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1. Cytokine profiles in Opisthorchis viverrini stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from cholangiocarcinoma patients

Author:
Arpa Surapaitoon; Sutas Suttiprapa; Narong Khuntikeo; Chawalit Pairojkul; Banchob Sripa
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 889-892
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Opisthorchis viverrini; animal models; bile ducts; flow cytometry; humans; immune response; inflammation; interferon-gamma; interleukin-10; interleukin-12; interleukin-1beta; interleukin-2; interleukin-4; interleukin-5; interleukin-6; interleukin-8; liver flukes; mononuclear leukocytes; patients; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Abstract:
... The carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini causes chronic inflammation in the bile duct and resulting in unremitting tissue damage that lead to hepatobiliary diseases, including cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Despite inflammatory cytokine expression having been studied in the animal model, so far no studies have been carried out on cytokines in human CCA cases. Here we report the profile of cy ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.009
PubMed:
27769807
PubMed Central:
PMC5125871

2. Developmental stages of fish blood flukes, Cardicola forsteri and Cardicola opisthorchis (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae), in their polychaete intermediate hosts collected at Pacific bluefin tuna culture sites in Japan

Author:
Kazuo Ogawa; Sho Shirakashi; Kazuki Tani; Sang Phil Shin; Katsuya Ishimaru; Tomoki Honryo; Yukitaka Sugihara; Hiro'omi Uchida
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 972-977
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Cardicola; DNA primers; Polychaeta; Thunnus orientalis; blood flukes; cages; cercariae; farming systems; industry; intermediate hosts; marine fish; phylogeny; polymerase chain reaction; ropes; tuna; Japan
Abstract:
... Farming of Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT), Thunnus orientalis, is a rapidly growing industry in Japan. Aporocotylid blood flukes of the genus Cardicola comprising C. orientalis, C. opisthorchis and C. forsteri are parasites of economic importance for PBT farming. Recently, terebellid polychaetes have been identified as the intermediate hosts for all these parasites. We collected infected polychaetes, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.016

3. First detection of Allobilharzia visceralis (Schistosomatidae, Trematoda) from Cygnus cygnus in Japan

Author:
Kei Hayashi; Madoka Ichikawa-Seki; Yuma Ohari; Uday Kumar Mohanta; Junya Aita; Hiroshi Satoh; Shiori Ehara; Minami Tokashiki; Tomoko Shiroma; Ayumi Azuta; Nozomi Oka; Takuya Watanabe; Ryo Harasawa; Satoshi Inohana; Toshihiro Ichijo; Kazuhisa Furuhama
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 925-929
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Cygnus columbianus; Cygnus cygnus; Schistosoma; adrenal glands; adults; eggs; internal transcribed spacers; large intestine; liver; mesentery; migratory birds; swans; transcription (genetics); Iceland; Japan; North America
Abstract:
... Adult schistosomes were detected in the veins or capillaries of the large intestine, mesentery, liver, and adrenal glands in eight of 13 whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) examined in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. However, neither eggs nor severe tissue injuries were observed in any of the swans. The schistosomes were definitively identified as Allobilharzia visceralis based on the nucleotide sequences of t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.015

4. Imaging visceral leishmaniasis in real time with golden hamster model: Monitoring the parasite burden and hamster transcripts to further characterize the immunological responses of the host

Author:
Eline Rouault; Hervé Lecoeur; Asma Ben Meriem; Paola Minoprio; Sophie Goyard; Thierry Lang
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 933-939
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Leishmania donovani; Mesocricetus auratus; animal models; bioluminescence; cytokines; data collection; genetically modified organisms; hamsters; hosts; image analysis; immune response; luciferase; monitoring; parasite load; parasites; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; transcription (genetics); virulence; visceral leishmaniasis
Abstract:
... Characterizing the clinical, immunological and parasitological features associated with visceral leishmaniasis is complex. It involves recording in real time and integrating quantitative multi-parametric data sets from parasite infected host tissues. Although several models have been used, hamsters are considered the bona fide experimental model for Leishmania donovani studies.To study visceral le ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.020

5. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new Myxidium species (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) infecting the farmed turtle Podocnemis expansa (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in the Brazilian Amazon

Author:
Julio C. Aguiar; Edson A. Adriano; Patrick D. Mathews
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 825-830
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Myxidium; Podocnemis; bile; developmental stages; freshwater; gall bladder; new species; parasites; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; spores; tropics; turtles; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... This study reports, for the first time, a myxosporan species of the genus Myxidium in a Neotropical turtle. Myxidium turturibus n. sp., was found in the gall bladder of Podocnemis expansa (Testudines: Podocnemididae) farmed in Brazilian Amazon. Numerous disporic pseudoplasmodia in different developmental stages, and mature spores were free in the bile. Mature myxospores were fusiform, slightly arc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.09.013

