abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the level of resistance of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis in sheep to levamisole, albendazole, ivermectin, moxidectin, closantel and trichlorfon. The parasites were isolated from sheep naturally infected by gastrointestinal nematodes and were then k...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Almeida FA,Garcia KC,Torgerson PR,Amarante AF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Karyotype and chromosomal characteristics, i.e. number and location of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) clusters, and sequence variation of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) were studied in a monozoic (unsegmented) tapeworm, Caryophyllaeides fennica (Caryophyllidea), using conventional and Ag-staining, fluorescen...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Orosová M,Ivica KH,Eva B,Marta S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of Plasmodium yoelii 17XL (P.y17XL)-infected BALB/c and DBA/2 mice, ranging from death to spontaneous cure, depends largely on the establishment of effective Th1 and Th2 responses and a successful switch between Th1 and Th2 responses, as well as appropriate functioning of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+)regulatory T ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Chen G,Feng H,Liu J,Qi ZM,Wu Y,Guo SY,Li DM,Wang JC,Cao YM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples from 2970 (1400 sows, 1570 fattening) pigs, from 100 farms in the 10 main swine production regions in Spain were tested for antibodies against T. gondii by the modified agglutination test (MAT). Antibodies to T. gondii (MAT 1:25 or higher) were detected in 492 pigs (16.6%, 9.7% in fattening pigs and 24.2...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： García-Bocanegra I,Simon-Grifé M,Dubey JP,Casal J,Martín GE,Cabezón O,Perea A,Almería S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, causes serious public-health problems in the Lower Mekong Basin. This study aimed to clarify whether O. viverrini populations may be genetically divided into sub-specific taxa. We collected 6 populations of O. viverrini from different places in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Thailand, ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Thaenkham U,Nuamtanong S,Sa-nguankiat S,Yoonuan T,Touch S,Manivong K,Vonghachack Y,Sato M,Waikagul J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cercariae stages of Prosorhynchus crucibulum and Prosorhynchus aculeatus are morphologically indistinguishable. However, the differentiation of these two species is crucial to understand the transmission dynamics between these primary hosts (mussels) and the secondary hosts (fish). In this way, the objective of th...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Francisco CJ,Almeida A,Castro AM,Santos MJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parasite Giardia intestinalis undergoes a differentiation process that allows it to infect its mammal host. That process is excystation. We examined the importance of protein phosphorylation during the passage from cyst to trophozoite. Cysts obtained from patients with giardiasis were excysted in vitro and the sol...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Alvarado ME,Wasserman M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has long been a debate as to the specific status of the cestode Taenia asiatica, with some people regarding it as a distinct species and some preferring to recognize it as a strain of Taenia saginata. The balance of current opinion seems to be that T. asiatica is a distinct species. In this study we performed an...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Okamoto M,Nakao M,Blair D,Anantaphruti MT,Waikagul J,Ito A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sanguinicolid blood fluke, Cardicola orientalis n. sp., is described from the afferent branchial artery and heart of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel) cultured in Mie and Nagasaki Prefectures, Japan. The new species is most similar to C. ambrosioi Braicovich, Etchegoin, Timi et Sardel...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Ogawa K,Tanaka S,Sugihara Y,Takami I

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of new compounds active against Toxoplasma gondii is extremely important due to the severe disease caused by this pathogen in immunocompromised hosts and to congenital infection. Type II fatty acid biosynthesis has shown to be a promising target for drug intervention in toxoplasmosis. Here we describe th...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Martins-Duarte ES,Jones SM,Gilbert IH,Atella GC,de Souza W,Vommaro RC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837)) is an ectoparasitic copepod which represents a major pathogen of wild and farmed salmonid fishes in the marine environment. In order to facilitate research on this ecologically and economically important parasite, a hatchery and culturing system permitting the c...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Hamre LA,Glover KA,Nilsen F

