Plasmodium falciparum EBA-175 kDa protein peptides which bind to human red blood cells.

abstract：:We assessed the distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in domestic and peridomestic Triatoma infestans and Triatoma sordida specimens collected in a well-defined rural area in Pampa del Indio, northeastern Argentina. Microscopically-positive bugs were randomly selected with a multi-level sampli...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maffey L,Cardinal MV,Ordóñez-Krasnowski PC,Lanati LA,Lauricella MA,Schijman AG,Gürtler RE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments to investigate the metabolism of glycine, L-glutamic acid and L-aspartic acid by Moniliformis moniliformis were carried out by incubating adult worms aerobically for 3 h at 37 degrees C in Tyrode's solution containing either [U-14C]glycine, L-[U-14C]glutamic acid, L-[U-14C]aspartic acid or L-[4-14C]asparti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ward PF,Crompton DW

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:Common bird species were screened during May and June 2007 on Barbados for haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) of the genera Haemoproteus and Plasmodium to determine whether the low parasite diversity reported in previous studies might have reflected limited sampling. PCR screening and DNA sequencing revealed a si...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maria L,Svensson E,Ricklefs RE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of S. stercoralis infection among 1142 Orang Asli primary schoolchildren in six different states of Peninsular Malaysia. Fecal samples were examined using direct smear, formalin-ether sedimentation (FES), agar plate culture (APC) and PCR tec...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Al-Mekhlafi HM,Nasr NA,Lim YAL,Elyana FN,Sady H,Atroosh WM,Dawaki S,Anuar TS,Noordin R,Mahmud R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation-attenuated schistosome vaccine induces a high level of protective immunity in rodents. In order to assess its potential relevance to man, we have tested its efficacy in the non-human primate Papio anubis. A vaccination regime consisting of 3 exposures of approximately 9000 cercariae irradiated with 30 or...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Yole DS,Pemberton R,Reid GD,Wilson RA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascarid parasites infect a variety of hosts and regular anthelmintic treatment is recommended for all species. Parascaris spp. is the only ascarid species with widespread anthelmintic resistance, which allows for the study of resistance mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to establish an in vitro drug exposure p...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Scare JA,Dini P,Norris JK,Steuer AE,Scoggin K,Gravatte HS,Howe DK,Slusarewicz P,Nielsen MK

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of Acanthocheilonema viteae to metabolize fructose was investigated in vitro. In common with other filarial species A. viteae oxidized fructose to lactate but its rate of consumption was only 40% of the glucose-containing control value. Fructose was not incorporated into glycogen. Release of 14CO2 from [U...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hayes DJ,Carter NS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystoisospora belli is a coccidian protozoan that can cause chronic diarrhoea, acalculous cholecystitis and cholangiopathy in AIDS patients. We applied molecular methods to identify Cystoisospora at species level in AIDS patients presenting with and without the presence of unizoites in lamina propria. Coprological and...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Velásquez JN,Osvaldo GA,Di Risio C,Etchart C,Chertcoff AV,Perissé GE,Carnevale S

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:In this review, we envisage the host environment, not as a hostile one, since the schistosome thrives there, but as one in which the relationship between the two organisms consists of constant communication, through signalling mechanisms involving sense organs, surface glycocalyx, surface membrane and internal organs ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kusel JR,Al-Adhami BH,Doenhoff MJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Flow cytometric analysis of the binucleated protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis gave DNA histograms with a broad G1 peak and a definable G2 + M peak with twice the DNA content of G1. Twenty-four hour treatment with metronidazole arrested cell cycle progression of susceptible trophozoites in the G2 + M phase, but h...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Hoyne GF,Boreham PF,Parsons PG,Ward C,Biggs B

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks have numerous natural enemies, but only a few species have been evaluated as tick biocontrol agents (BCAs). Some laboratory results suggest that several bacteria are pathogenic to ticks, but their mode of action and their potential value as biocontrol agents remain to be determined. The most promising entomopath...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Samish M,Ginsberg H,Glazer I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic parasitic diseases caused by a cestode parasite known as Echinococcus multilocularis. The parasite has a wildlife cycle with definitive hosts (foxes) and small mammals as intermediate hosts (rodents) while humans are the accidental hosts. Parasite infection pressure relation ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Khan A,Ahmed H,Sohail A,Alam F,Simsek S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study was performed in Magoda, Tanzania, an area where malaria is holoendemic. Blood samples were collected from children (1-4 years) and tested for IgG antibody reactivity against 2 recombinant protein fragments of Plasmodium falciparum Rhoptry-Associated Protein-1 (rRAP-1). The...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alifrangis M,Lemnge MM,Moon R,Theisen M,Bygbjerg I,Ridley RG,Jakobsen PH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4-aminoquinolines chloroquine (CQ) and amodiaquine (AM) were used to treat Gambian children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in a randomized drug trial. Blood samples were taken immediately before treatment (day 0), and at day 7 and day 28 after treatment. Samples from those parasitologically positive at day ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Duraisingh MT,Drakeley CJ,Muller O,Bailey R,Snounou G,Targett GA,Greenwood BM,Warhurst DC