6. Normal serum IgE levels and eosinophil counts exhibited during Strongyloides stercoralis infection

Author:
Miwa Higashiarakawa; Tetsuo Hirata; Teruhisa Tanaka; Gretchen Parrott; Tetsu Kinjo; Hidekatsu Naka; Akira Hokama; Jiro Fujita
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 807-812
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Primate T-lymphotropic virus 1; Strongyloides stercoralis; T-lymphocytes; blood sampling; blood serum; diarrhea; eosinophils; females; humans; immunoglobulin E; ivermectin; mixed infection; pain; parasites; patients; viruses
Abstract:
... Infections with parasites, such as Strongyloides stercoralis, typically cause elevated levels of serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and eosinophils; however, co-infection with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) can cause lower levels of serum IgE during S. stercoralis infection. We conducted this study to determine whether serum IgE levels and eosinophil counts could also be related to othe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.004

7. Ocular dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria immitis in a child in Iran: A case report and review of the literature

Author:
Hadi Mirahmadi; Alireza Maleki; Raheleh Hasanzadeh; Mohammad Bagher Ahoo; Iraj Mobedi; Ali Rostami
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 978-981
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Dirofilaria immitis; boys; case studies; children; dirofilariasis; eyes; females; humans; mitochondria; pain; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal DNA; sequence analysis; vulva; Iran
Abstract:
... This report describes a rare case of ophthalmic dirofilariasis in a 2-year-old boy with redness, irritation, pain and foreign body sensation in the right eye. Slit lamp examination demonstrated a thread-like whitish nematode in the anterior chamber of the right eye that twisted around itself. The nematode worm (35mm long and 150–200μm width) was removed surgically. The presence of the smooth cutic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.022

8. Redescription and phylogenetic position of Myxobolus aeglefini and Myxobolus platessae n. comb. (Myxosporea), parasites in the cartilage of some North Atlantic marine fishes, with notes on the phylogeny and classification of the Platysporina

Author:
Egil Karlsbakk; Árni Kristmundsson; Marco Albano; Paul Brown; Mark A Freeman
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 952-959
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Cylopterus lumpus; Melanogrammus aeglefinus; Myxobolus; Pleuronectes platessa; Pomatoschistus; Sphaerospora; cartilage; freshwater; genotype; haddock; hosts; marine fish; morphometry; nucleotide sequences; parasites; phylogeny; redescriptions; ribosomal DNA; spores; Iceland; Irish Sea; North Sea; Norway; Scotland; Sea of Japan
Abstract:
... Myxobolus ‘aeglefini’ Auerbach, 1906 was originally described from cranial cartilage of North sea haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), but has subsequently been recorded from cartilaginous tissues of a range of other gadoid hosts, from pleuronectids and from lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) in the North Atlantic and from a zoarcid fish in the Japan Sea (Pacific).We obtained partial small-subunit rDN ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.014

9. Simple detection of single nucleotide polymorphism in Plasmodium falciparum by SNP-LAMP assay combined with lateral flow dipstick

Author:
Suganya Yongkiettrakul; Jantana Kampeera; Wanwisa Chareanchim; Roonglawan Rattanajak; Wichai Pornthanakasem; Wansika Kiatpathomchai; Darin Kongkasuriyachai
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 964-971
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
DNA; Plasmodium falciparum; dihydrofolate reductase; genes; genotype; malaria; multiple drug resistance; mutants; parasites; phenotype; point mutation; polymerase chain reaction; pyrimethamine; single nucleotide polymorphism; thymidylate synthase
Abstract:
... The significant strides made in reducing global malaria burden over the past decades are being threatened by the emergence of multi-drug resistant malaria. Mechanisms of resistance to several classes of antimalarial drugs have been linked to key mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum genes. Pyrimethamine targets the dihydrofolate reductase of the bifunctional dihydrofolate reductase thymidylate sy ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.024

10. Subconjunctival setariasis due to Setaria equina infection; a case report and a literature review

Author:
Reza Nabie; Adel Spotin; Soheila Rouhani
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 930-932
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Setaria equina; adults; case studies; edema; etiological agents; eyes; females; genes; girls; humans; morphometry; nucleotide sequences; phylogeny; ribosomal RNA; species identification; Iran; Middle East
Abstract:
... A rare case of human subconjunctival setariasis due to Setaria equina infection is reported herein. A 15-years old girl was referred with a 24h history of edema and redness in her left eye. On slit lamp examination, a thread-like cylindrical worm was moving in the subconjunctival area. The worm was extracted, stained and measured 110mm in length 510μm in width. The isolated worm was identified as ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.017

