between eiders taken alive and those collected dead from the shore line, or between adult males and adult females. Adult male eiders had a seasonal pattern of infection. Incubati...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Thompson AB

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：:The development of drug resistance by the present Houghton strain of Eimeria tenella to the quinolones, methyl benzoquate and buquinolate, was found to take place after a single experimental passage. The development of resistance was independent of drug selection pressure and showed cross resistance to other quinolone...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chapman HD

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between populations of the Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and the White-footed Mouse (P. leucopus) and their respective Cuterebra parasites were examined. Population genetic structure of hosts and parasites was inferred using cytochrome oxidase mitochondrial sequences of specimens from 7 populat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Noel S,Angers B,Lapointe FJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA and IgE activity against Teladorsagia circumcincta was investigated in a flock of Texel lambs following natural, mixed nematode infection among lambs. The distribution of IgA activity was similar to a gamma distribution whereas IgE activity was different. Box-Cox analysis demonstrated that X0.25 was a suitable tra...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Murphy L,Eckersall PD,Bishop SC,Pettit JJ,Huntley JF,Burchmore R,Stear MJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most, if not all, organisms face attack by natural enemies and will be selected to evolve some form of defence. Resistance may have costs as well as its obvious benefits. These costs may be associated with actual defence or with the maintenance of the defensive machinery irrespective of whether a challenge occurs. In ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kraaijeveld AR,Ferrari J,Godfray HC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of the 18S small subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA of Hammondia hammondi and Sarcocystis mucosa was obtained and compared to SSU rDNA sequences of Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii, Besnoitia besnoiti, 2 species of Frenkelia, 3 species of Isospora, and 13 species of Sarcocystis. Analyses showed that ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jenkins MC,Ellis JT,Liddell S,Ryce C,Munday BL,Morrison DA,Dubey JP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo activity of two cyclosporins, cyclosporin A (CsA) and a non-immunosuppressive derivative of dihydrocylosporin A (DHCsA-d) against three tapeworms, Hymenolepis microstoma, H. diminuta and Mesocestoides corti, has been assessed. CsA reversibly reduced the dry weight of H. microstoma in the mouse, briefly del...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Chappell LH,Wastling JM,Hurd H

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents have considerable potential to regulate or constrain the population growth of vertebrate hosts in natural habitats. A broad theoretical framework provides many insights into how the biology of the parasite and the demography of the host interact to determine this impact. It may manifest itself as a s...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Anderson RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii has a unique enzyme, a NTPase, which has a wide specificity toward NTP. In the present study, we produced a monoclonal antibody (IgG1, 6C6) against the enzyme which could recognize NTPase isozymes among several strains of T. gondii. Three avirulent strains of T. gondii, ME49, Beverley and Nakayama, w...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kikuchi T,Furuta T,Kojima S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a longitudinal study investigating the dynamics of malaria in Ugandan lakeshore communities, a consistently high malaria prevalence was observed in young children despite regular treatment. To explore the short-term performance of artemether-lumefantrine (AL), a pilot investigation into parasite carriage after ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Betson M,Sousa-Figueiredo JC,Atuhaire A,Arinaitwe M,Adriko M,Mwesigwa G,Nabonge J,Kabatereine NB,Sutherland CJ,Stothard JR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against the retrovirus envelope glycoprotein (gp70) of mouse xenotropic retrovirus, BALB virus 2 (Bv2) reacted with the adult worms of Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni. This reaction was completely inhibited after adsorption of the antibodies with virions of retrovirus. The reactive schistosome antigen ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tanaka M,Iwamura Y,Amanuma H,Irie Y,Watanabe M,Watanabe T,Uchiyama Y,Yasuraoka K

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field trial was conducted to evaluate the potential of the nematode-destroying fungus Duddingtonia flagrans to control free-living stages of horse strongyles. In late Spring 2 groups of horses (yearlings) with mixed infections of strongyles were allowed to contaminate 2 equal-sized pastures. One of the groups (F) re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Larsen M,Nansen P,Grøndahl C,Thamsborg SM,Grønvold J,Wolstrup J,Henriksen SA,Monrad J

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:Due to the low informative value of available morphological characters, cytogenetic and molecular methods, based on rDNA sequencing, were used to characterize adult and larval stages of Phyllodistomum spp. Species studied have 18 chromosomes with comparable absolute and relative lengths. Conventional Giemsa staining a...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Petkeviciŭte R,Stunzenas V,Staneviciŭte G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium parvum is composed of multiple subtypes, which appear to be zoonotic or anthroponotic. Therefore, in order to understand the molecular epidemiology of this species and to control the zoonotic transmission, it is essential to identify the isolates at the subtype level. In the present study, 60.2% of 103...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Misic Z,Abe N

