abstract：:During a survey lasting from 1990 to 2008, we captured 4,113 Asian house rats, Rattus tanezumi Temminck 1844 (Rodentia: Muridae) from 28 counties of Yunnan Province in southwestern China. From these rats, a total of 19,304 gamasid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) were collected and identified as comprising 50 different spe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Huang LQ,Guo XG,Speakman JR,Dong WG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the damages of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to transplanted hydatid cysts in abdominal cavities of rabbits with aids of ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) and superabsorbent polymer (SAP) alone or in combination. A rabbit model with transplanted hydatid cyst was established by i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu AB,Cai H,Ye B,Chen LL,Wang MY,Zhang J,Zhao YF

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diversity in parasite virulence is one of the factors that contribute to the clinical outcome of malaria infections. The association between the severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and the number of distinct parasite populations infecting the host (multiplicity of infection) or polymorphism within any of the spe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kiwuwa MS,Ribacke U,Moll K,Byarugaba J,Lundblom K,Färnert A,Fred K,Wahlgren M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three actinosporean types--raabeia, aurantiactinomyxon, and guyenotia--from the oligochaete Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard collected from a crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) pond are described in this report. Compared with the actinospores described previously, the raabeia type presents similar spore shape with th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Xi BW,Zhang JY,Xie J,Pan LK,Xu P,Ge XP

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA primers were designed from the 18S rRNA sequence from the relevant digenean trematode Dicrocoelium dendriticum to evaluate a polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic method of this parasite from its eggs in faeces of naturally and experimentally infected sheep. In order to get DNA from D. dendriticum eggs, sever...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sandoval H,Manga-González MY,Castro JM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum are recognized as the most common protozoan infections in Saudi Arabia. Microscopic examination of stool samples, either direct or concentrated, for the recovery of G. lamblia cysts and trophozoites and C. parvum oocysts is still the most commonly used for the diagnosis of bo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Elsafi SH,Al-Maqati TN,Hussein MI,Adam AA,Hassan MM,Al Zahrani EM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is one of the world's leading killer infectious diseases with high incidence and morbidity. The problem of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has been aggravating particularly in Southeast Asia. Therefore, development of new potential antimalarial drugs is urgently required. The present study aimed to i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thiengsusuk A,Chaijaroenkul W,Na-Bangchang K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attractive toxic sugar bait (active ingredient, 1% boric acid) was evaluated against Aedes albopictus Skuse populations in the laboratory, semi-field trials, and field trials in residential communities in St. Augustine, Florida. Laboratory evaluations of boric acid sugar baits applied to the plant Pentas lanceolata (R...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naranjo DP,Qualls WA,Müller GC,Samson DM,Roque D,Alimi T,Arheart K,Beier JC,Xue RD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis japonica remains one important public health concern that cause great loss of humans' health and social-economic development in the Peoples' Republic of China. At the end of 1990s and the beginning of 2000s, there were still about 0.8 million patients and nearly 85 million people living in the epidemic...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu R,Dong HF,Jiang MS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian malaria is of significant ecological importance and serves as a model system to study broad patterns of host switching and host specificity. The erythrocyte invasion mechanism of the malaria parasite Plasmodium is mediated, in large part, by proteins of the erythrocyte-binding-like (ebl) family of genes. However...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Martinez C,Marzec T,Smith CD,Tell LA,Sehgal RN

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oocysts of Caryospora cherrughi sp. n. were described from the feces of the saker falcon, Falco cherrug, collected from the falcon market in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. The prevalence of infection was 21.4 % (15/70). The majority of the oocysts examined had completed sporulation within 64-84 h at 24 ± 2 °C. Sporula...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Alfaleh FA,Alyousif MS,Al-Shawa YR,Al-Quraishy S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin plays an important role in host-parasite interactions. In this study, we identified a novel gene encoding galectin-10 (AcGal-10) from the cDNA library of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and characterized its biological role in the parasite. Sequence and phylogeny analysis showed that AcGal-10 is related to other ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu LH,He HJ,Lv ZY,Wei J,Zeng X,Liang JY,Zheng HQ,Yu XB,Sun X,Wu ZD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive icthyoparasotological survey among estuarine and freshwater fishes of West Bengal, India revealed Trichodinella sunderbanensis sp. nov. and Trichodina acuta Lom, 1961 from an estuarine fish Mystus gulio (Hamilton, 1822) from the Vidyadhari river; Trichodina nandusi sp. nov. from a freshwater fish, Nand...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mitra AK,Bandyopadhyay PK,Gong Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in the successful treatment of Acanthamoeba infections is its ability to transform into a dormant cyst form that is resistant to physiological conditions and pharmacological therapies, resulting in recurrent infections. The carbohydrate linkage analysis of cyst walls of Acanthamoeba castellanii showed ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Aqeel Y,Siddiqui R,Khan NA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles campestris-like is proven to be a high-potential vector of Plasmodium vivax in Thailand. In this study, A. campestris-like salivary gland proteins were determined and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and nano-liquid chromat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sor-Suwan S,Jariyapan N,Roytrakul S,Paemanee A,Saeung A,Thongsahuan S,Phattanawiboon B,Bates PA,Poovorawan Y,Choochote W

