abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic protozoan of the phylum Apicomplexa that can infect nearly all warm-blooded animals. The parasite can exist as the interconvertible tachyzoite or bradyzoite forms, leading to acute or latent infection, respectively. No drug has been reported to penetrate the cyst wall and red...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Song X,Lin M,Li M,Yang X,Liu J,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia is a group of spore-forming microorganisms with zoonotic potential. This study aimed to compare intestinal microsporidia infections in cat owners and non-pet owners. In total, 210 fecal samples were collected from indoor cats, cat owners, and non-pet owners. DNA extraction was performed and the small sub...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vahedi SM,Jamshidi S,Shayan P,Bokaie S,Ashrafi Tamai I,Javanmard E,Mirjalali H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lungworms of the genera Parafilaroides and Otostrongylus are responsible for parasitic bronchopneumonia, the foremost disease of eastern Atlantic common seals (EACS, Phoca vitulina vitulina) in the Dutch North Sea. Recently, there have been increased reports of lungworm cases and observations of unusually long Parafil...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Elson-Riggins JG,Gibbons LM,Van Liere DW,Zinkstok EW,Blake DP,Alegre F,Spittle H,Brakefield PM,Udo de Haes HA,Osinga N

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gnathiid isopods are marine ectoparasites that feed on the blood of fishes that have been implicated as vectors of blood parasites, with transmission possibly occurring through biting during their parasitic life-stages, or through ingestion by fishes. However, evidence for their role as vectors is limited, reflecting ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sikkel PC,Pagan JA,Santos JL,Hendrick GC,Nicholson MD,Xavier R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibian populations are declining around the world, and the main reasons are the environmental changes and pathogens. However, there are few studies addressing the interaction and impact of the different pathogens that affect amphibians, such as hemoparasites. These parasites had been described as common in some amp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Isaak-Delgado AB,López-Díaz O,Romero-Callejas E,Martínez-Hernández F,Muñoz-García CI,Villalobos G,Rendón-Franco E

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new myxosporeans of the genus Sphaeromyxa Thélohan 1892 were discovered from the coastal waters off Xiamen in the East China Sea and characterized based on morphological and SSU rDNA data. Sphaeromyxa photopectoralis sp. n. was described from Photopectoralis bindus, and Sphaeromyxa sebastisca sp. n. was describe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen W,Yang C,Whipps CM,Peng Z,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we described a new species of Myxidium Bütschli, 1882, obtained from the gallbladder of Spinibarbus sinensis (Bleeker, 1871) from the Jialing River in Chongqing, China. Myxidium spinibarba sp. nov. was identified based on morphological and SSU rDNA sequence data. The mature myxospores were fusifo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen W,Yang C,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feasibility of implementing a DEC-fortified (DEC at 0.2% w/w and iodine) salt strategy to hasten elimination of diurnally sub-periodic Wuchereria bancrofti (DspWB) from the lone foci in Nancowry islands, Nicobar district, India, was assessed. This is a two-arm community-based study: one arm (12 villages, population 29...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shriram AN,Premkumar A,Krishnamoorthy K,De A,Paul SK,Subramanian S,Vijayachari P,Jambulingam P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In temperate regions, some avian haemosporidian parasites have evolved seasonal transmission strategies, with chronic infections relapsing during spring and transmission peaking during the hosts' breeding season. Because lineages with seasonal transmission strategies are unlikely to produce gametocytes in winter, we p...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Soares L,Young EI,Ricklefs RE

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma causes considerable human and animal morbidity, mortality and economic loss to the livestock industry. Current diagnostic tools have limitations. In this study, we compared the sedimentation and filtration methods for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in livestock. A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Giovanoli Evack J,Kouadio JN,Achi L,Balmer O,Hattendorf J,Bonfoh B,Zinsstag J,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence data of Leishmania infantum infection in cats are characterized by a large variability mainly attributed to the differences in diagnostic techniques. In the absence of consensus about the method of choice for diagnosing feline leishmaniosis, the performance of a new immunofluorescence antibody test (IFA...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Iatta R,Trerotoli P,Lucchese L,Natale A,Buonavoglia C,Nachum-Biala Y,Baneth G,Otranto D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of vector species composition and monitoring their change over time is critical to evaluate malaria transmission and assess control interventions. This is especially important in countries such as Botswana, where malaria transmission is subjected to fluctuations due to climate variability. Another important ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kgoroebutswe TK,Ramatlho P,Reeder S,Makate N,Paganotti GM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addressing the problems linked to tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiases requires considerable data on tsetse distribution and trypanosome infections. Although efforts to map tsetse and trypanosome infections have been undertaken at continental level, published data are still rare in wildlife reserves of West and Central ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kamdem CN,Tiofack AAZ,Mewamba EM,Ofon EA,Gomseu EBD,Simo G

