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1. A TeGM6-4r antigen-based immunochromatographic test (ICT) for animal trypanosomosis

Author:
Thu-Thuy Nguyen; Ngasaman Ruttayaporn; Yasuyuki Goto; Shin-ichiro Kawazu; Tatsuya Sakurai; Noboru Inoue
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4319-4325
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanosoma vivax; antigens; buffaloes; cattle; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; field experimentation; immunoaffinity chromatography; microscopy; trypanosomiasis; Tanzania; Uganda
Abstract:
... Animal trypanosomosis is a disease that is distributed worldwide which results in huge economic losses due to reduced animal productivity. Endemic regions are often located in the countryside where laboratory diagnosis is costly or inaccessible. The establishment of simple, effective, and accurate field tests is therefore of great interest to the farming and veterinary sectors. Our study aimed to ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4672-z

2. A long-lasting protective immunity against chronic toxoplasmosis in mice induced by recombinant rhoptry proteins encapsulated in poly (lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles

Author:
Ying Xu; Nian-Zhang Zhang; Meng Wang; Hu Dong; Sheng-Yong Feng; Hui-Chen Guo; Xing-Quan Zhu
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4195-4203
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Toxoplasma gondii; antigens; brain; emulsions; encapsulation; females; genotype; immune response; immunoglobulin G; interferon-gamma; mice; rhoptry; rhoptry proteins; toxoplasmosis; vaccination; vaccines; zoonoses
Abstract:
... Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals is a worldwide zoonosis. Prevention and control of toxoplasmosis based on vaccination is one of the promising strategies. In the present study, recombinant T. gondii rhoptry proteins 38 and 18 (TgROP38 and TgROP18) were encapsulated into poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) (1:1), respectively, to obtain the stable water-in-oil-in-water double emulsio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4652-3

3. Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum: Rickettsiales pathogens of veterinary and public health significance

Author:
Farhan Ahmad Atif
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 3941-3957
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Anaplasma marginale; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; antibodies; bacteria; biological control; blood serum; blood transfusion; bovine anaplasmosis; breeding; breeds; cattle industry; cross reaction; drug therapy; fever; habitats; herds; hosts; humans; immunologic techniques; livestock; mixed infection; pathogens; public health; rearing; recreation; risk factors; tetracyclines; ticks; vaccination; vaccines; wild animals
Abstract:
... Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are the most important tick-borne bacteria of veterinary and public health significance in the family Anaplasmataceae. The objective of current review is to provide knowledge on ecology and epidemiology of A. phagocytophilum and compare major similarities and differences of A. marginale and A. phagocytophilum. Bovine anaplasmosis is globally distri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4698-2

4. Annulotrema (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the gills of African tetras (Characiformes: Alestidae) in Lake Turkana, Kenya, with descriptions of four new species and a redescription of A. elongata Paperna and Thurston, 1969

Author:
Maria Lujza Kičinjaová; Radim Blažek; Milan Gelnar; Eva Řehulková
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4107-4120
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Alestes; Brycinus nurse; Dactylogyridae; Hydrocynus; gills; helminths; lakes; males; new species; redescriptions; sclerotization; Kenya
Abstract:
... Four new and four previously described species of Annulotrema were collected from the gills of four species (three genera, i.e. Alestes, Hydrocynus and Brycinus) of African tetras from Lake Turkana, Kenya: Annulotrema alestesnursi Paperna, 1973 from Brycinus nurse; Annulotrema ansatum n. sp., Annulotrema besalis Řehulková, Musilová and Gelnar, 2014, Annulotrema bipatens n. sp., Annulotrema cuculla ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4682-x

5. Ascaridia nymphii n. sp. (Nematoda: Ascaridida) from the alimentary tract of a severely emaciated dead cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

Author:
Niichiro Abe; Kayoko Matsuo; Ikuko Makino
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4281-4288
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Ascaridia galli; Cryptosporidium baileyi; NAD (coenzyme); NADH dehydrogenase; eggs; emaciation; females; genes; genotype; hosts; intestinal mucosa; loci; males; new species; oocysts; parrots; phylogeny; proventriculus; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; small intestine; tail; Japan
Abstract:
... This report describes Ascaridia nymphii n. sp., a new species isolated from the alimentary tract of cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus in Japan. More than 63 nematodes were found in the formalin-fixed small intestine, ventriculus, proventriculus and crop of a 48-day-old young cockatiel that died after exhibiting severe emaciation. No nematode eggs were observed in the faecal examination performed whi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4668-8