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feulgen-pararosaniline (SO2) staining was performed on stages in the life-cycle of Isospora (Toxoplasma) gondii, Eimeria tenella, Sarcocystis cruzi and Plasmodium berghei. The fluorescence emission of the stained DNA in nuclei of these stages was examined and compared with absorption microscopy measurements at 560 nm ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cornelissen AW,Overdulve JP,Van der Ploeg M

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite transmission can be altered via the removal of parasites by the ambient communities in which parasite-host interactions take place. However, the mechanisms driving parasite removal remain poorly understood. Using marine trematode cercariae as a model system, we investigated the effects of consumer and host bo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Welsh JE,Hempel A,Markovic M,van der Meer J,Thieltges DW

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose uptake was examined in adult specimens of Proterometra macrostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) recovered from the stomach (endoparasites) and gills (ectoparasites) of longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis. The endoparasitic forms transported glucose directly through the external body surface by Na+-independent, facilitat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Uglem GL

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-mesocyclic development of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly in its migration from midgut to salivary glands, was revisited by sequential microdissection, morphometry and DNA-cytofluorometry. This development started by day 6 after the infective feed, with passage of mesocyclic midgut trypomastigotes through pr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Van Den Abbeele J,Claes Y,van Bockstaele D,Le Ray D,Coosemans M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serology is an important tool for the diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans. In order to improve serodiagnostic performance, we have developed an in vitro-produced Echinococcus mulilocularis metacestode vesicle fluid (EmVF) antigen for application in an immunoblot assay. Immunoblot analysis of EmVF revea...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Müller N,Frei E,Nuñez S,Gottstein B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations were carried out into the properties and localization of chitin synthase (EC 2.4.1.16) in connection with the formation of Ascaris suum egg-shells. The chitin synthase of eggs exhibited properties very similar to those found in other chitin-synthesizing organisms. It was stimulated by the presence of AT...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dubinský P,Rybos M,Turceková L

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian malaria is a vector transmitted disease caused by Plasmodium and recent studies suggest that variation in its prevalence across avian hosts is correlated with a variety of ecological traits. Here we examine the relationship between prevalence and diversity of Plasmodium lineages in southeastern Amazonia and: (1)...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fecchio A,Ellis VA,Bell JA,Andretti CB,D'Horta FM,Silva AM,Tkach VV,Weckstein JD

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the component community of lung-worms of the harbour porpoise, attempting to establish the relative importance of ecological and evolutionary factors on its development. The lungs of 64 porpoises by-caught in Norwegian waters were examined for helminths. Three pseudaliid species were detected. The porpoises...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Balbuena JA,Aspholm PE,Andersen KI,Bjørge A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behaviour and development of Elasmosoma sp., near pergandei Ashm. (Neoneurinae: Braconidae: Hymenoptera), a parasite of the ant, Formica obscuriventris clivia Creighton, was studied in a coastal sand dune habitat in central Oregon over a 2-year period. Female wasps oviposited into the abdomen of major worker ants ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Poinar G Jr

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Leishmania produce several types of mucin-like glycoproteins called proteophosphoglycans (PPGs) some of which are secreted while others are found on the surface of promastigotes and amastigotes. These proteins are thought to be important in the transmission, invasion and subsequent intracellular survival of parasites....

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Samant M,Sahasrabuddhe AA,Singh N,Gupta SK,Sundar S,Dube A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, representative of the genetic variability of the 2 principal lineages, that subdivide T. cruzi, were selected on the basis of previous multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis using 21 loci. Analyses were performed with lower numbers of loci to exp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Breniere SF,Barnabe C,Bosseno MF,Tibayrenc M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part of Robert T. Leiper's (1881-1969) lasting legacy in medical helminthology is grounded on his pioneering work on schistosomiasis (Bilharzia). Having undertaken many expeditions to the tropics, his fascination with parasite life cycles typically allowed him to devise simple preventive measures that curtailed transm...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stothard JR,Kabatereine NB,Archer J,Al-Shehri H,Tchuem-Tchuenté LA,Gyapong M,Bustinduy AL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid elimination of the intestinal phase of Trichinella spiralis in NIH mice is associated with progressive inflammation of the intestinal tract. The non-specific effects of this inflammation were studied in mice concurrently infected with an unrelated parasite, Hymenolepis diminuta, which does not stimulate a vi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Behnke JM,Bland PW,Wakelin D

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00