abstract：:The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is a medium-sized native Australian marsupial that has undergone a dramatic decline in numbers in recent years. Trypanosome parasites have been identified in the woylie but little is known about the prevalence and clinical impact of other haemoprotozoan parasi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Rong J,Bunce M,Wayne A,Pacioni C,Ryan U,Irwin P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis on the activity of the enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and the concentration of total proteins, uric acid and urea in the hemolymph of Biomphalaria glabrata were investigated. The snails were dissected after 1, 2 and 3 w...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Tunholi-Alves VM,Tunholi VM,Pinheiro J,Thiengo SC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the effects of age and the role of spleen in rats with heavy Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. Young rats (8 weeks) infected with 100 larvae were found to have significantly higher worm recovery rate (75.0±6.6%) than the adult (6 months) (55.7±1.5%) and the aging ones (13 mont...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Wang LC,Yen CM,Liu CL,Chen ER,Chao D

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sheep tapeworm (Moniezia expansa) and its host Ovis aries were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for their copper, iron, manganese, zinc and lead levels. Element concentrations in cestode parasites were compared to those in various organs (liver, kidney, and muscle) of ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Jankovská I,Száková J,Lukešová D,Langrová I,Válek P,Vadlejch J,Čadková Z,Petrtýl M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using nucleotide variation in the first internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA, five different genotypes (designated G1-G5) have been identified and the preponderance of genotype G1 in humans and of genotype G3 in pigs led to the proposal that parasites bearing the two genotypes have an affinity for a pa...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Peng W,Yuan K,Peng G,Qiu L,Dai Z,Yuan F,Hu Y,Hu N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： He GZ

更新日期：2012-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The petroleum ether extract of neem oil and its four fractions separated by column chromatography was diluted at different concentrations with liquid paraffin. The acaricidal bioassay was conducted using a dipping method. The results indicated that the median lethal concentration (LC50) of the petroleum ether extract ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Deng Y,Shi D,Yin Z,Guo J,Jia R,Xu J,Song X,Lv C,Fan Q,Liang X,Shi F,Ye G,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tick Rhipicephalus microplus is an ectoparasite harmful to livestock, a vector of disease agents that affects meat and milk production. However, resistance to acaricides reflects the need for alternative tick control methods, among which vaccines have gained increasing relevance. In this scenario, monoclonal antib...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Gonsioroski AV,Bezerra IA,Utiumi KU,Driemeier D,Farias SE,da Silva Vaz I Jr,Masuda A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vero cells have been used successfully in Toxoplasma gondii maintenance. Medium supplementation for culture cells with fetal bovine serum is necessary for cellular growth. However, serum in these cultures presents disadvantages, such as the potential to induce hypersensitivity, variability of serum batches, possible p...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： da Costa-Silva TA,da Silva Meira C,Frazzatti-Gallina N,Pereira-Chioccola VL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study incorporates the findings on in vitro and in vivo antifilarial activity in the marine sponge, Haliclona oculata using an experimental rodent infection of human lymphatic filarial parasite, Brugia malayi. The in vitro antifilarial action was determined on both adult female worms as well as microfilari...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Gupta J,Misra S,Mishra SK,Srivastava S,Srivastava MN,Lakshmi V,Misra-Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) is a major enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, which catalyzes the interconversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate. Here, we report cloning, expression and purification of a catalytically active recombinant TIM of Leishmania donovani (LdTIM). The recombinant Ld...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Kumar K,Bhargava P,Roy U