6. Development of a rapid HRM genotyping method for detection of dog-derived Giardia lamblia

Author:
Liping Tan; Xingang Yu; Auwalu Yusuf Abdullahi; Sheng Wu; Guochao Zheng; Wei Hu; Meiran Song; Zhen Wang; Biao Jiang; Guoqing Li
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4081-4086
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Giardia lamblia; dogs; epidemiological studies; genotyping; giardin protein; humans; intestines; melting; nucleotide sequences; rapid methods
Abstract:
... Giardia lamblia is a zoonotic flagellate protozoan in the intestine of human and many mammals including dogs. To assess a threat of dog-derived G. lamblia to humans, the common dog-derived G. lamblia assemblages A, C, and D were genotyped by high-resolution melting (HRM) technology. According to β-giardin gene sequence, the qPCR-HRM primers BG5 and BG7 were designed. A series of experiments on the ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4636-3

7. Effect of Chloroxylon swietenia Dc bark extracts against Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti, and Anopheles stephensi larvae

Author:
Jayaprasad Balasubramanian; Sharavanan Subramanian; Veerakumar Kaliyan
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4219-4223
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Culex quinquefasciatus; bark; cold; dengue; exposure duration; filariasis; instars; larvae; larvicides; lethal concentration 50; malaria; methanol; mortality
Abstract:
... Mosquitoes are the vector of more diseases and cause major health problems like malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis. This article deals with the mosquito larvicidal activity of Chloroxylon swietenia Dc bark extracts against late third instar larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti, and Anopheles stephensi. Methanolic crude extract of Ch. swietenia bark was obtained by so ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4658-x

8. Efficiency of liposomal albendazole for the treatment of the patients with complex alveolar echinococcosis: a comparative analysis of CEUS, CT, and PET/CT

Author:
Haitao Li; Tao Song; Yongde Qin; Wenya Liu; Xiaohong Li; Yingmei Shao; Hao Wen
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4175-4180
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
albendazole; computed tomography; drug therapy; echinococcosis; patients; positron-emission tomography; retrospective studies; ultrasonography
Abstract:
... We aim to investigate the efficiency of liposomal albendazole (L-ABZ) for the treatment of complex alveolar echinococcosis (CAE) using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Twelve patients with CAE admitted to our hospital between June 2000 and June 2011 were included in this retrospective study. CEUS, CT, and PET/CT were use ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4649-y

9. Evaluation of the MGL method to detect Paragonimus eggs and its improvement

Author:
Takao Irie; Yohei Yamaguchi; Asako Sumen; Shigehisa Habe; Yoichiro Horii; Nariaki Nonaka
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4051-4058
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Clonorchis; Metagonimus; Paragonimus ohirai; Paragonimus westermani; acetates; centrifugation; dogs; eggs; feces; formalin; hydrophobicity; polysorbates; sediments; surfactants
Abstract:
... Dog feces containing 500 Paragonimus westermani eggs per gram were examined by the Medical General Laboratory (MGL), the simple sedimentation (SS), and the Army Medical School III (AMS III) methods. The number of eggs per gram of feces (EPG) obtained by the MGL method was 17.2 and was significantly lower than those obtained by the SS method (324.0) and the AMS III method (505.6). When isolated P. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4632-7

10. Genetic and morphological characterization of Trichuris myocastoris found in Myocastor coypus in the Czech Republic

Author:
K. Rylková; E. Tůmová; A. Brožová; I. Jankovská; J. Vadlejch; Z. Čadková; J. Frýdlová; P. Peřinková; I. Langrová; D. Chodová; S. Nechybová; Š. Scháňková
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 3969-3975
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Myocastor coypus; Trichuris; farms; females; genes; internal transcribed spacers; males; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; rodents; ruminants; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... Trichuris sp. individuals were collected from Myocastor coypus from fancy breeder farms in the Czech Republic. Using morphological and biometrical methods, 30 female and 30 male nematodes were identified as Trichuris myocastoris. This paper presents the first molecular description of this species. The ribosomal DNA (rDNA) region, consisting of internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-1, 5.8 gene and ITS- ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4623-8

11. Herd-level prevalence and associated risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Chlamydia abortus and bovine viral diarrhoea virus in commercial dairy and beef cattle in eastern, northern and northeastern China

