A radiometric analysis of nitric oxide synthase activity in Hymenolepis diminuta.

abstract：:The levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined in detergent-soluble, somatic and excretion-secretion (E-S) preparations from adult Fasciola hepatica using the xanthine oxidase system and visualized in substrate gels. Compared to detergent-soluble and somatic extracts, E-S products showed the highest SOD acti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Piacenza L,Radi R,Goñi F,Carmona C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium parvum is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that mainly affects the ileum of humans and livestock, with the potential to cause severe enteric disease. We describe the complete life cycle of C. parvum in an in vitro system. Infected cultures of the human ileocecal epithelial cell line (HCT-8) were observed ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Borowski H,Thompson RC,Armstrong T,Clode PL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engorged Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from sheep resident in an upland UK field site were significantly lighter than nymphs that engorged on previously tick-naïve sheep, indicating that site-resident sheep continually exposed to ticks acquired anti-tick resistance. The weights of engorged nymphs that fed on natural...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ogden NH,Casey AN,French NP,Adams JD,Woldehiwet Z

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight major reviews are cited to indicate a recent knowledge explosion on the use of marine parasites as potential indicators of pollution. A literature update is given for the period 1995-2001. An analysis of the publications cited is used to provide 10 refined criteria for selecting parasites as indicator/monitor sp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Williams HH,MacKenzie K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of Schistosoma mansoni murine infection there is a dramatic increase of some immunoglobulins and S. mansoni-specific antibodies. The most substantial response is initiated after 40 days of infection and results in a prolonged increase of total IgG1, IgM and IgA. The maximum increase is respectively 2...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bout D,Rousseaux R,Carlier Y,Capron A

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a major cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent of the 4 human Plasmodium species causing malaria, is potentially life threatening, is increasing in prevalence and is becoming even more resistant to in-use drugs. In light of the growing problem of mult...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mahajan SS,Kamath VR,Ghatpande SS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cestodes of the genus Taenia are parasites of mammals, with mainly carnivores as definitive and herbivores as intermediate hosts. Various medium-sized cats, Lynx spp., are involved in the life cycles of several species of Taenia. The aim of the present study was to identify Taenia tapeworms in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lavikainen A,Haukisalmi V,Deksne G,Holmala K,Lejeune M,Isomursu M,Jokelainen P,Näreaho A,Laakkonen J,Hoberg EP,Sukura A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent publications demonstrated that a fragment of a Neospora caninum ROP2 family member antigen represents a promising vaccine candidate. We here report on the cloning of the cDNA encoding this protein, N. caninum ROP2 family member 1 (NcROP2Fam-1), its molecular characterization and localization. The protein posses...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Alaeddine F,Hemphill A,Debache K,Guionaud C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many marine fisheries in South American Atlantic coasts (SAAC) are threatened by overfishing and under serious risk of collapsing. The SAAC comprises a diversity of environments, possesses a complex oceanography and harbours a vast biodiversity that provide an enormous potential for using parasites as biological tags ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cantatore DM,Timi JT

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:Solid experimental evidence indicates that EBA-175 is used as a ligand by the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite to bind to human RBC, via different binding processing fragments. Using synthetic peptides and specific receptor-ligand interaction methodology, we have identified 6 high-activity binding sequences from the EB...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rodriguez LE,Urquiza M,Ocampo M,Suarez J,Curtidor H,Guzman F,Vargas LE,Triviños M,Rosas M,Patarroyo ME

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult Onchocerca volvulus worms obtained by enzyme digestion from nodules of infected Mexicans were radio-isotope labelled by the chloramine-T or Bolton-Hunter methods. No antigenic determinants were detected in extracts of worms labelled by the chloramine-T method but 3 antigens were detected in extracts of the Bolto...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Philipp M,Gómez-Priego A,Parkhouse RM,Davies MW,Clark NW,Ogilvie BM,Beltrán-Hernández F

