abstract：:Changes of serum cytokines including interferon gamma inducible protein-10 (IP-10) chemokine were analyzed in a total of eight vivax malarial patients before and after chemotherapy by immunostaining for human cytokine antibodies attached to membranes. IP-10 was strongly reactive in the period before chloroquine/primaq...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kim TS,Chung YB,Choi HJ,Yang HJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is transmitted to humans through the bite of Ixodes spp. ticks, and causes a febrile disease known as human granulocytic anaplasmosis. The presence of A. phagocytophilum in Wisconsin white-tailed deer blood and in deer ticks was assessed using PCR a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Michalski M,Rosenfield C,Erickson M,Selle R,Bates K,Essar D,Massung R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas' disease, a systemic infection that affects cells of meso-, endo-, and ectodermic origin. However, as far as we know, the presence of T. cruzi stages in bone has not been reported previously, and it has scarcely been investigated in cartilage. We inoculated 7- and 20-day-old (8 and 15 g...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morocoima A,Rodríguez M,Herrera L,Urdaneta-Morales S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common helminth infections promote Th2-skewed immune responses in their hosts. We have studied the role of intact carbohydrate structures on Taenia crassiceps compounds in the induction of biased type 2 and anti-inflammatory immune responses on peptide-stimulated T cells by using DO11.10 transgenic (OVA Tg) mice. Whil...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gómez-García L,Rivera-Montoya I,Rodríguez-Sosa M,Terrazas LI

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermiogenesis of the monozoic cestode Khawia armeniaca (Cholodkovski, 1915), a parasite of Capoeta capoeta sevangi (De Filippi, 1865) (Pisces: Cyprinidae), has been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy for the first time. The present results show that the type of spermiogenesis in K. armeniaca sh...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Brunanská M,Poddubnaya LG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogen-free rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) aged 735 degree days were experimentally exposed to a low dose of infectious Myxobolus cerebralis (20 triactinomyxons fish(-1)). Three time periods were chosen for sampling that included 10 days (d), 67 d, and 5 months (mo) post exposure. Five diagnostic assays were us...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kelley GO,Adkison MA,Zagmutt-Vergara FJ,Leutenegger CM,Bethel JW,Myklebust KA,McDowell TS,Hedrick RP

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses were made on the adenosine transporter-1 gene in Trypanosoma brucei (TbAT1), encoding a P2-like nucleoside transporter, from T. brucei brucei field stocks to investigate a possible link between the presence of mutations in this gene and isometamidium resistance. We have analysed the gene from 11 isometamidium...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Afework Y,Mäser P,Etschmann B,von Samson-Himmelstjerna G,Zessin KH,Clausen PH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick proteins have been shown to be useful for the development of vaccines which reduce tick infestations. Potential tick protective antigens have been identified and characterized, in part, by use of RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi allows for analysis of gene function by characterizing the impact of loss of gene expres...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de la Fuente J,Almazán C,Naranjo V,Blouin EF,Kocan KM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was undertaken to identify and characterize trophozoite proteases of five axenic strains of Giardia duodenalis isolated in Brazil and the reference strain Portland 1 isolated in the United States. Trophozoite cell lysates of each strain were analysed for the pattern of proteins and for proteo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Coradi ST,Guimarães S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven isolates of Cryptocaryon irritans from different host species and geographical locations in Mainland China were characterized by the first (ITS-1) and second (ITS-2) internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) using two isolates of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis for comparative purposes. The...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sun HY,Zhu XQ,Xie MQ,Wu XY,Li AX,Lin RQ,Song HQ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative colorimetric assay using the oxidation-reduction indicator resazurin was developed to measure cytotoxicity of compounds against the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. This method is based on the detection of colorimetric changes caused by the oxidation (blue) and reduction (pink) capabilities of resa...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rolón M,Vega C,Escario JA,Gómez-Barrio A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory activity of mangiferin (50 mg/kg/die and 100 mg/kg/die) on Cryptosporidium parvum was evaluated in a neonatal mouse model and its activity was compared with that of paromomycin (100 mg/kg/die). At 4 days of age, neonatal Swiss conventional outbred mice were experimentally infected by oral administration...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Perrucci S,Fichi G,Buggiani C,Rossi G,Flamini G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information exists on serum biochemistry and haematology of the European wild boar, and few correlations have been found between parasitic burden and clinical parameters in this species. Naturally infected wild boars were experimentally treated to study the effect of nematode parasites and ivermectin treatment...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： López-Olvera JR,Höfle U,Vicente J,Fernández-de-Mera IG,Gortázar C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Litomosoides chagasfilhoi is a filariid nematode parasite of the abdominal cavity of the wild rodent Akodon cursor (Winge, 1887), that has been described and used in Brazil as a new model for human filariasis. The fine structure of the intestine of this nematode was analyzed based on observations made by light and tra...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Moraes Neto AH,Cunha GS,Ferreira TF,de Carvalho SN,Guimarães EV,de Souza W