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence suggests that the earlier detachment of Boophilus microplus larvae from highly resistant cattle follows the release of histamine at the attachment site. In vivo and in vitro experiments show that a proportion of the larvae will detach following injection or infusion of histamine. Other mediator...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kemp DH,Bourne A

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unsporulated oocysts were recovered from the allantoic cavity of 5 chicken embryos inoculated with a single sporozoite of Eimeria tenella; some of these oocysts sporulated. Both macrogametes and microgametes are required for the formation of viable oocysts. The results conclusively demonstrate the bisexual nature of t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shirley MW,Millard BJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake of radioactivity labelled purine bases and nucleosides by suspensions of Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma congolense in bicine buffer was determined at 37 degrees C. With T. brucei, the rate of uptake of adenosine was much greater than that of the other compounds tested, the uptake of which decreased in the o...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： James DM,Born GV

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizont-infected red blood cells (SI-RBC) from Plasmodium berghei-infected mice contain between 2 and 10 times as much sialic acid as uninfected RBC from the same blood (99-550 micrograms/10(10) RBC versus 33-65 micrograms/10(10) RBC). Total RBC samples from infected animals containing up to 63% ring- and trophozoite...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Howard RJ,Seeley DC Jr,Kao V,Wember M,Schauer R

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii has a unique enzyme, a NTPase, which has a wide specificity toward NTP. In the present study, we produced a monoclonal antibody (IgG1, 6C6) against the enzyme which could recognize NTPase isozymes among several strains of T. gondii. Three avirulent strains of T. gondii, ME49, Beverley and Nakayama, w...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kikuchi T,Furuta T,Kojima S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of the brain and spinal cord in humans with neuroangiostrongyliasis (NA) due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection has been well reported. Equivalent studies in animals are lacking. This case series describes clinical and MRI findings in 11 dogs with presumptively or ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wun MK,Malik R,Yu J,Chow KE,Lau M,Podadera JM,Webster N,Lee R,Šlapeta J,Davies S

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Perkinsus marinus is a protozoan responsible for dramatic mortality in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, but not in the Pacific oyster, C. gigas. To understand the host-parasite relationship, we inoculated P. marinus trophozoites into the shell cavity of C. gigas and measured, over 2 months, (i) intensity of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Romestand B,Corbier F,Roch P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the parasitic swimbladder nematode, Anguillicola crassus, on the physiological status of wild European eels (Anguilla anguilla) was investigated during an 18 month survey (February 1995 until September 1996), and compared with that of wild uninfected eels collected over the same time-period. Despite the ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kelly CE,Kennedy CR,Brown JA

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum causes economical impact in cattle-raising farms since it is implicated as the major cause of bovine abortions. Although infection by the parasite has been widely described in mammals, the role of birds in its life-cycle is still obscure. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the infection by N. cani...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Furuta PI,Mineo TW,Carrasco AO,Godoy GS,Pinto AA,Machado RZ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona are protozoan parasites with terrestrial definitive hosts, and both pathogens can cause fatal disease in a wide range of marine animals. Close monitoring of threatened southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) in California allowed for the diagnosis of dual transplacental tr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shapiro K,Miller MA,Packham AE,Aguilar B,Conrad PA,Vanwormer E,Murray MJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acanthocephalan parasite, Polymorphus minutus, manipulates its intermediate hosts' (gammarids) behaviour, presumably to facilitate its transmission to the definitive hosts. A fundamental question is whether this capability has evolved to target gammarids in general, or specifically sympatric gammarids. We assessed...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Farahani S,Palsbøll PJ,Pen I,Komdeur J

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in patients with neurological disorders in Slovenia, serum/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 348 suspected patients were collected between the beginning of January 2001 and the end of December 2012 and analysed serologically for the presence of anti-T. soliu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Šoba B,Beović B,Lužnik Z,Skvarč M,Logar J

更新日期：2014-04-01 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