Nematode Parasites in Baltic Sea Mammals, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)) and Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena (L.)), from the German Coast.

abstract：PURPOSE:Due to mass population movements driven by internal conflicts and wars, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is becoming increasingly important in Turkey. This study is aimed at determining the clinical aspects, diagnosis and genotyping of CL patients coming to Turkey from abroad. METHODS:In our study, the clinical ma...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Özbilgin A,Gencoglan G,Tunali V,Çavuş İ,Yıldırım A,Gündüz C,Harman M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally Leishmania infantum infected bitches were divided into oestrogenized (n = 11) and non-oestrogenized (n = 6) groups. Vaginal secretions were collected for polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and vulval, vaginal and uterine tissues were collected for the immunohistochemical (IHQ) identification of L. infantum. Pa...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Magro AG,Assis VP,Silva LC,Tafuri WL,Silva SO,Melo MN,Valle GR

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new genus and a new species of an ectoparasitic ergasilid (Copepoda, Ergasilidae) parasite of the red-tailed lambari, Astyanax fasciatus, from Jurumirim Reservoir (Upper Paranapanema River), São Paulo State, Brazil. METHODS:The host fish were collected using multi-panel gill nets. The gill of eac...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Narciso RB,Brandão H,Perbiche-Neves G,da Silva RJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes Ashworthius sidemi are typical parasites of Asiatic cervids, mostly sika deer (Cervus nippon). Migrating red deer have probably introduced this parasite to the area of Poland from neighbouring countries. The aim of the study was to determine prevalence and intensity of infection of red deer and roe deer from...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Demiaszkiewicz AW,Merta D,Kobielski J,Filip KJ,Pyziel AM

更新日期：2017-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A high infestation of the monogenean Gussevia tucunarense in a cultivation of bujurqui-tucunare was reported. The prevalence was 100%. The mean intensity and abundance of the parasite was 164.4 of parasites per individual. This is the first report of a high infestation by G. tucunarense in C. semifasciatus cultured fr...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Mathews PD,Mertins O,Mathews JP,Orbe RI

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two species of parasitic nematodes, Heliconema ahiri Karve, 1941 (Physalopteridae) and Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) anguillae Moravec et al., 2006 (Camallanidae), were recorded from the Indonesian shortfin eel Anguilla bicolor bicolor Mc-Clelland in the Chalakkudi River and Veli Lake, respectively, both Kerala, Ind...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Moravec F,Sheeba S,Kumar AB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric DNA vaccines co-expressing Eimeria acervulina macrophage migration inhibitory factor (E.MIF) and chicken IL-2 (IL-2) or interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were constructed and their efficacies against E. acervulina were evaluated. The open reading frame (ORF) of E.MIF was cloned from E. acervulina merozoites and subcloned ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Song X,Zhang R,Xu L,Yan R,Li X

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic disease caused by the parasitism of Echinococcus multilocularis larvae in the intermediate host or the final host. This study aims to identify and analyze the B-cell and T-cell (Th1, Th2 and Th17) epitopes of E. multilocularis antigen Emy162. METHODS:(1) The seco...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Pang MQ,Tang F,Wang HJ,Zhou Y,Ren L,Li RL,Zhou H,Wan CF,Liu CC,Yangdan CR,Fan HN

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Podocotyle bathyhelminthos n. sp. (Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) is described from the cusk-eel, Luciobrotula corethromycter Cohen, 1964 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), collected at depths of 622-1,280 m in the northern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea off Colombia. The new species is distinguished by possessing a combinat...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Blend CK,Dronen NO