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite-mediated selection is currently believed to play an important role in life-history evolution. To assess how simple hematoserological and biochemical condition indices reflect host immunocompetence and infection resistance controlled laboratory experiments are required. We addressed these issues by infecting l...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hõrak P,Tummeleht L,Talvik H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Leishmania amazonensis telomerase gene was cloned by a polymerase chain reaction-based strategy using primers designed from a Leishmania major sequence that shared similarities with conserved telomerase motifs. The genes from three other species were cloned for comparative purposes. A ClustalW multiple-sequence al...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Giardini MA,Lira CB,Conte FF,Camillo LR,de Siqueira Neto JL,Ramos CH,Cano MI

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii is an important pathogen worldwide, but its molecular characterization has been limited to studying individual genes of interest. We undertook a high-throughput genomic approach and drastically increased the number of available sequences for this parasite. A total of 2,662 e...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vanholme B,Mitreva M,Van Criekinge W,Logghe M,Bird D,McCarter JP,Gheysen G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two organic and aqueous extracts, belonging to 12 Argentine medicinal plants were tested for their in vitro trypanocidal activity on epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Among the selected species, the organic extracts of Ambrosia scabra, Ambrosia tenuifolia, Baccharis spicata, Eupatorium buniifolium, Lippi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sülsen V,Güida C,Coussio J,Paveto C,Muschietti L,Martino V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the snake venoms' pharmacological properties and chemotherapeutic potential as well as the need for new alternatives for Giardia infection treatment, the present study was carried out aiming to evaluate the in vitro effects of crude Crotalus durissus terrificus and Bothrops jararaca venoms on the growth an...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shinohara L,de Freitas SF,da Silva RJ,Guimarães S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole sequencing of protozoan trypanosomatid genomes revealed the presence of several predicted unknown genes coding for hypothetical proteins. Pairwise, alignment-based, computational methods available online are unable to identify the function of these sequences. To detect clues to identify the function of hypotheti...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cestari IS,Haver NJ,Barbosa-Silva A,Ramirez MI