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise identification of avian schistosomes in the genus Trichobilharzia at the species level is difficult and requires both traditional morphological and molecular techniques. To obtain satisfactory results by traditional methods, the characteristics of the intact adults or large fragments of male and females are ne...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ashrafi K,Brant SV

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruminant coccidiosis is a gastrointestinal disease caused by parasites of the genus Eimeria. Environmental and climatic factors are relevant for the development, survival, and transmission of coccidiosis because Eimeria oocysts are able to survive in the environment for several weeks or months in favorable conditions ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Alcala-Canto Y,Figueroa-Castillo JA,Ibarra-Velarde F,Vera-Montenegro Y,Cervantes-Valencia ME,Alberti-Navarro A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine ocular setariasis arising mainly from ectopic infestation of Setaria digitata is a common vision impairing ophthalmic disease in India, and the identification of this filarial nematode is based solely on morphology. However, morphological characters alone are inadequate to detect and differentiate S. digitata f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Maharana BR,Potliya S,Ganguly A,Bisla RS,Mishra C,Ganguly I

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease (CD) is a tropical zoonosis caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Severe autonomic dysfunction like reduced cardiac catecholamine-containing or acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation have been reported in CD. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) seems to participate in the regulation of adrenal catech...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miranda AS,Camargos ERS,Marzano LAS,Marzano ACS,da Silva Oliveira B,Ferreira RN,Martinelli PM,Teixeira AL,Rachid MA,Simões E Silva AC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with helminth parasites or the administration of their antigens can prevent or attenuate autoimmune diseases. To date, the specific molecules that prime the amelioration are only limited. In this study, recombinant Schistosoma japonicum cystatin (rSjcystatin) and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (rSjFBPA) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yan K,Wang B,Zhou H,Luo Q,Shen J,Xu Y,Zhong Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within livestock production, enteric diseases play an important role, since they cause severe economic losses due to mortality, growth depression, and reduction in the conversion rate. Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria spp. is a parasitic disease of high morbidity that affects various animal species, including sheep. In s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Trejo-Huitrón G,Bautista-Gómez LG,Martínez-Castañeda JS,Romero-Núñez C,Trejo-Castro L,Espinosa-Ayala E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidia (Chromista: Miozoa: Eimeriidae) of columbiform birds (Aves: Columbiformes) have been described since the end of the nineteenth century; however, some of these descriptions were poorly detailed or inconclusive. In this sense, the current work makes a detailed taxonomic revision reconsidering and organizing 18 ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ortúzar-Ferreira CN,Oliveira MS,Genovez-Oliveira JL,Franco HA,Thode-Filho S,Cardozo SV,Oliveira ÁA,Lima VM,Ferreira I,Berto BP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii, the agent of toxoplasmosis, is an intracellular parasite that can infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts. Toxoplasmosis causes severe damage to immunocompromised hosts and its treatment is mainly based on the combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine, which causes relevant side effects primaril...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Portes JA,De Souza W

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis are protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea in humans and animals. Molecular data on Cryptosporidium spp. and G. duodenalis in calves in the Republic of Korea (ROK) is limited; thus, we investigated the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in pre-weaned calves, analyzed...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lee YJ,Ryu JH,Shin SU,Choi KS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental aim of parasite ecology is to understand the mechanisms behind spatial variation in diversity and structure of parasite assemblages. To understand the contribution of individual parasite species and their assemblages to spatial variation in parasite communities, we examined species contributions to beta ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Spickett A,van der Mescht L,Junker K,Krasnov BR,Haukisalmi V,Matthee S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) refurbishes the infected erythrocytes by exporting a myriad of parasite proteins to the host cell. A novel exported protein family 'Plasmodium Helical Interspersed Subtelomeric' (PHIST) has gained attention for its significant roles in parasite biology. Here, we have collected and analysed a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kumar V,Behl A,Sharma R,Sharma A,Hora R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Representatives of Apicomplexa perform various kinds of movements that are linked to the different stages of their life cycle. Ancestral apicomplexan lineages, including gregarines, represent organisms suitable for research into the evolution and diversification of motility within the group. The vermiform trophozoites...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kováčiková M,Paskerova GG,Diakin A,Simdyanov TG,Vaškovicová N,Valigurová A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodents have been widely studied as intermediate hosts of Sarcocystis; however, only a few reports on these parasites in the black rat (Rattus rattus) are known. Having examined 13 black rats captured in Latvia, sarcocysts were found in skeletal muscles of two mammals and were described as Sarcocystis ratti n. sp. Und...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Prakas P,Kirillova V,Gavarāne I,Grāvele E,Butkauskas D,Rudaitytė-Lukošienė E,Kirjušina M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), although discovered more than a century ago, is still a not very well-elucidated aspect. Individuals in the chronic phase of the disease may present asymptomatic clinical form or symptomatologies related to the cardiac, digestive systems, or both (m...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Carvalho TB,Padovani CR,de Oliveira Júnior LR,Latini ACP,Kurokawa CS,Pereira PCM,Dos Santos RM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic cats and other felids are definitive hosts for the zoonotic protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Serology is widely used in epidemiological studies conducted to estimate the proportion of domestic cats that have encountered the parasite. However, a limited number of such studies are available from some regio...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Galat M,Must K,Rissanen K,Jokelainen P

