abstract：:A high-resolution melting (HRM) assay was applied to distinguish between Giardia duodenalis assemblages A and B from human and dog feces based on the triosephosphate isomerase gene (tpi). The genomic DNAs were selected from assemblages A (WB) and B (GS) as reference and plasmids were constructed. The reference plasmid...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhang P,Liu Y,Alsarakibi M,Li J,Liu T,Li Y,Li G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Argulus are common aquatic ectoparasites that create one of the major threats to aquaculture due to absence of suitable therapy. Piperine, a bioactive component of Piper longum, has medicinal properties and acts as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal, considering eco-friendliness and cost-effectiveness. T...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kumar A,Raman RP,Kumar K,Pandey PK,Kumar V,Mohanty S,Kumar S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris Gill, 1866), inhabiting rookeries on the mainland of Año Nuevo State Reserve in central California, were investigated in 2012 for presence of hookworms (Uncinaria spp.). Material collected and examined for hookworms included: blubber (n = 15), stomach and intestines (n ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lyons ET,Kuzmina TA,Spraker TR,Jaggi N,Costa DP,Crocker DE,Tolliver SC,Tift MS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the genetic characterization by the analysis of the miniexon gene, strains of Trypanosoma cruzi can be classified into six discrete typing units (DTUs), and the DTU 1 into four distinct genotypes associated with different life cycles. While Chagas disease is endemic in Costa Rica, T. cruzi isolates from t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zuriaga MÁ,Blandón-Naranjo M,Valerio-Campos I,Salas R,Zeledón R,Bargues MD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, there is a need for increased efforts to develop newer and effective methods to control mosquito vectors as the existing chemical and biological methods are not as effective as in earlier period owing to different technical and operational reasons. The use of nanomaterial products in various sectors of scie...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barik TK,Kamaraju R,Gowswami A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect growth regulator, Lufenuron, at concentrations of even multiples of LC(90) (determined under laboratory conditions) was tested against the III instar larvae of Aedes aegypti under simulated field conditions. For all concentrations tested, 100 % mortality of the larvae was observed within 24 h of exposure to...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salokhe SG,Deshpande SG,Mukherjee SN

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome analysis of Entamoeba histolytica predicts the presence of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Using Western blot, histochemistry, and confocal microscopy, we demonstrated the presence of a biotin-containing protein in the cytoplasm of E. histolytica, with a molecular weight of 136 kDa and biotin-carboxylase activity. This...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Barbosa-Cabrera E,Salas-Casas A,Rojas-Hernández S,Jarillo-Luna A,Abarca-Rojano E,Rodríguez MA,Campos-Rodríguez R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the ultrastructural organisation of the spermatozoon of a digenean Enodiotrema reductum (Pligiorchiida: Plagiorchiidae) from the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758). This is the first report of E. reductum from Senegal. The mature spermatozoon of E. reductum is filiform and exhibits two a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ndiaye PI,Quilichini Y,Sène A,Tkach VV,Bâ CT,Marchand B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the acaricidal and larvicidal activity against the larvae of Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann (Acarina: Ixodidae) and larvae of hematophagous fly Hippobosca maculata Leach (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and against the fourth-instar larvae of malaria vector, Anopheles steph...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Jayaseelan C,Rahuman AA,Rajakumar G,Santhoshkumar T,Kirthi AV,Marimuthu S,Bagavan A,Kamaraj C,Zahir AA,Elango G,Velayutham K,Rao KV,Karthik L,Raveendran S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human homologue of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein was cloned and characterized from the human filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. Sequence analysis showed that W. bancrofti HMGB1 (WbHMGB1) and B. malayi HMGB1 (BmHMGB1) proteins share 99 % sequence identity. Filarial HMGB1 showed typ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thirugnanam S,Munirathinam G,Veerapathran A,Dakshinamoorthy G,Reddy MV,Ramaswamy K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is a public health problem that has been increasing year by year, with the further difficulty that an efficient control system is not available. Therefore, it is necessary to search for less contaminating and dangerous alternatives for controlling Leishmania transmitting sandflies. The purpose of this st...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cárdenas J,Rojas J,Rondón M,Nieves E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thunbergia laurifolia Linn (Rang Chuet) possesses antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well as anticancer activities. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of T. laurifolia in reducing inflammation from pathological changes in Syrian hamsters infected with the human liver fluke Opisthorc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wonkchalee O,Boonmars T,Aromdee C,Laummaunwai P,Khunkitti W,Vaeteewoottacharn K,Sriraj P,Aukkanimart R,Loilome W,Chamgramol Y,Pairojkul C,Wu Z,Juasook A,Sudsarn P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural characters of the spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoon of Notopentorchis sp. (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Paruterinidae), a parasite from Apus affinis (Aves, Apodiformes, Apodidae) from Gabon, are described by means of transmission electron microscopy. Cytochemical analysis for detection of glycogen was...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yoneva A,Levron C,Nikolov PN,Mizinska Y,Mariaux J,Georgiev BB

