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Low similarity between parasite communities of ten sympatric carangid species Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Juan M. Osuna-Cabanillas, Emigdio Marín-Enríquez, Ana P. Martínez-Falcón, Juan T. Timi, Francisco N. Morales-Serna
Host phylogeny and ecological convergence are two factors thought to influence the structure of parasite communities. The aims of this study were to determine the diversity of metazoan parasites of 10 sympatric fish species of the family Carangidae from the southeastern Gulf of California, and to analyze their similarity at infracommunity and component community levels, in order to determine if the
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Female genital schistosomiasis mimicking an ovarian neoplasm: A case report Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ibrahim Danladi Muhammad, Usman Aliyu Umar, Umar Suleiman Sabo, Ibrahim Rabiu, Abdullahi Muhammad Ahmad, Mustapha Ahmed Yusuf
A case description of a rare occurrence of female genital schistosomiasis affecting the upper genital tract that presented with features mimicking an ovarian neoplasm. Female genital schistosomiasis is a neglected clinical manifestation of the water-born parasitic disease which occurs due to the presence of schistosome eggs in the genitalia of women. A 23-year-old nulliparous woman presented with progressive
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Molecular characterisation of Amblyomma integrum circulating in southern India Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Aleena Iype, Karapparambu Gopalan Ajith Kumar, Anisha Joy, Peekkunnel Francis Sebasteena, Anju Varghese, Chundayil Kalarikkal Deepa, George Chandy, Reghu Ravindran
is a large gooseberry sized longirostrate tick (when fully repleted) found in India and Sri Lanka. In Kerala (India), this tick is commonly found in the forest and its fringe areas frequently infesting deer and hence it is locally known as “ (deer tick). In the present study, molecular characterisation and phylogenetic analysis of collected from the area grazed by the sambar deer () of Kerala, south
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Eutrichophilus cordiceps Mjöberg, 1910 (Ischnocera: Trichodectidae) in Spiny Tree Porcupines (Coendou villosus): New locality records and the first molecular evidence of association with Bartonella sp. Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Maria Eduarda Moraes das Chagas, Victor de Souza Mello-Oliveira, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Ana Carolina Castro-Santiago, Lívia de Oliveira Andrade, Gabriela Coelho Benedet, Fernanda Mara Aragão Macedo Pereira, Lauro Leite Soares-Neto, Alícia Giolo Hippólito, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe, Karin Werther, Marcos Rogério André, Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti,
The chewing louse genus Mjöberg has 19 species only associated with porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). Of these species, , , , , and have been recorded in Brazil. In the present study, we report for the first time in the São Paulo State (Bauru Municipality) and for the second time in the Santa Catarina State (Lages Municipality), providing scanning electron images and light microscopy for the eggs
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Lycopene possess an antimalarial effect on chloroquine-resistant malaria and its hematological aberrations in murine model Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Favour Moses Idih, Victor Nwadiogbu Ogugua, Francis Onakpa Atanu, Chidiebere Kingsley Ndu, Racheal Enechojo Michael, Blessing Kadiri, Lukman Ojo Jimoh, Bilkis Ojochide Usman
Malaria remains a major public health issue worldwide, with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The resistance of parasites to commonly used antimalarial drugs has necessitated the development of novel drugs and targets for malaria treatment. Lycopene is a natural compound present in tomatoes and other red fruits and vegetables. This study aimed to evaluate the antimalarial activity of lycopene
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Follicular larva migrans Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Stefano Veraldi, Giovanni Genovese, Umberto Cerino, Gianluca Nazzaro
Follicular larva migrans (FLM) is a rare and atypical clinical presentation of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM). FLM is characterized clinically by follicular, round, small, erythematous papules that are sometimes topped by vesicles or pustules. These lesions are usually located on the abdomen, back, buttocks and thighs and are accompanied by more or less severe pruritus. Some typical
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Loss of complex-type N-linked glycans attenuates maximum cell density and susceptibility to human serum of Trypanosoma brucei brucei Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Masayuki Nakanishi, Masaki Takeguchi, Reo Takezaki, Mami Hino, Hiroshi Nomoto
is a parasitic protist that expresses cell surface proteins modified with complex-type -linked glycan (NLG), like multicellular organisms. However, little is known about the role of complex-type NLG. In , it has been shown that either one of the glycosyltransferases, GT11 or GT15, is sufficient to initiate the synthesis of complex-type NLG. To clarify the role of complex-type NLG, it is necessary to
