Characterization of two isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi obtained from the patient Berenice, the first human case of Chagas' disease described by Carlos Chagas in 1909.

abstract：:Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) is a globally distributed nematode with a high affinity to the liver of a wide range of mammalian hosts, including humans. Documented reports of the nematode in cats and associated histopathology are rare. Here, we describe a case of C. hepatica infection in a 5-year-old m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sazmand A,Khordadmehr M,Nourian A,Otranto D

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia is a group of spore-forming microorganisms with zoonotic potential. This study aimed to compare intestinal microsporidia infections in cat owners and non-pet owners. In total, 210 fecal samples were collected from indoor cats, cat owners, and non-pet owners. DNA extraction was performed and the small sub...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vahedi SM,Jamshidi S,Shayan P,Bokaie S,Ashrafi Tamai I,Javanmard E,Mirjalali H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analogue, diflubenzuron, a chitin synthesis inhibitor, and azadirachtin, an ecdysone agonist, are three insect growth regulators (IGRs) considered as selective and effective insecticides for mosquitoes. Romanomermis iyengari (Welch) is a mosquito-parasitic mermithid that can provide bi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Suman DS,Brey CW,Wang Y,Sanad M,Shamseldean MS,Gaugler R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma causes considerable human and animal morbidity, mortality and economic loss to the livestock industry. Current diagnostic tools have limitations. In this study, we compared the sedimentation and filtration methods for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in livestock. A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Giovanoli Evack J,Kouadio JN,Achi L,Balmer O,Hattendorf J,Bonfoh B,Zinsstag J,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larval copepods are frequent parasites that infest fish larvae along the Chilean coast. Because these parasites develop on fish during the early development, when their bodies are fragile and in a recent stage, they can affect the fishes' early life history traits (ELHT). The goal of this study was to determine the ef...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Landaeta MF,Díaz-Richter C,Muñoz G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomoniasis is the interplay between the infecting parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis, and the host, on which the clinical presentation of the disease depends. Although the clinical spectrum varies from an asymptomatic state to mild, moderate or severe symptoms, the exact virulence markers of T. vaginalis have not bee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Malla N,Valadkhani Z,Harjai K,Sharma S,Gupta I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological importance of increasing reports worldwide on Cryptosporidium contamination of oysters remains unknown in relation to foodborne cryptosporidiosis. Thirty market-size oysters (Crassostrea virginica), collected from each of 53 commercial harvesting sites in Chesapeake Bay, MD, were quantitatively tes...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Graczyk TK,Lewis EJ,Glass G,Dasilva AJ,Tamang L,Girouard AS,Curriero FC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the oncospheral tegument and the hook region membrane (HRM) of Echinococcus multilocularis hexacanths originate from a syncytial binucleate complex that appears in the early stage of morphogenesis and organogenesis of the hexacanth larva. The primordium of this binucleate complex forms a binucleate syncytial cap ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Świderski Z,Miquel J,Azzouz-Maache S,Pétavy AF

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae), included in the Lepidoptera genus, Pieris family, is the main pest that damages Cruciferae. In this paper, we reported a microsporidian isolate of Nosema species which was isolated from P. rapae in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China. The mature spore of this microsporidium is lon...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen D,Shen Z,Zhu F,Guan R,Hou J,Zhang J,Xu X,Tang X,Xu L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eimeria tenella-specific antibodies were examined for the cross-reactivity on the sporozoites and merozoites of E. tenella, Eimeria maxima, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria brunetti in an indirect fluorescence antibody test. Two of nine antibodies showed cross-reactivity with sporozoites of E. maxima, E. acervulina and ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Khalafalla RE,Daugschies A,Dyachenko V

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the accelerated movement of population, human parasitoses become an increasingly serious public health's problem. Currently, detections of parasite eggs through microscopic images are still the golden standard for diagnoses. However, this conventional method relies heavily on the experiences of inspectors, thus g...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li Z,Gong H,Zhang W,Chen L,Tao J,Song L,Wu Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amebic cysteine protease 2 (EhCP2) was purified from ethyl ether extracts of axenically grown trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica strain HM1-IMSS. The purification procedure involved molecular filtration and electroelution. Sequence analysis of the purified product revealed EhCP2 and ubiquitin(s). Electrophoretic mi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Olivos-García A,González-Canto A,López-Vancell R,García de León Mdel C,Tello E,Nequiz-Avendaño M,Montfort I,Pérez-Tamayo R

