abstract：:Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in mammals reveals the extent of sexual selection, which may in turn explain why males are often more infected by parasites than females and that parasites may contribute to the association between SSD and male-biased mortality. Here, we investigated the relationship between SSD in small m...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Morand S,De Bellocq JG,Stanko M,Miklisová D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which Giardia lamblia exerts its pathogenicity is likely to be multifactorial. A 58 kDa enterotoxin was purified and characterized from the excretory-secretory product (ESP) of the parasite (Kaur et al. 2001). In the present study an attempt has been made to elucidate the mechanism of action of the ES...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Shant J,Ghosh S,Bhattacharyya S,Ganguly NK,Majumdar S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the pattern of infection and the inter-annual variation and individual factors affecting the infection of 2 species of nasopharyngeal bot flies, Cephenemyia auribarbis and Pharyngomyia picta (Diptera: Oestridae), in a population of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) from south central Spain (10 an...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Vicente J,Fierro Y,Martínez M,Gortázar C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, the validity of the assumption of concerted evolution of ribosomal regions in larval and adult Cooperia oncophora was assessed. In each of 4 individuals of this parasitic nematode, at least 78% of the sequences comprised different ITS variants. This implies that concerted evolution is not acting, which is corrob...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mes TH,Cornelissen AW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates a cohort of 2187 laboratory reared Culex quinquefasciatus fed on 69 human volunteers, including 59 persons with different levels of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae and 10 without microfilaria. Mosquitoes were followed until death. Mosquito survival was analysed in relation to the level of mi...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Krishnamoorthy K,Subramanian S,Van Oortmarssen GJ,Habbema JD,Das PK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the forces behind the diversification of parasite assemblages have shed light on many aspects of parasite biodiversity. By using only parasite species richness as their measure of diversity, however, previous investigations have ignored the relatedness among parasite species and the taxonomic structu...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Luque JL,Mouillot D,Poulin R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to quantify the association between meteorological variables and incidence of Plasmodium falciparum in areas with unstable malaria transmission in Ethiopia. We used morbidity data pertaining to microscopically confirmed cases reported from 35 sites throughout Ethiopia over a period of approxim...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Abeku TA,De Vlas SJ,Borsboom GJ,Tadege A,Gebreyesus Y,Gebreyohannes H,Alamirew D,Seifu A,Nagelkerke NJ,Habbema JD

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behaviour and development of Elasmosoma sp., near pergandei Ashm. (Neoneurinae: Braconidae: Hymenoptera), a parasite of the ant, Formica obscuriventris clivia Creighton, was studied in a coastal sand dune habitat in central Oregon over a 2-year period. Female wasps oviposited into the abdomen of major worker ants ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Poinar G Jr

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The individual and combined effects of cadmium (Cd) and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126) on the antibody response of fish against metazoan parasites were tested. Eels experimentally infected with the swim bladder nematode Anguillicola crassus were exposed to sublethal concentrations of Cd and PCB 126. Cd was ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Sures B,Knopf K

更新日期：2004-04-01 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

abstract：:A statistical method that analyses correlation structures in families to delineate the contribution of genetic, household and environmental factors on clustering of infection, has been applied to data collected in an area endemic for brugian filariasis in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Infection was assessed both by micro...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Wahyuni S,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,Syafruddin,Supali T,Yazdanbakhsh M,Sartono E

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Immunization against the protozoan Theileria parva by infection and treatment has proved to be very efficient for the control of East Coast fever, an acute and often-fatal lymphoproliferative tick-borne disease of cattle in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The immunizing dose of live T. parva sporozoites used in ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Marcotty T,Speybroeck N,Berkvens D,Chaka G,Besa R,Madder M,Dolan T,Losson B,Brandt J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks are of vast medical and veterinary public health importance due to direct damage caused by feeding and their roles in transmitting well known and emerging infectious agents. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens stimulate the immune system of the host. Those immune interactions are of importance in tick biology, pathog...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Brossard M,Wikel SK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex ratio theory posits that the adaptive proportion of male to female gametocytes of a malaria parasite within the vertebrate host depends on the degree of inbreeding within the vector. Gametocyte sex ratio could be phenotypically flexible, being altered based on the infection's clonal diversity, and thus likely inbr...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Osgood SM,Schall JJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks have numerous natural enemies, but only a few species have been evaluated as tick biocontrol agents (BCAs). Some laboratory results suggest that several bacteria are pathogenic to ticks, but their mode of action and their potential value as biocontrol agents remain to be determined. The most promising entomopath...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Samish M,Ginsberg H,Glazer I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article I begin with a few current ideas on some physiological factors that influence mating choice in insects. Emphasis is placed on those proteins produced by the male reproductive accessory glands which increase female fecundity and reduce her receptivity to subsequent males. Strategies used by late-arrivin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Kaufman WR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High throughput technologies continue to develop in response to the challenges set by the genome projects. This article discusses how the techniques of both high throughput screening (HTS) and synthesis can influence research in parasitology. Examples of the use of targeted and phenotype-based HTS using unbiased compo...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Morgan RE,Westwood NJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the kinetics of adenosine transport were carried out on the P1 and P2 transporters of drug-sensitive Trypanosoma evansi and its cloned derivative, resistant to the melaminophenyl arsenical Mel CY. Characterization of adenosine uptake was made by estimation of the maximum concentration taken up at time infin...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Suswam EA,Ross CA,Martin RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In theory, the age at which maturation occurs in parasitic nematodes is inversely related to pre-maturational mortality rate, and cross-species data on mammalian nematodes are consistent with this prediction. Immunity is a major source of parasite mortality and parasites stand to gain sizeable fitness benefits through...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Guinnee MA,Gemmill AW,Chan BH,Viney ME,Read AF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied infection dynamics of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice infected with 3 genetically distinct clones--1 less virulent than the other 2--either on their own or in mixtures. During the acute phase of infection, total numbers of asexual parasites in mixed-clone infections were equal to those produced by the 3 clones ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： De Roode JC,Read AF,Chan BH,Mackinnon MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinct 8 kDa calcium-binding protein (CaBP) is preferentially expressed at the cercarial stage during the life-cycle of the schistosome. Available data indicate that this CaBP may be associated with tissue/organ remodelling (involving protein degradation and synthesis of new proteins) during transformation of the ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ram D,Ziv E,Lantner F,Schechter I