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High prevalence and concomitant infection of Ranavirus and Eustrongylides sp. in the invasive American Bullfrog in Brazil Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Karla Magalhães Campião, Julia Anselmo da Luz Rico, Gabriel de Souza Monteiro, Lauren V. Ash, Cauê Pinheiro Teixeira, Nicholas J. Gotelli
American Bullfrogs, are invasive anuran species distributed worldwide. One of the adverse impacts that this species causes in native communities is as a reservoir host for pathogens and parasites. Here, we report the coinfection of two pathogenic organisms in A. : and the nematode . Bullfrogs were collected in the wild in a pond close to the urban area of São Paulo, Brazil. The prevalence of both pathogens
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Granulomatous pneumonia in a cow infected with Toxoplasma gondii Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Ken Inoue, Yasuhiro Takashima, Shinji Hirano, Kumiko Kimura
We report a confirmed case of infection in the lungs of a cow exhibiting respiratory symptoms. At slaughter, white nodules were discovered in lung tissue, accompanied by enlarged hilar lymph nodes. Histological examination revealed the disappearance of alveolar structures in nodular areas, replaced by granulomas containing inflammatory cells. Immunohistochemical staining with anti- antibody and nucleotide
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Occurrence and genotypic identification of Blastocystis sp., Enterocytozoon bieneusi, and Giardia duodenalis in dairy cattle in Heilongjiang Province, China Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Junxia Duan, Huikai Qin, Mengqing Sun, Yin Fu, Jiashu Lang, Aihui Zhang, Ziyang Qin, Zhenxuan Guo, Huiyan Xu, Xiaoying Li, Chunren Wang, Longxian Zhang
sp., and are three common zoonotic intestinal parasites, and cattle are important hosts of these three intestinal protozoa. In this study, 1632 fecal samples were collected from dairy farms in Heilongjiang Province, China, and screened for sp. and using polymerase chain reaction. Of these, 149 (9.13%) were positive for three zoonotic pathogens, including 104 (6.40%), 22 (1.35%), and 23 (1.41%) for
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Ecology of the free-living stages of cattle nematodes in the dry season in the Lerma Valley, Salta province, Argentina Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 L.H. Olmos, R.D. Moreno, M.M. Lloberas, D.H. Aguirre, V.H. Suarez
The objective of this work was to describe the dynamics of development and survival of the free-living stages of cattle gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) in fecal matter (FM) and pasture during the dry season in the Lerma Valley, Salta province, northwestern Argentina (NWA) to contribute to GIN management. The climate in the region is characterized by a rainy summer followed by a dry season from middle
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Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Tuấn Cường Võ, Hương Giang Lê, Jung-Mi Kang, Đặng Thùy Dương Nguyễn, Thu Hằng Nguyễn, Won Gi Yoo, Youn-Kyoung Goo, Nguyen Thi Minh Trinh, Chau Van Khanh, Huynh Hong Quang, Byoung-Kuk Na
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD; EC 1.1.1.49) deficiency is one of the most common X-linked hereditary disorders worldwide. G6PD deficiency provides resistance against severe malaria, but paradoxically, G6PD deficiency is also a stumbling block in fighting against malaria. Primaquine (PQ), a drug for the radical cure of , can cause lethal acute hemolytic anemia in malaria patients with inherited
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Idiopyrgus souleyetianus (Gastropoda: Tomichiidae) as an intermediate host of the liver fluke Amphimerus sp. (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) in Brazil Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Paulo R.S. Coelho, Danimar López-Hernández, Nathália M.T. Oliveira, Dharliton S. Gomes, Stefan M. Geiger, Hudson A. Pinto
Despite the importance of fish-borne trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae as causative agents of human liver fluke disease, studies on these parasites outside Asia are relativally scarce. In South America, human focus of amphimerosis is known in Ecuador since the mid-20th century, and spp. have also been reported in wild and domestic mammals. Nevertheless, the knowledge on the snails that act as
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Genetic diversity of glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from school-age children in Kinshasa, DRC Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Kambale Mathe Mowa Paul, Shirley V. Simpson, Sabin S. Nundu, Hiroaki Arima, Taro Yamamoto
Malaria infections in school-aged children further make it difficult to control the disease's spread. Moreover, the genetic diversity of glutamate-rich protein, potentially a candidate for vaccine development, has not yet been investigated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Therefore, we aimed to assess the genetic diversity of the immunodominant C-terminal repetitive region (R2) of glutamate-rich
