Novel expression profiles of microRNAs suggest that specific miRNAs regulate gene expression for the sexual maturation of female Schistosoma japonicum after pairing.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathogenic intestinal protozoa infections are common in school-aged children in the developing world and they are frequently associated with malabsorption syndromes and gastrointestinal morbidity. Since diagnosis of these parasites is difficult, prevalence data on intestinal protozoa is scarce. METHODS:We c...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Speich B,Marti H,Ame SM,Ali SM,Bogoch II,Utzinger J,Albonico M,Keiser J

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies demonstrate that insect-specific viruses can influence the ability of their mosquito hosts to become infected with and transmit arboviruses of medical and veterinary importance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the interactions between Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) (Parvoviridae) (...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Urakova N,Brustolin M,Joseph RE,Johnson RM,Pujhari S,Rasgon JL

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the final phase of China's national programme to eliminate malaria by 2020, it is vitally important to monitor the resistance of malaria vectors for developing effective vector control strategies. In 2017 Shanghai declared that it had eliminated malaria; however, the insecticide resistance status of the p...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Fang Y,Shi WQ,Wu JT,Li YY,Xue JB,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rickettsiae are emerging pathogens causing public health problems in many countries around the world. Rickettsia spp. are found in association with a wide range of arthropods which feed on different species of animals. However, the distribution and natural cycle of Rickettsia species and their association wi...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Radzijevskaja J,Kaminskienė E,Lipatova I,Mardosaitė-Busaitienė D,Balčiauskas L,Stanko M,Paulauskas A

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is an extremely invasive, globally distributed and medically important vector of various human and veterinary pathogens. In Germany, where this species was recently introduced, its establishment may become modulated by interspecific competition from autochthonous mos...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Müller R,Knautz T,Vollroth S,Berger R,Kreß A,Reuss F,Groneberg DA,Kuch U

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different species of apicomplexan protozoans of the genera Hepatozoon and Cytauxzoon can infect domestic cats, but their epidemiology and clinical relevance are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to assess the molecular prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. and Cytauxzoon spp. and to identify associated...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Díaz-Regañón D,Villaescusa A,Ayllón T,Rodríguez-Franco F,Baneth G,Calleja-Bueno L,García-Sancho M,Agulla B,Sainz Á

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arthropod-borne diseases are some of the most rapidly spreading diseases. Reducing the vector population is currently the only effective way to reduce case numbers. Central metabolic pathways are potential targets to control vector populations, but have not been well explored to this aim. The information ava...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Nunes RD,Romeiro NC,De Carvalho HT,Moreira JR,Sola-Penna M,Silva-Neto MA,Braz GR

更新日期：2016-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To reveal the spatio-temporal distribution of malaria vectors in the national malaria surveillance sites from 2005 to 2010 and provide reference for the current National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) in China. METHODS:A 6-year longitudinal surveillance on density of malaria vectors was carried out in...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Huang JX,Xia ZG,Zhou SS,Pu XJ,Hu MG,Huang DC,Ren ZP,Zhang SS,Yang MN,Wang DQ,Wang JF

更新日期：2015-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-infection with multiple parasite species is commonly observed in nature and interspecific interactions are likely to occur in parasite infracommunities. Such interactions may affect the distribution of parasites among hosts but also the response of infracommunities to perturbations. However, the response ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Hoffmann S,Horak IG,Bennett NC,Lutermann H

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：: The disinfectants TriGene, bleach, ethanol and liquid hand soap, and water and temperature were tested for their ability to kill bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei, epimastigotes of Trypanosoma rangeli and promastigotes of Leishmania major. A 5-min exposure to 0.2% TriGene, 0.1% liquid hand soap and 0.05% bleach...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang X,Jobe M,Tyler KM,Steverding D

更新日期：2008-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Taenia solium life cycle includes humans as definitive hosts and pigs as intermediate hosts. One of the measures to stop the life cycle of this parasite is by vaccination of pigs. In experiments performed in pigs with TSOL18 and TSOL45-1A, two recombinant T. solium proteins, 99.5% and 97.0% protection was induced, res...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Martinez-Ocaña J,Romero-Valdovinos M,de Kaminsky RG,Maravilla P,Flisser A

更新日期：2011-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic fibrosis caused by chronic infection with Schistosoma japonica remains a serious public health problem in the world. Symptoms include inflammation, liver granuloma and fibrosis, whilst treatment options are still limited. This study aims to investigate whether and how traditional Chinese medicine Xia...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Huang Y,Lu J,Xu Y,Xiong C,Tong D,Hu N,Yang H

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are the vectors of Leishmania parasites, the causative agents of leishmaniasis. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an increasing public health problem in the Republic of Suriname and is mainly caused by Leishmania (Vianna) guyanensis, but L. (V.) braziliensis, L. (L.) amazonensis, a...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Kent AD,Dos Santos TV,Gangadin A,Samjhawan A,Mans DR,Schallig HD

更新日期：2013-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in Sudan. It is caused by Leishmania major parasites and transmitted by Phlebotomus papatasi sandflies. Recently, uncommon clinical manifestations of CL have been reported. Moreover, L. donovani parasites that cause Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) have been isolated from C...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Khalid NM,Aboud MA,Alrabba FM,Elnaiem DE,Tripet F

更新日期：2012-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carboxylesterase overproduction is a frequently observed resistance mechanism of insects to organophosphate insecticides. As a major transmitter of human diseases, mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex have evolved 13 carboxylesterase alleles (Ester) that confer organophosphate resistance. Six alleles, Est...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Zhang H,Meng F,Qiao C,Cui F

