abstract：:Schistosomiasis affects more than 240 million people worldwide, an infection which may cause urogenital manifestations including, among others, squamous bladder cancer and prostate involvement. We describe the first case of a prostate adenocarcinoma associated with prostatic Schistosoma haematobium infection occurring...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Figueiredo JC,Richter J,Borja N,Balaca A,Costa S,Belo S,Grácio MA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are important vectors for a wide range of pathogenic organisms. As large parts of the human population in developed countries live in cities, the occurrence of vector-borne diseases in urban areas is of particular interest for epidemiologists and public health authorities. In this study...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lebl K,Zittra C,Silbermayr K,Obwaller A,Berer D,Brugger K,Walter M,Pinior B,Fuehrer HP,Rubel F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a widespread zoonosis. For treating single echinococcal cysts during the last decades, therapeutic puncture of the cyst, aspiration, injection of a scolicide, and re-aspiration (PAIR) has been established as a minimal-invasive alternative method to surgery. A recent review on the complica...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Richter J,Profis E,Holtfreter MC,Orhun A,Müller-Stöver I,Dedelen H,Kubitz R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the acaricidal activity on the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus of essential oils from three Ocimum species. Acaricidal activity of five essential oils extracted from Ocimum gratissimum L. (three samples), O. urticaefolium Roth, and O. canum Sims was evaluated on 14...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hüe T,Cauquil L,Fokou JB,Dongmo PM,Bakarnga-Via I,Menut C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral larva migrans (VLM) syndrome caused by Toxocara canis larvae was first described in the 1950s. The role of other nematode larvae, i.e. the pig roundworm Ascaris suum as a causative agent of visceral larva migrans-associated symptoms like general malaise, cough, liver dysfunction, hypereosinophilia with hepato...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schneider R,Obwaller A,Auer H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uterine organization in Tetrabothrius erostris (Tetrabothriidea) was investigated by the methods of transmission and scanning electron microscopy. In sexually mature proglottids, the uterine wall consists of a syncytial epithelium (1.4-2.5 μm thick, except in regions containing nuclei). The ribosomes, mitochondria...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Korneva JV,Jones MK,Kuklin VV

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host specificity is a fundamental property of parasites. Whereas most studies focus on measures of specificity on host range, only few studies have considered quantitative aspects such as infection intensity or prevalence. The relative importance of these quantitative aspects is still unclear, mainly because of method...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Clough D,Råberg L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exsheathment and midgut invasion of nocturnally subperiodic Brugia malayi microfilariae were analyzed using light and scanning electron microscopy in a refractory vector, Aedes aegypti (Thailand strain). Results showed that exsheathed microfilariae represented only approximately 1% of the total microfilaria midguts di...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Intakhan N,Jariyapan N,Sor-Suwan S,Phattanawiboon B,Taai K,Chanmol W,Saeung A,Choochote W,Bates PA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure modulation of follicular cells and the ovarian changes during fourth larval instar and pupal stage of the malaria vector mosquitoes Anopheles pharoensis Theobald were investigated using the light and electron microscopy. The generative organs consist of a pair of polytrophic ovaries (OV), which are oblon...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Yamany AS,Adham FK,Mehlhorn H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetics and anthelmintic activity of topical eprinomectin in goats prevented from physical contact to others and self-grooming were studied. Sixteen approximately 7 months old male castrated German White Noble goats harbouring induced infections of gastrointestinal nematode parasites were included in the stud...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rehbein S,Kellermann M,Wehner TA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an important zoonotic parasite causing eosinophilic meningitis and eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. In this study, the protein expression profiles of the infective third- and pathogenic fifth-stage larvae (L3 and L5) of this parasite were compared by proteomic techniques. Isol...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Chen KY,Cheng CJ,Yen CM,Tang P,Wang LC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of amino acids is mediated by active transporters located on the basolateral and brush border membranes of intestinal epithelial cells. The current study investigated the expression of amino acid transporters (AAT) and other genes in the intestine of chicks infected with Eimeria maxima. At 7-day postinfecti...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fetterer RH,Miska KB,Jenkins MC,Wong EA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase, consisting of telomerase RNA and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), is responsible for the maintenance of the end of linear chromosomes. TERT, as the catalytic subunit of telomerase, plays a critical role in telomerase activity. Researches indicate TERT-associated proteins participate in the regulati...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Zhao N,Gong P,Cheng B,Li J,Yang Z,Li H,Yang J,Zhang G,Zhang X

