abstract：BACKGROUND:The biting behaviour and dispersal of insect vectors in the field underlies the transmission of many diseases. Here, a novel collection methodology coupled with the molecular analysis of blood-meal sources and digestion rates is introduced with the aim of aiding the understanding of two critical and relative...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Orsborne J,Furuya-Kanamori L,Jeffries CL,Kristan M,Mohammed AR,Afrane YA,O'Reilly K,Massad E,Drakeley C,Walker T,Yakob L

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bioclimatic variables play an integral part in the life-cycle of Ctenocephalides felis, the most common flea found on companion animals. It is essential that we understand the effects of climate on C. felis distribution as fleas are a major veterinary and public health concern. This study investigated the cu...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Crkvencic N,Šlapeta J

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate identification of schistosome species infecting intermediate host snails is important for understanding parasite transmission, schistosomiasis control and elimination. Cercariae emerging from infected snails cannot be precisely identified morphologically to the species level. We used molecular tools...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Tian-Bi YT,Webster B,Konan CK,Allan F,Diakité NR,Ouattara M,Salia D,Koné A,Kakou AK,Rabone M,Coulibaly JT,Knopp S,Meïté A,Utzinger J,N'Goran EK,Rollinson D

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma-associated antigen 59 (HCA59), which is one of the most important excretory/secretory products of Haemonchus contortus (HcESPs), is known to have antigenic functions. However, its immunomodulatory effects on host cells are poorly understood. METHODS:Here, we cloned the HCA59 gene an...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang Q,Wu L,Hasan MW,Lu M,Wang W,Yan R,Xu L,Song X,Li X

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite similarities in morphology, gene and protein profiles, Entamoeba histolytica and E. moshkovskii show profound differences in pathogenicity. Entamoeba histolytica infection might result in amoebic dysentery and liver abscess, while E. moshkovskii causes only mild diarrhea. Extensive studies focus on r...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Khomkhum N,Leetachewa S,Pawestri AR,Moonsom S

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Taenia multiceps is a harmful tapeworm and its larval form (coenurus cerebralis) is the causative agent of coenurosis, a disease affecting the health of herbivores, resulting in great economic loss to animal husbandry. Heat-shock proteins (HSPs), expressed in all prokaryotes and eukaryotes, act as molecular ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Liu Y,Guo C,Dong X,Gu X,Xie Y,Lai W,Peng X,Yang G

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fleas (Siphonaptera) are the most clinically important ectoparasites of dogs and cats worldwide. Rising levels of pet ownership, climate change and globalisation are increasing the importance of a detailed understanding of the endemicity and prevalence of flea-borne pathogens. This requires continued surveil...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Abdullah S,Helps C,Tasker S,Newbury H,Wall R

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Novel transgenic mosquito control methods require progressively more realistic evaluation. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of a transgene that causes a male-bias sex ratio on Anopheles gambiae target populations in large insectary cages. METHODS:Life history characteristics of Anopheles g...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Facchinelli L,North AR,Collins CM,Menichelli M,Persampieri T,Bucci A,Spaccapelo R,Crisanti A,Benedict MQ

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ov16 serology is considered a reference method for Onchocerca volvulus epidemiological mapping. Given the suboptimal sensitivity of this test and the fact that seroconversion takes more than a year after infection, additional serological tests might be needed to guide onchocerciasis elimination programmes. R...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vlaminck J,Lagatie O,Verheyen A,Dana D,Van Dorst B,Mekonnen Z,Levecke B,Stuyver LJ

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Taenia solium is an important zoonotic parasite that infects humans as definitive host (taeniasis) and pigs as intermediate host (cysticercosis). Serological diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis is limited to antigen detection using ELISA, which is known to cross-react with other Taenia species, and antibody d...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Gomez-Puerta L,Vargas-Calla A,Castillo Y,Lopez-Urbina MT,Dorny P,Garcia HH,Gonzalez AE,O'Neal SE,Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfer RNA (tRNA)-derived fragments (tRFs) have been widely identified in nature, functioning in diverse biological and pathological situations. Yet, the presence of these small RNAs in Plasmodium spp. remains unknown. Systematic identification and characterization of tRFs is therefore highly needed to und...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang Z,Wei C,Hao X,Deng W,Zhang L,Wang Z,Wang H

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxocara canis is quite closely related to Ascaris suum but its biology is more complex, involving a phase of arrested development (diapause or hypobiosis) in tissues as well as transplacental and transmammary transmission routes. In the present study, we explored and compared dauer-like signalling pathways ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Ma G,Wang T,Korhonen PK,Nie S,Reid GE,Stroehlein AJ,Koehler AV,Chang BCH,Hofmann A,Young ND,Gasser RB

