Aboelsoued, Dina Toaleb, Nagwa I. Abdel Megeed, Kadria N. Hassan, Soad E. Ibrahim, Sally
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan parasite of human and animals and is considered as an important co-factor in neonatal diarrhea. In this study, an explant culture was used as an in vitro model of buffalo intestine to evaluate the effect of Moringa leaves extract on Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum) oocysts using light and scanning electron micro...
Ola-Fadunsin, Shola David Uwabujo, Patricia Isioma Sanda, Idiat Modupe Hussain, Karimat Ganiyu, Isau Aremu Rabiu, Musa Balogun, Rashidat Bolanle
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Coccidiosis is one of the biggest challenges faced by the global poultry industry as the protozoan is found anywhere poultry are reared. Before now, there have been no documents on the intensity and diversity of Eimeria species of poultry in Kwara State. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and intensity of Eimeria species and its species d...
Reda, Enayat S. El-Shabasy, Eman A. Said, Ashraf E. Saleh, Mai A.
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
An ultrastructural topography has been made to the tegumental architectures of two Egyptian schistosomes namely S. mansoni and S. haematobium hosted in a model animal namely Cricentus auratus. The distribution of sensory papillae on the oral sucker were arranged in one circle around the rim in addition to some papillae in upper part of inner zone i...
Anucherngchai, Sothorn Chontananarth, Thapana Tejangkura, Thanawan Chai, Jong-Yil
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Echinostoma revolutum is known as a significant intestinal trematode in various species of animals and humans. It presents complexities in terms of both the morphological and molecular biological data. This is the first study of the application of Cytochrome B gene (CYTB) as a target for studying the phylogeny and designing species-specific primer ...
Behera, Dipti Ranjan Bhatnagar, Sunita
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Bioassay guided isolation from the leaves of Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. resulted in the isolation and characterization of three compounds of alkaloid in nature namely, Curan-17-oic acid (F1); 18, 19-Secoyohimban (F2) and Reserpiline (F3). Macrofilaricidal activity of three compounds was tested against bovine filarial parasite Setaria cervi using in v...
Hamouda, Awatef H. Bazh, Eman K. A.
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Parasitological studies of 100 Bagrus bajad fish were collected from Lake Nasser, Aswan, Egypt. Out of them 75 were infected with metacercariae in two forms; encysted in most visceral organs and free only in air bladder. These were identified morphologically as Posthodiplostomum minimum metacercariae (Strigeidida: Diplostomidae). The intensity of w...
Tancredo, Karen Roberta Marchiori, Natália da Costa Pereira, Scheila Anelise Martins, Maurício Laterça
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
The toxicity of formalin on Cyprinus carpio var. koi and its anti-parasite effects against Dactylogyrus minutus (Monogenea) in in vitro tests is analyzed. Specimens of D. minutus were submitted to eight concentrations of formalin: 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 250 mg L−1, in triplicate. Concentrations of formalin 100, 150 and 200 mg L−1 were the...
Sivajothi, S. Sudhakara Reddy, B.
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
A 9 years old bull was presented to the hospital with a history of scrotal swelling for a period of 12 days and progressive emaciation with intermittent fever. Clinical examination revealed the swollen and painful scrotum with fluid thrill, mild abduction and disorientation of hindlimbs were noticed. Ultrasonography of the testes revealed the anech...
Esvaran, Vijaya Gowri Mohanasundaram, Aarthi Mahadeva, Shruthi Gupta, Tania Ponnuvel, Kangayam M.
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Microsporidiosis (Pebrine) caused by the microsporidian parasite is one of the important devastating disease which affect the silk production leading to an unprofitable harvest. Till date ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene was used as a target for detection of microsporidian species. In this study, we describe conventional and SYBR green based real-time PCR...
Esfandiari, Farideh Sarkari, Bahador Turki, Habibollah Arefkhah, Nasir Shakouri, Najme
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown a great difference in the severity and prevalence of infectious diseases in men and women and various studies have shown that the key immunological factors are affected by sex-associated hormones. Considering the role of sex hormones in various infections, the current study aimed to determine the leve...