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philasterides dicentrarchi is a histophagous scuticociliate infecting Korean olive flounder farms in Jeju Island, South Korea, where it causes significant economic losses. However, the route of entry of these parasites in olive flounder is currently unknown. In the present study, we attempted experimental infection wi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Harikrishnan R,Jin CN,Kim JS,Balasundaram C,Heo MS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll receptors play a critical role in the rapid activation of innate immune responses to a variety of pathogens. In mammals, Toll-like receptors (TLR) have been found in both immune related cells and other cells. At present little is known about the participation of TLR in host defense mechanisms during parasitic inf...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Kosik-Bogacka DI,Wojtkowiak-Giera A,Kolasa A,Salamatin R,Jagodzinski PP,Wandurska-Nowak E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Az29 and Az36 isolates with different virulence against Popillia unipuncta and soil survival time were isolated from the Azorean archipelago (Portugal) and used for the study. RAPD analysis revealed a very low-level of genetic diversity (GD(axenic Az36 isolate)(a...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Hao YJ,Montiel R,Lucena MA,Costa M,Simoes N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of nanotechnology has generated new means of disease diagnosis and treatment. Infectious diseases, including leishmaniasis, malaria, etc., have benefited from the advent of new nanomaterials and/or nanodevices capable of detecting specific antigens and antibodies with high specificity and low cost. In ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Barboza-Filho CG,Cabrera FC,Dos Santos RJ,De Saja Saez JA,Job AE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi is a rare example of an eukaryote that has genes for two threonine proteases: HslVU complex and 20S proteasome. HslVU is an ATP-dependent protease consisting of two multimeric components: the HslU ATPase and the HslV peptidase. In this study, we expressed and obtained specific antibodies to HslU and ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Barboza NR,Cardoso J,de Paula Lima CV,Soares MJ,Gradia DF,Hangai NS,Bahia MT,de Lana M,Krieger MA,Guerra de Sá R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis and Chagas' are parasitic protozoan diseases that affect the poorest population in the world, causing a high mortality and morbidity. As a result of highly toxic and long-term treatments, novel, safe and more efficacious drugs are essential. In this work, the CH(2)Cl(2) phase from MeOH extract from the l...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Grecco Sdos S,Reimão JQ,Tempone AG,Sartorelli P,Cunha RL,Romoff P,Ferreira MJ,Fávero OA,Lago JH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for measuring the size of parasites and other objects using optical microscopy was developed using a specifically designed movable computer ruler (MCR) derived from digital images of a stage micrometer. Subsequently, MCR can be superimposed on images of parasites to measure their size. MCR derived from th...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Otify YZ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an intra-cellular parasite that infects humans through vertical and horizontal transmission. The cysts remain dormant in the brain of infected humans and can reactivate in immunocompromised hosts resulting in acute toxoplasmic encephalitis which may be fatal. We determined the onset and progressio...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Chew WK,Wah MJ,Ambu S,Segarra I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an ubiquitous intracellular parasite, causative agent of toxoplasmosis, and a worldwide zoonosis for which an effective vaccine is needed. A group of proteins secreted by tachyzoites during host-cell invasion was isolated from the interaction medium. It induced the permeability of the cells as ass...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Azzouz S,Maache M,Osuna A,Lawton P,Pétavy AF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the genetic basis of virulence, gene expression profiles of a temperature-sensitive clone (NCts-8, relatively avirulent) and its wild type (NC-1) of Neospora caninum were characterized and compared using a high-density microarray with approximately 63,000 distinct oligonucleotides. This microarray consis...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Li RW,Tuo W

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Brazil caused by Leishmania infantum chagasi and its main vector species is the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. Epidemiological studies have used conventional PCR techniques to measure the rate of infection of sand flies collected in the field. However, real-time PCR can...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Bezerra-Vasconcelos DR,Melo LM,Albuquerque ÉS,Luciano MC,Bevilaqua CM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe the cloning and characterization of the Schistosoma mansoni Alkaline Phosphatase (SmAP), previously identified in the tegument of adult worms. SmAP encodes a complete sequence composed of 536 amino acids containing an N-terminal signal peptide, five N-glycosylation sites, and a GPI anchor signal, simi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Araujo-Montoya BO,Rofatto HK,Tararam CA,Farias LP,Oliveira KC,Verjovski-Almeida S,Wilson RA,Leite LC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the genetic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii samples collected from 62 patients with toxoplasmosis in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. DNA samples were isolated from blood, cerebrospinal fluid and amniotic fluids of 25 patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis and AIDS, two patients with acute toxoplasm...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Ferreira IM,Vidal JE,de Mattos Cde C,de Mattos LC,Qu D,Su C,Pereira-Chioccola VL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciolosis caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea) is considered the most important helminth infection of ruminants in tropical countries, causing considerable socioeconomic problems. From Africa, F. gigantica has been previously characterized from Burkina Faso, Senega...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Amor N,Farjallah S,Salem M,Lamine DM,Merella P,Said K,Ben Slimane B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the encystation process of Entamoeba histolytica has been hampered by the lack of experimental means of inducing mature cysts in vitro. Previously we have found that cytoplasmic vesicles similar to the encystation vesicles of Entamoeba invadens are present in E. histolytica trophozoites only in amebas rec...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Segovia-Gamboa NC,Talamás-Rohana P,Ángel-Martínez A,Cázares-Raga FE,González-Robles A,Hernández-Ramírez VI,Martínez-Palomo A,Chávez-Munguía B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartic proteases are important virulence factors for pathogens and are recognized as attractive drug targets. Seven aspartic proteases (ASPs) have been identified in Toxoplasma gondii genome. Bioinformatics and phylogenetic analyses regroup them into five monophyletic groups. Among them, TgASP1, a coccidian specific...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Polonais V,Shea M,Soldati-Favre D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although macrophages have a microbicidal role in the immune system they themselves can be infected by pathogens. Often a simultaneous infection by more than one microbe may occur in a single cell. This is the first report of coinfection of macrophages with Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania infantum, in vitro and in viv...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Christodoulou V,Messaritakis I,Svirinaki E,Tsatsanis C,Antoniou M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes eosinophilic meningitis and eosinophilic pleocytosis in humans and is of significant socio-economic importance globally. microRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small non-coding RNAs that play crucial roles in gene expression regulation, cellular function and defense, homeostasis and patho...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Chen MX,Ai L,Xu MJ,Zhang RL,Chen SH,Zhang YN,Guo J,Cai YC,Tian LG,Zhang LL,Zhu XQ,Chen JX

