abstract：:A seasonal investigation on the occurrence of fishborne zoonotic trematodes (FZT) in economically important mono-cultured hybrid catfish and giant gouramy was conducted in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Fish from carp poly-culture and intensive small-scale integrated vegetable-aquaculture-animal husbandry farming (VAC) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thien PC,Dalsgaard A,Thanh BN,Olsen A,Murrell KD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes of the family Aspidoderidae (Nematoda: Heterakoidea) Freitas 1956 are widely distributed from Americas. The species of the genus Aspidodera Railliet and Henry 1912 are parasites of mammals of the orders Edentata, Marsupialia, and Rodentia. In the present work, Aspidodera raillieti (L. Travassos, Mem Inst Osw...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chagas-Moutinho VA,Oliveira-Menezes A,Cárdenas MQ,Lanfredi RM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drashia megastoma Rudolphi, 1819, Habronema muscae Carter, 1861 and Habronema microstoma Schneider, 1866 are found in the stomach of equine definitive hosts and are known to cause pathogenic effects in the stomach wall, skin, eye and occasionally other sites. These nematodes utilise either house flies or stable flies ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naem S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suckling rabbits from six litters were orally inoculated at various ages with oocysts of Eimeria flavescens or Eimeria intestinalis. The total number of oocysts in the ceca served to estimate parasite reproduction. The rabbits at 14 and 16 days old remained uninfected, and in 19-day-old animals, low or no oocyst shedd...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pakandl M,Hlásková L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents, including parasites, often have oncogenic potential. However, there has been no study on the association between Strongyloides stercoralis infection and cancer risk. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between S. stercoralis infection and the occurrence of hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer. Th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hirata T,Kishimoto K,Kinjo N,Hokama A,Kinjo F,Fujita J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine oligopeptidases of trypanosomatids are emerging as important virulence factors and therapeutic targets in trypanosome infections. A complete open reading frame of oligopeptidase B from Leishmania amazonensis was amplified with polymerase chain reaction with gradient annealing temperatures using primers designed...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Matos Guedes HL,Carneiro MP,Gomes DC,Rossi-Bergmanmn B,Giovanni de Simone S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flame atomic absorption spectrometry was performed to determine the alteration of calcium concentration in the soft parts and shells of Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncatus due to the infection with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, respectively. The results showed significant lowering in the calcium c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mostafa OM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pellet freezing method, one type of rapid freezing protocol, was established for Trichomonas vaginalis. As cryoprotectants, 5-20% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and glycerol were used. Of these, DMSO showed a high protective effect, with a maximum effect at a concentration of 20%. No ef...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Matsuo J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turkey's tick fauna is composed of about 32 species in two families and ten genera in mammals, reptiles, and birds. The ticks of veterinary significance in the family Ixodidae comprise seven genera with 28 different species. Ixodes spp. are mostly seen in northern Turkey. It is likely that the high rainfall and the in...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Aydin L,Bakirci S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a global basis, ticks transmit a greater variety of pathogenic microorganisms, protozoa, rickettsiae, spirochaets, and viruses than any other arthropods and are among the most important vectors of diseases affecting livestock, humans, and companion animals. Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TTBDs) affect 80% of the wo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ghosh S,Bansal GC,Gupta SC,Ray D,Khan MQ,Irshad H,Shahiduzzaman M,Seitzer U,Ahmed JS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum HNJ-1 strain (genotype II) oocysts purified from mice using published protocols was evaluated. Oocysts were concentrated from fecal samples of infected severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice by sucrose flota...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Leetz AS,Sotiriadou I,Ongerth J,Karanis P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cystic echinococcosis (CE) has been a recognized public health problem in Greece, molecular data are lacking regarding the types and prevalences of infecting strains of the etiological agent Echinococcus granulosus. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of CE and determined the infecting genotypes in shee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Varcasia A,Canu S,Kogkos A,Pipia AP,Scala A,Garippa G,Seimenis A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drashia megastoma (Spirurida: Habronematidae) occurs in nodules in the stomach wall and rarely free in the stomach of the horse, mule and zebra throughout the world. D. megastoma develops in the housefly Musca domestica and causes gastric haemorrhage or even perforation of the stomach. Larvae of this nematode may be f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naem S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In opposite to the free-living soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the genetic regulation of hypobiosis or inhibited or arrested development in parasitic nematodes is completely unknown. In C. elegans, the daf-genes or the age-1 gene are of major importance in signaling pathways regulating arrested development. To i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Strube C,von Samson-Himmelstjerna G,Schnieder T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental transmission of a recently identified new Theileria (China 1) species pathogenic for sheep and goats in northern China is described. Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis nymphs and adults developed from larvae and nymph engorged on sheep infected with Theileria sp. (China 1) were able to respectively transmit t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li Y,Luo J,Liu Z,Guan G,Gao J,Ma M,Dang Z,Liu A,Ren Q,Lu B,Liu J,Zhao H,Li J,Liu G,Bai Q,Yin H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culex pipiens pallens is the mosquito vector of a number of human pathogens such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and epidemic encephalitis B virus. Female C. pipiens pallens play an important role in transmitting pathogens by sucking blood, which is essential for reproduction. In the present study, a subtracti...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen HH,Zhang RL,Geng YJ,Cheng JQ,Zhang SX,Huang DN,Yu L,Gao ST,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first schizogony of Eimeria bovis takes place in lymphatic endothelial cells of the ileum, resulting in the formation of macroschizonts within 2-3 weeks. In this study, we analyse early cellular immune responses to infected host cells on the basis of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) adhesion on and transmi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Taubert A,Zahner H,Hermosilla C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts ingested by Artemia franciscana metanauplii was evaluated using two fluorogenic vital dyes. There was no significant difference (p = 0.09) between the viability of oocysts maintained in saline (control) and those recovered from the digestive tract of the microcrustacean ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Méndez-Hermida F,Gómez-Couso H,Ares-Mazás E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode in humans, distributed through tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In most individuals, the infection has a chronic nature due to auto-infection at the low level. Accelerated auto-infection, mainly after an alteration in immune status, can cause a syndrome...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Meamar AR,Rezaian M,Mohraz M,Hadighi R,Kia EB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tegumental membrane of platyhelminth parasites is of crucial importance for modulation of the host response and parasite survival. A cDNA encoding a novel tegumental protein 20.8 kDa (TP20.8) was found by large-scale sequencing of a Clonorchis sinensis cDNA library. This new cDNA was 755 bp long containing an open...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhou Z,Hu X,Huang Y,Hu H,Ma C,Chen X,Hu F,Xu J,Lu F,Wu Z,Yu X