11. An integrated phylogenetic analysis on ascaridoid nematodes (Anisakidae, Raphidascarididae), including further description and intraspecific variations of Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) lanfrediae in freshwater fishes from Brazil

Author:
Felipe B. Pereira; José L. Luque
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 898-904
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Anisakidae; Bayesian theory; Geophagus; data collection; freshwater fish; genes; genetic variation; hosts; intestines; life history; males; monophyly; morphometry; paraphyly; ribosomal DNA; Brazil
Abstract:
... Genetic and morphological variations in two component populations of Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) lanfrediae collected in the intestine of Geophagus argyrosticus and G. proximus (Cichlidae) from States of Pará and Amapá, Brazil, respectively, were explored for the first time. A phylogenetic study including two genes (18S and 28S of the rDNA) plus morphological and life history traits of “anisakid ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.012

12. Anti-Leishmania amazonensis activity of Serjania lethalis A. St.-Hil

Author:
Carlos Luan Alves Passos; Raul Rodríguez; Christian Ferreira; Deivid Costa Soares; Genise Vieira Somner; Lidilhone Hamerski; Angelo da Cunha Pinto; Claudia Moraes Rezende; Elvira Maria Saraiva
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 940-947
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Leishmania amazonensis; cell cycle; hexane; immunomodulators; inhibitory concentration 50; interferon-gamma; iodides; leaves; macrophages; membrane potential; methylene chloride; mitochondrial membrane; nitric oxide; parasites; plant extracts; promastigotes; stems; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Abstract:
... Extracts of Serjania lethalis A. St.-Hil leaves and stems were tested in order to identify potential agents against Leishmania amazonensis. The hexane fraction (HF) and dichloromethane subfractions (DDF and MDF) showed leishmanicidal effect. The anti-promastigote IC50 values were 10.29 (HF), 11.41 (DDF) and 28.33μg⁄mL (MDF); whereas those against amastigote were 7.2 (HF), 8.1 (DDF) and 6.5μg⁄mL (M ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.018

13. Diagnosis and prevalence of Theileria equi horses in western Mexico by nested PCR

Author:
Miguel Angel Ayala-Valdovinos; Clemente Lemus-Flores; Jorge Galindo-García; Jacinto Bañuelos-Pineda; Javier Germán Rodríguez-Carpena; David Sánchez-Chiprés; Theodor Duifhuis-Rivera
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 821-824
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
foals; fillies; diagnostic techniques; merozoites; yearlings; blood sampling; DNA; Theileria equi; enzootic diseases; grazing; pathogens; polymerase chain reaction; Lusitano; genes; equine piroplasmosis; Quarter Horse; colts; adults; Mexico
Abstract:
... Theileria equi infection prevalence was calculated from 1000 blood samples obtained from apparently healthy horses in western Mexico. Samples were sent to the Animal Biotechnology Laboratory of the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) for T. equi diagnosis. Nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) was used as a diagnostic method to detect pathogen DNA. Using primers for the merozoite antigen-1 (EMA-1 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.09.011

14. Differential distribution and biochemical characteristics of hydrolases among developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni may offer new anti-parasite targets

Author:
Milagro Fernández-Delgado; Jackeline Cortez; Guiden Sulbarán; César Matos; Renzo Nino Incani; Diana E. Ballén; Italo M. Cesari
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 816-820
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Schistosoma mansoni; acid phosphatase; adults; alanine; alkaline phosphatase; alpha-mannosidase; aminopeptidases; enzyme substrates; host-parasite relationships; juveniles; parasites; schistosomula
Abstract:
... Schistosoma mansoni enzymes play important roles in host-parasite interactions and are potential targets for immunological and/or pharmacological attack. The aim of this study was to comparatively assess the presence of hydrolytic activities (phosphatases, glycosidases, aminopeptidases) in soluble (SF) and membrane (MF) fractions from different S. mansoni developmental stages (schistosomula 0 and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.09.015

15. Dominance of Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype J in dairy calves in Xinjiang, Northwest China

Author:
Meng Qi; Bo Jing; Fuchun Jian; Rongjun Wang; Sumei Zhang; Haiyan Wang; Changshen Ning; Longxian Zhang
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 960-963
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Enterocytozoon; dairy calves; farms; feces; genes; genotype; hosts; humans; internal transcribed spacers; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; sequence analysis; transcription (genetics); China
Abstract:
... Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most common microsporidia species in humans and has a variety of animal hosts. To assess the prevalence and molecular characteristics of E. bieneusi in dairy calves in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, 514 fecal samples were collected from 15 farms and examined by polymerase chain reaction based on the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal RNA ge ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.019

