Cloning and characterization of a beta-galactoside-binding protein (galectin) from the gut of the gastrointestinal nematode parasite Haemonchus contortus.

abstract：:We have determined the molar content of guanine + cytosine (GC content) of DNA of the filarial nematode (Brugia malayi, Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria imitis) and of the free-living soil nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and have analysed the DNA for the presence of methylcytosine. Two independent methods, thermal dena...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rothstein N,Stoller TJ,Rajan TV

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum is a cyst-forming parasite that causes abortion in cattle. Despite this parasite's ubiquitous distribution and wide host range, the number of N. caninum isolates obtained to date is limited. In vitro isolation of the parasite is arduous and often unsuccessful. In addition, most isolates have been obta...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Regidor-Cerrillo J,Gómez-Bautista M,Pereira-Bueno J,Aduriz G,Navarro-Lozano V,Risco-Castillo V,Férnandez-García A,Pedraza-Díaz S,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A guinea-pig immunoglobulin-G linked agarose column was used to detect the immunoglobulin-G binding proteins (IGBP) in the ixodid ticks, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Amblyomma variegatum and Ixodes hexagonus. IGBPs were found in salivary gland extract (SGE) of the unfed ticks of all 3 species. The sizes of the IGBPs,...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wang H,Nuttall PA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis in domestic dogs and cats relies on a single drug class, the macrocyclic lactones (MLs). Recently, it has been demonstrated that ML-resistant D. immitis are circulating in the Mississippi Delta region of the USA, but the prevalence and impact of these resis...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wolstenholme AJ,Evans CC,Jimenez PD,Moorhead AR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early in the history of schistosomiasis research, children under 5 years of age were known to be infected. Although this problem was recognized over 100 years ago, insufficient action has been taken to address this issue. Under current policy, such infected children only receive their first antiparasitic treatment (pr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bustinduy AL,Wright S,Joekes EC,Kabatereine NB,Reinhard-Rupp J,King CH,Stothard JR

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:It is suspected that host-parasite interactions are influenced by climatic oscillations such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). However, the effects of climatic oscillations on host-parasite interactions have never been investigated. A long-term (1982-1999) dataset of the host snail Lymnaea stagnalis and tremato...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Doi H,Yurlova NI

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:Diseases caused by viruses are a constant and major problem for livestock production world wide. The diseases range from highly contagious acute forms with high mortality, to chronic disabling diseases with an insidious effect on production. Such diseases cannot be regarded as static in nature due to the highly mutabl...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Crowther JR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Raffel TR,Bommarito T,Barry DS,Witiak SM,Shackelton LA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichinella spiralis infections may lead to the loss of behavioural dominance among male mice. Reversals of dominance order first appear at the time when newborn larvae are released into the circulation of the host. The duration of dominance reversals bears no relationship to the number of muscle larvae harboured. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Rau ME

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is considered a neglected tropical disease which in Pakistan can now be considered as a growing public health problem. The exact figures on the magnitude of the disease are lacking both at the national and regional level and only a few health centres are available for diagnosis of CL. The ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Khan A,Sajid R,Gul S,Hussain A,Zehri MT,Naz S,Simsek S,Waseem S,Afzal MS,Naqvi SKUH,Qasim M,Ahmed H

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stages of various Onchocerca species have been used to stimulate resistance in CBA mice to challenge injections with the microfilariae of Onchocerca lienalis. Comparable levels of resistance to challenge (29-37% reductions) were conferred by living, freeze-killed, or sonicated organisms administered with Fre...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Carlow CK,Bianco AE

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum showed relatively low levels of SOD activity. The SOD which had a pI of 4.8 and an approximate molecular weight of 35 kDa appeared to be iron dependent. Catalase, glutathione transferase, glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase activity could not be detected, nor could trypan...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Entrala E,Mascaro C,Barrett J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A delayed gamma distribution satisfactorily described the distribution of times to hatching of Ostertagia circumcincta eggs incubated in 0.1% saline at temperatures between 6 and 20 degrees C. Below 6 degree C hatching of eggs was extremely variable. The relationship between rates of development and temperature within...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Young RR,Anderson N,Overend D,Tweedie RL,Malafant KW,Preston GA

