abstract：BACKGROUND:The poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae negatively impacts bird welfare and health, and interferes with egg production and quality, while emerging acaricide resistance limits control options. Fluralaner, a novel miticide for administration in drinking water, is approved for control of D. gallinae infestati...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Thomas E,Zoller H,Liebisch G,Alves LFA,Vettorato L,Chiummo RM,Sigognault-Flochlay A

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chagas disease control programmes have decreased the prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin America. Together with migration to urban areas and increase in life expectancy, a new scenario for Chagas disease has emerged in Brazil with most patients currently elderly individuals living in urban areas. However, ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Vizzoni AG,Varela MC,Sangenis LHC,Hasslocher-Moreno AM,do Brasil PEAA,Saraiva RM

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Widespread deforestation occurring in the tropics is hypothesized to impact the transmission of vector-borne diseases (VBD). Predicting how environmental changes will impact VBD transmission is dependent on understanding the ecology and behaviour of potential vector species outside of domestic settings. Howe...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Brown R,Hing CT,Fornace K,Ferguson HM

更新日期：2018-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Domestic cats play a key role in the epidemiology of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii by excreting environmentally-resistant oocysts that may infect humans and other warm-blooded animals. The dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii seroconversion, used as a proxy for primo-infection dynamics, was investigated in five ca...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Simon JA,Pradel R,Aubert D,Geers R,Villena I,Poulle ML

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is well adapted in some regions of the Amazon. Of all Brazilian states, Pará contains the largest number of this species, with 510,000 animals, approximately 38% of the Brazilian buffaloes. Despite the socioeconomic importance of bubaline farming in the northern region, li...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Batista HR,Sarturi C,Stelmachtchuk FN,Oliveira DR,Morini AC,Gennari SM,Marcili A,Bastos FAN,Barata LES,Minervino AHH

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012, the World Health Organization set goals for the elimination of onchocerciasis transmission by 2020 in selected African countries. Epidemiological data and mathematical modelling have indicated that elimination may not be achieved with annual ivermectin distribution in all endemic foci. Complementary...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Routledge I,Walker M,Cheke RA,Bhatt S,Nkot PB,Matthews GA,Baleguel D,Dobson HM,Wiles TL,Basañez MG

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A new isolate of Aura virus serendipitously discovered as a cell culture contaminant is reported in this manuscript. Aura virus belongs to the family Togaviridae and is classified in the genus Alphavirus. There are only two reports of Aura virus isolation from mosquitoes in the scientific literature, and the...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Mosimann ALP,de Siqueira MK,Ceole LF,Nunes Duarte Dos Santos C

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hard ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites characterized by their long-term feeding. The saliva that they secrete during their blood meal is their crucial weapon against host-defense systems including hemostasis, inflammation and immunity. The anti-hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and immune-modulatory activiti...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bensaoud C,Nishiyama MY Jr,Ben Hamda C,Lichtenstein F,Castro de Oliveira U,Faria F,Loiola Meirelles Junqueira-de-Azevedo I,Ghedira K,Bouattour A,M'Ghirbi Y,Chudzinski-Tavassi AM

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging tick-borne disease of domestic and wild felids. Cytauxzoon felis induces severe and often fatal disease in domestic cats. In Europe, clinical and subclinical infections caused by Cytauxzoon sp. are described. We report the first cases of Cytauxzoon sp. infection in domestic cats...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Nentwig A,Meli ML,Schrack J,Reichler IM,Riond B,Gloor C,Howard J,Hofmann-Lehmann R,Willi B

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiae are far from being completely understood. Their association with arthropod vectors, the importance of vertebrates as reservoi...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Tomassone L,Portillo A,Nováková M,de Sousa R,Oteo JA

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the recent discovery of the role of Anopheles rufipes Gough, 1910 in human malaria transmission in the northern savannah of Cameroon, we report here additional information on its feeding and resting habits and its susceptibility to the pyrethroid insecticide deltamethrin. METHODS:From 2011 to 2015...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Awono-Ambene PH,Etang J,Antonio-Nkondjio C,Ndo C,Eyisap WE,Piameu MC,Mandeng ES,Mbakop RL,Toto JC,Patchoke S,Mnzava AP,Knox TB,Donnelly M,Fondjo E,D Bigoga J

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Libyostrongylus douglassii, Libyostrongylus dentatus and Libyostrongylus magnus are nematodes that infect ostriches. The first species has been identified in ostriches from Africa, Europe, Americas and Oceania. Although the natural range of ostriches is Africa, L. dentatus was first described in birds from t...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Andrade JG,Kumsa B,Ayana D,Vieira RAM,Santos CP,Iñiguez AM,DaMatta RA