更新日期：2012-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the implementation of Roll Back Malaria, the widespread use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) is thought to have played a major part in the decrease in mortality and morbidity achieved in malaria-endemic regions. In the past decade, resistance to major classes of insecticides ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sougoufara S,Ottih EC,Tripet F

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small mammals are crucial for the life history of ixodid ticks, but their role and importance in the transmission cycle of tick-borne pathogens is mostly unknown. Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis (CNM) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are both tick-borne pathogens, and rodents are discussed to serve as main r...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Obiegala A,Pfeffer M,Pfister K,Tiedemann T,Thiel C,Balling A,Karnath C,Woll D,Silaghi C

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The East Asian mosquito species Aedes koreicus was recorded out of its native range for the first time in Belgium in 2008. Since then, several other European populations or single individuals have been observed throughout Europe with reports from Italy, Switzerland, European Russia, Slovenia, Germany and Hun...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Pfitzner WP,Lehner A,Hoffmann D,Czajka C,Becker N

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artemether/Lumefantrine (Coartem(R)) has been used as a first-line treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection since 2004 in Ethiopia. In the present study the therapeutic efficacy of artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum infection in Kersa, Jima zone, South...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Assefa A,Kassa M,Tadese G,Mohamed H,Animut A,Mengesha T

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging tick-borne zoonotic pathogen of increased interest worldwide which has been detected in northern Africa. Anaplasma platys is also present in this region and could possibly have a zoonotic potential. However, only one recent article reports on the human esposure to A. ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Elhamiani Khatat S,Daminet S,Kachani M,Leutenegger CM,Duchateau L,El Amri H,Hing M,Azrib R,Sahibi H

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are one of the most widespread wild carnivores in the world, being recognized to harbor and transmit a wide range of vector-borne diseases. Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato are zoonotic tick-borne pathogens causing emerging diseases. Wild animals play an...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Dumitrache MO,Matei IA,Ionică AM,Kalmár Z,D'Amico G,Sikó-Barabási S,Ionescu DT,Gherman CM,Mihalca AD

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This review explores some of the reasons why food webs seem to contain relatively few parasite species when compared to the full diversity of free living species in the system. At present, there are few coherent food web theories to guide scientific studies on parasites, and this review posits that the methods, direct...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sukhdeo MV

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a Trichinella britovi outbreak investigated during February-March 2016 in southern Italy. The source of infection was meat from infected wild boars that were illegally hunted and, hence, not submitted to post-mortem veterinary inspection. Thirty persons reported having eaten raw dried homemade sausages; five...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Turiac IA,Cappelli MG,Olivieri R,Angelillis R,Martinelli D,Prato R,Fortunato F

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, the autochthonous transmission of extra-Amazonian malaria occurs mainly in areas of the southeastern coastal Atlantic Forest, where Anopheles cruzii is the primary vector. In these locations, the population density of the mosquito varies with altitude (5-263 m above sea level), prompting us to hyp...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Lorenz C,Marques TC,Sallum MA,Suesdek L

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine molecular surveillance for imported drug-resistant malaria parasites to the USA and European Union is an important public health activity. The obtained molecular data are used to help keep chemoprophylaxis and treatment guidelines up to date for persons traveling to malaria endemic countries. Recent ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： L'Episcopia M,Kelley J,Patel D,Schmedes S,Ravishankar S,Menegon M,Perrotti E,Nurahmed AM,Talha AA,Nour BY,Lucchi N,Severini C,Talundzic E

更新日期：2020-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmania major and Leishmania infantum are among the main species that are responsible for cutaneous leishmaniosis (CL) and visceral leishmaniosis (VL), respectively. The leishmanioses represent the second-largest parasitic killer in the world after malaria. Recently, we succeeded in generating a plasmid D...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Domínguez-Bernal G,Horcajo P,Orden JA,Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria JA,De La Fuente R,Ordóñez-Gutiérrez L,Martínez-Rodrigo A,Mas A,Carrión J

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protostrongylus oryctolagi and P. pulmonalis are causative agents of pulmonary protostrongyliasis in Lagomorphs in France. These nematodes need usually one intermediate host for its life cycle, a terrestrial snail. However, some studies, mainly in experimental conditions, have identified the species of snail...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Lesage C,Patrelle C,Vrignaud S,Decors A,Ferté H,Jouet D

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille) is a key vector complex of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease, as it spans North, Central, and South America. Although morphological and genetic studies clearly indicate existence of at least five clades within the species, there has been no robust or systemat...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： May-Concha I,Rojas JC,Cruz-López L,Ibarra-Cerdeña CN,Ramsey JM

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipophosphoglycan (LPG) is a dominant surface molecule of Leishmania promastigotes. Its species-specific polymorphisms are found mainly in the sugars that branch off the conserved Gal(β1,4)Man(α1)-PO4 backbone of repeat units. Leishmania amazonensis is one of the most important species causing human cutaneou...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Nogueira PM,Guimarães AC,Assis RR,Sadlova J,Myskova J,Pruzinova K,Hlavackova J,Turco SJ,Torrecilhas AC,Volf P,Soares RP

更新日期：2017-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Equine trypanosomiases are complex infectious diseases with overlapping clinical signs defined by their mode of transmission. Despite their economic impacts, these diseases have been neglected by the scientific community, the veterinary authorities and regulatory organizations. To fill the observed knowledge...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vourchakbé J,Tiofack AAZ,Mbida M,Simo G

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00