Author:
Wu-Wen Sun; Qing-Feng Meng; Wei Cong; Xiao-Feng Shan; Chun-Feng Wang; Ai-Dong Qian
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4211-4218
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
seroprevalence; antibodies; Neospora caninum; Chlamydia; beef cattle; herd size; risk factors; Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1; Felidae; multivariate analysis; Toxoplasma gondii; pathogens; China
Abstract:
... Although the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Chlamydia abortus and bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in cattle have been reported in some areas in China, most of them were conducted with small number of cattle samples and very limited districts and neglected the assessment of herd management factors associated with herd-level prevalence of these pathogen infections. Thus ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4655-0

12. Morphological and molecular characterization of Henneguya bicaudi n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) infecting gills of Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.) in Harike Wetland, Punjab (India)

Author:
Harpreet Kaur; Rajni Attri
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4161-4167
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Cirrhinus mrigala; Henneguya; Rhinogobius; carp; freshwater; genes; gills; microscopy; new species; nucleotide sequences; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; wetlands; India; Japan
Abstract:
... In the present study, Henneguya bicaudi n. sp. infecting gills of Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.) an Indian major carp from Harike Wetland in Punjab, India, has been described on the basis of myxospore morphology and partial amplification of the SSU rRNA gene. The pseudocysts of H. bicaudi n. sp. were located within the gill filament, whitish with round to irregular outer margin and 0.5–0.7 mm in diamete ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4647-0

13. Natural infection of free-range chickens with the ascarid nematode Toxocara sp.

Author:
Danielle R. Campos-da-Silva; Jeanne S. da Paz; Viviane R. Fortunato; Marcus A. V. Beltrame; Luis C. P. Valli; Fausto E. L. Pereira
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4289-4293
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Ascaridia galli; Toxocara canis; absorbance; adsorption; antibodies; antigens; blood serum; chicken meat; chickens; cross reaction; eating habits; eggs; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; free range husbandry; hygiene; liver; people; polluted soils; raw chicken meat; rearing; risk; toxocariasis; Brazil
Abstract:
... Human toxocariasis may be acquired by eating raw chicken liver. However, there are no reports on the prevalence of natural infection of chickens with Toxocara. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies as indicators of natural infection with Toxocara, in free-range chickens from Espírito Santo State, Brazil. An ELISA test with secretory and excretory Toxocara c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4669-7

14. Natural prevalence in Cuban populations of the lymnaeid snail Galba cubensis infected with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica: small values do matter

Author:
Antonio A. Vázquez; Jorge Sánchez; Annia Alba; Jean-Pierre Pointier; Sylvie Hurtrez-Boussès
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4205-4210
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Fasciola hepatica; Paramphistomidae; Schistosomatidae; cattle; fascioliasis; host-parasite relationships; liver flukes; mixed infection; snails; Cuba
Abstract:
... Natural infections of lymnaeid snails by Fasciola hepatica are of primary importance to study transmission. Also, infected snails in the field can be used to explore the existing compatibility in host–parasite interactions. This paper aimed to describe the infection rate of Galba cubensis populations in fasciolosis transmission areas. Eight sites were sampled in western Cuba and 24 infected snails ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4653-2

15. Physiological and biochemical effects of botanical extract from Piper nigrum Linn (Piperaceae) against the dengue vector Aedes aegypti Liston (Diptera: Culicidae)

Author:
Jalasteen Lija-Escaline; Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan; Annamalai Thanigaivel; Venkatraman Pradeepa; Prabhakaran Vasantha-Srinivasan; Athirstam Ponsankar; Edward Sam Edwin; Selvaraj Selin-Rani; Ahmed Abdel-Megeed
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4239-4249
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; Piper nigrum; chemical composition; cyclohexenes; dengue; digestive system; exposure duration; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; larvae; larvicides; leaves; lethal concentration 50; mortality; organelles; thymol
Abstract:
... The leaves of Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae) were evaluated for chemical constituents and mosquito larvicidal activity against the larvae of Aedes aegypti. GC and GC–MS analyses revealed that the crude extracts contain 16 compounds. Thymol (20.77 %) and ç-elemene (10.42 %) were identified as the major constituents followed by cyclohexene, 4-ethenyl-4-methyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)-1-(1 methylethyl)-, (3 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4662-1

16. Rapid detection and identification of four major Schistosoma species by high-resolution melt (HRM) analysis

Author:
Juan Li; Guang-Hui Zhao; RuiQing Lin; David Blair; Hiromu Sugiyama; Xing-Quan Zhu
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4225-4232
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma mekongi; blood flukes; epidemiological studies; etiological agents; humans; melting; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; rapid methods; ribosomal DNA; schistosomiasis
Abstract:
... Schistosomiasis, caused by blood flukes belonging to several species of the genus Schistosoma, is a serious and widespread parasitic disease. Accurate and rapid differentiation of these etiological agents of animal and human schistosomiasis to species level can be difficult. We report a real-time PCR assay coupled with a high-resolution melt (HRM) assay targeting a portion of the nuclear 18S rDNA ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4660-3