更新日期：2019-01-14 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:As resistance to insecticides increases in disease vectors, it has become exceedingly important to monitor populations for susceptibility. Most studies of field populations of Aedes aegypti have largely characterized resistance patterns at the spatial scale of the city or country, which may not be completely...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Grossman MK,Rodriguez J,Barreiro AM,Lenhart A,Manrique-Saide P,Vazquez-Prokopec GM

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.) is the most widely distributed ixodid tick and is a vector of major canine and human pathogens. High-throughput technologies have revealed that individual ticks carry a high diversity of pathogens, including bacteria, protozoa and viruses. Currently, it is accepted ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Cabezas-Cruz A,Allain E,Ahmad AS,Saeed MA,Rashid I,Ashraf K,Yousfi L,Shehzad W,Indjein L,Rodriguez-Valle M,Estrada-Peña A,Obregón D,Jabbar A,Moutailler S

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhipicephalus microplus is an efficient biological vector of Babesia bovis, a causative agent of bovine babesiosis. Babesia bovis is passed transovarially to the next generation of ticks, which then transmit the parasite to naïve animals. Due to the importance of the R. microplus ovary for tick reproduction ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Hussein HE,Johnson WC,Taus NS,Suarez CE,Scoles GA,Ueti MW

更新日期：2019-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Major efforts are currently underway to develop novel, complementary methods to combat mosquito-borne diseases. Mosquito genetic control strategies (GCSs) have become an increasingly important area of research on account of their species-specificity, track record in targeting agricultural insect pests, and their envir...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Papathanos PA,Bourtzis K,Tripet F,Bossin H,Virginio JF,Capurro ML,Pedrosa MC,Guindo A,Sylla L,Coulibaly MB,Yao FA,Epopa PS,Diabate A

更新日期：2018-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mosquito-borne arboviruses, like dengue virus, continue to cause significant global morbidity and mortality, particularly in Southeast Asia. When the infectious mosquitoes probe into human skin for a blood meal, they deposit saliva containing a myriad of pharmacologically active compounds, some of which alte...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Manning JE,Oliveira F,Parker DM,Amaratunga C,Kong D,Man S,Sreng S,Lay S,Nang K,Kimsan S,Sokha L,Kamhawi S,Fay MP,Suon S,Ruhl P,Ackerman H,Huy R,Wellems TE,Valenzuela JG,Leang R

更新日期：2018-12-20 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:Spirocerca lupi is a parasitic nematode of canids that can lead to a severe and potentially fatal disease. Recently, a new species, Spirocerca vulpis, was described from red foxes in Europe, suggesting a high genetic diversity of the Spirocerca spp. infecting canids. The genetic variation and phylogenetic re...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Rojas A,Dvir E,Farkas R,Sarma K,Borthakur S,Jabbar A,Markovics A,Otranto D,Baneth G

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Landscape structure can affect pathogen prevalence and persistence with consequences for human and animal health. Few studies have examined how reservoir host species traits may interact with landscape structure to alter pathogen communities and dynamics. Using a landscape of islands and mainland sites we in...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Millins C,Dickinson ER,Isakovic P,Gilbert L,Wojciechowska A,Paterson V,Tao F,Jahn M,Kilbride E,Birtles R,Johnson P,Biek R

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic worms of the genus Schistosoma that still affects some 200 million people. The mainstay of schistosomiasis control is a single drug, praziquantel. The reliance on this drug carries a risk of resistance emerging to this anthelmintic, su...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Stroehlein AJ,Gasser RB,Hall RS,Young ND

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blastocystis spp. are the most prevalent intestinal eukaryotes identified in humans, with at least 17 genetic subtypes (ST) based on genes coding for the small-subunit ribosomal RNA (18S). It has been argued that the 18S gene should not be the marker of choice to discriminate between STs of these strains bec...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Alarcon-Valdes P,Villalobos G,Martinez-Flores WA,Lopez-Escamilla E,Gonzalez-Arenas NR,Romero-Valdovinos M,Martinez-Hernandez F,Santillan-Benitez JG,Maravilla P

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The white-naped squirrel, Simosciurus nebouxii (previously known as Sciurus stramineus), has recently been identified as an important natural host for Trypanosoma cruzi in Ecuador. The nests of this species have been reported as having high infestation rates with the triatomine vector Rhodnius ecuadoriensis....

