A survey of wild carnivores in Canada was conducted over a 10-year period to determine the prevalence and genotypes of Trichinella. Muscle samples collected from 1409 animals representing 15 hosts species were enzymatically digested to recover…
Papers in Parasitology
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Infections with helminths are a major health issue in captive and wild deer. In this study, fecal egg count patterns and clinical signs associated with gastrointestinal nematodes were assessed for 12 mo in nine cervid herds kept under different…
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Infections with gastrointestinal parasites may be a major threat to lemurs kept in captivity, as they are a common cause of diarrhea. In this study, fecal egg count patterns and clinical signs associated with gastrointestinal nematodes were assessed…
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Faecal egg count patterns and clinical signs associated with gastro-intestinal (GI) nematodes of 107 zoo ruminants were monitored at fortnightly intervals for 1 year. The ruminants in this study were kept under different husbandry conditions at two…
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The incidences of Schistosoma mansoni infection and reinfection were investigated in an endemic area of Brazil (Peri-Peri, State of Minas Gerais) where chemotherapy and snail control had been used for 13 years (1974-87). Two cohorts were followed:…
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular technique for the diagnosis of ocular infectious disease. In this large patient sample and multiyear study, the impact of PCR for detecting infectious agents from ocular samples was reviewed in…
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Little is known about the structure of malaria parasite gene promoters and how their activity is regulated during parasite development. We here report results of a functional study of the genomic flanking regions of the Plasmodium falciparum…
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Fourteen cDNA clones encoding epitopes of proteins of Toxoplasma gondii feline enteroepithelial-stages parasites were isolated and expressed in Escherichia coli in an effort to determine the antigenecity of the parasites. Sequence analysis showed…
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Tipranavir (TPV), a novel nonpeptidic protease inhibitor (NPPI), was administered to treatment-naive HIV-1-infected patients over 14 days in a randomized, multicenter, open-label, parallel-group trial to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a…
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Hydatid disease (HD) is a parasitic infection often caused by the larvae of Echinococcus granulosus and rarely by Echinococcus multilocularis in endemic areas. This study aims to emphasize the perioperative administration of anthelmintic therapy…
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Fifteen years after our first investigation, a follow-up study was carried out with the purpose of assessing the evolution of schistosomiasis in the locality of Sabugo, Paracambi, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an area with low prevalence of the…
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Larvae of the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina are susceptible to some strains of Bacillus thuringiensis, including some isolates from sheep fleeces from South Australia and Western Australia. Larvicidal strains of B. thuringiensis include…
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The results of a 16-year, parasitological and clinical, follow-up study on bancroftian filariasis in three villages in north-eastern Tanzania are reported and analysed with respect to the long-term development of microfilaraemia and disease. The…
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The infection prevalence of the protozoan parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), collected from Dayaowan Bay on the north coast of the Yellow Sea, China, was investigated in 2007. The traditional histological…
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Remarkable progress has been made in antiretroviral therapeutics, as well as in the prophylaxis and treatment of opportunistic infections, since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. The patient's life expectancy and quality of life have consequently…
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), malaria and tuberculosis collectively cause more than five million deaths per year, but have nonetheless eluded conventional vaccine development; for this reason they represent one of the major global…
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), malaria and tuberculosis collectively cause more than five million deaths per year, but have nonetheless eluded conventional vaccine development; for this reason they represent one of the major global…
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Acquired platelet dysfunction with eosinophilia is a rare, benign self-limiting disorder characterised by platelet dysfunction and an association with parasitic infections. A 20-year-old national serviceman who presented with easy bruising and…
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Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, the causative agent of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World, may present an LD1 type genomic amplification that appears as a small 245 kb linear chromosome, and is not clearly associated to the presence of a…
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A 24 kDa parasitism-specific protein (PSP24) was previously reported from the hemolymph of the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) after parasitization by the wasp Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).…
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