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to present briefly background information on 27 tick-borne viruses ("tiboviruses") that have been detected in Europe, viz flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), louping-ill (LIV), Tyuleniy (TYUV), and Meaban (MEAV); orthobunyaviruses Bahig (BAHV) and Matruh (MTRV); phleboviruses Grand A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hubálek Z,Rudolf I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-plasmodial activity of different solvent extracts of Adhatoda vasica (root), Caesalpinia pulcherrima (leaf), Carica papaya (pulp), Erythroxylum monogynum (leaf), Lantana camara (whole plant), Ocimum sanctum (root) and Phyllanthus niruri (whole plant) were studied against Plasmodium falciparum. Of the 35 extra...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Venkatesalu V,Gopalan N,Pillai CR,Singh V,Chandrasekaran M,Senthilkumar A,Chandramouli N

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioassay-guided phytochemical investigation of the leaf extract of Serjania yucatanensis, a woody climbing plant endemic to the Yucatan peninsula, led to the identification of a mixture of a triterpene [lup-20(29)-en-3-one] and an oxygenated sesquiterpene (β-caryophyllene oxide), as that responsible for the origin...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Polanco-Hernández G,Escalante-Erosa F,García-Sosa K,Chan-Bacab MJ,Sagua-Franco H,González J,Osorio-Rodríguez L,Peña-Rodríguez LM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 116 samples (44 clinical specimens and 72 environmental samples) have been analyzed for the presence of Acanthamoeba. The environmental samples (ESs) were collected from four drinking water treatment plants (DWTP, n=32), seven wastewater treatment plants (n=28), and six locations of influence (n=12) on four...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Magnet A,Galván AL,Fenoy S,Izquierdo F,Rueda C,Fernandez Vadillo C,Pérez-Irezábal J,Bandyopadhyay K,Visvesvara GS,da Silva AJ,del Aguila C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae), included in the Lepidoptera genus, Pieris family, is the main pest that damages Cruciferae. In this paper, we reported a microsporidian isolate of Nosema species which was isolated from P. rapae in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China. The mature spore of this microsporidium is lon...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen D,Shen Z,Zhu F,Guan R,Hou J,Zhang J,Xu X,Tang X,Xu L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis, a flagellated protozoan parasite causes a variety of adverse health consequences in both men and women. The parasite exists in the trophozoite and the pseudocystic stage. The study reports for the first time that pseudocyst forms of T. vaginalis isolated from cervical neoplasia (CN) patients dem...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Afzan MY,Suresh K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After our promising results from prophylactic and therapeutic study (i.p. route) with the radio-attenuated Leishmania donovani parasites against experimental murine visceral leishmaniasis, we prompted to check their therapeutic efficacy through i.m route. BALB/c mice were infected with highly virulent L. donovani para...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Datta S,Manna M,Khanra S,Ghosh M,Bhar R,Chakraborty A,Roy S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP, in western China), which is the largest and highest plateau on Earth, is a highly epidemic region for Echinococcus spp. We collected 70 Echinococcus samples from humans, dogs, sheep, yaks, plateau pikas, and voles in eastern and southern Qinghai and genotyped them using the mitochondr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ma J,Wang H,Lin G,Craig PS,Ito A,Cai Z,Zhang T,Han X,Ma X,Zhang J,Liu Y,Zhao Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experiment was conducted to study the adjuvant effect of ginsomes on the recombinant profilin in coccidian-infected breeding birds. Three-day-old chickens were vaccinated with Eimeria tenella recombinant profilin antigen (10, 50, and 100 μg per chicken) with or without 50 μg ginsomes per chicken. The boost vaccinat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhang DF,Xu H,Sun BB,Li JQ,Zhou QJ,Zhang HL,Du AF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identifies and characterizes one novel type of triactinospomyxon in oligochaete specimen of Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard collected from a fish pond used for rearing gibel carp located in Caidian Experimental Station of the Institute of Hydrobiology. It is nominated as Triactinospomyxon caidianensis type. The...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhai YH,Zhou L,Gui JF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoebic keratitis is difficult to treat without total efficacy in some patients because of cysts, which are less susceptible than trophozoites to the usual treatments. The aim of this study is to evaluate the in vitro amoebicidal activity of the methanolic extracts of Satureja cuneifolia and Melissa officinalis. In th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Malatyali E,Tepe B,Degerli S,Berk S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe and complicated malaria is usually caused by Plasmodium falciparum malaria (PF) but it has been increasingly observed that Plasmodium vivax malaria (PV), which was otherwise considered to be benign malaria, with a low case-fatality ratio, can also occasionally result in severe disease as with PF malaria. There ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kute VB,Goswami JG,Vanikar AV,Shah PR,Gumber MR,Patel HV,Kanodia KV,Trivedi HL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the influence of horse-keeping conditions by contamination of the environment (pastures, paddocks, and stalls) by the strongylid infective larvae (L(3)) was carried out at various types of horse farms, hippodromes, and riding clubs in Ukraine. A total of 1,237 horses from three types of horse-keeping condi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kuzmina TA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larvicidal activities of methanolic fractions from Adhatoda vasica leaf extracts were investigated against the bancroftian filariasis vector Culex quinquefasciatus and dengue vector Aedes aegypti. The results indicated that the mortality rates was high at 100, 150, 200 and 250 ppm of methanol extract of fractions ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thanigaivel A,Chandrasekaran R,Revathi K,Nisha S,Sathish-Narayanan S,Kirubakaran SA,Senthil-Nathan S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artesuante (AS) is a good chemoprophylactic drug for preventing against schistosome infection, but Hua et al. recently reported that the sensitivity of AS against Schistosoma japonicum decreased after 10 years of use in China. There are at least three problems, to our knowledge, making the finding suspicious or inconc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu R,Dong HF,Jiang MS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis sp. is a common intestinal parasite. To date, there have been sporadic and scanty studies on Blastocystis sp. carried out in rural communities in Nepal. We surveyed the prevalence of Blastocystis sp. and its possible associated risk factors, and reported the predominant Blastocystis sp. subtype in two rur...