Prior residency does not always pay off--co-infections in Daphnia.

abstract：:The fine structure of the envelopes surrounding hatched and unhatched oncospheres of Hymenolepis nana has been investigated by transmission and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), together with light microscope histochemical observations of JB-4 embedded material. The oncosphere is surrounded by 3 layers--the capsule,...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Fairweather I,Threadgold LT

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelodera strongyloides larvae were found in the conjunctival sacs of Apodemus sylvaticus and Clethrionomys glareolus and in hair follicles of A. sylvaticus. Those in the eyes were 3rd-stage larvae while most of those in the dermis were early 4th stages. There was no evidence of pathology and sections of the skin showe...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hominick WM,Aston AJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis SSU-rDNA sequence data from 317 captive and free-living non-human primates (NHPs) representing 30 genera of apes, Old and New World (OW and NW) monkeys and prosimians were analysed to investigate subtype (ST) and allele distribution among hosts. Excluding 20 mixed ST infections, 27% of the sequences belon...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alfellani MA,Jacob AS,Perea NO,Krecek RC,Taner-Mulla D,Verweij JJ,Levecke B,Tannich E,Clark CG,Stensvold CR

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:The anthelmintic properties of tanniferous plants and of their secondary metabolites represent one possible alternative to chemotherapy that is currently being explored as a means of achieving sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminants. Previous in vivo and in vitro results suggest that tanniferous...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bahuaud D,Martinez-Ortiz de Montellano C,Chauveau S,Prevot F,Torres-Acosta F,Fouraste I,Hoste H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SIV rats infected with a high dose (50,000 oocysts) of Eimeria nieschulzi displayed clinical symptoms of coccidiosis such as diarrhoea (days 6 and 7 post-primary infection) and weight loss (days 6-8 post-primary infection) and were completely immune to challenge with a similar dose. The ability of rats to produce tumo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Smith NC,Ovington KS,Deplazes P,Eckert J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cestodes of the genus Taenia are parasites of mammals, with mainly carnivores as definitive and herbivores as intermediate hosts. Various medium-sized cats, Lynx spp., are involved in the life cycles of several species of Taenia. The aim of the present study was to identify Taenia tapeworms in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lavikainen A,Haukisalmi V,Deksne G,Holmala K,Lejeune M,Isomursu M,Jokelainen P,Näreaho A,Laakkonen J,Hoberg EP,Sukura A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

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：:In recent years, a malaria infection of humans in South East Asia, originally diagnosed as a known human-infecting species, Plasmodium malariae, has been identified as a simian parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi. This species had been subject to considerable investigation in monkeys since the 1930s. With the development of...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Butcher GA,Mitchell GH

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:In an interconnected world, the international pet trade on wild animals is becoming increasingly important. As a consequence, non-native parasite species are introduced, which affect the health of wildlife and contribute to the loss of biodiversity. Because the investigation of parasite diversity within vulnerable hos...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Héritier L,Verneau O,Breuil G,Meistertzheim AL

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Plant cysteine proteinases (CPs) from Carica papaya kill parasitic and free-living nematodes in vitro by hydrolysis of the worm cuticle, a mechanism that is different to all commercially available synthetic anthelmintics. We have developed a cheap and effective, rapid-throughput Caenorhabditis elegans-based assay for ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Phiri AM,DE Pomerai DI,Buttle DJ,Behnke JM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological rate parameters of host generalist parasites are difficult to estimate, especially in cases where variation in parasite performance can be attributed to host species. Such cases are likely common for generalist parasites of sympatric grazing mammals. In this study, we combined data from experimental ex...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Beck MA,Goater CP,Colwell DD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of the patterns and processes underlying the structure of parasite communities has progressed significantly in the last years; however, much of the evidence available to date on parasite community comes from unconfirmed studies. In this study the ectoparasite communities of 2 related rockfishes, Seba...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： González MT,Oliva ME

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-parasite interactions are shaped by the co-evolutionary arms race of parasite virulence, transmission success as well as host resistance and recovery. The virulence and fitness of parasites may depend on host condition, which is mediated, for instance, by host energy constraints. Here, we investigated to what ext...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Coors A,De Meester L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pre-feeding and feeding periods of larvae, nymphs and adults of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were investigated. Larvae and nymphs required at least 8-9 days after hatching and moulting respectively before they could attach and start feeding, while adults required at least 6-9 day...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tukahirwa EM