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available methods for the diagnosis of human schistosomiasis often lack enough sensitivity and specificity. Recently, several authors have developed more specific and sensitive diagnostic methods, mainly based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. Nevertheless, these have been only applied for th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sandoval N,Siles-Lucas M,Pérez-Arellano JL,Carranza C,Puente S,López-Abán J,Muro A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of sequence diversity among the genes encoding 10 antigens (Tp1-10) known to be recognized by CD8+ T lymphocytes from cattle immune to Theileria parva was analysed. The sequences were derived from parasites in 23 buffalo-derived cell lines, three cattle-derived isolates and one cloned cell line obtained fro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sitt T,Pelle R,Chepkwony M,Morrison WI,Toye P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteuria penetrans is a Gram-positive endospore-producing bacterium that is a parasite of root-knot nematodes. Attachment of endospores to the cuticle of the nematode is the first stage in the infection process. Western blot analysis with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that recognize the 30 kDa heparin-binding ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mohan S,Fould S,Davies KG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of stocks of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolated in Kenya have been examined for electrophoretic variation in 20 enzymes. The results obtained have been analysed in order to determine whether these trypanosomes are diploid and undergo mating and to determine the genetic distance between T. b. rhodesie...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tait A,Barry JD,Wink R,Sanderson A,Crowe JS

更新日期：1985-02-01 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：:Twelve populations of bats were examined to determine the extent of interspecific associations in determining the species richness of intestinal helminth infracommunities. The pool of helminth species which was available to individual bats ranged from 2 to 21. The 'summed binomial' distribution was determined to under...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lotz JM,Font WF

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serology is an important tool for the diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans. In order to improve serodiagnostic performance, we have developed an in vitro-produced Echinococcus mulilocularis metacestode vesicle fluid (EmVF) antigen for application in an immunoblot assay. Immunoblot analysis of EmVF revea...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Müller N,Frei E,Nuñez S,Gottstein B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the homogeneity of 18S sequences within Trypanosoma cruzi, riboprint profiles were separated by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE). Upon interpretation of melting curves of fragments within a riboprint profile, there appeared to be two 18S sequence types within each stock examined. Two similar typ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stothard JR,Frame IA,Carrasco HJ,Miles MA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraerythrocytic malaria parasites ingest the cytosol of their host cell and digest it inside their acid food vacuoles. Acidified (pH 4-5.5, 37 degrees C) human red blood cell lysates were used to simulate this process, measuring the denaturation of haemoglobin (Hb) and the release of iron, in the absence or presence...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gabay T,Krugliak M,Shalmiev G,Ginsburg H

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of Echinococcus granulosus molecular strain typing have enabled a better understanding of the transmission cycle of cystic echinococcosis. There have been many publications in this area but there is a need for the evaluation of these tools. We have attempted to respond to this need in our study, which a...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bart JM,Bardonnet K,Elfegoun MC,Dumon H,Dia L,Vuitton DA,Piarroux R

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the low informative value of available morphological characters, cytogenetic and molecular methods, based on rDNA sequencing, were used to characterize adult and larval stages of Phyllodistomum spp. Species studied have 18 chromosomes with comparable absolute and relative lengths. Conventional Giemsa staining a...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Petkeviciŭte R,Stunzenas V,Staneviciŭte G

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:A molecular approach was used to genetically characterize 5 species (Aoruroides queenslandensis, Blattophila sphaerolaima, Cordonicola gibsoni, Desmicola ornata and Leidynemella fusiformis) belonging to the superfamily Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida), a group of pinworms that parasitizes terrestrial arthropods. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Jex AR,Hu M,Rose HA,Schneider M,Cribb TH,Gasser RB

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni depends for its survival on glycolysis. Two glycolytic enzymes, glyceraldehyde-3P-dehydrogenase and triose-phosphate dehydrogenase, found in both the adult and schistosomular tegument, have been reported to confer partial protection against cercarial infection. This paper describes the immunogenic ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mansour JM,McCrossan MV,Bickle QD,Mansour TE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinine (QN) and quinidine (QND) have been commonly used as effective and affordable antimalarials for over many years. Quinine primarily is used for severe malaria treatment. However, plasmodia resistance to these drugs and poor patient compliance limits their administration to the patients. The declining sensitivity...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Pandey SK,Dwivedi H,Singh S,Siddiqui WA,Tripathi R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxaemia has been described in cases of Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), but it is unclear if this phenomenon influences inflammatory pathology either in the periphery or central nervous system (CNS). We studied endotoxin concentrations in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesie...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Maclean L,Aboubaker EA,Kennedy PG,Sternberg JM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of treatment of human infections with the unicellular eukaryotic pathogens such as fungi and protozoa remains deeply unsatisfactory. For example, the mortality rates from nosocomial fungemia in critically ill, immunosuppressed or post-cancer patients often exceed 50%. A set of six systemic clinical azol...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Lepesheva GI,Friggeri L,Waterman MR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00