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You searched for: Journal name Parasitology Remove constraint Journal name: Parasitology Publication year rev 7984-2016 Remove constraint Publication year rev: 7984-2016 Source 2016 v.143 no.10 Remove constraint Source: 2016 v.143 no.10
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1. Anthelmintic effects of forage chicory (Cichorium intybus) against gastrointestinal nematode parasites in experimentally infected cattle

Author:
MIGUEL PEÑA-ESPINOZA; STIG M. THAMSBORG; OLIVIER DESRUES; TINA V. A. HANSEN; HEIDI L. ENEMARK
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1279-1293
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Cichorium intybus; Cooperia oncophora; Lolium; Ostertagia ostertagi; adults; anthelmintics; calves; cattle feeds; chicory; energy intake; fecal egg count; forage; gastrointestinal nematodes; hay; larvae; pastures; regrowth; sesquiterpenoid lactones; silage
Abstract:
... Two experiments studied the effects of dietary chicory against gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle. In Experiment (Exp.) 1, stabled calves were fed chicory silage (CHI₁; n = 9) or ryegrass/clover hay (CTL₁; n = 6) with balanced protein/energy intakes between groups. After 16 days, all calves received 10 000 Ostertagia ostertagi and 66 000 Cooperia oncophora third-stage larvae (L3) [day (D) 0 post ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000706
PubMed:
27173405
PubMed Central:
PMC4988272

2. Community structure of fleas within and among populations of three closely related rodent hosts: nestedness and beta-diversity

Author:
LUTHER VAN DER MESCHT; BORIS R. KRASNOV; CONRAD A. MATTHEE; SONJA MATTHEE
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1268-1278
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Siphonaptera; community structure; hosts; nestedness; parasites; rodents; species diversity; South Africa
Abstract:
... We studied nestedness and its relationships with beta-diversity in flea communities harboured by three closely related rodent species (Rhabdomys pumilio, Rhabdomys intermedius, Rhabdomys dilectus) at two spatial scales (within and among host populations) in South Africa and asked (a) whether variation in species composition of flea communities within and among host populations follows a non-random ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000664
PubMed:
27172891

3. Detection of Bartonella spp. in wild carnivores, hyraxes, hedgehog and rodents from Israel

Author:
ODELYA MARCIANO; RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ; DANNY MORICK; RONI KING; YAARIT NACHUM-BIALA; GAD BANETH; SHIMON HARRUS
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1232-1242
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Acomys; Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii; Canis aureus; DNA; Erinaceus; Meriones; Microtus; Mus musculus; Procavia; Vulpes vulpes; carnivores; foxes; genotype; isolation techniques; jackals; mice; public health; voles; wild animals; Israel
Abstract:
... Bartonella infection was explored in wild animals from Israel. Golden jackals (Canis aureus), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis), southern white-breasted hedgehogs (Erinaceus concolor), social voles (Microtus socialis), Tristram's jirds (Meriones tristrami), Cairo spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus), house mice (Mus musculus) and Indian crested porcupines (Hystrix indica) were s ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000603
PubMed:
27210612

4. Detection of the European epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae in finches, but not other non-columbiformes, in the absence of macroscopic disease

Author:
ERASMUS K.H.J. ZU ERMGASSEN; CHRIS DURRANT; SHINTO JOHN; ROXANNE GARDINER; ABDULWAHED F. ALREFAEI; ANDREW A. CUNNINGHAM; BECKI LAWSON
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1294-1300
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Carduelis chloris; Trichomonas gallinae; birds; emerging diseases; esophagus; genes; histopathology; parasites; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; trichomoniasis; Great Britain; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... Finch trichomonosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting European passerines caused by a clonal strain of Trichomonas gallinae. Migrating chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs) were proposed as the likely vector of parasite spread from Great Britain to Fennoscandia. To test for such parasite carriage, we screened samples of oesophagus/crop from 275 Apodiform, Passeriform and Piciform birds (40 spe ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000780
PubMed:
27180976

