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1. Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia

Author:
Thomas H. Cribb; Robert D. Adlard; Rodney A. Bray; Pierre Sasal; Scott C. Cutmore
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 285-294
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Chaetodon; Lutjanus; Nemipteridae; Trematoda; biogeography; cercariae; cryptic species; fauna; fish; intermediate hosts; internal transcribed spacers; islands; miracidia; new species; parasites; ribosomal DNA; French Polynesia; Great Barrier Reef
Abstract:
... We sought transversotrematid trematodes from French Polynesian fishes by examining 304 individual scaled fishes of 53 species from seven families known to harbour the family elsewhere. A single species was found at two locations in the Tuamotus Archipelago on two species of Chaetodontidae (Chaetodon auriga and Chaetodon ephippium) and one species of Lutjanidae (Lutjanus gibbus). The species closel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.009

2. CD44 mediated Hyaluronan adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii-infected leukocytes

Author:
Takeshi Hayashi; Akihiro Unno; Minami Baba; Tamio Ohno; Katsuya Kitoh; Yasuhiro Takashima
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 479-484
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Toxoplasma gondii; adhesion; antibodies; endothelial cells; humans; hyaluronic acid; intestinal mucosa; knockout mutants; leukocytes; ligands; mice; parasites
Abstract:
... Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite that infects humans and animals. Ingested parasites cross the intestinal epithelium, invade leukocytes and are then disseminated to peripheral organs. However, the mechanism of extravasation of the infected leukocytes remains poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrate that T. gondii-invaded human and mouse leukocytes expres ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.10.008

3. Differences in prevalence of parasites in stool samples between three distinct ethnic pediatric populations in southern Israel, 2007–2011

Author:
Shalom Ben-Shimol; Orli Sagi; David Greenberg
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 456-462
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Entamoeba; Enterobius vermicularis; Giardia lamblia; Hymenolepis nana; Jews; children; feces; helminthiasis; helminths; hospitals; lifestyle; monitoring; morbidity; ova; parasitology; Israel
Abstract:
... Intestinal parasites cause significant morbidity worldwide, particularly in developing populations. At least three pediatric populations reside in southern Israel: the Bedouin population, the general Jewish population and Jewish children of Ethiopian origin. Our aim was to compare intestinal parasite prevalence between the three pediatric populations in southern Israel.This is a retrospective, lab ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.10.013

4. First report of Taenia arctos (Cestoda: Taeniidae) from grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) and black bears (Ursus americanus) in North America

Author:
Stefano Catalano; Manigandan Lejeune; Guilherme G. Verocai; Pádraig J. Duignan
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 389-391
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Alces alces; Alces americanus; Taenia; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos horribilis; adults; autolysis; biogeography; cytochrome-c oxidase; definitive hosts; elks; genes; intermediate hosts; larvae; mitochondrial DNA; necropsy; small intestine; tapeworms; Alaska; Alberta; Finland
Abstract:
... The cestode Taenia arctos was found at necropsy in the small intestine of a grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) and a black bear (Ursus americanus) from Kananaskis Country in southwestern Alberta, Canada. The autolysis of the tapeworm specimens precluded detailed morphological characterization of the parasites but molecular analysis based on mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene conf ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.012

5. First report of Trichomonas tenax infections in the Philippines

Author:
Kris Genelyn B. Dimasuay; Windell L. Rivera
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 400-402
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Bayesian theory; DNA; DNA primers; Trichomonas vaginalis; females; genes; humans; hygiene; pathogenicity; patients; phylogeny; probability; respiratory system; ribosomal RNA; statistical analysis; Philippines
Abstract:
... Recent studies have reported Trichomonas tenax as a cause of pleuropulmonary infections in humans. In this study, sputum and vaginal swab samples were collected from patients suffering from respiratory ailments in Rodriguez, Rizal and sex workers attending the social hygiene clinics in Angeles City in Pampanga, Mandaluyong City and Pasay City in Metro Manila, Philippines, respectively. DNA was ext ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.015

6. First report on the occurrence of Theileria sp. OT3 in China

Author:
Zhancheng Tian; Guangyuan Liu; Hong Yin; Junren Xie; Suyan Wang; Xiaosong Yuan; Fangfang Wang; Jin Luo
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 403-407
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Theileria; genes; genetic databases; internal transcribed spacers; phylogeny; polymerase chain reaction; probability analysis; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; sheep; China
Abstract:
... Theileria sp. OT3 was firstly detected and identified from clinically healthy sheep in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China (XUAR) through comparing the complete 18S rDNA gene sequences available in GenBank database and the phylogenetic status based on the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1, ITS2) as well as the intervening 5.8S coding region of the rRNA gene by the methods of a partitioned m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.014