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A real-time PCR for quantification of parasite burden and its correlations with clinical characteristics and anti-rKRP42 IgG level in cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Nirmitha Lalindi De Silva, Viraji Nefertiti Hiromel De Silva, Mirani Vasanthamala Weerasooriya, Hidekazu Takagi, Makoto Itoh, Hirotomo Kato, Thishan Channa Yahathugoda
In visceral and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, humoral immune response can reflect disease severity and parasite burden. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka is caused by a usually visceralizing parasite, . We assessed the parasite burden (relative quantity—RQ) in 190 CL patients using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR—with primers designed for this study) and smear microscopy, then correlated it
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Skeleton binding protein 1 localizes to the Maurer's cleft and interacts with PfHSP70-1 and PfHSP70-x in Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte-infected erythrocytes Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Ayaka Omoda, Konomi Matsumoto, Ken-ichi Yoshino, Mayumi Tachibana, Takafumi Tsuboi, Motomi Torii, Tomoko Ishino, Hideyuki Iriko
accounts for the majority of malaria deaths, due to pathology provoked by the ability of infected erythrocytes to adhere to vascular endothelium within deep tissues. The parasite recognizes endothelium by trafficking and displaying protein ligands on the surface of asexual stage infected erythrocytes, such as members of the large family of pathogenic proteins, erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1)
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A review on potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of leishmaniasis Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Sabahat Yasmeen Sheikh, Firoj Hassan, Deepanjali Shukla, Shashi Bala, Tabrez Faruqui, Yusuf Akhter, Abdul Rahman Khan, Malik Nasibullah
Leishmania, a protozoan parasite, is responsible for the occurrence of leishmaniasis, a disease that is prevalent in tropical regions. Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar in Asian countries, is one of the most significant forms of VL, along with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis (ML). Management of this condition typically entails the use of chemotherapy
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Multi-locus sequence analysis reveals phylogenetically segregated Entamoeba histolytica population. Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Shashi Upadhyay, Koushik Das, Ajanta Ghosal, Suvendu Manna, Yumiko Saito-Nakano, Shanta Dutta, Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Sandipan Ganguly
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First report of a fish blood fluke from sub-Saharan Africa: Nomasanguinicola dentata (Paperna, 1964) Warren and Bullard, 2023 infecting African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Teugles, 1982 in the Kavango River, Namibia, and a revised phylogeny for Sanguinicolidae Poche, 1926 Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Micah B. Warren, Francois Jacobs, Haley R. Dutton, Edward C. Netherlands, Louis H. DuPreez, Stephen A. Bullard
We herein provide a supplemental description of Nomasanguinicola dentata (Paperna, 1964) Warren and Bullard, 2023 (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) and provide a revised 28S phylogeny to test relationships among freshwater fish blood flukes. We examined the heart of three African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Teugles, 1982 from the Kavango River (northeastern Namibia) that was infected
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Morphological and molecular characterization of Sarcocystis spp. in pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) from Argentina Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Elisa Helman, Andrea Dellarupe, Kevin Denis Steffen, Mariana Bernstein, Gastón Moré
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Histone H3.3 variant plays a critical role on zygote-to-oocyst development in malaria parasites Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Yuki S. Tateishi, Tamasa Araki, Satoru Kawai, Shuhei Koide, Yuko Umeki, Takashi Imai, Yumiko Saito-Nakano, Masaki Kikuchi, Atsushi Iwama, Hajime Hisaeda, Cevayir Coban, Takeshi Annoura
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Molecular survey of canine tick-borne pathogens in ticks and stray dogs in Dhaka city, Bangladesh Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Uday Kumar Mohanta, Manwana Pemba Marguerite, Shengwei Ji, Zhuowei Ma, Hang Li, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Moaz M. Amer, Boniface Chikufenji, Thanh Thom Do, Onur Ceylan, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Xuenan Xuan
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Amphotericin B loaded nanoemulsion: Optimization, characterization and in-vitro activity against L. donovani promastigotes Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Vikram Mohanlal Prajapat, Mayur Aalhate, Anitha Sriram, Srushti Mahajan, Indrani Maji, Ujala Gupta, Diksha Kumari, Kuljit Singh, Nitin Pal Kalia, Kamal Dua, Sachin Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar Singh
