Safety of the concurrent treatment of dogs with Bravecto (fluralaner) and Scalibor protectorband (deltamethrin).

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thelazia callipaeda is transmitted by Phortica variegata, a drosophilid that feeds on lachrymal secretions of mammals. Scientific information on human thelaziosis is still relatively limited, mainly for physicians and ophthalmologists. Indeed, the literature is full of misleading information on the transmiss...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Otranto D,Dantas-Torres F

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Babesia motasi is known as an etiological agent of human and ovine babesiosis. Diagnosis of babesiosis is traditionally performed by microscopy, examining Giemsa-stained thin peripheral blood smears. Rapid detection and accurate identification of species are desirable for clinical care and epidemiological st...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang J,Gao S,Zhang S,He X,Liu J,Liu A,Li Y,Liu G,Luo J,Guan G,Yin H

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ecto-Nucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolases (Ecto-NTPDases) are enzymes that hydrolyze tri- and/or di-phosphate nucleotides. Evidences point to their participation in Trypanosoma cruzi virulence and infectivity. In this work, we evaluate TcNTPDase-1 gene expression in comparison with ecto-NTPDase activi...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Silva-Gomes NL,Ennes-Vidal V,Carolo JC,Batista MM,Soeiro MN,Menna-Barreto R,Moreira OC

更新日期：2014-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by triatomine vectors. The northeastern region of Brazil is endemic for Chagas disease and has the largest diversity of triatomine species. T. cruzi development in its triatomine vector depends on diverse factors, including the composition o...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Gumiel M,da Mota FF,Rizzo Vde S,Sarquis O,de Castro DP,Lima MM,Garcia Ede S,Carels N,Azambuja P

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aedes aegypti is a potential vector of West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses. Alternative control measurements of the vector are needed to overcome the problems of environmental contamination and chemical resistance. Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus are symbionts in the intestine...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Fukruksa C,Yimthin T,Suwannaroj M,Muangpat P,Tandhavanant S,Thanwisai A,Vitta A

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying factors that sustain parasite transmission is important for understanding their spread and emergence, including how changes in biodiversity may affect parasite prevalence and spread. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite infecting humans and animals. Birds can acquire T. gondii infection thro...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Iemmi T,Vismarra A,Mangia C,Zanin R,Genchi M,Lanfranchi P,Kramer LH,Formenti N,Ferrari N

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoptic mange causes significant animal welfare and occasional conservation concerns for bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) throughout their range. To date, in situ chemotherapeutic interventions have involved macrocytic lactones, but their short duration of action and need for frequent re-administratio...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wilkinson V,Tokano K,Nichols D,Martin A,Holme R,Phalen D,Mounsey K,Charleston M,Kreiss A,Pye R,Browne E,Næsborg-Nielsen C,Richards SA,Carver S

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Swim bladder inflammation (SBI) is an important disease of common carp fingerlings in Central Europe. In the 1980s, its etiology was ascribed to multicellular proliferative stages of the myxozoan parasite Sphaerospora dykovae (formerly S. renicola). S. dykovae was reported to proliferate in the blood and in ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Holzer AS,Hartigan A,Patra S,Pecková H,Eszterbauer E

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a lethal zoonosis caused by the fox-tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. The disease is difficult to treat and an effective therapeutic drug is urgently needed. Reliable models are essential for drug development. In this study, we developed both in vitro and in vivo models of...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang H,Li J,Guo B,Zhao L,Zhang Z,McManus DP,Wen H,Zhang W

更新日期：2016-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arboviruses are a growing public health concern in Europe, with both endemic and exotic arboviruses expected to spread further into novel areas in the next decades. Predicting where future outbreaks will occur is a major challenge, particularly for regions where these arboviruses are not endemic. Spatial mod...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Esser HJ,Liefting Y,Ibáñez-Justicia A,van der Jeugd H,van Turnhout CAM,Stroo A,Reusken CBEM,Koopmans MPG,de Boer WF

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnostics provide a means to measure progress toward disease elimination. Many countries in Africa are approaching elimination of onchocerciasis after successful implementation of mass drug administration programs as well as vector control. An understanding of how markers for infection such as skin snip mi...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Golden A,Faulx D,Kalnoky M,Stevens E,Yokobe L,Peck R,Karabou P,Banla M,Rao R,Adade K,Gantin RG,Komlan K,Soboslay PT,de Los Santos T,Domingo GJ

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) have been recorded in the Jenin District based on their clinical appearance. Here, their parasites have been characterized in depth. METHODS:Leishmanial parasites isolated from 12 human cases of CL from the Jenin District were cultured as promastigotes, whose DNA w...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Azmi K,Schnur L,Schonian G,Nasereddin A,Pratlong F,El Baidouri F,Ravel C,Dedet JP,Ereqat S,Abdeen Z

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In Italy, dogs and cats are at risk of becoming infected by different vector-borne pathogens, including protozoa, bacteria, and helminths. Ticks, fleas, phlebotomine sand flies, and mosquitoes are recognized vectors of pathogens affecting cats and dogs, some of which (e.g., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorf...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Otranto D,Dantas-Torres F

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Culicoides biting midges are incriminated as biological vectors of a number of viruses, e.g. bluetongue virus. In order to define vector-free periods/areas and to assess the vectorial role of the various Culicoides species, a comprehensive knowledge on their spatio-temporal occurrence is required. METHODS:B...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Kaufmann C,Steinmann IC,Hegglin D,Schaffner F,Mathis A

更新日期：2012-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, with complications varying from mental disease to death. While human infection can occur via ingestion of tissue cysts from infected meat, most human infection comes from oocysts. Cats are the only definitive host, and thus shedding of ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Lilly EL,Wortham CD