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a calibration of flotation in tube, McMaster and FLOTAC to determine the optimal flotation solution (FS) and the influence of faecal preservation for the diagnosis of Ancylostoma caninum in dogs, and compared the accuracy of the three copromicroscopic techniques. Among nine different FS, sodium chloride a...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Cringoli G,Rinaldi L,Maurelli MP,Morgoglione ME,Musella V,Utzinger J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to compare two parasitological diagnostic techniques, such as by Micro-Haematocrit Centrifugation Technique (MHCT) and Direct Microscopic Examination (DME) with a serological method (iELISA), and a molecular procedure PCR, in rabbits experimentally infected with Trypanosoma evansi, in order ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Ramírez-Iglesias JR,Eleizalde MC,Gómez-Piñeres E,Mendoza M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work evaluates the anti-Giardia activity of Syzygium aromaticum and its major compound eugenol. The effects were evaluated on parasite growth, adherence, viability and ultrastructure. S. aromaticum essential oil (IC(50)=134 μg/ml) and eugenol (IC(50)=101 μg/ml) inhibited the growth of G. lamblia. The essen...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Machado M,Dinis AM,Salgueiro L,Custódio JB,Cavaleiro C,Sousa MC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the zinc-regulated transporter/iron-regulated transporter-like protein (ZIP) family of proteins transport metal ions across cell membranes. Genes encoding ZIPs are present in the genomes of schistosomes. Here, we describe molecular characterisation of six ZIPs (SjZIPA-F) from Schistosoma japonicum. Quantita...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Schulte L,Glanfield A,Nawaratna S,Gobert GN,McManus DP,Jones MK

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of tick saliva on cell migration, cell signaling, phagocytosis, and gene expression in the murine macrophage cell line, IC-21. Saliva increased both basal- and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-stimulated migration in IC-21 cells. However, saliva did not affect PDGF-stimulated extracellular ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Kramer CD,Poole NM,Coons LB,Cole JA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates miRNAs as critical regulators of gene expression, but little information is available for miRNAs in intestinal diseases. Here, we investigated intestinal infections of male Balb/c mice with the coccidian parasite Eimeria papillata. On day 4 after oral infection, mice were shedding 3150 ± ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Dkhil M,Abdel-Baki AA,Delić D,Wunderlich F,Sies H,Al-Quraishy S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the factors determining the expulsion of intestinal trematodes, we have analyzed the in vivo cytokine responses at several levels and the local responses against Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda) in two host species displaying different compatibility with the parasite. The response of the high co...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Trelis M,Sotillo J,Monteagudo C,Fried B,Marcilla A,Esteban JG,Toledo R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is one of the world's greatly neglected tropical diseases, and its control is largely dependent on a single drug, praziquantel. Here, we report the in vitro effect of piplartine, an amide isolated from Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae), on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. A piplartine concentration of 15...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Moraes Jd,Nascimento C,Lopes PO,Nakano E,Yamaguchi LF,Kato MJ,Kawano T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical acaricides, especially fipronil (active ingredient of Frontline®), are still the most effective method to control tick populations. In this study, the effectiveness of fipronil was assessed in semi-engorged females of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. A protocol for an in vitro bioassay (AIT) was developed, ...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： de Oliveira PR,Bechara GH,Denardi SE,Pizano MA,Mathias MI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effects of ricinoleic acid esters from Ricinus communis castor oil on the vitellogenesis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks attached to hosts that were fed with commercial rabbit food containing these esters. The oocytes of ticks from the treatment group (TG) showed cytoplasmic changes that inhi...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Arnosti A,Brienza PD,Furquim KC,Chierice GO,Bechara GH,Calligaris IB,Camargo-Mathias MI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The swimming behavior of Poecilia vivipara was evaluated using an image analysis system comparing laboratory-reared uninfected fish before and after experimental infection with different intensities of cercariae of the trematode Acanthocollaritrema umbilicatum. Two experiments were performed, each with 30 fish which w...

journal_title：Experimental parasitology

authors： Santos EG,Cunha RA,Santos CP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00