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Romania, cystic echinococcosis is endemic and affects, besides humans, various animal species including sheep, cattle, and swine. As yet, no molecular-genetic typing has been carried out to clearly identify the putative strains being transmitted there. Parasite samples (protoscoleces or germinal layers) were collec...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bart JM,Morariu S,Knapp J,Ilie MS,Pitulescu M,Anghel A,Cosoroaba I,Piarroux R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present paper was to analyse the association between sequences of Entamoeba histolytica and their relationship with the development of hepatic abscesses in hamsters, using a complementary DNA library for E. histolytica. From the sequences obtained, we designed oligonucleotides for amplification by P...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Crisóstomo-Vázquez Mdel P,Jiménez-Cardoso E,Arroyave-Hernández C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate morphologically the tongue of individuals with chronic Chagas disease (CD) in comparison to the non-chagasic ones. Twenty-four protocol cases of autopsies were selected. They were subdivided into CD patients (10 cases) and non-chagasic ones (14 cases). The morphometric analysi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Lima Pereira SA,Rodrigues DB,da Fonseca Ferraz ML,da Cunha Castro EC,dos Reis MA,de Paula Antunes Teixeira V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingestion of the larval nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis can cause the human eosinophilic meningitis known as angiostrongyliasis. Analysis of the extracts and excretory-secretory (ES) products of A. cantonensis larvae and adult stages on gelatin substrate zymography demonstrated the presence of distinct gelatinoly...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lai SC,Jiang ST,Chen KM,Lee HH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of endoparasites and their association with diarrhea, a survey was conducted in the Southern Province of Zambia that used conventional and molecular techniques applied to stool and urine samples from school-age children (n = 93). Almost half of the stools (49.5%) were diarrhetic. The overal...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Graczyk TK,Shiff CK,Tamang L,Munsaka F,Beitin AM,Moss WJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 585 persons from several occupational groups (farmers, slaughterhouse staff, hunters, veterinarians) exposed to Toxocara infestations and 50 persons of a control group were tested for the presence of specific antibodies to the Toxocara canis antigen using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a western b...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Deutz A,Fuchs K,Auer H,Kerbl U,Aspöck H,Köfer J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of metaphylactic treatment with toltrazuril (Baycox 5% suspension) against natural infections with Eimeria bovis and/or Eimeria zuernii in calves was investigated. The study was conducted with 208 calves on five calf-rearing farms in Germany and the Czech Republic. All participating farms had a notable in...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mundt HC,Bangoura B,Mengel H,Keidel J,Daugschies A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy and safety of treatment with imidacloprid 10%+moxidectin 2.5% spot-on (Advocate, Advantage multi; Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany) were tested in dogs naturally infested with Sarcoptes scabiei or Otodectes cynotis in a multi-centre, controlled, randomized, blinded field study conducted in France, Germany, Alban...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Krieger K,Heine J,Dumont P,Hellmann K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastomys coucha and jirds infected with Acanthocheilonema viteae, a filarial species free of endosymbiontic bacteria of the genus Wolbachia, suffer lethal side effects after effective microfilaricidal therapy with diethylcarbamazine and levamisole, whereas, M. coucha infected with the Wolbachia-infested species Brugia...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Müller HA,Zahner H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine responses of lymphocytes against Toxoplasma gondii are usually studied by stimulating the cells from infected animals with tachyzoite lysate antigens (TLA) in vitro. We examined whether strains (genotypes) of the parasite used for TLA affect the production of IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-gamma in the culture of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rodgers L,Wang X,Wen X,Dunford B,Miller R,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility or resistance to infection with Cryptosporidium parvum correlates with the ability of mice to produce characteristic panels of cytokines in response to infection. Both adult healing and nonhealing mouse models of cryptosporidiosis were used to study the cell-mediated immune response during the course of...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Singh I,Theodos C,Li W,Tzipori S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles beklemishevi specimens from Russia were analysed by their ITS2 ribosomal DNA sequence to amend and to specify the phylogenetic tree of the Anopheles maculipennis species complex. Surprisingly, with 638 base pairs, the ITS2 regions of all the 34 An beklemishevi specimens examined were considerably longer than...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kampen H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of species and genotypes on Cryptosporidium involved in human transmission is fundamental in studying the epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis. This is the first study in molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis that has been made in Chile. Cryptosporidium parvum species and genotypes involved in human and b...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Neira-Otero P,Muñoz-Saldías N,Sanchez-Moreno M,Rosales-Lombardo MJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lice infestations in horses caused by the chewing louse Werneckiella (Damalinia) equi are observed worldwide. In the present study, the efficacy of 10% imidacloprid was tested on horses naturally infested with lice. Two groups of animals received a double application of 4 ml and 8 ml Advantage 10% spot-on on day 0 and...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mencke N,Larsen KS,Eydal M,Sigurethsson H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One cDNA clone was purified from an adult Clonorchis sinensis cDNA library, and its deduced polypeptide sequence was found to be homologous with myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) of invertebrates and vertebrates. Two amino-acid residues, Thr and Ser, were conserved at the phosphorylation sites that regulate the fun...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kwon YD,Cho PY,Hong SJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncomiracidium (larva) of the entobdelline Neoentobdella parvitesticulata (Monogenea: Capsalidae), adults of which parasitise the skin of the stingray Himantura fai (Dasyatidae) at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, is described. The larva undergoes precocious development (progenesis) in the ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Whittington ID,Kearn GC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental taeniid strobilae from Taenia solium and T. crassiceps (WFU strain) were incubated for 0-72 h in 0, 5 or 20 mM glucose solutions and further exposed for 15 min to the gap junction fluorochrome Lucifer Yellow. Frozen sections were obtained from each worm and observed under an epifluorescent microscope. Wor...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Willms K,Presas AM,Jiménez JA,Landa A,Zurabián R,Ugarte ME,Robert L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was determined that there is a relationship between prevalence and mean densities of Trichodina spp. on Merlangius merlangus and organic pollution, measured as levels of nitrite, nitrate and phosphate in the surrounding environment. Monthly, two left anterior gill arcs of 60 M. merlangus (unless otherwise stated) c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ogut H,Palm HW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi can modulate a large number of host intracellular responses during its invasion. GTPases such as RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 are examples of molecules that could be activated at this moment and trigger changes in the pattern of F-actin cytoskeleton leading to the formation of structures like stress fibers, ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Dutra JM,Bonilha VL,De Souza W,Carvalho TM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestines of California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups (n= 204), born in 2002 on San Miguel Island, California, were examined for hookworms (Uncinaria spp.) as part of a seasonal mortality study from June through December 2002 and January 2003. The investigation was planned to coincide with most of the previo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lyons ET,Delong RL,Spraker TR,Melin SR,Laake JL,Tolliver SC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00