abstract：:Hookworm infection is still prevalent in southern Thailand despite control measures. Hookworm eggs submerged for an extended period under water from rainfall or in latrines may not survive, but they may recover their ability to develop into infective larvae when exposed to atmospheric air. This study examined the surv...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Na-Ek P,Sanpool O,Jongthawin J,Anamnart W,Intapan PM,Chamavit P,Maleewong W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some cyclophyllidean cestodes provide protection for their eggs in the external environment by providing them with additional protective layers around the egg membranes. In attempting to examine such adaptations, the microanatomy and fine structure of the uterus of pregravid and gravid proglottids of the cyclophyllide...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Korneva JV,Kornienko SA,Jones MK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study uses scanning and transmission electron microscopical observations to examine the haptoral features of the hexabothriid polyopisthocotylean monogenean Rajonchocotyle emarginata from the gills of the elasmobranch Amblyraja radiata. The haptor possesses six equal, pedunculate suckers, each armed with a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Poddubnaya LG,Hemmingsen W,Gibson DI

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we sequenced and analyzed the mitochondrial (mt) genome of Gastrothylax crumenifer and compared it with other selected trematodes. The full mt genome of G. crumenifer was amplified, sequenced, assembled, analyzed and then subjected to phylogenetic analysis. The complete mt genome of G. crumenifer...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yang X,Wang L,Chen H,Feng H,Shen B,Hu M,Fang R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria recurrences after an initially successful therapy and malarial fever occurring a long time after infection are well-known problems in malariology. Currently, two distinct types of malaria recurrences are defined: recrudescence and relapse. A recrudescence is thought to originate from circulating Plasmodium blo...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Richter J,Franken G,Holtfreter MC,Walter S,Labisch A,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the occurrence of Leishmania infantum in the male and female genital tract and female mammary glands of dogs and the parasite burden and to identify histological alterations associated with this protozoan. Twenty male and 20 female Leishmania-seropositive dogs with isolati...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Boechat VC,Mendes Junior AA,Madeira Mde F,Ferreira LC,Figueiredo FB,Rodrigues Fd,Oliveira Vda C,de Oliveira Rde V,Menezes RC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether Kudoa septempunctata was able to live in the human intestine, we assessed viability of K. septempunctata sporoplasms under conditions that mimicked human and ragworm digestive tracts. To study the effect of osmotic pressure on viability, sporoplasms were incubated in 0.9 or 3.4 % sodium chloride s...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ohnishi T,Fujiwara M,Tomaru A,Yoshinari T,Sugita-Konishi Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neodiplostomum seoulense (Digenea: Neodiplostomidae), an intestinal trematode infecting humans and rodents, is known to be highly pathogenic and lethal to experimentally infected mice. Only a small proportion of mice can survive from its infection. This study aimed to assess the reproductive capacity of surviving BALB...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Shin EH,Im TK,Park YK,Cho J,Kim JL,Chai JY

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis spp., one of the most common parasites colonizing the human intestine, is an extracellular, luminal protozoan with controversial pathogenesis. The host's immune response against Blastocystis spp. infection has also not been defined yet. Therefore, this research aimed to assess the potential pathogenicity ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdel-Hafeez EH,Ahmad AK,Abdelgelil NH,Abdellatif MZ,Kamal AM,Hassanin KM,Abdel-Razik AR,Abdel-Raheem EM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis hominis with worldwide distribution is a human intestinal protozoa found in all countries. There have been differences in the severity of the pathogenesis of various Blastocystis spp. and a concomitant variation in the plasma concentration of the cytokines in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. In the...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Azizian M,Basati G,Abangah G,Mahmoudi MR,Mirzaei A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii involves many animal species, raising zoonotic, economic, and conservation issues. This complexity is reflected in the molecular structure of T. gondii, whose different genotypes differ in pathogenicity. Among the intermediate hosts of T. gondii, wild ungulates may be a sour...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Formenti N,Gaffuri A,Trogu T,Viganò R,Ferrari N,Lanfranchi P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild birds are common hosts of ticks and can transport them for long distances, contributing to the spreading of tick-borne pathogens. The information about ticks on birds and tick-borne pathogens in Greece is limited. The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and species of ticks infesting wild resident bird...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Diakou A,Norte AC,Lopes de Carvalho I,Núncio S,Nováková M,Kautman M,Alivizatos H,Kazantzidis S,Sychra O,Literák I