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A severe case of hyperinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in a pet dog from Romania Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Georgiana Deak, Angela Monica Ionică, Marian Taulescu, Andrada Negoescu, Constantin Ifteme, Mădălina Roșoiu, Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Strongyloides stercoralis is a zoonotic soil-transmitted nematode affecting mainly humans and dogs but identified also in non-human primates, cats and wild carnivores. It has a cosmopolitan distribution being endemic in tropical and subtropical areas. In Romania, the infection was reported on several occasions in dogs with low prevalence (3.5% -3.8%), assessed by coproscopy and it was confirmed in
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Host range differences between two species of freshwater horsehair worm (Nematomorpha: Chordiidae) Chordodes japonensis and C. formosanus in Japan Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Shotaro Tani, Pamela Afi Tettey, Rion Maruta, Atsuya Kodama, Hidetoshi Saito, Koichiro Kawai
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Short tandem repeat (STR) based sequence typing of Entamoeba histolytica identifies STGA-D locus as a genetic marker, associated with disease outcomes. Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Shashi Upadhyay, Koushik Das, Ajanta Ghosal, Yumiko Saito-Nakano, Shanta Dutta, Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Sandipan Ganguly
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Links between cholesteryl sulfate-dependent and -independent processes in the morphological and physiological changes of Entamoeba encystation Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Fumika Mi-ichi, Shinjiro Hamano, Hiroki Yoshida
The protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis, a global public health problem. Amoebiasis is solely transmitted by cysts that are produced from proliferative trophozoites by encystation in the large intestine of humans. During encystation, various metabolites, pathways, and cascades sequentially orchestrate the morphological and physiological changes required to produce cysts. Cholesteryl
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Immune tolerance caused by repeated P. falciparum infection against SE36 malaria vaccine candidate antigen and the resulting limited polymorphism Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac, Ken J. Ishii, Nobuko Arisue, Takahiro Tougan, Toshihiro Horii
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A novel rhabdovirus detected in Anisakis larvae distributed in the coastal areas of Japan: Viral genome analysis and possible coevolutionary relationship between virus and host nematodes Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Kana Sugimoto, Daisuke Kobayashi, Shigeru Ohshima, Masaki Imai, Nobuo Ohta
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Expression profile analysis of the transient receptor potential (TRPM) channel, a possible target of praziquantel in Schistosoma japonicum Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Kaho Shinozaki, Masashi Kirinoki, Wanlop Atcharaphan, Ken-ichi Watanabe, Yuma Ohari, Saki Suguta, Kevin Austin L. Ona, Nanako Ushio, Adrian Miki C. Macalanda, Keisuke Suganuma, Noboru Inoue, Shin-ichiro Kawazu
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Synthetic arrest of Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol increases procyclin mRNA level and induces cell death in the bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei brucei Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Masayuki Nakanishi, Reo Takezaki, Masaki Takeguchi, Mami Hino, Hiroshi Nomoto
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MaxEnt modeling of the potential risk of schistosomiasis in the Philippines using bioclimatic factors Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Loida M. Recopuerto-Medina, Franchesca Chiny U. Gutierrez, Jose Antonio S. San Diego, Nickhole Andrei E. Alviar, Joseff Rayven M. Santos, Nikki Heherson A. Dagamac
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Detection of toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis sp. in the meat of common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): A case of suspected food poisoning in Japan Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Rie Murata, Yukihiro Kodo, Ai Maeno, Jun Suzuki, Kohji Mori, Kenji Sadamasu, Fumiya Kawahara, Kisaburo Nagamune
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Angiostrongylus dujardini infection in a coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) from a zoological garden in Switzerland Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Seraina L. Meister, Francesco C. Origgi, Fabia S. Wyss, Christian Wenker, Gastón Moré, Walter Basso
Angiostrongylus spp. (Metastrongyloidea) can cause severe disease in several animal species and humans. This report describes an infection with Angiostrongylus dujardini in a captive coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) from a zoo in Switzerland. The bird was reported being attacked by conspecifics, removed from the flock, and hospitalized. It showed lethargy, moderately reduced body condition
