Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of hemoplasma species in domestic pigs in Korea.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic zoonoses. The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans varies widely worldwide. Detection of Toxoplasma-specific antibodies has been a gold standard method for both epidemiological investigation and clinical diagnosis. Genetic investigation ind...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sun X,Lu H,Jia B,Chang Z,Peng S,Yin J,Chen Q,Jiang N

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of insecticide resistance status in the main malaria vectors is an essential component of effective malaria vector control. This study presents the first evaluation of the status of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae populations from Bangui, the Central African Republic. METHODS:Anopheles...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Olé Sangba ML,Sidick A,Govoetchan R,Dide-Agossou C,Ossè RA,Akogbeto M,Ndiath MO

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence and massive spread of bluetongue in Western Europe during 2006-2008 had disastrous consequences for sheep and cattle production and confirmed the ability of Palaearctic Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to transmit the virus. Some aspects of Culicoides ecology, especially host-seeking and f...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Viennet E,Garros C,Lancelot R,Allène X,Gardès L,Rakotoarivony I,Crochet D,Delécolle JC,Moulia C,Baldet T,Balenghien T

更新日期：2011-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are large herbivorous aquatic mammals living in limited areas of South, Central and North America. As with other aquatic mammals, Antillean manatees can be infected by a variety of protozoan and metazoan parasites, some of them with zoonotic potential, which af...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vélez J,Hirzmann J,Arévalo-González K,Lange MK,Seipp A,Gärtner U,Taubert A,Caballero S,Hermosilla C

更新日期：2019-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis is a chronic disease linked to poverty and is widely endemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. For decades, the World Health Organization has called for a larger role of the primary health care system in schistosomiasis control, and its integration within the routine activities of primary ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bizimana P,Ortu G,Van Geertruyden JP,Nsabiyumva F,Nkeshimana A,Muhimpundu E,Polman K

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmania species belong to the family Trypanosomatidae and cause leishmaniasis, a geographically widespread disease that infects humans and other vertebrates. This disease remains endemic in China. Due to the large geographic area and complex ecological environment, the taxonomic position and phylogenetic ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Yang BB,Chen DL,Chen JP,Liao L,Hu XS,Xu JN

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insect-borne diseases could induce severe symptoms in human and clinical signs in animals, such as febrility, erythra, arthralgia and hemorrhagic fever, and cause significant economic losses and pose public health threat all over the world. The significant advantages of Luminex xMAP technology are high-throu...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang HY,Wu SQ,Jiang L,Xiao RH,Li T,Mei L,Lv JZ,Liu JJ,Lin XM,Han XQ

更新日期：2018-07-31 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:Culex pipiens L. is the most widespread mosquito vector in temperate regions including North Africa. Cx. pipiens has two recognized forms or biotypes; pipiens and molestus are morphologically indistinguishable with distinct behavior and physiology that may influence their vectorial status. In our study, we p...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Amraoui F,Tijane M,Sarih M,Failloux AB

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genus Bartonella is comprised of a rapidly increasing number of pathogenic species that induce a seemingly diverse spectrum of neurological symptoms. During the 12 year period that followed the initial onset of neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms, an 11 year-old girl experienced a spectrum of neur...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Balakrishnan N,Ericson M,Maggi R,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trypanosoma rangeli is a protozoan that infects a variety of mammalian hosts, including humans. Its main insect vector is Rhodnius prolixus and is found in several Latin American countries. The R. prolixus vector competence depends on the T. rangeli strain and the molecular interactions, as well as the insec...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vieira CS,Mattos DP,Waniek PJ,Santangelo JM,Figueiredo MB,Gumiel M,da Mota FF,Castro DP,Garcia ES,Azambuja P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmania infantum is a vector-borne pathogen endemic in countries in the Mediterranean basin, including Italy. Dogs act as the primary reservoir for this parasite, but other animal species may also be infected. Low-to-moderate seroprevalence levels of infection have been reported in apparent healthy equine...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Gazzonis AL,Bertero F,Moretta I,Morganti G,Mortarino M,Villa L,Zanzani SA,Morandi B,Rinnovati R,Vitale F,Manfredi MT,Cardoso L,Veronesi F

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whipworms (Nematoda: Trichuridae), among the most common soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), can cause the socioeconomically important disease trichuriasis in various mammalian hosts including humans and non-human primates. For many years, Trichuris from non-human primates has been assigned to the same specie...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Xie Y,Zhao B,Hoberg EP,Li M,Zhou X,Gu X,Lai W,Peng X,Yang G

更新日期：2018-09-20 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:Schistosomiasis is a prevalent but neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, with the primary disease-causing species being S. haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum. Male-female pairing of schistosomes is necessary for sexual maturity and the production of a large...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Liu F,Ding H,Tian J,Zhou C,Yang F,Shao W,Du Y,Hou X,Ren C,Shen J,Liu M