7. Glabridin induces oxidative stress mediated apoptosis like cell death of malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Author:
Harveer Singh Cheema; Om Prakash; Anirban Pal; Feroz Khan; Dnyneshwar U. Bawankule; Mahendra P. Darokar
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 349-358
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
DNA fragmentation; Glycyrrhiza glabra; NAD (coenzyme); Plasmodium falciparum; antimalarials; antiplasmodial properties; apoptosis; binding sites; caspases; cell lines; cytotoxicity; enzyme activity; flavonoids; inhibitory concentration 50; malaria; membrane potential; mitochondrial membrane; nitrogen; oxidative stress; oxygen; parasites; roots
Abstract:
... Plants are known as the source of novel agents for developing new antimalarial drugs. Glabridin is a polyphenolic flavonoid, a main constituent in the roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra possesses various biological activities. However, its anti-plasmodial activity is unexplored. In the present work, it is for the first time demonstrated that glabridin inhibits Plasmodium falciparum growth in vitro with a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.005

8. Larval stages of the bluefin tuna blood fluke Cardicola opisthorchis (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) found from Terebella sp. (Polychaeta: Terebellidae)

Author:
Yukitaka Sugihara; Toshiyuki Yamada; Akio Tamaki; Ryohei Yamanishi; Kinya Kanai
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 295-299
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Cardicola; Polychaeta; Thunnus orientalis; blood flukes; cages; cercariae; coasts; fish culture; fish farms; intermediate hosts; internal transcribed spacers; larvae; pathogens; ribosomal DNA; ropes; transcription (genetics); tuna; Japan
Abstract:
... We found aporocotylid larval stages (sporocysts and cercariae) from five individuals of terebellid polychaete Terebella sp., which were collected from seabed substrate and ropes and floats attached to tuna cages in a tuna farm on the coast of Tsushima Island, Nagasaki, Japan. Nucleotide sequences of the regions of internal transcribed spacer 2 ribosomal DNA and 28S ribosomal DNA from these larval ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.010

9. Multilocus sequence typing system (MLST) reveals a significant association of Entamoeba histolytica genetic patterns with disease outcome

Author:
Koushik Das; Avik K. Mukherjee; Punam Chowdhury; Rakesh Sehgal; Mihir K. Bhattacharya; Tetsuo Hashimoto; Tomoyoshi Nozaki; Sandipan Ganguly
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 308-314
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Entamoeba histolytica; chitinase; diarrhea; genotype; liver abscess; loci; microsatellite repeats; multilocus sequence typing; parasites; phylogeny; siblings; transfer RNA
Abstract:
... The relationship between parasite genotypes and outcome of amoebic infection is still a paradox and needed to be explored. Proper identification and genetic characterization of Entamoeba histolytica clinical isolates is an effective tool for exploring this relation. Along with conventional polymorphic marker (Chitinase), tRNA linked short tandem repeat (STR) loci has been employed as multilocus ge ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.014

10. Phylogeny, ultrastructure and histopathology of Myxobolus lomi sp. nov., a parasite of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) from the Peixes River, São Paulo State, Brazil

Author:
Rodney Kozlowiski Azevedo; Diego Henrique Mirandola Dias Vieira; Gustavo Henrique Vieira; Reinaldo José Silva; Edilson Matos; Vanessa Doro Abdallah
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 303-307
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Myxobolus; Prochilodus lineatus; arteries; genes; gills; histology; histopathology; inflammation; parasites; phylogeny; rivers; spores; ultrastructure; Brazil
Abstract:
... This paper presents the morphological, histological, molecular and ultrastructural data on Myxobolus lomi sp. nov., a parasite of the gill filaments of Prochilodus lineatus from the Peixes River (48º06′38″W; 22º 49′53.1″S), São Paulo State, Brazil. From 20 P. lineatus specimens examined, 90.0% (n=18) were infected. The plasmodia were white and round, measuring 250 to 300μm in diameter and the deve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.008