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Dynamics of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and seroconversion during pregnancy and lactation in naturally infected goats Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 K.D. Steffen, M.L. Gos, J.M. Unzaga, M.C. Venturini, R.O. Arias, G. Moré
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An update on snail and trematode communities in the Sanyati Basin of Lake Kariba: New snail and trematode species but no human schistosomes Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Kudzai C. Muzarabani, Hans Carolus, Ruben Schols, Cyril Hammoud, Maxwell Barson, Tine Huyse
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First report of Pleistophora hyphessobryconis infection in medaka Oryzias latipes, an important ornamental and laboratory fish in Japan Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Takuto Fujiwara, Karina Midori Kawano, Misaki Sonoda, Nodoka Shimizu, Eitaro Sawayama, Tetsuya Yanagida
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The first record of Brachylaima ezohelicis (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Masahito Hidaka, Kohji Uraguchi, Hiroyuki Matsuyama, Hirokazu Kouguchi
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Clinical-epidemiological aspects and prognostic factors associated with death from visceral leishmaniasis between the years 2010 to 2019 in the Central-West region of Brazil Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Isabela Resende Ávila, Aline do Carmo Silva, Diogo Tavares Cardoso, Thais Almeida Marques da Silva, Mariângela Carneiro, David Soeiro Barbosa, Juliana Maria Trindade Bezerra
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Infection status and molecular detection of pathogens carried by ectoparasites of Miniopterus fuliginosus bats in Yunnan, China Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Jinting Yang, Yujian Wang, Huijuan Yang, Xianzheng Zhang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Xiaobin Huang
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Situation of onchocerciasis transmission in 2020 in the Cascades region of Burkina Faso Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Kiswendsida Thierry Guiguemde, Patindoilba Marcel Sawadogo, Adama Zida, Apollinaire Kima, Roland Windtaré Bougma, Mamadou Serme, Ibrahim Sangaré, Clarisse Bougouma, Sanata Bamba
Faced with the focal resurgence of onchocerciasis reported since 2004 in the South-West of Burkina Faso, the Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program adopted a resumption of biannual community-directed treatment with ivermectin, since 2011 in the Cascades region and since 2013 in the South West region. The objective of this study was to assess the situation of onchocerciasis transmission in the
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Defective glycolysis in the cerebrum and cerebellum correlates with the pathology and neurological declines in mice with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Shih-Yi Peng, Ho Yin Pekkle Lam, Yu-Ting Huang
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Insecticidal activity of essential oil from leaves of Eugenia stipitata McVaugh against Aedes aegypti Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Wêndeo Kennedy Costa, Rômulo Carlos Dantas da Cruz, Karine da Silva Carvalho, Ivone Antonia de Souza, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia, Alisson Macário de Oliveira, Márcia Vanusa da Silva
Aedes aegypti, a mosquito, is responsible for the spread of many diseases, including dengue, zika, and chikungunya. However, due to this mosquito's developed resistance to conventional pesticides, effectively controlling it has proven to be challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the insecticidal potential of the essential oil from the leaves of Eugenia stipitata against Ae. aegypti, offering a natural
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Morphology and phylogeny of Coccomyxa bragantinensis n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) found parasitising the Coco Sea catfish, Bagre bagre (Siluriformes: Ariidae), captured off the coast of Northern Brazil Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 José Pompeu Araujo Neto, Csaba Székely, Kálmán Molnár, Camila Maria Barbosa Pereira, Sávio Lucas de Matos Guerreiro, Igor G. Hamoy, Edilson R. Matos
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Exploring the bioactive potential leaves of Sphaeranthus indicus: Targeting immature stages of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito vectors through bioassay-guided screening and fraction isolation Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Alex Yagoo, M.C. John Milton, Jelin Vilvest
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Supplemental description of Gyrodactylus pseudorasborae (Gyrodactylidae) parasitic on topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva (Cyprinidae) in South China Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Tao Chen, Jinlong Huang, Le Zhou, Man Kang, Xi Wang
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Schistosoma-related molecules as a new strategy to combat type 1 diabetes through immune regulation Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-15 Chun-lian Tang, Zhan Lian, Fan-rong Ding, Jun Liang, Xiang-you Li