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult fleas are haematophagous ectoparasites of warm-blooded vertebrates, particularly mammals. Among them, the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) and the human flea (Pulex irritans) have high veterinary-medical significance, owing to their cosmopolitan distribution and role in the transmission of important ve...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Hornok S,Beck R,Farkas R,Grima A,Otranto D,Kontschán J,Takács N,Horváth G,Szőke K,Szekeres S,Majoros G,Juhász A,Salant H,Hofmann-Lehmann R,Stanko M,Baneth G

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is firmly established in the Canton of Ticino, south of the Alps. According to a large-scale distribution model developed in 2013, suitable climatic conditions for the establishment of Ae. albopictus north of the Alps are found in Basel and...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Ravasi D,Guidi V,Flacio E,Lüthy P,Perron K,Lüdin S,Tonolla M

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giardia duodenalis is a flagellated parasite that causes diarrhea in humans and other animals. Although G. duodenalis is found in companion animals worldwide, information regarding the prevalence and genetic characteristics of G. duodenalis in pet chipmunks in China is limited. The present study therefore ai...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Deng L,Luo R,Liu H,Zhou Z,Li L,Chai Y,Yang L,Wang W,Fu H,Zhong Z,Cao S,Peng G

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tick-borne diseases pose a major threat in public health. The epidemiological dynamics of these diseases depends on the tick vector species and their hosts, as well as the geographical distribution and ecology of both. Among many possible hosts for ticks, small mammals have a major role in the development of...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Matei IA,D'Amico G,Ionică AM,Kalmár Z,Corduneanu A,Sándor AD,Fiţ N,Bogdan L,Gherman CM,Mihalca AD

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Northeastern Italy is a hotspot for several tick-borne pathogens, transmitted to animals and humans mainly by Ixodes ricinus. Here we compare the results of molecular monitoring of ticks and zoonotic TBPs over a six-year period, with the monitoring of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in an endemic area. RESULTS:In...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Da Rold G,Ravagnan S,Soppelsa F,Porcellato E,Soppelsa M,Obber F,Citterio CV,Carlin S,Danesi P,Montarsi F,Capelli G

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current understanding of the landscape epidemiology of Ross River virus (RRV), Australia's most common arthropod-borne pathogen, is fragmented due to gaps in surveillance programs and the relatively narrow focus of the research conducted to date. This leaves public health agencies with an incomplete unde...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Walsh MG,Webb C

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni was mapped in Cameroon in the 1990s and preventive chemotherapy launched since 2005. A situation analysis conducted in 2011 revealed an increase in schistosomiasis transmission, especially in the equatorial part of the country, despite the fact that Biomp...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Kengne-Fokam AC,Nana-Djeunga HC,Bagayan M,Njiokou F

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium falciparum delayed clearance with the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs) has been reported in some African countries. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in two genes, P. falciparum adaptor protein complex 2 mu subunit (pfap2mu) and ubiquitin specific protease 1 (pfubp1), have ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Adams T,Ennuson NAA,Quashie NB,Futagbi G,Matrevi S,Hagan OCK,Abuaku B,Koram KA,Duah NO

更新日期：2018-03-12 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:As evidence of the infection of domestic animals by Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma sp. 'Omatjenne' is presently becoming available, understanding the epidemiological and ecological significance of infection is important to quantify the clinical and socio-economic impact of the diseases they cause. ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Teshale S,Geysen D,Ameni G,Dorny P,Berkvens D

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmaniasis represents an important public health problem in Brazil. The continuous process of urbanization and expansion of human activities in forest areas impacts natural habitats, modifying the ecology of some species of Leishmania, as well as its vectors and reservoirs and, consequently, changes the e...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： da Costa SM,Cordeiro JLP,Rangel EF

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular structure of Fasciola gigantica 14-3-3 protein has been characterized. However, the involvement of this protein in parasite pathogenesis remains elusive and its effect on the functions of innate immune cells is unknown. We report on the cloning and expression of a recombinant F. gigantica 14-3-...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Tian AL,Lu M,Calderón-Mantilla G,Petsalaki E,Dottorini T,Tian X,Wang Y,Huang SY,Hou JL,Li X,Elsheikha HM,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cysteine peptidases of clan CA, family C1 account for a major part of proteolytic activity in the haematophagous monogenean Eudiplozoon nipponicum. The full spectrum of cysteine cathepsins is, however, unknown and their particular biochemical properties, tissue localisation, and involvement in parasite-host ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Jedličková L,Dvořáková H,Dvořák J,Kašný M,Ulrychová L,Vorel J,Žárský V,Mikeš L

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spatio-temporal variations in malaria burden are currently complex and costly to measure, but are important for decision-making. We measured the spatio-temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence at a fine scale in a cohort of children under five in an endemic area in rural Chikhwawa, Malawi, determined...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Kabaghe AN,Chipeta MG,Gowelo S,Mburu M,Truwah Z,McCann RS,van Vugt M,Grobusch MP,Phiri KS