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Ocaña-Mayorga S,Lobos SE,Crespo-Pérez V,Villacís AG,Pinto CM,Grijalva MJ

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The myxosporean Myxidium giardi Cépède, 1906 was described infecting the kidney of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), having spindle-shaped myxospores and terminal sub-spherical polar capsules. Since then, numerous anguillid eels globally have been documented to have similar Myxidium infections. Many ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Freeman MA,Kristmundsson Á

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional analysis of animal parasitic nematode genes is often quite challenging due to the unavailability of standardised in vitro culture conditions and lack of adequate tools to manipulate these genes. Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate the suitability of Culex quinquefasciatus, as an in...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Somarathne MBCL,Gunawardene YINS,Chandrasekharan NV,Ellepola ANB,Dassanayake RS

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood parasites of the genus Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 are cosmopolitan, might be responsible for mortality in non-adapted birds, and often kill blood-sucking insects. However, this group remains insufficiently investigated in the wild. This is particularly true for the parasites of leaf warblers of the Phyll...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Chagas CRF,Bukauskaitė D,Ilgūnas M,Iezhova T,Valkiūnas G

更新日期：2018-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections with soil-transmitted helminths and pathogenic intestinal protozoa pose a considerable public health burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, including Nepal. We assessed the extent of intestinal parasite infections among schoolchildren in two districts of Nepal and determined und...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Shrestha A,Schindler C,Odermatt P,Gerold J,Erismann S,Sharma S,Koju R,Utzinger J,Cissé G

更新日期：2018-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The merozoite of the zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi invades human erythrocytes via the binding of its Duffy binding protein (PkDBPαII) to the Duffy antigen on the eythrocytes. The Duffy antigen has two immunologically distinct forms, Fya and Fyb. In this study, the erythrocyte-binding assay was used to quantit...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Fong MY,Cheong FW,Lau YL

更新日期：2018-09-26 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：BACKGROUND:Acanthamoebiasis is most often found in patients with immune deficiency, with infections facilitated by the intake of immunosuppressive drugs. The host immune response to Acanthamoeba spp. infection is poorly understood. Thus, in this study, we aimed to examine the course of Acanthamoeba spp. infection takin...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Łanocha-Arendarczyk N,Kolasa-Wołosiuk A,Wojciechowska-Koszko I,Kot K,Roszkowska P,Krasnodębska-Szponder B,Paczkowska E,Machaliński B,Łuczkowska K,Wiszniewska B,Kosik-Bogacka D

更新日期：2018-09-20 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:Intestinal protozoan parasites are major contributors to the global burden of gastrointestinal disease causing significant socioeconomic consequences. Children living in resource-poor settings with restricted access to water and sanitary services are particularly at risk of these infections. METHODS:A prosp...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Seguí R,Muñoz-Antoli C,Klisiowicz DR,Oishi CY,Köster PC,de Lucio A,Hernández-de-Mingo M,Puente P,Toledo R,Esteban JG,Carmena D

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many tick species have great morphological similarity and are thus grouped into species complexes. Molecular methods are therefore useful in the classification and identification of ticks. However, little is known about the genetic diversity of hard ticks in China, especially at the subspecies level. Tengcho...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Li LH,Zhang Y,Wang JZ,Li XS,Yin SQ,Zhu D,Xue JB,Li SG

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spatial modelling studies of schistosomiasis (SCH) are now commonplace. Covariate values are commonly extracted at survey locations, where infection does not always take place, resulting in an unknown positional exposure mismatch. The present research aims to: (i) describe the nature of the positional exposu...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Araujo Navas AL,Soares Magalhães RJ,Osei F,Fornillos RJC,Leonardo LR,Stein A

更新日期：2018-08-13 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:The brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu stricto) is reputed to be the most widespread tick of domestic dogs worldwide and has also been implicated in the transmission of many pathogens to dogs and humans. For more than two centuries, Rh. sanguineus (s.s.) was regarded as a single taxon, even consi...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Dantas-Torres F,Latrofa MS,Ramos RAN,Lia RP,Capelli G,Parisi A,Porretta D,Urbanelli S,Otranto D

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coccidiosis due to Eimeria spp. infections in lambs causes increased mortality and substantial production losses, and anticoccidials are important for control of the infection. Anticoccidial resistance has been reported in poultry and swine, and we recently described reduced toltrazuril efficacy in ovine Eim...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Odden A,Enemark HL,Ruiz A,Robertson LJ,Ersdal C,Nes SK,Tømmerberg V,Stuen S

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Members of the Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) complex are one of the major vectors of malaria in Africa. LLINs and IRS are the most effective tools used in vector control of malaria. However, their effectiveness may be hampered by the development and spread of insecticide resistance in the target vectors species. ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Boussougou-Sambe ST,Eyisap WE,Tasse GCT,Mandeng SE,Mbakop LR,Enyong P,Etang J,Fokam EB,Awono-Ambene PH

更新日期：2018-07-04 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