11. Resveratrol induced structural and biochemical alterations in the tegument of Raillietina echinobothrida

Author:
Bikash Ranjan Giri; Bishnupada Roy
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 432-437
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Carex; Raillietina; anthelmintics; death; electron microscopy; enzymes; helminthiasis; medicine; organelles; paralysis; parasites; resveratrol; therapeutics; topography; tubers; India
Abstract:
... The root tuber of Carex species has been used as an anthelmintic medicine for intestinal helminthic infections in the Northeast region of India. The main compound present in the root tuber of the genus Carex is resveratrol. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the anthelmintic effects of resveratrol in Raillietina echinobothrida by using motility observation, electron microscopy, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.008

12. Reticulocytes from cryopreserved erythroblasts support Plasmodium vivax infection in vitro

Author:
Tetsuya Furuya; Juliana M. Sá; Chetan E. Chitnis; Thomas E. Wellems; Timothy T. Stedman
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 278-284
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Plasmodium vivax; antibodies; biomedical research; cell lines; coculture; cryopreservation; erythroblasts; hematopoietic stem cells; humans; malaria; mice; parasites; reticulocytes; umbilical cord
Abstract:
... Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed human malaria parasite. Despite its importance, both clinical research and basic research have been hampered by lack of a convenient in vitro culture system, in part due to the parasite's infection preference of reticulocytes rather than mature erythrocytes. The use of reticulocyte-producing hematopoietic stem cell culture has been proposed for the m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.011
PubMed:
24291603
PubMed Central:
PMC3943572

13. Two avian schistosome cercariae from Nepal, including a Macrobilharzia-like species from Indoplanorbis exustus

Author:
Ramesh Devkota; Sara V. Brant; Sanjan Thapa; Eric S. Loker
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 374-380
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Indoplanorbis exustus; Lymnaeidae; Phalacrocorax; Physidae; Schistosoma; Trichobilharzia; adults; cercariae; cryptic species; dermatitis; ducks; freshwater; habitats; lakes; mammals; paddies; phylogeny; ponds; ribosomal DNA; rivers; snails; surveys; swamps; India; Nepal
Abstract:
... As part of a global survey of schistosomes, a total of 16,109 freshwater snails representing 14 species were collected from lakes, ponds, rivers, rice fields and swamps mostly in the Terai region of southern Nepal. Only two snails were found to harbor avian schistosome cercariae even though Nepal is well known for its rich avian diversity. One schistosome infection was from an individual of Radix ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.009

14. A comparative analysis of trypanosomatid SNARE proteins

Author:
Edwin Murungi; Lael D. Barlow; Divya Venkatesh; Vincent O. Adung'a; Joel B. Dacks; Mark C. Field; Alan Christoffels
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 341-348
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
African trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; Golgi apparatus; Leishmania major; SNARE proteins; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma cruzi; blood; complement; eukaryotic cells; gene expression regulation; humans; immune system; insects; leishmaniasis; lifestyle; livestock; membrane fusion; messenger RNA; morbidity; mortality; nutrient uptake; pathogens; phylogeny; proteome; steam; yeasts
Abstract:
... The Kinetoplastida are flagellated protozoa evolutionary distant and divergent from yeast and humans. Kinetoplastida include trypanosomatids, and a number of important pathogens. Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. inflict significant morbidity and mortality on humans and livestock as the etiological agents of human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas' disease and leishmaniasis r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.002
PubMed:
24269876
PubMed Central:
PMC3979113

15. The immunosuppression mechanism of hypodermin A on complement

Author:
Ren-Jin Chen; An-Kang Hu; Hong-Hua Yuan; Zhen-Zhen Wang; De-jun Ji; Lian-Lian Wu; Teng-Ye Zhang; Yu-Hua Zhu; Wei Sun; Xiao-Rong Zhu
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 392-396
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Hypoderma lineatum; amino acids; binding sites; cattle; complement; complementary DNA; cytotoxicity; gel electrophoresis; guinea pigs; hosts; immune response; immunosuppression; larvae; nucleotide sequences; precipitin tests; serine proteinases; transfection; xenotransplantation
Abstract:
... Hypodermin A (HA), a serine protease secreted by first-instar larvae of Hypoderma lineatum (Diptera: Oestridae) is associated with inflammatory and the specific immune responses in cattle hosts. In the present study, the cDNA sequence of HA was synthesized, and found to have fifteen amino acids which differed from the sequence available in GenBank. We then examined the association between recombin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.016

16. The involvement of heparin in retinal infection by Toxoplasma gondii in a chick model revealed an ontogenetic-dependent pattern