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies were carried out in experimental hut station in areas surrounding the city of Bouaké, after the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. They reported increasing resistance levels to insecticide for malaria transmiting mosquitoes. The present work aims to evaluate the current resistance level of An. gambiae ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Zoh DD,Ahoua Alou LP,Toure M,Pennetier C,Camara S,Traore DF,Koffi AA,Adja AM,Yapi A,Chandre F

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventive chemotherapy with donated anthelminthic drugs is the cornerstone for the control of helminthiases. However, reinfection can occur rapidly in the absence of clean water and sanitation coupled with unhygienic behaviour. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of an integrated package of i...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Hürlimann E,Silué KD,Zouzou F,Ouattara M,Schmidlin T,Yapi RB,Houngbedji CA,Dongo K,Kouadio BA,Koné S,Bonfoh B,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J,Acka-Douabélé CA,Raso G

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are the main vectors for the transmission of several viral pathogens, in particular, dengue, Zika and chikungunya. In the absence of vaccines and treatment, control of Aedes mosquitoes is the only means of keeping these diseases in check. Aedes control is difficult, and it ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Akhoundi M,Jourdain F,Chandre F,Delaunay P,Roiz D

更新日期：2018-02-20 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:The human helminth infections include ascariasis, trichuriasis, hookworm infections, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis (LF) and onchocerciasis. It is estimated that almost 2 billion people worldwide are infected with helminths. Whilst the WHO treatment guidelines for helminth infections are mostly aimed ...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wright JE,Werkman M,Dunn JC,Anderson RM

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-mass drug administration (MDA) surveillance during the lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program in Sri Lanka, revealed the re-emergence of brugian filariasis after four decades. This study was done with the objectives of investigating the epidemiology and age-specific vulnerability to infection. Su...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Mallawarachchi CH,Nilmini Chandrasena TGA,Premaratna R,Mallawarachchi SMNSM,de Silva NR

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of the mosquito vector Culex pipiens with insecticides is the main way to control arboviruses that the species can transmit such as West Nile virus (WNV) and Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). However, its efficiency has been hampered by the emergence of insecticide resistance. Little is known about the...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Tmimi FZ,Faraj C,Bkhache M,Mounaji K,Failloux AB,Sarih M

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eimeria tenella infection leads to acute intestinal disorders responsible for important economic losses in poultry farming worldwide. The life-cycle of E. tenella is monoxenous with the chicken as the exclusive host; infection occurs in caecal epithelial cells. However, in vitro, the complete life-cycle of t...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Bussière FI,Niepceron A,Sausset A,Esnault E,Silvestre A,Walker RA,Smith NC,Quéré P,Laurent F

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clonorchiasis ranks among the most important food-borne parasitic diseases in China. However, due to low compliance to traditional fecal examination techniques in the general population and medical personnel, immunodiagnosis is expected. This study evaluated, in parallel, the performance of four immunodiagno...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Li HM,Qian MB,Yang YC,Jiang ZH,Wei K,Chen JX,Chen JH,Chen YD,Zhou XN

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human babesiosis is an infectious disease that is epidemic in various regions all over the world. The predominant causative pathogen of this disease is the intra-erythrocytic parasite Babesia microti. The thioredoxin system is one of the major weapons that is used in the resistance to the reactive oxygen spe...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Huang J,Xiong K,Zhang H,Zhao Y,Cao J,Gong H,Zhou Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhea caused by opportunistic intestinal protozoa is a common problem in HIV infection. We aimed to establish the prevalence of Cryptosporidium, misrosporidia, and Isospora in HIV-infected people using a systematic review and meta-analysis, which is central to developing public policy and clinical service...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Wang ZD,Liu Q,Liu HH,Li S,Zhang L,Zhao YK,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2018-01-09 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:The myxosporean parasite Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola commonly infects farmed Atlantic salmon in northern Norway. Heavy infections are associated with pseudobranch lesions, runting and mortality in the salmon populations. The life-cycle of the parasite is unknown, preventing controlled challenge experiment...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Nylund A,Hansen H,Brevik ØJ,Hustoft H,Markussen T,Plarre H,Karlsbakk E

更新日期：2018-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During a Plasmodium infection, exposure of human host immune cells to both the asexual and the sexual stages of the parasite elicit immune responses. These responses may be protective and prevent the development of high parasitaemia and its associated clinical symptoms, or block the transmission of malaria t...

journal_title：Parasites & vectors

authors： Amoah LE,Acquah FK,Ayanful-Torgby R,Oppong A,Abankwa J,Obboh EK,Singh SK,Theisen M

更新日期：2018-01-05 00:00:00