Immunomodulatory agents in the laboratory and clinic.

abstract：:Recent studies of the forces behind the diversification of parasite assemblages have shed light on many aspects of parasite biodiversity. By using only parasite species richness as their measure of diversity, however, previous investigations have ignored the relatedness among parasite species and the taxonomic structu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Luque JL,Mouillot D,Poulin R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors for the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis to humans operate at a range of spatial scales. Over a large area, such as China, regional scale risk is correlated with variation in climatic conditions because of its effect on the spatial distribution of landscapes that can support E. multilocularis t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Danson FM,Graham AJ,Pleydell DR,Campos-Ponce M,Giraudoux P,Craig PS

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Little is known about the effects of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, on its tick vectors. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavioural and ecological effects of infection by the bacterium in nymphal and adult black-legged (Ixodes scapularis) ticks. We found th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lefcort H,Durden LA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two natural human interferon alpha preparations, (nHuIFN-alpha [Cantell]) and (nHuIFN-alpha [ISI]), were used for the oral treatment of cattle experimentally infected with Theileria parva parva. In the first experiment, 8 Friesian bulls were inoculated with a 1 in 10 dilution of a sporozoite stabilate of T.p. parva (M...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Young AS,Maritim AC,Kariuki DP,Stagg DA,Wafula JM,Mutugi JJ,Cummins JM,Richards AB,Burns C

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is largely present in rural areas but its spatial distribution in this environment remains poorly known. In particular, it is unclear if areas of high density of cats, the only hosts excreting Toxoplasma gondii, constitute foci of high prevalence. To improve our understanding of the spatial distribution ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gotteland C,Chaval Y,Villena I,Galan M,Geers R,Aubert D,Poulle ML,Charbonnel N,Gilot-Fromont E

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:High levels of molecular diversity were identified in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (cox1) gene sequences of Schistosoma turkestanicum from Hungary. These cox1 sequences were all specific to Hungary which contrasted with the low levels of diversity seen in the nuclear internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) sequ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lawton SP,Bowen LI,Emery AM,Majoros G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum infection is a significant cause of abortion in cattle. We investigated the tissue distribution of N. caninum in aborted bovine fetuses and dam blood samples by a nested PCR assay, and compared the nested PCR with ELISA in the diagnosis of N. caninum infection. In total, 26 aborted fetuses and 813 blo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yao L,Yang N,Liu Q,Wang M,Zhang W,Qian WF,Hu YF,Ding J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Anaplasma species are important globally distributed tick-transmitted bacteria of veterinary and public health importance. These pathogens, cause anaplasmosis in domestic and wild animal species including humans. Rhipicephalus, Ixodes, Dermacentor and Amblyomma genera of ticks are the important vectors of Anaplasm...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Atif FA

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:An 8-point visual index was developed for Oil Red O staining of neutral lipids in infective juveniles (IJs) of Steinernema carpocapsae (A11), S. riobravis (Biosys 355), S. feltiae (UK76) and S. glaseri (NC). The visual index was found to be a reliable and rapid method for determining the relative neutral lipid content...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Patel MN,Stolinski M,Wright DJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:Electrophoresis of secretions collected from Globodera pallida revealed a smeared region between 25 and 50 kDa, and a single band of < 20 kDa. The secretions were used to raise an antiserum (LW1). Immunoblotting of parasite homogenates with LW1 differentiated G. pallida from its sibling species G. rostochiensis and re...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Duncan LH,Robertson L,Robertson WM,Kusel JR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New treatment strategies for schistosomiasis should be evaluated, since resistant strains to the only available drug, Praziquantel, have already been described. Thus, we demonstrated antiparasitic effects of ethanolic extracts of Jatropha gossypiifolia and Piper arboreum on cercariae and adult worms of Schistosoma man...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： da Silva Alves RR,Mendes Rodrigues JG,Teles-Reis A,Araújo Nogueira R,Correia Lima Licá I,Sampaio Lira MG,da Silva Alves R,Silva-Souza N,Aguiar Dos Santos Andrade TJ,Silva Miranda G

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Between December 2007 and March 2009, small mammals were captured in 6 Atlantic Forest patches in Brazil. We assessed tick-host associations and whether they differ among forest strata, sites, seasons, and host age classes or between sexes. Moreover, we assessed the exposure of animals to Rickettsia spp. In total, 432...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dantas-Torres F,Aléssio FM,Siqueira DB,Mauffrey JF,Marvulo MF,Martins TF,Moraes-Filho J,Camargo MC,D'Auria SR,Labruna MB,Silva JC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in host phenotype are often attributed to manipulation that enables parasites to complete trophic transmission cycles. We characterized changes in host phenotype in a colonial host–endoparasite system that lacks trophic transmission (the freshwater bryozoan Fredericella sultana and myxozoan parasite Tetracapsu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hartikainen H,Fontes I,Okamura B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysporoplasma sparis infection was studied in gilthead sea bream from different mariculture systems of the Spanish coasts. Culture conditions influenced the infection dynamics, as the parasite appeared only in semi-intensive cultures and was not found in intensive closed systems nor in open ones. No clear seasonal p...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Palenzuela O,Alvarez-Pellitero P,Sitjà-Bobadilla A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia lamblia localize and multiply in the small intestine and may cause acute or chronic diarrhoea with malabsorption of fat, protein and other nutrients. Abnormal pancreatic function has been documented in giardiasis and trophozoites directly inhibit pancreatic lipase activity in vitro. The aim of this study was t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Seow F,Katelaris P,Ngu M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological involvement following trypanosome infection has been recognised for over a century. However, there are still many unanswered questions concerning the mechanisms used by the parasite to gain entry to the CNS and the pathogenesis of the resulting neuroinflammatory reaction. There is a paucity of material fr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rodgers J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landscape epidemiology and landscape genetics combine advances in molecular techniques, spatial analyses and epidemiological models to generate a more real-world understanding of infectious disease dynamics and provide powerful new tools for the study of RNA viruses. Using dog rabies as a model we have identified how ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Brunker K,Hampson K,Horton DL,Biek R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted the first comprehensive study on the spatiotemporal structure of trematode communities in the large-mouthed valve snail, Valvata macrostoma. A total of 1103 snails were examined monthly between May and October 2007 from Lake Konnevesi, Central Finland, from a shallow (1-2 m deep) and an offshore site (5-6...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Faltýnková A,Valtonen ET,Karvonen A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic status of the haemoproteid parasites hitherto described from the avian genus Passer is reviewed. It is concluded that 1 species only is valid Haemoproteus passeris Kruse (1890), all other species being designated as synonyms. From material obtained from Passer domesticus a re-description is given of H. p...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Peirce MA

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of protozoan and helminth infections in pregnancy focuses on the impact on the immune response in the newborn infant to maternal infection. Studies of protozoan and helminth infections in pregnant women and in their offspring have shown that children exposed to antigens or microorganisms during pregnancy o...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Petersen E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania donovani causes visceral disease (kala-azar), a major health problem throughout the tropics with 500 000 new cases every year. Leishmania differentiates from the promastigote to the amastigote form to establish infection in a mammalian host. To understand the process of differentiation, we assessed the glob...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Srividya G,Duncan R,Sharma P,Raju BV,Nakhasi HL,Salotra P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite. The objective of the present study was to examine the behaviour of Toxoplasma gondii RH Ankara strain tachyzoites in a cell culture environment. The study represents the first step in determining whether T. gondii RH Ankara strain tachyzoites, grown in...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Döskaya M,Degirmenci A,Ciçek C,Ak M,Korkmaz M,Gürüz Y,Uner A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00