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two thousand four hundred fifty-eight fish comprised of 53 species were captured in the Danjiangkou Reservoir, in the northwestern part of Hubei Province, central China during 2004, to examine Camallanus cotti infections. We found that 19 cypriniform, 3 siluriforme, and 4 perciforme fishes were infected by the nematod...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wu S,Wang G,Gao D,Xi B,Yao W,Liu M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two seroepidemiological surveys on canine leishmaniosis in stray dogs were performed annually in the Madrid region for 10 years (November 1996-April 2006). The presence of anti-Leishmania antibodies was detected by immunofluorescence antibodies test (cut off 1:100). The overall seroprevalence found in the 1,803 dogs s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miró G,Montoya A,Mateo M,Alonso A,García S,García A,Caballero MJ,Molina R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transferrin is a defence protein known to be up-regulated upon infection of parasites/pathogens in Aedes aegypti mosquito. However, no information is available on its up-regulation in Culex quinquefasciatus, the vector of bancroftian filarial parasite. In the present study, enhancement of transferrin in C. quinquefasc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Paily KP,Kumar BA,Balaraman K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the practicality of using real-time PCR for quantifying feces-derived trichostrongyle eggs. Haemonchus contortus eggs were used to evaluate fecal contaminants, time after egg embryonation, and the presence of competing and non-competing DNAs as factors that might interfere wit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Harmon AF,Williams ZB,Zarlenga DS,Hildreth MB