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) have been carried out since 1999 in the Lekie division (central region of Cameroon where most cases of Loa-related post ivermectin severe adverse events were reported) as part of the joined activities of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Contr...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Kouam MK,Tchatchueng-Mbougua JB,Demanou M,Boussinesq M,Pion SD,Kamgno J

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus, is a serious indoor public health pest in tropical regions causing intense physical discomfort and mental distress to humans. At present, the application of insecticides is the major control strategy. The present study was designed to evaluate the development of resist...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Punchihewa R,de Silva WAPP,Weeraratne TC,Karunaratne SHPP

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anopheles sinensis is one of the most important malaria vectors in Asian countries. The rapid spread of insecticide resistance has become a major obstacle for insecticide-based strategies for vector control. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare an insecticide-resistant strain of An. sinensis to further unde...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Zhu G,Zhou H,Li J,Tang J,Bai L,Wang W,Gu Y,Liu Y,Lu F,Cao Y,Zhang C,Xu S,Cao J,Gao Q

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Certain municipalities in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area (BHMA), Minas Gerais, Brazil, have the highest human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) mortality rates in the country and also demonstrate high canine seropositivity. In Brazil, the etiologic agent of VL is Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. The aim of ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： da Silva TA,Gomes LI,Oliveira E,Coura-Vital W,Silva Lde A,Pais FS,Ker HG,Reis AB,Rabello A,Carneiro M

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of endemic murid rodents as hosts of arthropod vectors of diseases of medical and veterinary significance is well established in the northern hemisphere. In contrast, endemic murids are comparatively understudied as vector hosts in Africa, particularly in South Africa. Considering the great rodent d...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Fagir DM,Ueckermann EA,Horak IG,Bennett NC,Lutermann H

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dirofilaria repens is the causative agent of subcutaneous dirofilariosis of dogs, other animals and humans. This nematode is transmitted by mosquitoes of Aedes, Anopheles and Culex genera. In dogs, the parasite may cause subclinical infection or cutaneous signs. Recently, D. repens has emerged and spread in ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Di Cesare A,Braun G,Di Giulio E,Paoletti B,Aquilino V,Bartolini R,La Torre F,Meloni S,Drake J,Pandolfi F,Avolio S,Traversa D

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Filariasis and leishmaniasis are two neglected tropical diseases in Mali. Due to distribution and associated clinical features, both diseases are of concern to public health. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of co-infection with filarial (Wuchereria bancrofti and Mansonella perstans) an...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sangare MB,Coulibaly YI,Coulibaly SY,Coulibaly ME,Traore B,Dicko I,Sissoko IM,Samake S,Traore SF,Nutman TB,Valenzuela JG,Faye O,Kamhawi S,Oliveira F,Semnani RT,Doumbia S

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease and a major cause of disability worldwide. It is one of the neglected tropical diseases identified by the World Health Organization for elimination as a public health problem by 2020. Maps displaying disease distribution are helpful tools to ide...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Eneanya OA,Cano J,Dorigatti I,Anagbogu I,Okoronkwo C,Garske T,Donnelly CA

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal nematodes are parasites that commonly infect dogs, and infections can be subclinical or may cause considerable clinical disease. Some species are zoonotic and may also cause clinical disease in humans. Year-round treatment of dogs is recommended to eliminate existing infections, which also i...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Becskei C,Kryda K,Fias D,Follis SL,Wozniakiewicz M,Mahabir SP,Farkas R

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis is the most common non-viral, sexually transmitted pathogen. Although T. vaginalis is highly prevalent among women in Kenya, there is lack of data regarding genetic diversity of isolates currently in circulation in Kenya. METHODS:Typing was performed on 22 clinic...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Masha SC,Cools P,Crucitti T,Sanders EJ,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infective larvae of the worldwide occurring zoonotic roundworm T. canis exhibit a marked affinity to the nervous tissues of paratenic hosts. In humans, most cases of neurotoxocarosis are considered to be caused by larvae of T. canis as T. cati larvae have rarely been found in the CNS in previous studies. How...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Janecek E,Beineke A,Schnieder T,Strube C

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously reported that progesterone (P4) has a direct in vitro effect on the scolex evagination and growth of Taenia solium cysticerci. Here, we explored the hypothesis that the P4 direct effect on T. solium might be mediated by a novel steroid-binding parasite protein. METHODS:By way of using imm...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Aguilar-Díaz H,Nava-Castro KE,Escobedo G,Domínguez-Ramírez L,García-Varela M,Del Río-Araiza VH,Palacios-Arreola MI,Morales-Montor J

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome was reported as expressed in schistosomiasis-induced liver fibrosis (SSLF). We used an NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor, MCC950, to investigate whether it inhibited liver fibrosis, and explored the preliminary molecular mechanism. METHODS:BALB/c mice were infecte...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Zhang WJ,Fang ZM,Liu WQ

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 has had a devastating impact on wild Norwegian stocks of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., and it is the only Office International des Epizooties (OIE) listed parasitic pathogen of fish. The UK is presently recognised as G. salaris-free, and management plans for its containm...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Paladini G,Hansen H,Williams CF,Taylor NG,Rubio-Mejía OL,Denholm SJ,Hytterød S,Bron JE,Shinn AP

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trichinella spiralis is a major zoonotic tissue-dwelling nematode, which is a public health concern and a serious hazard to animal food safety. It is necessary to exploit an anti-Trichinella vaccine to interrupt the transmission of Trichinella infection among animals and from animals to humans. The purpose o...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Cui J,Han Y,Yue X,Liu F,Song YY,Yan SW,Lei JJ,Zhang X,Jiang P,Wang ZQ

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00