5. Differential prevalence and diversity of haemosporidian parasites in two sympatric closely related non-migratory passerines

Author:
ANNA DUBIEC; EDYTA PODMOKŁA; MAGDALENA ZAGALSKA-NEUBAUER; SZYMON M. DROBNIAK; ANETA ARCT; LARS GUSTAFSSON; MARIUSZ CICHOŃ
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1320-1329
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Cyanistes caeruleus; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; birds; breeding; hosts; parasites; sympatry
Abstract:
... Haemosporidian parasites infecting birds show distinct heterogeneity in their distribution among host species. However, despite numerous studies on the prevalence and diversity of parasite communities across species, very little is known on patterns of differences between them. Such data is lacking because up to date the majority of studies explored the patterns of variation in infections in diffe ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000779
PubMed:
27173618

6. Ecology of the Atlantic black skipjack Euthynnus alletteratus (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) in the western Mediterranean Sea inferred by parasitological analysis

Author:
SALVATORE MELE; M. GRAZIA PENNINO; M. CRISTINA PIRAS; DAVID MACÍAS; M. JOSÉ GÓMEZ-VIVES; FRANCISCO ALEMANY; FRANCISCO E. MONTERO; GIOVANNI GARIPPA; PAOLO MERELLA
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1330-1339
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Caligus; Ceratocolax; Trematoda; coasts; environmental factors; head; parasites; surface water temperature; Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea
Abstract:
... Between 2008 and 2011, the head of 150 Euthynnus alletteratus (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) caught inshore off the southeastern Iberian coast (western Mediterranean Sea) were examined for parasites. Two monogeneans, four didymozoid trematodes and four copepods were found. Parasite abundance showed a positive relationship with the annual sea surface temperature, except for Pseudocycnus appendiculatus, ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000792
PubMed:
27173779

7. Interactions of warming and exposure affect susceptibility to parasite infection in a temperate fish species

Author:
DANNY J. SHEATH; DEMETRA ANDREOU; J. ROBERT BRITTON
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1340-1346
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Squalius cephalus; ambient temperature; animal growth; climate change; fish; host-parasite relationships; parasites; prediction; virulence; water temperature
Abstract:
... Predicting how elevated temperatures from climate change alter host–parasite interactions requires understandings of how warming affects host susceptibility and parasite virulence. Here, the effect of elevated water temperature and parasite exposure level was tested on parasite prevalence, abundance and burden, and on fish growth, using Pomphorhynchus laevis and its fish host Squalius cephalus. At ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000846
PubMed:
27225942

8. Comparative pathogenesis of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus mackerrasae and Angiostrongylus cantonensis in murine and guinea pig models of human infection

Author:
MAHDIS AGHAZADEH; MARINA C. HARVIE; HELEN C. OWEN; CAROLINA VERÍSSIMO; KIERAN V. ALAND; SIMON A. REID; REBECCA J. TRAUB; DONALD P. McMANUS; JAMES S. McCARTHY; MALCOLM K. JONES
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1243-1251
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Angiostrongylus; Parastrongylus cantonensis; T-lymphocytes; Western blotting; antigens; blood serum; brain; domestic animals; females; genetic similarity; guinea pigs; hosts; human diseases; humans; interferon-gamma; interleukin-17; interleukin-4; meningitis; mice; models; parasites; pathogenesis; pathogenicity; spleen
Abstract:
... This study investigated comparatively the pathogenicity of experimental infection of mice and guinea pigs, with Angiostrongylus mackerrasae and the closely related species A. cantonensis. Time course analyses showed that A. mackerrasae causes eosinophilic meningitis in these hosts, which suggests that the species has the potential to cause meningitis in humans and domestic animals. Both A. mackerr ...
DOI:
10.1017/S003118201600069X
PubMed:
27278827