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To seek natural products for the development of environment friendly mosquito control agents, fumigant activity of eleven essential oil compounds and the joint action of the active compounds were evaluated against Culex pipiens pallens adults. Fumigant bioassay demonstrated that carvacrol exhibited the highest fumigan...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ma WB,Feng JT,Jiang ZL,Wu H,Ma ZQ,Zhang X

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult worm extract from Ascaris suum (Asc) has immunosuppressive activity and elicits Th2/IL-4/IL-10 response. This study evaluated the prophylactic and therapeutic effect of Asc in a murine model of concanavalin A (ConA)-induced autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). BALB/c mice received ConA, iv, (20 mg/kg), and three groups o...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Nascimento WC,Silva RP,Fernandes ES,Silva MC,Holanda GC,Santos PA,Albuquerque MP,Costa VA,Pontes-Filho NT,Souza VO

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the fundamental factors influencing the epidemiology of wildlife disease is essential to determining the impact of disease on individual health and population dynamics. The host-pathogen-environment relationship of the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) and the parasitic hookworm, Uncinari...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Marcus AD,Higgins DP,Gray R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of host gender and body mass on species richness of flea infracommunities in nine rodent host species from three biomes (temperate zone of central Europe, desert of the Middle East and the tropics of East Africa). Using season- and species-specific generalized linear mixed models and controlling ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kiffner C,Stanko M,Morand S,Khokhlova IS,Shenbrot GI,Laudisoit A,Leirs H,Hawlena H,Krasnov BR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sticky traps were mounted on heifers and sheep to assess Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) host preference. Initially, four coloured 200-cm(2) sticky traps (white, clear, yellow and blue) were attached to the backs of each of ten Friesian heifers that were released into open pasture for 24 h, repeated on six ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Thompson GM,Jess S,Gordon AW,Murchie AK

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free-living amoebae, Acanthamoeba, can act as opportunistic parasites on a wide range of vertebrates and are becoming a serious threat to human health due to the resistance of their cysts to harsh environmental conditions, disinfectants, some water treatment practices, and their ubiquitous distribution. Subgenus c...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Magnet A,Henriques-Gil N,Galván-Diaz AL,Izquiedo F,Fenoy S,del Aguila C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe, mosquito-related public health concerns are growing due to the increasing spread of invasive mosquito species and the recent emergence of mosquito-borne arboviruses. A vital backbone in the assessment of these issues is detailed knowledge of the mosquito fauna, i.e. regional mosquito inventories. It was the...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Krüger A,Börstler J,Badusche M,Lühken R,Garms R,Tannich E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oviposition deterrent and ovicidal of seven herbal essential oils derived from Citrus sinensis, Cymbopogon citratus, Eucalyptus glubulus, Illicium verum, Lavandula angustifolia, Mentha piperita, and Zingiber cussumunar were assessed against the gravid female of housefly, Musca domestica L., under laboratory condit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Sinthusiri J,Soonwera M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi virulence factors include molecules expressed on the cell surface as well as those secreted or shed into the extracellular medium. Phosphatase activities modulate different aspects of T. cruzi infection, although no studies to date addressed the presence and activity of phosphatases in vesicles secre...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Neves RF,Fernandes AC,Meyer-Fernandes JR,Souto-Padrón T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct wet mount examination and concentration are the most commonly used methods for detecting intestinal parasites from fecal samples. Concentration methods are used when there are fewer protozoan cyst, coccidian oocyst, microsporidial spore, helminth egg, and larvae in the fecal samples. Early detection of the caus...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Koltas IS,Akyar I,Elgun G,Kocagoz T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different species of amoebae belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba are widely distributed in many parts of the world and known as free-living organisms. Some strains of the protozoans may exist as parasites and cause risk to human health as causative agents of serious human diseases. Currently, in Poland, there is no su...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Lass A,Szostakowska B,Idzińska A,Chomicz L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The platynosomiasis, a worldwide parasitic disease with importance for domestic cat, has an etiological agent species of trematodes of the genus Platynosomum, whose complete life cycles are not yet known. The real role of lizards in the transmission of this dicrocoeliid parasite (as obligatory intermediate or parateni...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Pinto HA,Mati VL,de Melo AL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NC) is one of the most important diseases caused by parasites affecting the central nervous system. We fractionated by ion-exchange chromatography using diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-sepharose resin the total saline extract (S) from Taenia solium metacestodes and evaluated obtained fractions (DEAE S1 an...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ribeiro Vda S,Nunes Dda S,Gonzaga HT,da Cunha-Junior JP,Costa-Cruz JM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a key enzyme involved in nerve impulse transmission in both vertebrates and invertebrates. In addition to neuromuscular AChE, many parasitic nematodes synthesize AChE in secretory glands and release the enzyme into their external environment. In this study, we evaluate the activities of ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Podolska M,Nadolna K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli are kinetoplastid parasites which are able to infect humans in Central and South America. Misdiagnosis between these trypanosomes can be avoided by targeting barcoding sequences or genes of each organism. This work aims to analyze the feasibility of using species-specific mark...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Ferreira KA,Fajardo EF,Baptista RP,Macedo AM,Lages-Silva E,Ramírez LE,Pedrosa AL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides are increasingly being explored as alternative agents for therapy against the parasitic protozoan Leishmania. Previously, we reported that the synthetic magainin analog, pexiganan, induced apoptosis of surface protease-deficient Leishmania. Here, we report the development of an arginine-rich var...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kulkarni MM,Karafova A,Kamysz W,McGwire BS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito repellents represent a cleaner and safer alternative for population control and reduce the diseases they carry in large areas of the world. Recently, research has been focused on repellents of natural origins, both crude essential oils and their main constituents. We have observed that, although a large numbe...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Iovinella I,Pelosi P,Conti B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector-borne diseases caused by mosquitoes are one of the major economic and health problems in many countries. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a vector of several diseases in humans like yellow fever and dengue. Vector control methods involving the use of chemical insecticides are becoming less effective due to develop...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Suganya G,Karthi S,Shivakumar MS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite which can be transmitted to humans via the consumption of contaminated meat products derived from different animal species, e.g., poultry. In Europe, the consumption rate of poultry meat is high and may pose a risk for humans. However, little is known about the prevalence and immune res...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hotop A,Buschtöns S,Bangoura B,Zöller B,Koethe M,Spekker-Bosker K,Hotop SK,Tenter AM,Däubener W,Straubinger RK,Groß U