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesized nanoparticles have been achieved using environmentally acceptable plant extract and eco-friendly reducing and capping agents. The present study was based on assessments of the larvicidal activities to determine the efficacies of synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using aqueous leaf extract of Vinc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Subarani S,Sabhanayakam S,Kamaraj C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the morphology and morphometric characterization of Dujardinnascaris mujibii (Heterocheilidae) and Hysterothylacium aduncum (Anisakidae), new nematode parasites infecting the sea bream Pagrus pagrus (Osteichthyes, Sparidae), were described for the first time from the Gulf of Suez and Hurghada Cit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morsy K,Bashtar AR,Abdel-Ghaffar F,Mostafa N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify tick species and to determine their relationship with the Theileria parva seroprevalence in cattle raised under an extensive farming system in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo in two agro-ecological zones namely medium (1,000-1,850 m) and high (>1,850 m) altitude. Among th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kalume MK,Saegerman C,Mbahikyavolo DK,Makumyaviri AM,Marcotty T,Madder M,Caron Y,Lempereur L,Losson B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), genetic markers are now accessible for all organisms, including parasites. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) is a PCR-based marker for the rapid screening of genetic diversity and intraspecific variation. It is a potent fingerprinting technique for genomi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kumar A,Misra P,Dube A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hydatidosis is characterized by a prolonged coexistence of Echinococcus granulosus and its host without effective rejection of the parasite. This parasitic infection constitutes a major health problem in Algeria. In this study, we investigated in vivo production of nitrite (NO(2)(-) + NO(3)(-)) in sera of Algeri...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zeghir-Bouteldja R,Amri M,Bouaziz S,Mezioug D,Touil-Boukoffa C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with the metastrongyloid nematode Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in cats have been reported sporadically from Germany. To assess the occurrence and regional geographical distribution of A. abstrusus in Germany, faecal samples from 391 cats with symptoms of respiratory disease were collected from December 2009 t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barutzki D,Schaper R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analogue, diflubenzuron, a chitin synthesis inhibitor, and azadirachtin, an ecdysone agonist, are three insect growth regulators (IGRs) considered as selective and effective insecticides for mosquitoes. Romanomermis iyengari (Welch) is a mosquito-parasitic mermithid that can provide bi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Suman DS,Brey CW,Wang Y,Sanad M,Shamseldean MS,Gaugler R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay has turned out to be one of the most potential tools for diagnosis of schistosomiasis. However, the source and metabolic dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum DNA in the blood of hosts is not clear. In this study, rabbit models with monosexual and mixed sexual cercariae infection ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Xu J,Liu AP,Guo JJ,Wang B,Qiu SJ,Sun H,Guan W,Zhu XQ,Xia CM,Wu ZD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro and in vivo efficacies of chemotherapy employing albendazole liposome (L-ABZ), Huaier aqueous extract, and a Huaier aqueous extract/L-ABZ combination against Echinococcus granulosus. Protoscolices of E. granulosus were incubated in vitro with the two drugs, either ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lv H,Jiang Y,Liao M,Sun H,Zhang S,Peng X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA plasmid immunization is a novel approach of preventive and therapeutic vaccine. More than 100 DNA vaccines have been on preclinical or clinical phase trials, and four kinds of DNA vaccines for livestock have been approved by USDA, CFIA, and APVMA. Schistosomiasis is a worldwide parasitic disease, and vaccine immun...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu HF,Li W,Lu MB,Yu LJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a biological inventory of the Rio Lacantún basin in the Biosphere Reserve of Montes Azules from Chiapas State (southeastern, Mexico), the following monogenoid ectoparasites infecting the external surface of the anal opening and the gill lamellae of the freshwater fish Astyanax aeneus (Characidae) in ten str...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Franco EF,Caspeta-Mandujano JM,Salgado-Maldonado G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes transmit dreadful diseases to human beings wherein biological control of these vectors using plant-derived molecules would be an alternative to reduce mosquito population. Aqueous leaf extract and green synthesized silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) from Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. were investigated for...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sundaravadivelan C,Nalini Padmanabhan M,Sivaprasath P,Kishmu L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites were studied through a longitudinal survey in 400 horses over a 17-month period in an abattoir in Germany. Three hundred and ten horses (77.5 %) were demonstrated harbouring endoparasites either by direct recovery of parasites from the digestive tract and/or in te...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rehbein S,Visser M,Winter R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the taxonomic composition and endemism of adult helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Mexico, with regard to the main hydrological basins of the country. A presence-absence matrix, including every species of adult helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from 23 Mexican hydrological basins was compiled ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salgado-Maldonado G,Quiroz-Martínez B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the morphology and morphometric characterization of Thelohanellus niloticus sp. nov., a new myxozoan belonging to genus Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933 (Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) infecting the gills of Labeo niloticus (Osteichthyes, Cyprinidae), were described for the first time from the River Nile at El...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdel-Ghaffar F,Morsy K,Bashtar AR,El-Ganainy S,Gamal S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine-induced apoptosis inhibitor (CIAP) is a novel antiapoptotic molecule, which is different to inhibitor of apoptosis protein or B-cell lymphoma 2. CIAP was originally identified as a molecule that conferred resistance to apoptosis induced by growth factor starvation. However, it remains to be undercharacterized...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Luo R,Zhou C,Shi Y,Zhao J,Cheng G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to observe the localization and to compare methods for isolation of minute Ascaridia galli larvae in chicken intestine. Firstly, six 7-week-old layer pullets were orally infected with 2,000 embryonated A. galli eggs and necropsied either at 3, 5 or 7 days post infection (dpi). More than 95 % o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ferdushy T,Nejsum P,Roepstorff A,Thamsborg SM,Kyvsgaard NC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hysterothylacium zhoushanensis sp. nov. collected from the intestine of the flatfish Pseudorhombus oligodon (Bleeker) (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) in the East China Sea is described and illustrated by light and scanning electron microscopy. The new species can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li L,Liu YY,Zhang LP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal health problem in small ruminants is helminthiasis and the rapid development of nematode resistance to anthelminthics has limited the success of control in several countries, stimulating the search for alternatives. In this study, extracts of immature fruits of the mango Mangifera indica L. var Ubá were ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Nery PS,Nogueira FA,Oliveira NJ,Martins ER,Duarte ER