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, representative of the genetic variability of the 2 principal lineages, that subdivide T. cruzi, were selected on the basis of previous multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis using 21 loci. Analyses were performed with lower numbers of loci to exp...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Breniere SF,Barnabe C,Bosseno MF,Tibayrenc M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotactic responses of Strongyloides stercoralis infective larvae (L3) to sodium chloride (NaCl) were investigated by recording larval tracks on a saline gradient in agarose. On agarose, larvae migrated randomly, whereas when placed at 0.01 m NaCl larvae moved to approximately 1.1 m NaCl where they turned, headed do...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Forbes WM,Ashton FT,Boston R,Schad GA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the genomic organization and transcription of the histone H2A genes in the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. In the parasite genome 2 gene clusters exist, each containing 3 H2A gene copies. Sequence analyses showed the existence of significant sequence divergence among the H2A genes, mainly in th...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Soto M,Quijada L,Larreta R,Iborra S,Alonso C,Requena JM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta-1,3-glucan-binding lectin from the penetration glands of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum cercariae was isolated by affinity chromatography using yeast glucan and curdlan as affinity matrices. Further purification to homogeneity was performed by cation-exchange chromatography. The protein migrated as a double band ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Mikes L,Man P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were (a) to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of foetal Doppler indices for the prediction of abnormal foetal heart rate (aFHR) at delivery after malaria crisis and (b) to test Doppler parameters against crisis duration for predicting aFHR. Every day during the malaria crisis, the u...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Arbeille P,Carles G,Georgescu M,Tobal N,Herault S,Bousquet F,Perrotin F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most sylvatic species of Trichinella are known to have poor infectivity to rats, but in the present study oral administration of bile from other hosts appeared to modify this infectivity. A total of 75 rats were inoculated in groups of 25 with 3 species of Trichinella (T. spiralis, T. nativa, and T. nelsoni) and each ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Theodoropoulos G,Styliara M,Petrakos M,Kapel CM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new histozoic species of myxosporean was found to infect the gill filaments, gut, kidney and liver of the freshwater teleost Leporinus friderici, collected from the estuarine region of the Amazon, near the city of Belém, Brazil. The plasmodia show asynchronous development, at any one time composed of mature spores a...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Casal G,Matos E,Azevedo C

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As has been shown previously, immunologically intact mice with patent Schistosoma mansoni infections had a significantly lower mean platelet number than intact uninfected mice (P<0.0001). However, platelet numbers in T-cell deprived mice with patent infections were not significantly different from those in uninfected ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Stanley RG,Ngaiza JR,Atieno E,Jell G,Francklow K,Jackson CL,Parry H,Doenhoff MJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philasterides dicentrarchi is a histophagous ciliate causing systemic scuticociliatosis in cultured turbot. This study demonstrates that turbot which survive this disease have serum antibodies that recognize ciliary antigens of this ciliate in ELISA and immobilize/agglutinate the ciliate in vitro. Mouse sera raised ag...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Iglesias R,Paramá A,Alvarez MF,Leiro J,Ubeira FM,Sanmartín ML

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors for the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis to humans operate at a range of spatial scales. Over a large area, such as China, regional scale risk is correlated with variation in climatic conditions because of its effect on the spatial distribution of landscapes that can support E. multilocularis t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Danson FM,Graham AJ,Pleydell DR,Campos-Ponce M,Giraudoux P,Craig PS

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:This study reports that inhibition of Leishmania Topo-I with the minor groove-binding ligands (MGBLs) Hoechst 33342 (Ho342) blocks parasite growth in culture by mechanisms involving DNA breakage. While Ho342 inhibited the replication of several species of Leishmania in a dose- and time-dependent manner, Ho258 was not ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Marquis JF,Drolet M,Olivier M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:If parasitic infection is a driving force in female mate choice, then females should preferentially select parasite-free males. The role of infection on female mate choice in mammals was assessed using a 3-chambered apparatus. A female CD-1 mouse was allowed to choose between 2 tethered male mice, 1 uninfected and 1 i...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Ehman KD,Scott ME

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perkinsus marinus is a protozoan responsible for dramatic mortality in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, but not in the Pacific oyster, C. gigas. To understand the host-parasite relationship, we inoculated P. marinus trophozoites into the shell cavity of C. gigas and measured, over 2 months, (i) intensity of ...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Romestand B,Corbier F,Roch P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of mating interactions between schistosome species from different evolutionary lineages in mice showed that mating is not random: heterospecific pairs form but, given the choice, the preference is for homospecific partners. Mating competition and change of mate were also demonstrated. Schistosoma mans...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： Cosgrove CL,Southgate VR

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:A cDNA clone codifying ribosomal protein L25 was isolated from a Leishmania braziliensis cDNA gene library. The alignment of the amino acid sequence deduced from this gene with other proteins revealed that this protein is related to the L23/25 rihosomal protein family. This is so because this protein shows, in its C-t...

journal_title：Parasitology

authors： González AC,Martínez E,Carmelo E,Piñero JE,Alonso V,Del Castillo A,Valladares B

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00