Author:
Eneida César Mastrantonio; Carla Duque Lopes; Cristiano Gonçalves Pereira; Neide Maria Silva; Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca; Eloísa Amália Vieira Ferro; José Roberto Mineo; Janethe Deolina Oliveira Pena
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 337-340
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Toxoplasma gondii; antibodies; biological resistance; chickens; chicks; fibroblasts; fluorescent antibody technique; heparin; models; parasites; retina; staining; tachyzoites
Abstract:
... This work aimed to test the influence of heparin on the susceptibility of retinal cells to Toxoplasma gondii infection. Primary cultures of retinas from chick embryos of 8 (E8) or 11 (E11) days and fibroblasts (control) were used. To determine the influence of heparin in T. gondii infection, tachyzoites of the RH strain were treated with heparin before addition in the culture. A monoclonal anti-he ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.013

17. A survey of seropositivity to antigen B, an immunodiagnostic antigen for human cystic echinococcosis, in domestic animals in Mongolia

Author:
B. Chinchuluun; Y. Sako; I. Khatanbaatar; B. Bayarmaa; S. Lkhagvatseren; G. Battsetseg; T. Yanagida; S. Itoh; D. Temuulen; C.M. Budke; A. Ito; Z. Batsukh
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 324-326
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
antigens; cattle; echinococcosis; goats; humans; lifestyle; seroprevalence; sheep; surveys; zoonoses; Mongolia
Abstract:
... Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is well known to be an important zoonotic disease and national disease due to the traditional nomadic life style in Mongolia. The present study was carried out to obtain data on the seropositivity to antigen B, in domestic livestock, goats, sheep and cattle, in each province of Mongolia. The seropositivity to antigen B varied by province and ranged from 0% to 25.0% in go ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.002

18. CTL induction by DNA vaccine with Toxoplasma gondii-HSP70 gene

Author:
Deyong Chu; Masataka Moroda; Lian-Xun Piao; Fumie Aosai
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 408-416
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
CD4-positive T-lymphocytes; Toxoplasma; cytolysis; cytotoxic T-lymphocytes; dendritic cells; gene targeting; genes; heat-shock protein 70; lymph nodes; mice; protective effect; recombinant vaccines; spleen; toxoplasmosis; virulence
Abstract:
... Toxoplasma gondii-derived heat shock protein 70 (T.g.HSP70) is a tachyzoite-specific virulent molecule. The DNA vaccine with T.g.HSP70 gene targeting peripheral epidermal or dermal dendritic cells (DC) induces in vivo DC maturation and successive early Th1 polarization at the draining lymph nodes (dLN) of C57BL/6 mice. In the present study, induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) has been explo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2014.01.002

19. Change in rank of Megaperidae (Trematoda) to Megaperinae within the Apocreadiidae and description of Haintestinum amplum n. g., n. sp.

Author:
Eric E. Pulis; Stephen S. Curran; Michael J. Andres; Robin M. Overstreet
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 269-274
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Acanthostracion quadricornis; Trematoda; intestines; new genus; new species; nucleotide sequences; pharynx; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; seminal vesicles; sphincters; uterus; Florida; Gulf of Mexico
Abstract:
... Haintestinum amplum n. g., n. sp. is described from the scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, collected in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida, USA. The new species is relatively large and shares characters of the Apocreadiidae and Megaperidae but conforms to the diagnosis of neither. It belongs in a new genus possessing a pharynx with lobed anterior margin and intestine terminating i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.007

20. Characterization and binding analysis of a microneme adhesive repeat domain-containing protein from Toxoplasma gondii

Author:
Haiyan Gong; Kyousuke Kobayashi; Tatsuki Sugi; Hitoshi Takemae; Akiko Ishiwa; Frances C. Recuenco; Fumi Murakoshi; Xuenan Xuan; Taisuke Horimoto; Hiroomi Akashi; Kentaro Kato
Source:
Parasitology international 2014 v.63 no.2 pp. 381-388
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Toxoplasma gondii; amino acids; antibodies; culture media; heat shock proteins; mass spectrometry; parasites; precipitin tests; rhoptry; surface proteins; transfection; vaccines; vacuoles
Abstract:
... The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii invades almost all nucleated cells, and has infected approximately 34% of the world's population to date. In order to develop effective vaccines against T. gondii infection, understanding of the role of the molecules that are involved in the invasion process is important. For this purpose, we characterized T. gondii proteins that contain microneme adhes ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2013.12.006