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The community structure of monogeneans on the gills of a catfish Pimelodus albicans, in the Río de la Plata, was studied and compared with previous findings on P. maulatus. Six Monogenea species belonging to 3 genera were found: Demidospermus majusculus Kritsky & Gutiérrez, 1998; Demidospermus armostus Kritsky & Gutié...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Gutiérrez PA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and other hosts acquire Toxoplasma gondii infection by ingesting tissue cysts in undercooked meat, or by food or drink contaminated with oocysts. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent clinical disease due this parasite in humans, although, various T. gondii vaccine candidates are being developed. Mice are g...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dubey JP,Ferreira LR,Martins J,McLeod R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to shared characteristics with snail haemocytes, the Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cell line has been used as a model in vitro system for the study of snail-trematode interactions. In this study, Bge cells were used to characterize the adherence of snail host cells to schistosome primary sporocysts, and to...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Castillo MG,Yoshino TP

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxozoans have been successfully used as tags for fish stock identification around the world. However, few studies using myxozoan tags have been carried out in the Southern Atlantic, a region with complex oceanography that constitutes a potentially suitable scenario for testing the utility of myxozoans as indicators. ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cantatore DM,Irigoitia MM,Holzer AS,Timi JT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance of Profilicollis botulus was monitored in eider ducks for 3 years. No significant difference in P. botulus abundance was found between eiders taken alive and those collected dead from the shore line, or between adult males and adult females. Adult male eiders had a seasonal pattern of infection. Incubati...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Thompson AB

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface coat of the 2nd-stage juveniles (J2) of plant-parasitic nematodes is considered to be involved in interactions with microorganisms in the soil and rhizosphere, as well as with the host plant. Characterization of surface antigens might be important in the development of new nematode control strategies. In t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sharon E,Spiegel Y,Salomon R,Curtis RH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the C-terminal region of the intermediate subunit of Entamoeba histolytica galactose- and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-inhibitable lectin (C-Igl) is a useful antigen for serodiagnosis of amebiasis. An immunochromatographic kit was developed using fluorescent silica nanoparticles coated with C...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Tachibana H,Kakino A,Kazama M,Feng M,Asai S,Umezawa K,Nozaki T,Makiuchi T,Kamada T,Watanabe H,Horiki N,Cheng X,Masuda G

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein composition of Schistosoma mansoni was analysed by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide slab gel in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. A high degree of identity existed between protein patterns obtain from immature and adult parasites of the two sexes. Some stage-and sex-specific components were indenti...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ruppel A,Cioli D

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on some of the more ground-shifting advances of recent decades, particularly those at the molecular and cellular level that illuminate mechanisms underpinning the natural ecology of tick-host-pathogen interactions and the consequent epidemiology of zoonotic infections in humans. Knowledge of compon...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Randolph SE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex life-cycles of parasitic animals are a product of exploiting the process of development to generate organisms with different biological potentials within a species. Successive stages of the parasite adapt to functions such as host invasion and transmission, and to the colonization of a variety of niches, o...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Bianco AE,Maizels RM

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:In the context of a broader program dealing with the symbiotic associations of apple snails, we sampled three species that coexist in Lake Regatas (Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina). The population of Asolene platae, (but not those of Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea scalaris) showed trematode larvae (echinocercariae ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Dellagnola FA,Montes MM,Martorelli SR,Vega IA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing models of the basic case reproduction number (R0) for vector-borne diseases assume (i) that the distribution of vectors over the susceptible host species is homogeneous and (ii) that the biting preference for the susceptible host species rather than other potential hosts is a constant. Empirical evidence cont...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kelly DW,Thompson CE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticoccidial effect of narasin against Eimeria flavescens, E. intestinalis, E. magna, E. perforans and E. stiedai was tested in experimentally infected rabbits. The drug was highly effective in reducing oocyst output and in preventing clinical signs. Maximum activity as measured by oocyst discharge was achieved w...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Peeters JE,Geeroms R,Antoine O,Mammerickx M,Halen P

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of malaria-causing parasites is characterized by great genetic diversity. Knowledge of the polymorphism generation mechanism is a central issue for developing effective vaccines against malaria and understanding the parasite population structure. Plasmodium vivax genetic diversity has been explained in ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Martinez P,Suarez CF,Cardenas PP,Patarroyo MA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00