Are multiple gametocyte infections in malarial parasites an adaptation to ensure fertility?

abstract：:In a recent study by our group on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of local residents of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we observed that about 50% of the inhabitants were parasitized and had some knowledge of intestinal parasitic infections...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pereira AP,Alencar MF,Cohen SC,Souza-Júnior PR,Cecchetto F,Mathias LS,Santos CP,Almeida JC,de Moraes Neto AH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporulated oocysts or oocyst hulls of Eimeria acervulina given via the crop, and oocyst juice or sporozoites inoculated directly into the intestinal lumen, were tested for their effects on the hypersensitivity of the intestines of immunized and susceptible birds. Only viable sporozoites consistently caused an increase...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rose ME,Long PL,Bradley JW

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Unravelling the determinants of parasite life-history traits in natural settings is complex. Here, we deciphered the relationships between biotic, abiotic factors and the variation in 4 life-history traits (body size, egg presence, egg number and egg size) in the fish ectoparasite Tracheliastes polycolpus. We...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Loot G,Poulet N,Brosse S,Tudesque L,Thomas F,Blanchet S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against Neospora caninum tachyzoites were produced to identify the cross-reactive antigens between N. caninum and Toxoplasma gondii. Ten mAbs recognizing cross-reactive antigens of both parasites were obtained and tentatively classified into 6 different groups based on their reactiv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Liao M,Xuan X,Huang X,Shirafuji H,Fukumoto S,Hirata H,Suzuki H,Fujisaki K

更新日期：2005-05-01 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

abstract：:The induction of schistosomulicidal activity of peritoneal macrophages by concanavalin A-stimulated supernatants from long-term T-cell clones and by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was investigated in detail. Optimal conditions of in vitro macrophage activation by T-cell clone supernatants were established. Macrophages f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kubelka CF,Ruppel A,Krammer PH,Gemsa D

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of epimastigotes and production of infective metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma congolense were examined in a culture system which enabled manipulation of the population density of insect forms. Scanning electron microscopy of cultures revealed the attachment sites of epimastigotes in detail, showing them...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Prain CJ,Ross CA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population of copepods (Cyclops strenuus abyssorum), with a naturally high prevalence of infection with procercoids of Diphyllobothrium spp., no difference in body size was found between infected and uninfected hosts. However, a significant reduction in the reproductive capacity of infected females was observed, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pasternak AF,Huntingford FA,Crompton DW

更新日期：1995-05-01 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 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：: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：:We studied infection dynamics of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice infected with 3 genetically distinct clones--1 less virulent than the other 2--either on their own or in mixtures. During the acute phase of infection, total numbers of asexual parasites in mixed-clone infections were equal to those produced by the 3 clones ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： De Roode JC,Read AF,Chan BH,Mackinnon MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of genetic subdivision in parasite populations can provide important insights into transmission processes and complement information obtained using traditional epidemiological techniques. We describe mitochondrial sequence variation in 265 Ascaris collected from 62 individual hosts (humans and pigs) from 35 h...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Anderson TJ,Romero-Abal ME,Jaenike J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA extracted from purified parasites of Plasmodium knowlesi was fractionated using agarose gel electrophoresis. Preparations from para sites grown both in vivo and in vitro contained species of RNA with sedimentation coefficients of 4-0S, 5-0S, 16-6S, 24-2S, 31-4S, 38-0S and 48-3S. There was less RNA present in paras...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Trigg PI,Shakespeare PG,Burt SJ,Kyd SI

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes morphological changes during capsule formation of Trichinella spiralis with emphasis on nuclei within the capsule. The nuclei of the pre-existing muscle cell may become hypertrophied or degrade soon after the entrance of newborn larvae. Cytoplasm associated with these hypertrophied nuclei was baso...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Matsuo A,Wu Z,Nagano I,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological parameters which generate seasonal fluctuations in the size of populations of Caryophyllaeus laticeps are examined in detail. A mathematical model is formulated to describe the dynamics of the adult parasite within the fish host Abramis brama, and the predictions of the model are compared with observed ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Anderson RM