更新日期：2019-08-23 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:The rapid growth of Qatar in the last two decades has been associated with an enormous expansion of building programs in its cities and in the provision of new service industries. This in turn has attracted a large influx of immigrant workers seeking employment in jobs associated with food handling, domestic...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Abu-Madi MA,Behnke JM,Ismail A,Al-Olaqi N,Al-Zaher K,El-Ibrahim R

更新日期：2011-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The population dynamics of vector-borne pathogens inside the arthropod vector can have important consequences for vector-to-host transmission. Tick-borne spirochete bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) species complex cause Lyme borreliosis in humans and spend long periods of time (>12 months) i...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Jacquet M,Genné D,Belli A,Maluenda E,Sarr A,Voordouw MJ

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved surveillance techniques are required to accelerate efforts against major arthropod-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, filariasis, Zika and yellow-fever. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are increasingly used in mosquito traps because they improve energy efficiency and battery longevity relative to ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Mwanga EP,Ngowo HS,Mapua SA,Mmbando AS,Kaindoa EW,Kifungo K,Okumu FO

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sandfly-borne phleboviruses are present in North Africa where they can infect humans in regions where Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in the Western Mediterranean basin is present affecting both humans and dogs. We investigated the capacity of dogs to be used as se...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Sakhria S,Alwassouf S,Fares W,Bichaud L,Dachraoui K,Alkan C,Zoghlami Z,de Lamballerie X,Zhioua E,Charrel RN

更新日期：2014-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entomopathogenic fungi are potential candidates for use in integrated vector management and many isolates are compatible with synthetic and natural insecticides. Neem oil was tested separately and in combination with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae against larvae of the dengue vector Aedes...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Gomes SA,Paula AR,Ribeiro A,Moraes CO,Santos JW,Silva CP,Samuels RI

更新日期：2015-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive mosquito species (IMS) of the genus Aedes are a cause of increasing concern in Europe owing to their ability to vector important human viral diseases. Entomological surveillance to early detect alien mosquito and flavivirus circulation in Liguria, northwest Italy, has been carried out since 2011. R...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Ballardini M,Ferretti S,Chiaranz G,Pautasso A,Riina MV,Triglia G,Verna F,Bellavia V,Radaelli MC,Berio E,Accorsi A,De Camilli M,Cardellino U,Fiorino N,Acutis PL,Casalone C,Mignone W

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Birds harbour an astonishing diversity of haemosporidian parasites. Renewed interest in avian haemosporidians as a model system has placed a greater emphasis on the development of screening protocols to estimate parasite prevalence and diversity. Prevalence estimates are often based on the molecular or blood...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Ishtiaq F,Rao M,Huang X,Bensch S

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the dispersal dynamics of invasive mosquito species is fundamental to improve vector surveillance and to target control efforts. Aedes albopictus has been deemed a poor flyer as its range of active dispersal is generally assumed to be limited to a few hundred metres, while laboratory studies su...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vavassori L,Saddler A,Müller P

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Digenean trematodes are parasitic platyhelminths that use several hosts in their life cycles and are thereby embedded in various ecosystems affected by local environmental conditions. Their presence in a habitat will reflect the presence of different host species and, as such, they can serve as ecological in...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Duan Y,Al-Jubury A,Kania PW,Buchmann K

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The abundance, richness and diversity of mosquitoes and aquatic insects associated with their oviposition sites were surveyed along eight states of the Pacific coast of Mexico. Diversity was estimated using the Shannon index (H'), similarity measures and cluster analysis. METHODS:Oviposition sites were samp...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bond JG,Casas-Martínez M,Quiroz-Martínez H,Novelo-Gutiérrez R,Marina CF,Ulloa A,Orozco-Bonilla A,Muñoz M,Williams T

更新日期：2014-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the more than 100 years since its discovery, our knowledge of Toxoplasma biology has improved enormously. The evolution of molecular biology, immunology and genomics has had profound influences on our understanding of this ubiquitous bug. However, it could be argued that in science today the adage "seeing is believ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： McGovern KE,Wilson EH

更新日期：2013-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) greatly affects livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana prevalence of AAT is estimated to range between 5 and 50%. Studies have reported serum biochemical aberrations and variability in cytokine profiles in animals during infection. However, information regar...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bakari SM,Ofori JA,Kusi KA,Aning GK,Awandare GA,Carrington M,Gwira TM

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding local Anopheles species compositions and bionomic traits are vital for an effective malaria vector intervention strategy. Though eight malaria vectors, including species complexes, have been documented across the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, a comprehensive survey linking morphological and mo...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Davidson JR,Wahid I,Sudirman R,Small ST,Hendershot AL,Baskin RN,Burton TA,Makuru V,Xiao H,Yu X,Troth EV,Olivieri D,Lizarraga S,Hasan H,Arfah A,Yusuf M,Nur N,Syafruddin D,Asih P,Lobo NF

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminthiasis is being scaled-up. Hence, spatially explicit estimates of infection risks providing information about the current situation are needed to guide interventions. Available high-resolution national model-based estimates either rely on a...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Chammartin F,Guimarães LH,Scholte RG,Bavia ME,Utzinger J,Vounatsou P

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00