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lee IL,Tan TC,Tan PC,Nanthiney DR,Biraj MK,Surendra KM,Suresh KG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to genetically characterize and phylogenetically analyze the Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from exotic birds commercialized in popular markets, commercial aviaries, and pet shops located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fecal samples from individually housed birds were collected and subjected t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gomes RS,Huber F,da Silva S,do Bomfim TC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global pollinator decline has recently been discussed in the context of honey and bumble bee infections from various pathogens including viruses, bacteria, microsporidia and mites. The microsporidian pathogens Nosema apis, Nosema ceranae and Nosema bombi may in fact be major candidates contributing to this decline. Di...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Erler S,Lommatzsch S,Lattorff HM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search of alternatives for the control of mosquitoes of medical importance, we evaluated the larvicidal activity of micronized suspensions of calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)₂] against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. Tests conducted under laboratory conditions determined a LC50 = 0.027% (LC90 = 0.096%) for A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Estrada-Aguilar A,Sánchez-Manzano RM,Martínez-Ibarra JA,Camacho AD,Márquez-Navarro A,Nogueda-Torres B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the anisakid nematode distribution pattern in the fish collected from coasts of Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, during the period September 2010-April 2011. Two hundred thirty out of 300 (76.7%) Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass) marine fishes belonging to family Moronidae were dissected and found t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morsy K,Bashtar AR,Abdel-Ghaffar F,Mehlhorn H,Quraishy SA,El-Mahdi M,Al-Ghamdi A,Mostafa N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic parameters for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a potentially fatal parasitic disease caused by Leishmania donovani, have been redefined in the last decade with the development of serological and molecular tests, though a definitive diagnosis still banks on the century-old parasitological methods in many areas....

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Srividya G,Kulshrestha A,Singh R,Salotra P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens of Bertiella studeri (Cyclophyllidea, Anoplocephalidae) that have been preserved in ethanol or fixed permanently in formalin for >2 years were used for DNA extraction and molecular characterization. DNA was amplified via PCR from samples collected from different monkey and human hosts using eucestoda-specifi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Taleb-Hossenkhan N,Bhagwant S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine embryonic development in the caryophyllidean tapeworm Khawia sinensis has been investigated using transmission electron microscopy and cytochemical staining with periodic acid-thiosemicarbazide-silver proteinate for glycogen. Contrary to previous light microscopy findings that reported the release of non-...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bruňanská M,Mackiewicz JS,Młocicki D,Swiderski Z,Nebesářová J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal coccidiosis of rabbits induced by E. coecicola causes enormous economic losses in rabbit farms. Here, we investigate the effect of E. coecicola on the liver of the rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus. On day 7 p.i., fecal expulsion of E. coecicola oocysts is maximal and rabbits have lost approximately 25% of their...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Al-Quraishy S,Metwaly MS,Dkhil MA,Abdel-Baki AA,Wunderlich F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a facultative ectoparasite that causes myiasis in both man and animals, leading to serious human health problems and economic losses in the livestock industry. Like other insects, olfaction of this species plays an important role in host location and is presumab...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang X,Zhong M,Wen J,Cai J,Jiang H,Liu Y,Aly SM,Xiong F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tegument proteins of schistosomes are regarded as potential vaccine candidates and drug targets to control schistosomiasis. Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase-5 (NPP-5), which belongs to a multigene family of nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterases (NPPs), is important in the hydrolysis of pyrophos...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhang M,Han Y,Zhu Z,Li D,Hong Y,Wu X,Fu Z,Lin J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using molecular techniques, we documented the presence of Nosema ceranae in honeybees (Apis mellífera) from Argentina. Samples were collected from A. mellifera colonies in 38 districts of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Molecular characterization was achieved with a multiplex PCR-based method, which allows parallel ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Medici SK,Sarlo EG,Porrini MP,Braunstein M,Eguaras MJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00