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile salts have been identified as an important trigger for excystation of Cryptosporidium oocysts but the hierarchy or synergism of this signal in relation to other triggers involved in excystation is poorly understood. In addition to excystation, bile salts have also been reported to increase the invasiveness of spo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： King BJ,Keegan AR,Phillips R,Fanok S,Monis PT

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:The gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) stand out as an important cause of disease in small ruminant, especially on goat farm. Widespread resistance to synthetic anthelminthics has stimulated the research for alternative strategies of parasite control, including the use of medicinal plants. The present work summarizes th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Oliveira Santos F,Ponce Morais Cerqueira A,Branco A,José Moreira Batatinha M,Borges Botura M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity loss may increase the risk of infectious disease in a phenomenon known as the dilution effect. Circumstances that increase the likelihood of disease dilution are: (i) when hosts vary in their competence, and (ii) when communities disassemble predictably, such that the least competent hosts are the most li...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stewart Merrill TE,Johnson PTJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and expressed Echinostoma caproni HSP70 in Escherichia coli. This molecule presents an open reading frame (ORF) of 655 amino acids, and a theoretical molecular weight of 71 kDa. E. caproni HSP70 protein showed a high homology to other helminth molecules, major differences being located in the C-terminal regi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Higón M,Monteagudo C,Fried B,Esteban JG,Toledo R,Marcilla A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of glucose by Acanthocheilonema viteae was studied in vitro. The process was selective for the D-isomer and saturatable with a Km of 2 mM. The rate of glucose transport/utilization was inhibited by 2-deoxyglucose, mannose, 5-thioglucose and dipyridamole but, unlike mammalian systems, was not impaired by cyt...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hayes DJ,Selwood DL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-trypanosomiasis vaccination still remains the best theoretical option in the fight against a disease that is continuously hovering between its wildlife reservoir and its reservoir in man and livestock. While antigenic variation of the parasite surface coat has been considered the major obstacle in the development...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Magez S,Caljon G,Tran T,Stijlemans B,Radwanska M

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:An electron microscopical examination has been made of the fine structure and disposition of pancreatic polypeptide immunoreactive cells associated with the egg-forming apparatus in Diclidophora merlangi. The cell bodies are positioned in the parenchyma surrounding the ootype and taper to axon-like processes that exte...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Halton DW,Brennan GP,Maule AG,Shaw C,Johnston CF,Fairweather I

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Judged by oocyst production, infections with Eimeria acervulina in birds immunized with E. maxima were consistently higher than in birds which had not been immunized. Oocyst production of E. maxima in birds previously infected with E. acervulina was greater, in three out of four experiments, than in control chickens,...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rose ME

更新日期：1975-04-01 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：:A 196 bp fragment of cloned kinetoplast (k) DNA of Leishmania infantum has been sequenced and shown to be diagnostic for this species. The DNA from 10(4)-10(5) promastigotes was routinely and specifically detected in crude dot blots of whole cells lysed in situ, and there was no cross-hybridization with 10(6) cells of...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gramiccia M,Smith DF,Angelici MC,Ready PD,Gradoni L

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspects of vitellogenesis, known to be controlled by juvenile hormone, are adversely affected by Hymenolepis diminuta infection of Tenebrio molitor, in spite of circulating titres of the hormone remaining unchanged. It has therefore been proposed that juvenile hormone binding is disrupted at the tissue site level. Juv...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Webb TJ,Hurd H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei is the causative agent of African sleeping sickness in humans and one of several pathogens that cause the related veterinary disease Nagana. A complex co-evolution has occurred between these parasites and primates that led to the emergence of trypanosome-specific defences and counter-measures. The f...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Capewell P,Cooper A,Clucas C,Weir W,Macleod A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00