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to investigate the efficiency of liposomal albendazole (L-ABZ) for the treatment of complex alveolar echinococcosis (CAE) using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Twelve patients with CAE admitted to our hospital between June 2000 and J...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li H,Song T,Qin Y,Liu W,Li X,Shao Y,Wen H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify tick species and to determine their relationship with the Theileria parva seroprevalence in cattle raised under an extensive farming system in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo in two agro-ecological zones namely medium (1,000-1,850 m) and high (>1,850 m) altitude. Among th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kalume MK,Saegerman C,Mbahikyavolo DK,Makumyaviri AM,Marcotty T,Madder M,Caron Y,Lempereur L,Losson B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcocystis sarcocysts are common in muscles of herbivores but are rare in muscles of carnivores. Here, we report sarcocysts in the muscles of a gray wolf (Canis lupus) from Alaska, USA, for the first time. Sarcocysts extracted from the tongue of the wolf were up to 900 μm long and slender and appeared to have a relat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Calero-Bernal R,Cerqueira-Cézar CK,Verma SK,Mowery J,Carmena D,Beckmen K,Dubey JP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anthelmintic potentials of the chloroform and methanol extracts of Buchholzia coriacea Engler seed were investigated. In folklore medicine, B. coriacea (Capparidaceae) is believed to be useful in the treatment of various kinds of ailments and diseases. At doses of 10 mg/kg, 25 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg, the extracts were...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fred-Jaiyesimi AA,Adepoju A,Egbebunmi O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spirometra erinacei is a pseudophyllidean tapeworm which inhabits the intestines of cats and dogs. The infections are usually asymptomatic in these animals, but the infection of the plerocercoid larvae of the parasite, spargana, cause sparganosis in other vertebrates, including human. In this study, we identified a ge...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li AH,Na BK,Ahn SK,Cho SH,Pak JH,Park YK,Kim TS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in rabbits remains a major veterinary issue. ELISA or immunofluorescence assays are the current reference standards of serological tests. However, these conventional techniques suffer from a lack of accuracy for distinguishing active from past infections, as a positive s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Desoubeaux G,Pantin A,Peschke R,Joachim A,Cray C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of vector species composition and monitoring their change over time is critical to evaluate malaria transmission and assess control interventions. This is especially important in countries such as Botswana, where malaria transmission is subjected to fluctuations due to climate variability. Another important ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kgoroebutswe TK,Ramatlho P,Reeder S,Makate N,Paganotti GM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficiency of chemotherapy for the treatment of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Twenty-four patients who suffered from late-stage AE were enrolled in this study. The classification of the disease stages was performed according to the PNM (parasite lesion, neigh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li H,Song T,Shao Y,Tuergan A,Ran B,Wen H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the objective of identifying the helminths of Paroaria coronata, 40 birds were necropsied, and their organs and contents were examined. The parasites were preserved in 70 masculineGL alcohol and prepared for identification using standard techniques. The helminth fauna found in P. coronata were Aproctella carinii,...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mascarenhas CS,Krüger C,Müller G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoscreening of an adult Schistosoma mansoni cDNA expression library, using antibodies raised against purified adult worm tegumental surface membranes, identified a recombinant clone containing a 141-bp insert. Antibodies raised against the recombinant antigen bound specifically to the tegument of adult worms and i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Knight M,Kelly C,Rodrigues V,Yi X,Wamachi A,Smithers SR,Simpson AJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive diagnoses for most of the extraintestinal helminth infections among vertebrates are rare. In the present study, we developed and tested a non-invasive visual diagnosis method to detect the infection of the nematode Philometra ovata, which is parasitising in the body cavity of the common minnow Phoxinus ph...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lai YT,Taskinen J,Kekäläinen J,Kortet R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atractolytocestus tenuicollis (Li, 1964) Xi, Wang, Wu, Gao et Nie, 2009 is a monozoic, non-segmented tapeworm of the order Caryophyllidea, parasitizing exclusively common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). In the current work, the first molecular data, in particular complete ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Králová-Hromadová I,Štefka J,Bazsalovicsová E,Bokorová S,Oros M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome analysis of Entamoeba histolytica predicts the presence of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Using Western blot, histochemistry, and confocal microscopy, we demonstrated the presence of a biotin-containing protein in the cytoplasm of E. histolytica, with a molecular weight of 136 kDa and biotin-carboxylase activity. This...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barbosa-Cabrera E,Salas-Casas A,Rojas-Hernández S,Jarillo-Luna A,Abarca-Rojano E,Rodríguez MA,Campos-Rodríguez R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An arbitrary-primed RNA PCR differential display strategy was used to identify midgut genes of the reduviid bug Triatoma infestans that were differentially expressed after a blood meal. From interesting bands, 33 distinct cDNAs were cloned and sequenced. Although many had long open reading frames, most of the transcri...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kollien AH,Billingsley PF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two seroepidemiological surveys on canine leishmaniosis in stray dogs were performed annually in the Madrid region for 10 years (November 1996-April 2006). The presence of anti-Leishmania antibodies was detected by immunofluorescence antibodies test (cut off 1:100). The overall seroprevalence found in the 1,803 dogs s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miró G,Montoya A,Mateo M,Alonso A,García S,García A,Caballero MJ,Molina R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis, testes, and vas deferens in the parthenogenetic monozoic tapeworm Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from Slovakia, parasitizing the carp Cyprinus carpio L., have been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. The present results sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bruňanská M,Nebesářová J,Oros M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two placebo-controlled pen studies were conducted to assess the efficacy of an imidacloprid 10 %/flumethrin 4.5 % polymer matrix collar (Seresto®, Bayer; Investigational Veterinary Product (IVP)) against the Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus). Dogs assigned to the placebo (n = 8) or IVP (n ≥ 8) groups had c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Smith WM,Ahlstrom LA,Rees R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small type of Cryptosporidium oocysts was isolated from a naturally infected cat and its biological nature was investigated. In cats experimentally inoculated with Cryptosporidium oocysts, long-lasting shedding of the oocysts occurred after a prepatent period of 8-10 days, and a number of peaks of oocyst count appea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Asahi H,Koyama T,Arai H,Funakoshi Y,Yamaura H,Shirasaka R,Okutomi K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00