9. Diversifying forest communities may change Lyme disease risk: extra dimension to the dilution effect in Europe

Author:
SANNE C. RUYTS; EVY AMPOORTER; ELENA C. COIPAN; LANDER BAETEN; DIETER HEYLEN; HEIN SPRONG; ERIK MATTHYSEN; KRIS VERHEYEN
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1310-1319
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia garinii; Lyme disease; bacteria; forest stands; forest trees; forest types; hosts; nymphs; risk; shrubs; ticks; Belgium; North America
Abstract:
... Lyme disease is caused by bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies complex and transmitted by Ixodid ticks. In North America only one pathogenic genospecies occurs, in Europe there are several. According to the dilution effect hypothesis (DEH), formulated in North America, nymphal infection prevalence (NIP) decreases with increasing host diversity since host species differ in transmission ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000688
PubMed:
27173094

10. Possible mechanism of host manipulation resulting from a diel behaviour pattern of eye-dwelling parasites?

Author:
ANTHONY D. STUMBO; ROBERT POULIN
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1261-1267
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Gobiomorphus; Trematoda; behavior change; birds; byproducts; definitive hosts; evolution; eyes; fish; foraging; host-parasite relationships; parasites; phenotype; piscivores; tissues
Abstract:
... Parasitic infection often results in alterations to the host's phenotype, and may modify selection pressures for host populations. Elucidating the mechanisms underlying these changes is essential to understand the evolution of host–parasite interactions. A variety of mechanisms may result in changes in the host's behavioural phenotype, ranging from simple by-products of infection to chemicals dire ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000810
PubMed:
27216502

11. Solo Schistocephalus solidus tapeworms are nasty

Author:
JARLE TRYTI NORDEIDE; FELIPE MATOS
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1301-1309
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Gasterosteus aculeatus; Schistocephalus; body condition; energy; intermediate hosts; latitude; tapeworms; virulence
Abstract:
... Trophically transmitted parasites must trade-off own growth on one hand and energy drain from the intermediate host on the other hand, since killing the host before transmission to the next host is a dead end for both parasites and hosts. This challenge becomes especially intriguing when multiple parasites find themselves within the same individual host. The tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus may ga ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000676
PubMed:
27221770

12. Successful intestinal Echinococcus multilocularis oncosphere invasion and subsequent hepatic metacestode establishment in resistant RccHan™:WIST rats after pharmacological immunosuppression

Author:
MARIA TERESA ARMUA-FERNANDEZ; DEBORAH JOEKEL; ALEXANDER SCHWEIGER; RAMON MARC EICHENBERGER; JUN MATSUMOTO; PETER DEPLAZES
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1252-1260
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Echinococcus multilocularis; Primates; bile; dexamethasone; echinococcosis; eggs; hosts; humans; immunosuppression; methotrexate; mice; oncospheres; oral administration; parasites; protoscoleces; rats; sodium hypochlorite; swine
Abstract:
... Susceptibility/resistance to larval Echinococcus multilocularis infection varies greatly depending on host species and strains. Whereas several mice strains and non-human primates are highly susceptible to alveolar echinococcosis, rats and most of humans are considered as more resistant. In this study, we aimed to elucidate factors responsible for host resistance in rats (Experiments A–D). (A) The ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000809
PubMed:
27188839

13. A systematic review of pentacyclic triterpenes and their derivatives as chemotherapeutic agents against tropical parasitic diseases

Author:
MURTALA BINDAWA ISAH; MOHAMMED AUWAL IBRAHIM; AMINU MOHAMMED; ABUBAKAR BABANDO ALIYU; BUBUYA MASOLA; THERESA H. T. COETZER
Source:
Parasitology 2016 v.143 no.10 pp. 1219-1231
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Leishmania; Nematoda; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma; adverse effects; antiparasitic properties; carbon; drug resistance; drug therapy; drugs; lupane; mortality; parasites; parasitoses; phytopharmaceuticals; public health; systematic review
Abstract:
... Parasitic infections are among the leading global public health problems with very high economic and mortality burdens. Unfortunately, the available treatment drugs are beset with side effects and continuous parasite drug resistance is being reported. However, new findings reveal more promising compounds especially of plant origin. Among the promising leads are the pentacyclic triterpenes (PTs) ma ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182016000718
PubMed:
27240847