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aelurostrongylus abstrusus parasitizes the respiratory tract and can heavily affect the breathing and general condition of cats. Experimental infections of six cats were initiated by intragastric administration with 100 or 800 third-stage larvae (L3) obtained from the terrestrial snail Helix aspersa. First-stage larva...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schnyder M,Di Cesare A,Basso W,Guscetti F,Riond B,Glaus T,Crisi P,Deplazes P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased gametocytemia in infections with resistant strains of Plasmodium species and their enhanced transmissibility are a matter of concern in planning and evaluating the impact of malaria control strategies. Various studies have determined weekly gametocyte carriage in response to antimalarial drugs in clinical tr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdul-Ghani R,Farag HF,Allam AF,Azazy AA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Egypt, reclaiming portions of the desert using water from the Nile has resulted in large-scale invasion of Biomphalaria alexandrina in these regions. Studies exploring the local adaptation of Schistosoma mansoni to its snail host have been carried out to predict the extension of schistosomiasis to newly reclaimed a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abou-El-Naga IF

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is one of the most important diseases transmitted by arthropod. This disease is present in 88 countries. Approximately 400 million people are at risk, and 12 million are involved. We aimed to examine the application of ethanolic extract of the root bark of Berberis vulgaris L. for treatment of mice infec...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Salehabadi A,Karamian M,Farzad MH,Namaei MH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Mesostigmata) is the most important hematophagous ectoparasite in layer farms in many countries. The reproduction rate of the parasite is rapid and can be completed in a week under favorable conditions. The parasite has direct and indirect effects on birds. It can also act as a vector for ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Faghihzadeh Gorji S,Faghihzadeh Gorji S,Rajabloo M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are the major vector for the transmission of malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, filariasis, schistosomiasis, and Japanese encephalitis. Mosquito control is facing a threat because of the emergence of resistance to synthetic insecticides. Insecticides of botanical origin may serve as suitable alternative b...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Govindarajan M,Sivakumar R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Gobioidei comprises showcases of (adaptive) radiation, the scientific interest they yielded did not ensure full understanding of goby biodiversity. Even in a well-studied region like Europe, wide knowledge gaps remain. Sand gobies represent one of the few clades whose monogenean parasites have been thoroughly st...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Vanhove MP,Economou AN,Zogaris S,Giakoumi S,Zanella D,Volckaert FA,Huyse T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is often complicated by the lack of specific clinical symptoms or postmortem features, in humans and other animals. The only diagnostic test described so far for the serological diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii in marine mammals is the modified agglutination test (Dubey et al., Am J Vet Re...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Bernal-Guadarrama MJ,Salichs J,Almunia J,García-Parraga D,Fernández-Gallardo N,Santana-Morales MÁ,Pacheco V,Afonso-Lehmann RN,Déniz D,Lorenzo-Morales J,Valladares B,Martínez-Carretero E

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00