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different monoclonal antibodies were produced against Trypanosona cruzi proteasomes. These antibodies were shown to react with a single 27-kDa band on immunoblots of purified proteasomes. Using a 7E5 monoclonal antibody (IgG1) that recognized the alpha5 subunit of protozoan protease we have studied the intracell...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Gutiérrez B,Osorio L,Motta MC,Huima-Byron T,Erdjument-Bromage H,Muñoz C,Sagua H,Mortara RA,Echeverría A,Araya JE,González J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a homeostatic process promoting cell survival in periods of stress. The induction of the autophagic machinery has also been implicated in both innate and adaptive immunity. Leishmania donovani, which is the causative pathogen of visceral leishmaniasis, is an intracellular parasite that invades and multipl...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Mitroulis I,Kourtzelis I,Papadopoulos VP,Mimidis K,Speletas M,Ritis K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The var genes encode a family of adhesion receptor proteins, Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), which profoundly influence malaria pathogenesis. Only a single var gene is transcribed and one PfEMP1 expressed per P.falciparum parasite. Here we present the in vivo transcript distribution of v...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Wang CW,Hermsen CC,Sauerwein RW,Arnot DE,Theander TG,Lavstsen T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum is an important cause of abortion in cattle worldwide. Dogs act as final hosts shedding oocysts in the environment. They can also harbour the extraintestinal stage of the parasite and this may be associated with a fairly rare neuromuscular condition. The sera of 781 dogs from the Algiers District were...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Ghalmi F,China B,Kaidi R,Losson B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the geographic distribution of Giardia intestinalis genotypes in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, a genotyping study was performed using clinical fecal samples. Microscopic examination confirmed that 8 of 69 (11.6%) samples were G. intestinalis positive, and subsequent genotyping analyses targeting the small-...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Hussein AI,Yamaguchi T,Nakamoto K,Iseki M,Tokoro M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the molecular characterization and possible function of a cysteine protease (termed HlCPL-A) identified in the midgut of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. HlCPL-A is a 333 amino acid protein belonging to the papain family of the cysteine protease. A construct encoding proHlCPL-A was expressed in ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Yamaji K,Tsuji N,Miyoshi T,Islam MK,Hatta T,Alim MA,Anisuzzaman,Takenaka A,Fujisaki K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty members of a novel class of antimicrobial compounds, 2-(4-R-phenoxymethyl)benzoic acid thioureides, were synthesized and characterized with respect to their activities against three parasites of human relevance, namely the protozoa Giardia lamblia and Toxoplasma gondii, and the larval (metacestode) stage of the ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Müller J,Limban C,Stadelmann B,Missir AV,Chirita IC,Chifiriuc MC,Nitulescu GM,Hemphill A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported a significant decrease in serum PON1 activity after Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection in Wistar rats in association with the inflammatory response mounted against the parasite in the migratory phase of infection. However, the roles of intestinal phase and the associated oxidative stres...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Farid AS,Shimohira T,Kobayashi I,Sawada J,Horii Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyses complement resistance, cell surface carbohydrates expression, lipidic composition and morphology in vivo and in vitro, of Leishmania (Viannia) shawi, a parasite identified in the Amazon region, Pará state, in 1989. We demonstrated that promastigotes in the stationary (STAT) growth phase are ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Ramos PK,Diniz JA,Silva EO,Quaresma JA,Saraiva EM,Seabra SH,Atella GC,de Souza W

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helminths are able to modulate and suppress the hosts' immune response in order to promote their own survival. This ability to alter immune responses could be of potential detriment to the host if it interferes with the development of protective immune responses against other infections. However, helminth infections h...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Helmby H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma congolense epimastigote forms (EMFs) adhere to the tsetse fly proboscis, proliferate, and differentiate into animal-infective metacyclic forms (MCFs). This differentiation step, called metacyclogenesis, is indispensable for the cyclical transmission of the parasite. Although an in vitro metacyclogenesis cu...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Sakurai T,Tanaka M,Kawazu S,Inoue N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense [Y. Yamane, H. Kamo, G. Bylund, J.P. Wilkgren. Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense sp. nov (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae)- revised identification of Japanese broad tapeworm. Shimane J Med Sci 1986;10:29-48.] and Diphyllobothrium klebanovskii [I.V. Muratov, P.S. Posokhov. Causative agent of human...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Arizono N,Shedko M,Yamada M,Uchikawa R,Tegoshi T,Takeda K,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cat excreting Echinococcus multilocularis eggs was recently identified in Hokkaido, representing the first such observation in Japan. The cat was raised free-range and frequently ate rodents. Fecal egg examination revealed eggs of taeniids (EPG: 440) and Spirometra spp. (EPG: >1000). PCR targeting part of the mitoch...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Nonaka N,Hirokawa H,Inoue T,Nakao R,Ganzorig S,Kobayashi F,Inagaki M,Egoshi K,Kamiya M,Oku Y

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence demonstrating that genes encoding enzymes essential for successful blood-feeding are differentially induced in the midgut of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. Three serine proteinase genes (HlSP, HlSP2 and HlSP3) isolated from H. longicornis midgut exhibit protein sequence similarity with ot...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Miyoshi T,Tsuji N,Islam MK,Alim MA,Hatta T,Huang X,Fujisaki K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is endemic in Indonesia in two isolated areas, Lindu valley and Napu valley, both located in the Province of Central Sulawesi. In 1940, a prevalence survey was initiated in Lake Lindu, which indicated a Schistosoma japonicum infection prevalence of 56% among the population of Anca, Tomado and Langko vi...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Garjito TA,Sudomo M,Abdullah,Dahlan M,Nurwidayati A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The male of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) betisi is described from Malayan caves. Several males have been caught in association with P. betisi females. Males and females have been associated by ecology, biogeography, morphology and molecular biology (homology of the ND4 mtDNA sequences). ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Khadri MS,Depaquit J,Bargues MD,Ferté H,Mas-coma S,Lee HL,Ahmad AH,Léger N