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites are ubiquitous members of biotic communities. To investigate the infective status of helminth parasites in Pelophylax nigromaculatus from Shanghai, 90 frogs were collected from July 2013 to July 2014 and examined for the presence of internal parasites. Of these, 86.67% (78/90) of frogs were infected with par...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Men Q,Han H,Zhao Q,Xia W,Dong H,Zhu S,Wang Z,Li C,Zhu X,Huang B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High performance thin-layer chromatography was used to determine the concentration of β-carotene and lutein in the whole body and digestive gland-gonad complex (DGG) of uninfected Biomphalaria glabrata snails and those infected with Schistosoma mansoni for 6 and 8 weeks. Pigments were extracted from the snails using a...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Dieterich N,Fried B,Sherma J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:This study described the detection, prevalence and phylogeny of Anaplasma marginale in the bovine (cattle and buffaloes) and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick belonged to the tribal area of coastal South Gujarat, India, by amplifying 576 bp of major surface protein (msp) 5 gene using custo...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Kumar N,Solanki JB,Varghese A,Jadav MM,Das B,Patel MD,Patel DC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of Rhinonastes, hitherto monotypic, is described and illustrated from the nasal cavity of 'curimat', Prochilodus argenteus from São Francisco River, Brazil. Rhinonastes curimatae n. sp. presents a male copulatory organ with more than five rings while the type species of the genus is characterized by male...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Monteiro CM,Brasil-Sato MC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyopisthocotylean monogenean parasites of fishes are highly host specific and have been used as an appropriate model to study the host-parasite co-evolution. In the present study, eight monogeneans of the order Mazocraeidea were characterized by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and their phylogenetic relationship with oth...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Tambireddy N,Gayatri T,Gireesh-Babu P,Pavan-Kumar A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosmocerca leytensis sp. nov. (Ascaridida, Cosmocercidae) from the large intestine of Cyrtodactylus gubaot (Squamata: Gekkonidae) collected on Leyte Island, Philippines is described and illustrated. Cosmocerca leytensis sp. nov. is the 30th species assigned to the genus, the 4th from the Oriental region, and the first...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Bursey CR,Goldberg SR,Siler CD,Brown RM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new feather mite species, Tyrannidectes pteroptochi sp. n. (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae), is described from the Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius Kittlitz, 1830 (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) in Chile. This is the first record of mites of the genus Tyrannidectes Mironov 2008 from this family ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Mironov SV,González-Acuña DA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 5, 20, and 40 miracidia dose exposures of Echinostoma caproni on the amino acid contents of Biomphalaria glabrata were studied using high performance thin-layer chromatography-densitometry. Amino acids were identified and quantified in whole bodies of exposed snails and in the uninfected matched control...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Nguyen M,Fried B,Sherma J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leishmaniasis, as one of the most important vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, can be seen in different forms and is more prevalent in developing countries worldwide. Due to the absence of effective strategies in its prevention, treatment, and control, investigation of effective control strategies against the ...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Namavari M,Namazi F,Asadi-Manesh R,Hosseini MH,Nazifi S,Asadpour M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the present study, the effect of different biocompatible concentrations from ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on the physiological state and surface topography of the nematode P. equorum was determined in vitro. METHODS:Different concentrations of ZnO NPs (100, 200, 300 and 400 mg/l) synthesized using the egg wh...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Morsy K,Fahmy S,Mohamed A,Ali S,El-Garhy M,Shazly M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongylid nematode that has a heteroxenous cycle, where snails act as intermediate hosts and the rodents Rattus rattus and Rattus novergicus are the definitive hosts. However, humans may act as accidental hosts presenting an atypical form of parasitism. This fact has mot...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Tunholi-Alves VM,Tunholi VM,Amaral LS,da Silva Garcia J,Lima MG,DaMatta RA,Pinheiro J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To seek for the optimal immunization procedure of DNA vaccine pVAX1-pEtK2-IL-2 which was produced via cloning pEtK2 antigen gene of Eimeria tenella (E. tenella) and chicken IL-2 (chIL-2) gene into expression vector pVAX1. METHODS:The doses, routes, times of inoculation and ages of the first inoculation of chic...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Zhang B,Yuan C,Song X,Xu L,Yan R,Shah MAA,Guo C,Zhu S,Li X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro study has been carried out to monitor changes to the female reproductive system in adult triclabendazole (TCBZ)-resistant Fasciola hepatica following treatment with a commercial preparation of myrrh ("Mirazid"). Flukes were immersed for 6 h and 24 h in myrrh extract at a concentration of 200 µg/ml, then pr...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Abdelaal MMO,Brennan GP,Hanna REB,Abdel-Aziz A,Fairweather I

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Haemaphysalis longicornis is an important ectoparasite of domestic and wild animals that can transmit many pathogens including viruses, fungi, bacteria and protozoa. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this study, we examined genetic variation and population genetics in three mitochondrial (mt) genes [cox1 (cytochro...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Li ZB,Fu YT,Cheng TY,Yao GM,Hou QH,Li F,Zhao Y,Zou FC,Liu GH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancylostoma ceylanicum belongs to a group of soil-transmitted helminths, which infect almost 576 mln people worldwide and are a major cause of anaemia and malnutrition. Upon contact with a permissive host, third-stage larvae (L3) residing in the environment become activated larvae (ssL3), a process associated with cha...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Siwińska AM,Bąska P,Daniłowicz-Luebert E,Januszkiewicz K,Długosz E,Wędrychowicz H,Cappello M,Wiśniewski M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of zoonotic parasites in feral cats have been widely considered all over the world. In Gran Canaria (Macaronesian archipelago, Canary Islands, Spain) the number of feral cats has grown out of control in urban and rural areas. 48 of Felis catus captured in different Gran Canaria areas were studied. Animals...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Rodríguez-Ponce E,González JF,de Felipe MC,Hernández JN,Raduan Jaber J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current understanding of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) depends upon the experimental model. Different species of mouse and hamster have been used as model for VL. It is already evident that the mouse model of VL is not a true reflection of the pathology of human visceral leishmaniasis (HuVL). On the other hand...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Saini S,Dube A,Sahasrabuddhe AA,Thakur CP,Joshi S,Rawat K,Rai AK

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterocytozoon bieneusi, the dominant zoonotic species of microsporidia, has been reported in various animals and humans. However, relatively little information is available concerning the worldwide prevalence and genotypes of E. bieneusi in ruminants, such as sheep and goats. The present study was conducted...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Li WC,Wang K,Gu YF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Theileria equi is an intra-erythrocytic apicomplexean protozoa that infect equines. Protein kinases (PK), key molecules of the apicomplexean life cycle, have been implicated as significant drug targets. The growth inhibitory efficacy of PK inhibitors against Theileria/Babesia animal parasites have not been...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Yadav J,Goel P,Mandal KD,Yadav R,Kumar N,Kumar R,Tripathi BN,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the best examples of rapid displacement of native species by an invader is the eradication of native Artemia salina and A. parthenogenetica in the Mediterranean by the introduced American A. franciscana. Previous studies based on sampling from limited time periods suggest that the success of the American specie...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Georgiev BB,Angelov A,Vasileva GP,Sánchez MI,Hortas F,Mutafchiev Y,Pankov P,Green AJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of gamonts and sporulated oocysts of Goussia metchnikovi in the spleen of gudgeon, Gobio gobio from the river Lee, England is described. In developing microgamonts, small amylopectin granules were grouped centrally and nuclei were often arranged peripherally, close to the surface membrane. Nuclear c...

journal_title：Acta parasitologica

authors： Ball SJ,Daszak P,Davies AJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00