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniases are cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral diseases affecting humans and domesticated animals mostly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the planet. Host genetics have been widely investigated for their role in developing various infectious diseases. The SLC11A1 gene has been reported to play a role...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Braliou GG,Kontou PI,Boleti H,Bagos PG

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new Isospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) species is described from an Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) in Western Australia. Sporulated oocysts (n = 21) are ovoid, 21.2 (18.4-23.9) μm in length and 18.8 (16.9-20.6) μm in width, with a shape index of 1.13. The bi-layered oocyst wall is smooth and colourless, 1.2 μm...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu D,Brice B,Elliot A,Ryan U,Yang R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult worms that belong to Carassotrema Park 1938 and Elonginurus Lu, 1955 were found in the intestine of Carassius gibelio Bloch, 1782 from the southern Russian Far East and Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 from northern Vietnam, respectively. Morphometric parameters, geographic location and host species composition of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Atopkin DM,Besprozvannykh VV,Ha ND,Nguyen HV,Khamatova AY,Vainutis KS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present article, we report on the identification of Vermamoeba (Hartmannella) vermiformis as the etiological agent of a tissue infection close to the eye of a female patient. Laboratory examination revealed no involvement of any pathogenic bacteria or fungi in the tissue infection. V. vermiformis was identified...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Scheid PL,Lâm TT,Sinsch U,Balczun C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba is a free-living pathogenic protozoan that is distributed in different environmental reservoirs, including lakes and soil. Pathogenic Acanthamoeba can cause severe human diseases, such as blinding keratitis and granulomatous encephalitis. Therefore, it is important to understand the pathogenic relationshi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Huang JM,Chang YT,Shih MH,Lin WC,Huang FC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic, continuous mosquito surveillance is considered the most reliable tool to predict the spread and establishment of alien mosquito species such as the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), Japanese bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus), and the transmission risk of mosquito-borne arboviruses to humans. Only sing...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schoener E,Zittra C,Weiss S,Walder G,Barogh BS,Weiler S,Fuehrer HP

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to isolate and genotype strains of T. gondii from pigs slaughtered for human consumption in South Brazil. Blood and tissues (heart, diaphragm, liver, tongue, and masseter) from 400 animals were collected at two slaughterhouses. Sera were obtained, and antibodies against T. gondii were detected ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Miura AC,de Barros LD,Ferreira FP,Neto JMF,Sicupira Franco PML,Su C,Vidotto O,Garcia JL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the distribution and viability of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in the organs and Brazilian commercial cuts of experimentally infected pigs. The pigs were infected with 3 × 103 oocysts of the T. gondii isolate TgCkBr57 (Type BrII). Mouse bioassays were performed on the brain, retina, tongu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Alves BF,Oliveira S,Soares HS,Pena HFJ,Conte-Junior CA,Gennari SM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether biogeographic patterns characteristic of species diversity and composition may also apply to community assembly by investigating geographic variation in the pattern (PSA) (aggregation versus segregation) and strength of species associations (SSA) in flea and mite communities harbored by small mammali...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Krasnov BR,Shenbrot GI,Korallo-Vinarskaya NP,Vinarski MV,van der Mescht L,Warburton EM,Khokhlova IS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For years, mammals of the order Pilosa have been considered Leishmania reservoirs. But while most studies have focused on sloth species, anteaters have been overlooked, and in many Leishmania endemic countries like Mexico, no studies have been carried out. The aims of this work were to identify the presence of Leishma...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Muñoz-García CI,Sánchez-Montes S,Villanueva-García C,Romero-Callejas E,Díaz-López HM,Gordillo-Chávez EJ,Martínez-Carrasco C,Berriatua E,Rendón-Franco E

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis caused by different species of schistosome parasites is one of the most debilitating helminthic diseases of humans worldwide. For decades, chemotherapy is the main method of controlling schistosomiasis. However, the fear of drug resistance has motivated the search for alternatives. It has been demonstr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li X,Haeberlein S,Zhao L,Mughal MN,Zhu T,Liu L,Fang R,Zhou Y,Zhao J,Grevelding CG,Hu M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to perform an analysis based on mtDNA sequences of the 16S rRNA gene in order to determine the phylogenetic position of ticks belonging to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group from the Canary Islands, Cyprus, and Croatia. All the haplotypes obtained from ticks collected in the Canary Islands and...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chitimia-Dobler L,Kurzrock L,Molčányi T,Rieß R,Mackenstedt U,Nava S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00