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insecticide resistance is one of the most important evolutionary phenomena for researchers. Overuse of chemicals has induced resistance in insect pests that ultimately has led to the collapse of disease control programs in many countries. The erroneous and inappropriate management of insect vectors has resulted in dis...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Naqqash MN,Gökçe A,Bakhsh A,Salim M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba are found in the environment, particularly in water, all over the world. The genus is currently classified into 20 different genotypes, T1-T20. In this study, 63 natural water samples from 11 provinces in northeast Thailand were collected and cultured on non-nutrient agar plates. Positive samples by cultu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thammaratana T,Laummaunwai P,Boonmars T,Neglected, zoonosis and vector-borne disease research group.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In urban environments, catch basins serve as major developmental and resting sites for anthropophilic and zoophilic mosquitoes. However, the use of this habitat is inconsistent, with abundance of larvae varying significantly across catch basins at a fine spatial scale. During seasonal summer investigations on mosquito...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rydzanicz K,Jawień P,Lonc E,Modelska M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gyrodactylus bubyri Osmanov, 1965, a monogenean parasite of Caucasian dwarf goby Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg) described from Aral Sea and subsequently reported from the same host from Strymon River, Greece, is recorded from Atanasovsko Lake, Bulgarian Black Sea coast (the first record of G. bubyri from the Black Sea...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Stoyanov B,Huyse T,Pankov P,Georgiev BB

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of body lice is an important issue for human health and welfare because lice act as vectors of disease such as typhus, relapsing fever, and trench fever. Body lice exhibit avoidance behavior to some essential oils, including clove essential oil. Therefore, odorants containing clove essential oil components...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Iwamatsu T,Miyamoto D,Mitsuno H,Yoshioka Y,Fujii T,Sakurai T,Ishikawa Y,Kanzaki R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxobolus miyairii Kudo, 1919 was first reported from the intestines of the Amur catfish (Silurus asotus) in Japan and then in China and Russia, but with incomplete description. During the investigation of fish myxosporean diversity in Poyang Lake, the biggest lake along the Yangtze River, China, two Amur catfish high...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Liu XH,Zhang JY,Batueva MD,Voronin VN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made to determine the prevalence of camel trypanosomosis (surra) and its associated risk factors in Borena zone, southern Ethiopia during 2013-2014. A total of 2400 blood samples were collected and examined by the buffy coat and thin blood film laboratory methods, and data were analyzed using the SPSS stat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Olani A,Habtamu Y,Wegayehu T,Anberber M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole phosphate, chosen based on its 100 % efficacy demonstrated by a previous fecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), was used as the exclusive anthelmintic treatment in the Embrapa Southeast Livestock sheep flock from 2009 to 2014 in a target selected treatment scheme. In the present study, the effectiveness of...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chagas AC,Domingues LF,Gaínza YA,Barioni-Júnior W,Esteves SN,Niciura SC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector control is facing a threat due to the emergence of resistance to synthetic insecticides. Insecticides of plant origin my serve as an alternative biocontrol technique in the future. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the larvicidal activity of fractions and compounds from the whole-plant methanol extra...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Elumalai D,Hemavathi M,Hemalatha P,Deepaa CV,Kaleena PK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maturation of trematode larval stages is expected to be temporally and spatially adapted to maximise the encounter with the adequate downstream host, i.e. the host, which will be infected by this parasite stage. Since studies on intramolluscan parasite maturation are scarce but important in the context of parasite tra...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Born-Torrijos A,Raga JA,Holzer AS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall risk for toxoplasmosis in meat produced in Colombia is unknown. We analyzed by PCR assay meat samples for human consumption in two types of plants in Colombia: 120 samples from class I plants (60 samples from chicken, 30 from swine and 30 from beef) and 60 from class II plants (30 samples from beef and 30 ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Franco-Hernandez EN,Acosta A,Cortés-Vecino J,Gómez-Marín JE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the emergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in 2011, 21,397 culicoid biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from targeted and non-targeted sampling activities carried out during the summer months of 2011 to 2013 and in late 2014 in various regions in Germany were analyzed for the virus by real-time RT-PCR. ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kameke D,Werner D,Hoffmann B,Lutz W,Kampen H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gullet worm (Gongylonema pulchrum) has been recorded from a variety of mammals worldwide. In an earlier study, we demonstrated two separate transmission cycles in cattle (Bos taurus) and wild mammals in Japan based on nucleotide sequences of the ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox-1) ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Setsuda A,Da N,Hasegawa H,Behnke JM,Rana HB,Dhakal IP,Sato H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae (FLA) are opportunistic and ubiquitous protozoa that are widely found in various environmental sources. They are known to cause serious human infections. The aim of our study was to detect FLA and Acanthamoeba spp. in hospital water circuits. Eighty-four water samples were collected over a period o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Trabelsi H,Dendana F,Neji S,Sellami H,Cheikhrouhou F,Makni F,Ayadi A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acanthocephalan parasite Acanthocephalus dirus infects the freshwater isopod Caecidotea intermedius as an intermediate host before completing its life cycle in a fish. Transmission to the definitive host occurs after the parasite has reached the cystacanth stage, and development into this stage is associated with ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Korkofigas E,Park T,Sparkes TC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are a key threat for millions of people worldwide, since they act as vectors for devastating pathogens and parasites. The standard method of utilisation of morphological characters becomes challenging due to various factors such as phenotypical variations. We explored the complementary ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Murugan K,Vadivalagan C,Karthika P,Panneerselvam C,Paulpandi M,Subramaniam J,Wei H,Aziz AT,Alsalhi MS,Devanesan S,Nicoletti M,Paramasivan R,Parajulee MN,Benelli G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan of almost all species of mammals and birds. However, no information is available about seroprevalence of the pathogen in stray dogs in seven cities from Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning province, China. Using the indirect hemagglutination antibody (IHA) test with a cutoff titer...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhang XX,Cai YN,Wang CF,Jiang J,Xu YT,Yang GL,Zhao Q