The study of immune regulation mechanisms induced by parasites may help develop new treatment methods for inflammatory diseases including type 1 diabetes, which is related to type 1 immune responses. The negative correlation between schistosomiasis infection and type 1 diabetes has been confirmed, and the mechanism of Schistosoma-mediated prevention of type 1 diabetes may be related to the adaptive
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Detection and genotyping of Dientamoeba fragilis from symptomatic patients: New insights from Italy into a little-known gastrointestinal protozoan Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Isabel Guadano-Procesi, Federica Berrilli, Margherita Montalbano Di Filippo, David Di Cave
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Corrigendum to “Genetic polymorphism of circumsporozoite protein (CSP) in Plasmodium malariae isolates from Malaysia” [Parasitology International Volume 87, April 2022, 102519] Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Wei Kit Phang, Fatma Diyana Mohd Bukhari, Lee Phone Youth Zen, Joel Judson Jaimin, Jiloris Julian Frederick Dony, Yee Ling Lau
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Potential anti-amoebic activity of sulfonate- and sulfamate-containing carboxamide derivatives against pathogenic Acanthamoeba castellanii belonging to the genotype T4 Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Noor Akbar, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Mohammed I. El-Gamal, Seyed-Omar Zaraei, Balsam Qubais Saeed, Bader Saleem Alawfi, Naveed Ahmed Khan
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First report on evaluation of commercial eugenol and piperine against Aedes aegypti L (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae: Mortality, detoxifying enzyme, and histopathological changes in the midgut Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Rizal Subahar, Ayleen Huang, Rafaella Shiene Wijaya, Lia Savitri Eka Nur, Lisawati Susanto, Nurhadi Eko Firmansyah, Yulhasri Yulhasri, Gulshan Fahmi El Bayani, Surya Dwira
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Effect of light exposure on circadian rhythm in theront excystment in Cryptocaryon irritans Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Maho Kotake, Yuho Watanabe, Naoki Itoh, Tomoyoshi Yoshinaga
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Trichinella spiralis: A new parasitic target for curcumin nanoformulas in mice models Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Safaa Ibrahim Khedr, Maha Mohamed Gomaa, Nermine Mogahed Fawzy Hussien Mogahed, Ghada A. Gamea, Gehan A.M. Khodear, Eman Sheta, Nada A.H. Soliman, Amira A. El Saadany, Amina M. Salama
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Methods for extraction, isolation and sequencing of cyclotides and others cyclic peptides with anti-helminthic activities: An overview Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-17 Olivier Ndogo Eteme, Ernestine Nkwengoua Zondegoumba, Yasmin Saegusa Tadayozzi, Jessica Aparecida Serafim, Wendell Queiroz Leite, Mariane de Freitas Genari Severino, Eduardo Festozo Vicente
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Coproprevalence, seroprevalence, and geographic distribution of Fasciola spp. infection in beef and dairy cattle in Pak Chong highland, Nakhon-Ratchasima Province, Northeast Thailand Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Pongsakorn Martviset, Amornrat Geadkaew-Krenc, Pantip Piyatadsananon, Ruttiroj Jirojwong, Pathanin Chantree, Wansika Phadungsil, Chompunoot Wangboon, Mantana Jamklang, Sirilak Chumkiew, Rawipreeya Poomkhokrak, Aree Taylor, Nanthawat Kosa, Rudi Grams
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Molecular phylogenetic position and the life cycle of Phyllodistomum cyprini Feng et Wang, 1995 in Japan, with a note of a larval Phyllodistomum sp. from unionid mussels in North America Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Moe Gosho, Shin Itsukushima, Malloy H. Collins, Isabel T. Dalton, Ronald B. Rosen, Misako Urabe
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Carbohydrate metabolism evaluation of terrestrial snail Subulina octona (Gastropoda, Subulinidae) experimentally infected by the Paratanaisia bragai digenetic trematode (Digenea, Eucotylidae) Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Tatiane Cristina dos Santos Bonfim, Florence Gonçalves Martins, Vinicius Menezes Tunholi-Alves, Marcos Antônio José dos Santos, Rosane Nora Castro, Solange Viana Paschoal Blanco Brandolini, Jairo Pinheiro
Among the effects of the larval development of digenetic trematodes on their intermediate hosts, changes in the carbohydrate metabolism in the snails stand out. The aim of this study was to analyze, every 10 days after infection (d.p.i.), the effects of Paratanaisia bragai infection on the glycogen content in the digestive gland and cephalopedal mass in Subulina octona snail, and also verify the glucose
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Isospora juruviarae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from chivi vireos Vireo chivi (Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Vireonidae) in South America Parasitol. Int. (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Lucas de Assis Silva Andrade, Carlos Nei Ortúzar-Ferreira, Mariana de Souza Oliveira, Sergian Vianna Cardozo, Viviane Moreira de Lima, Bruno Pereira Berto
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