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SAG2 locus, the coding gene of the P22 protein, has been widely used for the molecular epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii and characterization of the parasite isolates with two separate polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) processes. To re-assess the resolution power and suita...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fazaeli A,Ebrahimzadeh A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of the tegument, including putative subtegumental cells, of the monogenean gill parasite Macrogyrodactylus clarii is described for the first time. The lateral cells are secretory in nature and can be classified into four types: T1 producing elongated, electron-dense, bodies (t1); T2 manufacturing el...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： El-Naggar MM,Cable J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thelaziasis is an ocular infection of several mammals caused by nematodes of the genus Thelazia (Spirurida, Thelaziidae). The adults live in the lachrymal ducts and conjunctival sacs of infected animals, and transmission occurs by means of different species of muscids. T. rhodesi, T. skrjabini, and T. gulosa affect ma...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naem S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven proprietary repellent formulations (3 hydro-alcoholic spray solutions and 4 skin lotions) with active ingredient IR3,535 (ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate, EBAAP) or Picaridin (hydroxyethyl isobutyl piperidine carboxylate, KBR 3,023, Bayrepel) were tested in a field study on 10 test persons over a period of 10 h...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naucke TJ,Kröpke R,Benner G,Schulz J,Wittern KP,Rose A,Kröckel U,Grünewald HW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence and genotypes of Cryptosporidium parasite in 50 brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) inhabiting an urban area of Japan. Fecal samples collected from the animals were examined by an immuno-fluorescence assay (IFA). Genomic DNA was extracted directly from fecal sample of each animal and nested P...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kimura A,Edagawa A,Okada K,Takimoto A,Yonesho S,Karanis P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nematode Anisakis simplex is a marine parasite that causes allergy as well as anisakiasis. Although five Anisakis allergens have already been identified, immunoblotting studies suggested that unidentified allergens still exist. In this study, an expression cDNA library constructed from A. simplex was subjected to ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kobayashi Y,Ishizaki S,Shimakura K,Nagashima Y,Shiomi K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the mitochondrial haplotype diversity of the monogenean ectoparasites Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 on Atlantic salmon and G. thymalli Zitnan, 1960 on grayling has been studied intensively to understand the taxonomy and phylogeography of the two species. According to these studies, neither speci...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hansen H,Bakke TA,Bachmann L

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclospora cayetanensis was identified as the cause of large outbreaks of diarrhea in many parts of the world, but its host range and reservoirs remains poorly defined. Recently, oocysts resembling the C. cayetanensis were detected in dairy cattle fecal specimens from China. The 18S rDNA from two of these Cyclospora-l...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li G,Xiao S,Zhou R,Li W,Wadeh H

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reports the ability of egg-propagated gametocyte vaccine to induce protective immunity against Eimeria tenella infections in offspring chicks. For this purpose, breeding hens were immunized with adjuvanted gametocyte vaccine orally, being the best vaccine in our previous studies. Eggs collected 2 wee...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hafeez MA,Akhtar M,Javed MT,ul Haq A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), 5.8S rDNA, and ITS2 region of the ribosomal DNA and a 390-bp region of the 16S rDNA gene from five taxa belonging to Rhinonyssus (Rhinonyssus vanellus, Rhinonyssus tringae, Rhinonyssus neglectus, Rhinonyssus echinipes from Kentish plover, and Rhinonyssus echinipes fro...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Rojas M,Ubeda JM,Cutillas C,Mora MD,Ariza C,Guevara D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under natural conditions, eukaryote cells may contain bacteria. Arthropods such as ticks, insects or mites are a group particularly favoured by the obligate intracellular bacteria. While arthropods are vectors for some of them, other bacteria inhabit invertebrate host cells having entered mutualistic interactions. Suc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rymaszewska A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data is available on the vertical transmission of Neospora caninum via the colostrum. The results of our previous research revealed the presence of N. caninum DNA in the milk of seropositive cows. The aim of the present work is to demonstrate parasite DNA in colostrum samples. A polymerase chain reaction using...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Moskwa B,Pastusiak K,Bien J,Cabaj W

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open randomized controlled study of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and amodiaquine-sulfalene-pyrimethamine (ASP) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria was carried out in 181 children. In 79 children, the hepatomegaly reduction ratios (HRR) and the speed of resolution of hepatomegaly, the he...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sowunmi A,Gbotosho GO,Adedeji AA,Tambo E,Fateye BA,Happi CT,Amoo AO

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gypsy virus of Drosophila melanogaster is the first identified retrovirus of insects. Its infectious properties have been reported, and it is able to cause diverse mutations of the phenotype in the fruit fly. As a typical endogenous retrovirus, it is transmitted vertically as part of the host genome, but horizonta...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dahl A,Krämer F,Schnieder T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological importance of increasing reports worldwide on Cryptosporidium contamination of oysters remains unknown in relation to foodborne cryptosporidiosis. Thirty market-size oysters (Crassostrea virginica), collected from each of 53 commercial harvesting sites in Chesapeake Bay, MD, were quantitatively tes...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Graczyk TK,Lewis EJ,Glass G,Dasilva AJ,Tamang L,Girouard AS,Curriero FC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies of 20 mg/kg body weight (BW) of toltrazuril (Toltra) 2 days post-infection (dpi), 2 mg/kg BW of diclazuril 2 and 3 dpi and 200 mg/kg BW of sulphadimidine 2, 3 and 4 dpi were compared in a model for piglet isosporosis. Weight gain (first 4 weeks of life) and diarrhoea and oocyst excretion from 4 to 11 dp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mundt HC,Mundt-Wüstenberg S,Daugschies A,Joachim A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00