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Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii in cell culture: an alternative to bioassay
Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii in cell culture: an alternative to bioassay
Toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan protozoan parasite that can infect numerous warm-blooded animals including humans, ot...
A Taq-Man-based multiplex quantitative PCR for the simultaneous detection and quantification of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Crenosoma vulpis, and species of respiratory capillarids in canids
A Taq-Man-based multiplex quantitative PCR for the simultaneous detection and quantification of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Crenosoma vulpis, and species of respiratory capillarids in canids
In recent years, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Crenosoma vulpis, Eucoleus aerophilus (syn. Capillaria aerophila) and Eucoleus b...
Geographic expansion of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) due to changes in land use and cover in Brazil
Geographic expansion of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) due to changes in land use and cover in Brazil
Fasciola hepatica is responsible for causing a food-borne trematode infection, worldwide. The infection affects domestic a...
Strong mitonuclear discordance in the phylogeny of Neodermata and evolutionary rates of Polyopisthocotylea
Strong mitonuclear discordance in the phylogeny of Neodermata and evolutionary rates of Polyopisthocotylea
Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) are a phylum of major medical and veterinary importance, causing huge human and domestic anima...
Genome-based tools for onchocerciasis elimination: utility of the mitochondrial genome for delineating Onchocerca volvulus transmission zones
Genome-based tools for onchocerciasis elimination: utility of the mitochondrial genome for delineating Onchocerca volvulus transmission zones
National programs in Africa have expanded their objectives from control of onchocerciasis (river blindness) as a public he...
The oceanic pleuston community as a potentially crucial life-cycle pathway for pelagic fish-infecting parasitic worms
The oceanic pleuston community as a potentially crucial life-cycle pathway for pelagic fish-infecting parasitic worms
Available online 15 November 2023Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•Free-floating pleuston harbours large num...
Insight into Hyalomma anatolicum biology by comparative genomics analyses
Insight into Hyalomma anatolicum biology by comparative genomics analyses
Ticks belong to the arthropods, the most diverse terrestrial animals on earth. Dating back to the Cambrian period, arthrop...
Linking avian malaria parasitemia estimates from quantitative PCR and microscopy reveals new infection patterns in Hawai'i
Linking avian malaria parasitemia estimates from quantitative PCR and microscopy reveals new infection patterns in Hawai'i
Parasites are frequently used to test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses of coevolution, sexual selection, host immuno...
Vector species richness predicts local mortality rates from Chagas disease
Vector species richness predicts local mortality rates from Chagas disease
Vector-borne diseases are a major public health concern, as they can have severe consequences for human well-being. The tr...
Insight into Hyalomma anatolicum biology by comparative genomics analysis
Insight into Hyalomma anatolicum biology by comparative genomics analysis
Ticks belong to the arthropods, the most diverse terrestrial animals on earth. Dating back to the Cambrian period, arthrop...
Host specificity of coral-associated fauna and its relevance for coral reef biodiversity
Host specificity of coral-associated fauna and its relevance for coral reef biodiversity
Coral-associated fauna predominantly consists of invertebrates and constitutes an important component of coral reef biodiv...
A newly characterized dense granule protein (GRA76) is important for the growth and virulence of Toxoplasma gondii
A newly characterized dense granule protein (GRA76) is important for the growth and virulence of Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, chronically infects one-third of the world’s human population (Ro...
Comparative analysis of Presence-Absence gene Variations in five hard tick species: impact and functional considerations
Comparative analysis of Presence-Absence gene Variations in five hard tick species: impact and functional considerations
Tick species are vectors of harmful human and animal diseases, and their expansion is raising concerns under the global en...
Functional characterization of a conserved membrane protein, Pbs54, involved in gamete fertilization in Plasmodium berghei
Functional characterization of a conserved membrane protein, Pbs54, involved in gamete fertilization in Plasmodium berghei
Malaria-related deaths in Africa have decreased by 44% since 2000, but advances in reducing the global malaria burden have...
microRNA silencing in a whole worm cestode model provides insight into miR-71 function
microRNA silencing in a whole worm cestode model provides insight into miR-71 function
Cestodes are platyhelminths which are passively transmitted among several vertebrate species (Maule, 2006). Several member...
Abomasal RNA-seq reveals a strong local cellular response in suckling lambs with resistance against Haemonchus contortus
Abomasal RNA-seq reveals a strong local cellular response in suckling lambs with resistance against Haemonchus contortus
Haemonchus contortus is a highly pathogenic blood-feeding nematode found in the abomasum of small ruminants, that causes h...
Genome structure and population genomics of the canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis
Genome structure and population genomics of the canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis
Available online 29 August 2023Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , , Highlights•We present a chromosome-scale gen...
The same genotype of Sarcocystis neurona responsible for mass mortality in marine mammals induced a clinical outbreak in raccoons (Procyon lotor) 10 years later
The same genotype of Sarcocystis neurona responsible for mass mortality in marine mammals induced a clinical outbreak in raccoons (Procyon lotor) 10 years later
Sarcocystis neurona is a protozoan parasite, and is closely related to Toxoplasma gondii (Dubey, 2022a). It is an importan...
DNA Metabarcoding reveals spatial and temporal variation of fish eye fluke communities in lake ecosystems
DNA Metabarcoding reveals spatial and temporal variation of fish eye fluke communities in lake ecosystems
Parasitism is one of the most diverse and common lifestyles on earth (Poulin and Morand, 2000), with parasites constitutin...
Co-infecting Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) show different host tissue tropism during exo-erythrocytic development in Fringilla coelebs (Fringillidae)
Co-infecting Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) show different host tissue tropism during exo-erythrocytic development in Fringilla coelebs (Fringillidae)
Avian haemosporidians of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon are common blood parasites in wild birds a...
Rapid, automated quantification of Haemonchus contortus ova in sheep faecal samples
Rapid, automated quantification of Haemonchus contortus ova in sheep faecal samples
Internal parasites are economically costly to the sheep industry and are responsible for an estimated $665 million in loss...
Validation of a serum ELISA test for cyathostomin infection in equines
Available online 1 August 2023Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Highlights•Commercial trans...
A mixed amplicon metabarcoding and sequencing approach for surveillance of drug resistance to levamisole and benzimidazole in Haemonchus spp.
Available online 1 August 2023Author links open overlay panel, , , , , Highlights•Deep amplicon sequencing of levamisole (...
German Ixodes inopinatus samples may not actually represent this tick species
Ticks are parasitic arthropods belonging to the order Acari together with other species of mites and can be found on all c...
Morphological constraint obscures richness: a mitochondrial exploration of cryptic richness in Transversotrema (Trematoda: Transversotrematidae)
The Transversotrematidae is a small family of trematodes (comprising just 27 species in four genera) that infect a diverse...
Parasite exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface
Interactions between wild, feral, and domestic animals are of economic and conservation significance. The pigeon Columba l...
Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway
Understanding the drivers of broad-scale patterns in parasite infection is vital in predicting alterations in geographical...
Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on synanthropic small and medium-sized mammals in areas of the northeastern United States infested with the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis
Tick-borne diseases affecting humans in United States (US), particularly in the northeast, have been increasing since 2000...
Interrelationships and properties of parasite aggregation measures: a user’s guide
Aggregation of macroparasites among hosts is a nearly universal phenomenon, and as such it is one of the few “laws” of par...
exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface
Interactions between wild, feral, and domestic animals are of economic and conservation significance. The pigeon Columba l...
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