Tauheed, Abdullah M. Mamman, Mohammed Ahmed, Abubakar Suleiman, Mohammed M. Balogun, Emmanuel O.
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Acta Parasitologica
Introduction Trypanosomiasis is a neglected disease of humans and livestock caused by single-celled flagellated haemo-protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Trypanosoma . Purpose Widespread resistance to trypanocidal drugs creates urgent need for new, more effective drugs with potential to inhibit important trypanosome molecular targets. Method...
Bagó, Fabian Hoelzl, Franz Knauer, Felix Kübber-Heiss, Anna Smith, Steve
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Alveolar echinococcosis is a severe helminthic disease in humans caused by larvae of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Austria is considered an endemic area with hotspots having up to 45% prevalence (Bagó et al. in Proceedings of the Zoo and Wildlife Health Conference 2019, Berlin, p. 91, 2019). At our facility, we have registered a not...
Rohlfs, Lilly Müller, Katja Stach, Thomas
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Acta parasitologica
A ventral heart positioned posterior to the branchial basket and equipped with a pericardium is homologous in tunicates and their sister group, the craniates, yet the tunicate model organism Ciona intestinalis features a pericardial body, a structure peculiar to few ascidian species. Here, we set out to distinguish between two competing hypotheses ...
Kleinertz, S Silva, L M R Köpper, S Hermosilla, C Ramp, C
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To date, little is still known on parasite infections affecting free-living large whale populations worldwide. Data presented should be considered as a baseline study for future monitoring surveys on endoparasites affecting whales, thereby enhancing investigations on impacts of zoonotic parasitoses not only on vulnerable or endangered baleen whale ...
Koepper, Svenja Nuryati, S Palm, Harry Wilhelm Theisen, S Wild, C Yulianto, I Kleinertz, S
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Fish parasites can cause diseases in humans and lead to commercial losses in fisheries and aquaculture. The objectives of this study were to analyze E. ongus's parasite fauna regarding food safety and parasite transmission risk between Epinephelus species and test whether E.ongus populations can be distinguished by their parasite community. We stud...
Piekara-Stępińska, Agnieszka Piekarska, Jolanta Gorczykowski, Michał Bania, Jacek
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Giardia duodenalis is a widespread protozoan parasite affecting humans and many species of animals, including dogs and cats. Due to its zoonotic potential, it is important to know the frequency of this parasite in companion animals. The aim of this study was to determine current epidemiological status of G. duodenalis in household dogs and cats. In...
Ziaja-Sołtys, Marta Kołodziejczyk, Magdalena Rymgayłło-Jankowska, Beata Wróbel-Dudzińska, Dominika Suchodoła-Ratajewicz, Ewa Szlonzak, Dominika Żarnowski, Tomasz Bogucka-Kocka, Anna
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Demodex mites infestation, typically asymptomatic, is a problem for patients with weakened immune systems because it often takes the form of symptomatic, massive infection. The Demodex mites play an important role in the occurrence of a range of eye surface diseases such as Demodex blepharitis, Meibomian gland dysfunctions, conjunctivitis and corne...
Hamdi, Ilhem Hermida, Margarida Kamanli, Seyit Ali Benmansour, Bouchra Özak, Argun Akif Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan
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A new species of the genus Caligus is described based on specimens collected from pompano, Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus), caught in eastern Atlantic waters, near the Madeira archipelago. Pompano (n = 21) were purchased from the local fish market and examined for parasitic copepods. Morphological features of the copepods were examined and drawn usin...
Sędzikowska, Aleksandra Bartosik, Katarzyna Przydatek-Tyrajska, Renata Dybicz, Monika
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The aim of the study was to examine Demodex survival in makeup cosmetics, i.e., powder cream, mascara, and lipstick, and to determine whether cosmetics shared with others can be a source of D. folliculorum infection. Live D. folliculorum adults were placed in cosmetic samples and their motility was observed under a microscope. The mites were fully ...
Bizri, Nazih A. Alam, Walid Khoury, Michel Musharrafieh, Umayya Ghosn, Nada Berri, Atika Bizri, Abdul Rahman
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Introduction Displacement of refugees from highly endemic areas of leishmaniasis to adjacent countries is associated with the spread of Leishmania . Syria is a country with a known high endemicity for cutaneous leishmaniasis and the presence of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has contributed to the re-emergence of the disease. The aim of this article is...