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive diagnoses for most of the extraintestinal helminth infections among vertebrates are rare. In the present study, we developed and tested a non-invasive visual diagnosis method to detect the infection of the nematode Philometra ovata, which is parasitising in the body cavity of the common minnow Phoxinus ph...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lai YT,Taskinen J,Kekäläinen J,Kortet R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuromuscular system (NMS) in cercariae of Neoastiotrema trituri, Plagiorchis elegans, Omphalometra flexuosa, Skrjabinoeces similis and Prosthogonimus ovatus was studied with immunocytochemical methods and confocal scanning laser microscopy. The patterns of F-actin in the musculature, 5-HT immunoreactive (IR), FMR...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Tolstenkov OO,Akimova LN,Terenina NB,Gustafsson MK

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine demodicosis is a severe and highly prevalent dermatologic disease in dogs. Pet dogs can be affected by three recognized Demodex species that can produce clinical effects. In this paper, three morphological types of Demodex mites have been isolated from Spanish dogs. A complete morphobiometrical study of each on...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Rojas M,Riazzo C,Callejón R,Guevara D,Cutillas C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the seasonal changes in a population of cosmocercid nematode parasites in a natural environment in an amphibian host of the Neotropical realm. A total of 232 individuals (83 females, 105 males, and 44 larvae) of Cosmocerca podicipinus were collected from 105 Pseudopaludicola boliviana from Corrient...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： González CE,Hamann MI

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian savannah-like area, the Cerrado region, covers large areas of the country and provides a habitat for a multitude of different animal species. The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is geographically widespread and one of the typical inhabitants of the Cerrado. They are listed as vulnerable by the I...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Frank R,Melaun C,Martins MM,Santos AL,Heukelbach J,Klimpel S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicomponent DNA vaccine, encoding Toxoplasma gondii GRA1 and SAG1, was constructed and tested for its ability to confer protection. BALB/c mice were challenged with tachyzoites of the virulent T. gondii RH strain at 4 weeks following the last immunization, and immune responses and survival times were observed. Th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wu XN,Lin J,Lin X,Chen J,Chen ZL,Lin JY

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00