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinct 8 kDa calcium-binding protein (CaBP) is preferentially expressed at the cercarial stage during the life-cycle of the schistosome. Available data indicate that this CaBP may be associated with tissue/organ remodelling (involving protein degradation and synthesis of new proteins) during transformation of the ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ram D,Ziv E,Lantner F,Schechter I

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing support for the presence of viruses and virus-like particles inside protozoan cells. This study describes viral-like RNA molecules that have been detected in two species of Eimeria that infect the chicken. The RNA molecule identified in E. maxima has been characterized: subcellular fractionation st...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ellis J,Revets H

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificially transformed schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni develop a consistent but small protection against the lethal effects of antibody plus complement when cultured for 24 h in a chemically defined medium. In contrast, they become rapidly resistant to antibody plus complement, when cultured in the presence of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tavares CA,Soares RC,Coelho PM,Gazzinelli G

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization against the protozoan Theileria parva by infection and treatment has proved to be very efficient for the control of East Coast fever, an acute and often-fatal lymphoproliferative tick-borne disease of cattle in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The immunizing dose of live T. parva sporozoites used in ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Marcotty T,Speybroeck N,Berkvens D,Chaka G,Besa R,Madder M,Dolan T,Losson B,Brandt J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cDNAs encoding rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) homologues were found in the Babesia gibsoni EST database. Based on similarities to BgRAP-1a, which was identified previously by serological screening of a cDNA merozoite library, the two new genes were designated BgRAP-1b (33.7%) and BgRAP-1c (57%). Mice antis...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Terkawi MA,Amornthep A,Ooka H,Aboge G,Jia H,Goo YK,Nelson B,Yamagishi J,Nishikawa Y,Igarashi I,Kawazu SI,Fujisaki K,Xuan X

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SICA[-] or non-agglutinable phenotype of Plasmodium knowlesi schizont-infected erythrocytes has been defined serologically but not biochemically. Similarly, non-cloned SICA[+] or agglutinable parasites have been shown serologically to express SICA or variant antigen(s) but the number and nature of such antigens ha...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Howard RJ,Barnwell JW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes are amongst the most successful and abundant organisms on the planet with approximately 30 000 species described, although the actual number of species is estimated to be one million or more. Despite sharing a relatively simple and invariant body plan, there is considerable diversity within the phylum. Nemat...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gillan V,Devaney E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) has a crucial role for host defence against parasite infection. It is not clear, however, how IFN-gamma affects the parasite-infected host cells. The effect of IFN-gamma on Neospora caninum-infected cells was investigated in murine fibroblasts and canine kidney cells in vitro. In the prese...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Nishikawa Y,Mishima M,Nagasawa H,Igarashi I,Fujisaki K,Otsuka H,Mikami T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by larval Echinococcus granulosus is usually characterized by tight inflammatory control. However, various degrees of chronic granulomatous inflammation are also observed, reaching a high point in infection of cattle by the most prevalent parasite strain worldwide, which is not well adapted to this host spec...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Basika T,Muñoz N,Casaravilla C,Irigoín F,Batthyány C,Bonilla M,Salinas G,Pacheco JP,Roth J,Durán R,Díaz A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania braziliensis strain M2903 was adapted for growth and serially maintained as amastigotes at 34 degrees C in modified UM-54 medium, with growth curves exhibiting typical log and stationary phases. In late passages, amastigote growth took place in the absence of supplementary haemin and was unaffected when the...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Balanco JM,Pral EM,da Silva S,Bijovsky AT,Mortara RA,Alfieri SC

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:Plerocercoids of the pseudophyllidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus infect the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, with important consequences for the biology of host fish. Techniques for culturing the parasite in vitro and generating infective stages that can be used to infect sticklebacks experimental...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Barber I,Scharsack JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood examination by microhaematocrit and haemoculture of 459 snakes belonging to 37 species revealed 2.4% trypanosome prevalence in species of Viperidae (Crotalus durissus and Bothrops jararaca) and Colubridae (Pseudoboa nigra). Trypanosome cultures from C. durissus and P. nigra were behaviourally and morphologically...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Viola LB,Campaner M,Takata CS,Ferreira RC,Rodrigues AC,Freitas RA,Duarte MR,Grego KF,Barrett TV,Camargo EP,Teixeira MM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00