16. First report on Babesia vogeli infection in dogs in the Philippines

Author:
Adrian P. Ybañez; Rochelle Haidee D. Ybañez; MaxFrancis G. Talle; Mingming Liu; Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni; Xuenan Xuan
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 813-815
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Babesia canis subsp. vogeli; DNA; blood sampling; dog diseases; dogs; erythrocytes; genes; monophyly; nucleotide sequences; pathogens; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; veterinary clinics; Philippines
Abstract:
... Babesia vogeli is a tick-borne protozoal pathogen that infects erythrocytes. In Southeast Asia, this pathogen has only been reported in Thailand. In this study, nine dogs presented at three different veterinary clinics in Cebu City, Philippines were found positive for B. vogeli. DNA was extracted from blood samples and tested using a PCR for genus Babesia and a PCR specific for B. vogeli (both bas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.001

17. Metagonimus suifunensis sp. n. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from the Russian Southern Far East: Morphology, life cycle, and molecular data

Author:
P.G. Shumenko; Y.V. Tatonova; V.V. Besprozvannykh
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 982-991
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Metagonimus; adults; cercariae; genes; internal transcribed spacers; metacercariae; morphometry; new species; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; East Asia
Abstract:
... The trematode from the Russian Southern Far East, earlier defined as M. yokogawai Katsuradai, 1912, was determined as a representative of the new species Metagonimus suifunensis sp. n. The life cycle of this trematode was experimentally studied and morphometric data for the cercariae, metacercariae and adult worm stages were obtained. The molecular data for samples from six Russian localities were ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.11.002

18. Morphological variability, ultrastructure and molecular characterisation of Hysterothylacium reliquens (Norris & Overstreet, 1975) (Nematoda: Raphidascarididae) from the oriental sole Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider) (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae)

Author:
Jin-Yu Zhao; Wen-Ting Zhao; Atheer H. Ali; Hui-Xia Chen; Liang Li
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 831-838
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Brachirus orientalis; Hysterothylacium; cytochrome-c oxidase; esophagus; internal transcribed spacers; intraspecific variation; marine fish; mitochondria; ribosomal DNA; scanning electron microscopy; sibling species; ultrastructure; Atlantic Ocean; Iraq; Persian Gulf
Abstract:
... Hysterothylacium reliquens (Norris & Overstreet, 1975), a common ascaridoid nematode parasitic in the marine fishes in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, has been reported to exhibit remarkable morphological variability in the lengths of body, oesophagus and spicules, and the number and arrangement of postcloacal papillae. In order to determine whether H. reliquens with a broad range of morphological ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.09.012

19. Revision of the family Sphyriocephalidae Pintner, 1913 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), with the description of Heterosphyriocephalus encarnae n. sp. and redescriptions of two species of Sphyriocephalus

Author:
Sara Dallarés; Maite Carrassón; Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 843-862
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Alopias; Cestoda; new species; phylogeny; redescriptions; Mexico; Pacific Ocean
Abstract:
... The family Sphyriocephalidae Pintner, 1913, which comprises the genera Hepatoxylon Bosc, 1811, Sphyriocephalus Pintner, 1913 and Heterosphyriocephalus Palm, 2004, is revised from newly-collected and museum material. Heterosphyriocephalus encarnae n. sp. is described from the pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus Nakamura (Lamniformes: Alopiidae) collected from the Pacific Ocean off Boca del Alamo, M ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.08.015

20. Effectiveness of an immunohistochemical protocol for Leishmania detection in different clinical forms of American tegumentary leishmaniasis

Author:
Fernanda A. Marques; Rodrigo P. Soares; Gregório G. Almeida; Carolina C. Souza; Maria N. Melo; Sebastião A. Pinto; Valeria B. Quixabeira; Ledice I. Pereira; Miriam L. Dorta; Fatima Ribeiro-Dias; Fernando T. Silveira; Sydnei M. Silva; Celia M. Gontijo; Wagner L. Tafuri
Source:
Parasitology international 2017 v.66 no.1 pp. 884-888
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Leishmania braziliensis; biopsy; delayed hypersensitivity; immunohistochemistry; leishmaniasis; necrosis; patients; polymerase chain reaction; Brazil; Latin America
Abstract:
... American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is a neglected disease widely distributed in Latin America. In Brazil, it is caused by different Leishmania species belonging to the Subgenera Viannia and Leishmania. ATL diagnosis is routinely based on clinical, epidemiological, parasitological and immunological (delayed-type hypersensitivity skin test-DTH) evidences. The main objective of this work was to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.003