Morphological and molecular characterization of renal ciliates infecting farmed snails in Spain.

abstract：:To recognize the stage conversion of Toxoplasma gondii between tachyzoite and bradyzoite in live host cells, a transgenic T. gondii line, which expressed stage-specific red and green fluorescence, was constructed. T. gondii PLK strain tachyzoites were stably transformed with genes encoding red fluorescent protein (DsR...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Unno A,Suzuki K,Batanova T,Cha SY,Jang HK,Kitoh K,Takashima Y

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome was determined for the fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum. This genome is 13,608 bp in length and encodes 12 protein-coding genes (but lacks the atp8), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) and 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, corresponding to the gene complement found thus...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Park JK,Kim KH,Kang S,Jeon HK,Kim JH,Littlewood DT,Eom KS

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Strongyloides ratti is a parasitic nematode of rats. The host immune response against S. ratti affects the development of its free-living generation, favouring the development of free-living adult males and females at the expense of directly developing, infective 3rd-stage larvae. However, how the host immune response...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Crook M,Viney ME

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As has been shown previously, immunologically intact mice with patent Schistosoma mansoni infections had a significantly lower mean platelet number than intact uninfected mice (P<0.0001). However, platelet numbers in T-cell deprived mice with patent infections were not significantly different from those in uninfected ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stanley RG,Ngaiza JR,Atieno E,Jell G,Francklow K,Jackson CL,Parry H,Doenhoff MJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:Chagas disease chemotherapy is based on drugs that exhibit toxic effects and have limited efficacy, such as Benznidazole. Therefore, research into new chemotherapeutic agents from natural sources needs to be exploited. Apis mellifera venom consists of many biologically active molecules and has been reported to exhibit...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Adade CM,Chagas GS,Souto-Padrón T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis in domestic dogs and cats relies on a single drug class, the macrocyclic lactones (MLs). Recently, it has been demonstrated that ML-resistant D. immitis are circulating in the Mississippi Delta region of the USA, but the prevalence and impact of these resis...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wolstenholme AJ,Evans CC,Jimenez PD,Moorhead AR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Clinical isolates from 3 microsporidia species, Encephalitozoon intestinalis and Encephalitozoon hellem, and the insect parasite Anncaliia (Brachiola, Nosema) algerae, were used in spore germination and enterocyte-like (C2Bbe1) cell infection assays to determine the effect of a panel of antimicrobial peptides. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Leitch GJ,Ceballos C

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Infection of intermediate hosts with eggs of taeniid parasites results in a larval infestation known as cysticercosis. A number of studies have indicated that cysticercosis is associated with immunosuppression, although little is known about the mechanisms involved. In the present study, mice infected with the larvae ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Villa OF,Kuhn RE

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trophically transmitted parasites must trade-off own growth on one hand and energy drain from the intermediate host on the other hand, since killing the host before transmission to the next host is a dead end for both parasites and hosts. This challenge becomes especially intriguing when multiple parasites find themse...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Nordeide JT,Matos F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligosaccharides are broadly present on Leishmania cell surfaces. They can be useful for the leishmaniases diagnosis and also helpful in identifying new cell markers for the disease. The disaccharide Galα1-3Galβ is the immunodominant saccharide in Leishmania cell surface and is the unique non-reducing terminal glycosp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： de Souza LMB,Thomaz Soccol V,Petterle RR,Bates MD,Bates PA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimate the incidence rate, serological conversion rate and basic case reproduction number (R0) of Leishmania infantum from a cohort study of 126 domestic dogs exposed to natural infection rates over 2 years on Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil. The analysis includes new methods for (1) determining the number of s...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Quinnell RJ,Courtenay O,Garcez L,Dye C

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites have a major impact on global finfish and shellfish aquaculture, having significant effects on farm production, sustainability and economic viability. Parasite infections and impacts can, according to pathogen and context, be considered to be either unpredictable/sporadic or predictable/regular. Although bot...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shinn AP,Pratoomyot J,Bron JE,Paladini G,Brooker EE,Brooker AJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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

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：:Nitric oxide (NO) produced by cytokine-activated macrophages is reported to be cytotoxic against the helminth Schistosoma mansoni, although this is a controversial issue. Previous work in our laboratory identified a fraction of S. mansoni soluble adult worm antigenic preparation (SWAP), named PIII, able to elicit sign...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Oliveira DM,Silva-Teixeira DN,Gustavson S,Oliveira SM,Goes AM

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:In areas where malaria is endemic, helminthic infections, caused by intestinal or filarial parasites, commonly coexist with malaria in the same individual. This study investigates the course of Plasmodium berghei malaria infection in CBA/J mice inoculated with irradiated attenuated 3rd-stage larvae (L3) of Brugia paha...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yan Y,Inuo G,Akao N,Tsukidate S,Fujita K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence factors from the ROP2-family have been extensively studied in Toxoplasma gondii, but in the closely related Neospora caninum only NcROP2Fam-1 has been partially characterized to date. NcROP40 is a member of this family and was found to be more abundantly expressed in virulent isolates. Both NcROP2Fam-1 and N...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pastor-Fernández I,Regidor-Cerrillo J,Jiménez-Ruiz E,Álvarez-García G,Marugán-Hernández V,Hemphill A,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Parasite-host interactions mediated by cell surface proteins have been implicated as a critical step in infections caused by the microsporidian Nosema bombycis. Such cell surface proteins are considered as promising diagnostic markers and targets for drug development. However, little research has specifically addresse...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Zhao W,Hao Y,Wang L,Zhou Z,Li Z

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:An M13 phage random 12-mers peptide library was used to screen cathepsin L mimotopes of Fasciola hepatica and to evaluate their immunogenicity in sheep. Seven clones showed positive reactivity to a rabbit anti-cathepsin L1/L2 antiserum in ELISA, and their amino acid sequences deduced by DNA sequencing were tentatively...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Villa-Mancera A,Quiroz-Romero H,Correa D,Ibarra F,Reyes-Pérez M,Reyes-Vivas H,López-Velázquez G,Gazarian K,Gazarian T,Alonso RA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australian tea tree oil (TTO) and its extract terpinen-4-ol (T4O) are found to be effective in moderating demodex-related diseases. Their possible effects are lowering the mite counts, relieving the demodex-related symptoms and modulating the immune system especially the inflammatory response. This review summarizes t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lam NSK,Long XX,Griffin RC,Chen MK,Doery JC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Raffel TR,Bommarito T,Barry DS,Witiak SM,Shackelton LA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface morphology of fixed ovarian balls from female Moniliformis dubius, agd 12, 18, 26, 28, 42, 77, 105 and 118 days, has been examined by means of scanning electron microscopy. The appearance of the surface has been found to be variable between ovarian balls from worms of the same and different ages. Some part...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Parshad VR,Crompton DW,Martin J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) of Theileria annulata transformed dendritic cells (TaDCs) and monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs) to compare differences in antigen presentation and stimulation of T lymphocyte proliferation. Antigen presentation for T lymphocyte proliferation was...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rashid M,Liu J,Guan G,Wang J,Li Z,Hassan MA,Rashid MI,Mukhtar MU,Luo J,Yin H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parasitic roundworms Strongyloides stercoralis (in man) and Strongyloides ratti (in rats) employ environmentally controlled XX/XO sex determination with a pair of X chromosomes and two pairs of autosomes. Strongyloides papillosus (in sheep) has only two pairs of chromosomes, one of which combines the genetic mater...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kulkarni A,Dyka A,Nemetschke L,Grant WN,Streit A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00