17. Rickettsia species in fleas collected from small mammals in Slovakia

Author:
Eva Špitalská; Vojtech Boldiš; Ladislav Mošanský; Olivier Sparagano; Michal Stanko
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4333-4339
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Apodemus agrarius; Apodemus flavicollis; Clethrionomys glareolus; Coxiella burnetii; Crocidura; Ctenophthalmus; Leptopsyllidae; Microtus arvalis; Neomys; Nosopsyllus fasciatus; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia helvetica; Sorex araneus; endosymbionts; hosts; males; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; rodents; shrews; small mammals; Slovakia
Abstract:
... Epidemiological and epizootiological studies of Rickettsia felis and other Rickettsia spp. are very important, because their natural cycle has not yet been established completely. In total, 315 fleas (Siphonaptera) of 11 species of Ceratophyllidae, Hystrichopsyllidae and Leptopsyllidae families were tested for the presence of Rickettsia species and Coxiella burnetii with conventional and specific ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4713-7

18. S argassum muticum-synthesized silver nanoparticles: an effective control tool against mosquito vectors and bacterial pathogens

Author:
Pari Madhiyazhagan; Kadarkarai Murugan; Arjunan Naresh Kumar; Thiyagarajan Nataraj; Devakumar Dinesh; Chellasamy Panneerselvam; Jayapal Subramaniam; Palanisamy Mahesh Kumar; Udaiyan Suresh; Mathath Roni; Marcello Nicoletti; Abdullah A. Alarfaj; Akon Higuchi; Murugan A. Munusamy; Giovanni Benelli
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4305-4317
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Bacillus subtilis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Salmonella Typhi; Sargassum muticum; X-ray diffraction; antibacterial properties; bacteria; developing countries; egg hatchability; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; growth retardation; insect vectors; larvae; lethal concentration 50; minimum inhibitory concentration; mosquito control; mosquito-borne diseases; nanoparticles; nanosilver; oviposition; parasites; pathogens; people; plague; plant extracts; pupae; scanning electron microscopy; surface plasmon resonance; toxicity
Abstract:
... Mosquito-borne diseases represent a deadly threat for millions of people worldwide. Furthermore, pathogens and parasites polluting water also constitute a severe plague for populations of developing countries. In this research, silver nanoparticles (AgNP) were synthesized using the aqueous extract of the seaweed Sargassum muticum. The production of AgNP was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance b ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4671-0

19. Sarcocystis oreamni, n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) from the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)

Author:
Rafael Calero-Bernal; Erna Van Wilpe; Kevin White; Shiv K. Verma; Camila K. Cerqueira-Cézar; Jitender P. Dubey
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 4135-4141
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Canidae; Capra ibex; Oreamnos americanus; Sarcocystis; bradyzoites; goats; loci; microtubules; muscles; new species; nucleotide sequences; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; sarcocysts; single nucleotide polymorphism; transmission electron microscopy; Alaska; Europe
Abstract:
... Numerous species of Sarcocystis have been reported from wild ruminants, but none has been named from the Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus). Mature sarcocysts were found in frozen muscle samples of three of seven mountain goats from Alaska, USA. Two morphological types of sarcocysts were found; one had Sarcocystis cornagliai-like sarcocysts, previously named from the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4644-3

20. Testicular myxosporidiasis and ultrastructural characteristics of Myxobolus bufonis (Myxobolidae) infecting the Egyptian toad Bufo regularis (Bufonidae). A light and electron microscopic study

Author:
Kareem Morsy; Margit Semmler; Ebtsam Al-Olayan; Heinz Mehlhorn
Source:
Parasitology research 2015 v.114 no.11 pp. 3989-3997
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Bufo; Myxobolus; adults; color; encapsulation; fish; males; parasites; pathogens; plasma membrane; spores; sporulation; toads; transmission electron microscopy; Egypt
Abstract:
... The phylum Myxozoa comprises more than 2180 species, almost all of which are considered to be obligate parasites of aquatic fishes and amphibians. They are dangerous pathogens responsible for severe economic losses. From March to September 2014, 40 adult male Bufo regularis (Bufonidae) captured from different areas at Giza province, Egypt, were surveyed for myxosporean parasitic infection. Of thes ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-015-4626-5