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The salivary glands of Rhipicephalus sanguineus males at stages: unfed (control), at day seven post-attachment, and at days three and seven post-detachment from the host were examined using methods of enzymatic analysis and cell viability. At these stages of feeding, different staining patterns were observed in the ce...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Furquim KC,Bechara GH,Camargo Mathias MI

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi was determined in equid blood samples in five provinces of the Black Sea region of Turkey by using the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT). Of 153 samples, 53 (34.6%) and 33 (21.5%) were seropositive to B. caballi and T. equi, respectively. In addition, 8 (5.2...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Acici M,Umur S,Guvenc T,Arslan HH,Kurt M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipid metabolism of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes has been shown to be an effective pharmacological target for novel chemotherapy. Thirty-seven monoquaternary ammonium derivatives analogous to choline were screened for their potential antiprotozoal activity against P. falciparum and Leishmania...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Bahamontes-Rosa N,Robin A,Ambrosio AR,Messias-Reason I,Beitz E,Flitsch SL,Kun JF

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is one of the most debilitating and life threatening diseases in tropical regions of the world. Over 500 million clinical cases occur, and 2-3 million people die of the disease each year. Because Plasmodium lacks genuine glutathione peroxidase and catalase, the two major antioxidant enzymes in the eukaryotic c...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Kawazu S,Komaki-Yasuda K,Oku H,Kano S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the roles played by Hox and related homeotic gene families in the diverse and complex developmental programmes exhibited by parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes) can hardly be said to have begun, and thus presents considerable opportunity for new research. Although featured in some of the earliest screen...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Olson PD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme Borreliosis in human and animals world-wide. In Europe the pathogen is transmitted to the host by the vector Ixodes ricinus. The nymph is the primary instar for transmission to humans. We here study the infection rate of five Borrelia genospecies: B. burgdorferi sensu stri...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Vennestrøm J,Egholm H,Jensen PM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diplozoids (Diplozoidae, Monogenea) are fish ectoparasites with a direct life cycle without intermediate hosts. Their free swimming larva, the oncomiracidium, hatches from eggs, invades a fish host and metamorphoses into a post-oncomiracidial larval stage, the diporpa. Later, two diporpae fuse and live as a pair in cr...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Pecínková M,Matejusová I,Koubková B,Gelnar M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in India. Out of 128 million infected individuals worldwide, India accounts for 48 million cases [Manson's Tropical Diseases, 21st Ed. p 1488]. Filariasis can have protean manifestations, but Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and chyluria are unusual manifestations reported mainly from So...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Gulati S,Gupta N,Singh NP,Batra S,Garg S,Beniwal P,Kumar S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted both to assess the prevalence of parasitic infections in two neighboring villages of Manisa province in Turkey, with different socioeconomic levels and investigate the influences of some individual and environmental factors on these infections. A total of 100 school children were enrolled and ...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Balcioglu IC,Kurt O,Limoncu ME,Dinç G,Gümüş M,Kilimcioglu AA,Kayran E,Ozbilgin A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) expressed on the surface of parasitized red blood cells (PRBCs) mediate adhesion of PRBCs to host vascular endothelial receptors and is considered responsible for pathogenesis of severe P. falciparum malaria. The present study was undertaken to measure cell...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Das P,Grewal JS,Mahajan B,Chauhan VS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of iron in the extracellular medium is essential for both in vivo and in vitro survival of pathogenic microorganisms, including Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus. In these parasites, iron is directly involved in the proliferation, protein expression and activation of critical enzymes. The pu...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： De Jesus JB,Ferreira MA,Cuervo P,Britto C,e Silva-Filho FC,Meyer-Fernandes JR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichinella sp. muscle larvae were isolated from the thigh muscle of two red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) captured in Sapporo and Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan, in 2003. Multiplex PCR designed for genotyping the genus Trichinella revealed that the Sapporo isolate showed a specific pattern to T. britovi complex (T. britovi, Trichi...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Kanai Y,Nonaka N,Katakura K,Oku Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coding regions of double stranded RNA molecules from 3 human faecal samples containing Cryptosporidium hominis, C. felis and C. meleagridis were characterised by sequencing and compared with that previously obtained for C. parvum. Sequences outside the coding regions were also obtained. Overall similarities of between...

journal_title：Parasitology international

authors： Leoni F,Gallimore CI,Green J,McLauchlin J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00