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper follows the study from 2013 focused on the molecular screening of mosquitoes as vectors of Dirofilaria spp. which provided the information on Aedes vexans as a potential vector of Dirofilaria repens in Slovakia. Current entomological and molecular research indicates that Ae. vexans can participate also in t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bocková E,Iglódyová A,Kočišová A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential oil of Cananga odorata flowers was evaluated for oviposition-deterrent, ovicidal, insecticidal, and repellent activities toward three mosquito species: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles dirus, and Culex quinquefasciatus. Oviposition deterrence of the oil was evaluated on gravid females using oviposition deterrenc...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Soonwera M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple schistosome and soil-transmitted nematode infections are frequently reported in human populations living in tropical areas of developing countries. In addition to exposure factors, the host immune response plays an important role in helminth control and morbidity in hosts with multiple infections; however, th...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： de Rezende MC,Araújo ES,Moreira JM,Rodrigues VF,Rodrigues JL,Pereira CA,Negrão-Corrêa D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequences of the triose phosphate isomerase (TPI) gene (624 bp) and mitochondrial cytochrome b (cob) gene (520 bp) were obtained by PCR and evaluated for utility in inferring the phylogenetic relationships among Trichuris species. Published sequences of one other nuclear gene (18S or SSU rRNA, 1816-1846 bp)...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Callejón R,Cutillas C,Nadler SA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new and four previously described species of Annulotrema were collected from the gills of four species (three genera, i.e. Alestes, Hydrocynus and Brycinus) of African tetras from Lake Turkana, Kenya: Annulotrema alestesnursi Paperna, 1973 from Brycinus nurse; Annulotrema ansatum n. sp., Annulotrema besalis Řehul...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kičinjaová ML,Blažek R,Gelnar M,Řehulková E

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous species of Sarcocystis have been reported from wild ruminants, but none has been named from the Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus). Mature sarcocysts were found in frozen muscle samples of three of seven mountain goats from Alaska, USA. Two morphological types of sarcocysts were found; one had Sarcocys...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Calero-Bernal R,Van Wilpe E,White K,Verma SK,Cerqueira-Cézar CK,Dubey JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcophagids are a large family of Diptera, with a worldwide distribution. They are related to decomposing organic matter and are very interesting for health science and in forensic cases since many species produce myiasis and occur in human corpses. This family is considered difficult to study, particularly with rega...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Paños-Nicolás Á,Arnaldos MI,García MD,Ubero-Pascal N

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human toxocariasis may be acquired by eating raw chicken liver. However, there are no reports on the prevalence of natural infection of chickens with Toxocara. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies as indicators of natural infection with Toxocara, in free-range chickens from Es...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Campos-da-Silva DR,da Paz JS,Fortunato VR,Beltrame MA,Valli LC,Pereira FE

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to investigate the efficiency of liposomal albendazole (L-ABZ) for the treatment of complex alveolar echinococcosis (CAE) using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Twelve patients with CAE admitted to our hospital between June 2000 and J...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Li H,Song T,Qin Y,Liu W,Li X,Shao Y,Wen H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken coccidiosis is a major parasitic disease caused by Eimeria spp. It is controlled and treated using chemical anticoccidial agents. Development of partial or complete resistance toward these anticoccidials is considered a major problem in poultry industry. Allicin is an organosulfur compound produced as a result...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Alnassan AA,Thabet A,Daugschies A,Bangoura B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are first data on nematodes of Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 (mallard) and Bucephala clangula Linnaeus, 1758 (common goldeneye) from Northern Europe (Ladoga Lake region). The ducks were found to be infected with nine nematode species. A. platyrhynchos hosted eight nematode species and B. clangula was host to...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lebedeva DI,Yakovleva GA,Ieshko EP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00