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Agrochemicals increase trematode infections in a declining amphibian speciesJason R Rohr
Biology Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
Nature 455:1235-9. 2008..with elevated trematode loads, further supporting a causal relationship between atrazine and elevated trematode infections in amphibians...
Food-borne trematodiasesJennifer Keiser
Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical Institute, CH 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Clin Microbiol Rev 22:466-83. 2009..Current research needs are emphasized...
Mixed infections with Opisthorchis viverrini and intestinal flukes in residents of Vientiane Municipality and Saravane Province in LaosJ Y Chai
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110 799, Korea
J Helminthol 79:283-9. 2005....- Towards improved diagnosis of zoonotic trematode infections in Southeast AsiaMaria Vang Johansen
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Adv Parasitol 73:171-95. 2010..The future development of virtual microscopy to be used for diagnosis of parasitic infections in the field could make ordinary microscopy obsolete by electronically capturing specimens at point-of-contact in remote areas... - T-helper-1 and T-helper-2 immune responses in mice infected with the intestinal fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense: their possible roles in worm expulsion and host fatalityEun Hee Shin
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
J Parasitol 93:1036-45. 2007..This study shows that mixed Th1 and Th2 responses occur during the course of N. seoulense infection in BALB/c mice. Heavy infiltrations of macrophages in the small intestine may participate in host damage and worm expulsion... - Decrease of Metagonimus yokogawai endemicity along the Tamjin River basinJin Ju Lee
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110 799, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 46:289-91. 2008..It is suggested that the endemicity of M. yokogawai infection along the Tamjin River has been reduced. To confirm this suggestion, the status of infection in snail and fish intermediate hosts should be investigated... - Foodborne intestinal flukes in Southeast AsiaJong Yil Chai
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110 799, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 47:S69-102. 2009..Praziquantel is effective for most intestinal fluke infections. Continued efforts to understand epidemiological significance of intestinal fluke infections, with detection of further human cases, are required... - Epidemiological survey on the infection of intestinal flukes in residents of Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, the Republic of KoreaShin Hyeong Cho
National Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Seoul 122 701, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 48:133-8. 2010..By the present study, it was confirmed that A. felis is a new intestinal fluke infecting humans, and residents in Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do are infected with variable species of intestinal trematodes... - Update on the diagnosis and treatment of food-borne trematode infectionsJennifer Keiser
Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Basel, Switzerland
Curr Opin Infect Dis 23:513-20. 2010More than 40 million people are affected by food-borne trematode infections. Diagnosis is unsatisfactory and there are only two drugs available for treatment and control: praziquantel and triclabendazole... - Host immunization shapes interspecific associations in trematode parasitesAnssi Karvonen
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Centre of Excellence in Evolutionary Research, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
J Anim Ecol 78:945-52. 2009..This implies that correlative results suggesting non-interactive community structure in general may be obscured by the sequence of previous parasite exposure and corresponding dynamics of host immunization... - Advances in metabolic profiling of experimental nematode and trematode infectionsYulan Wang
State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, People s Republic of China
Adv Parasitol 73:373-404. 2010..Finally, we explore how the insight gained with experimental infections could be transferred to human populations and conclude with a section on research needs with regard to molecular diagnostics in parasitology... - Relationship of tadpole stage to location of echinostome cercariae encystment and the consequences for tadpole survivalAnna M Schotthoefer
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
J Parasitol 89:475-82. 2003..Exposures of metamorphic frogs (poststage 46) to cercariae revealed that these individuals can become infected with echinostomes. Collectively, our data highlight the host stage-dependent dynamics of tadpole-echinostome interactions... - Food-borne intestinal trematode infections in the Republic of KoreaJong Yil Chai
Department of Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110 799, South Korea
Parasitol Int 51:129-54. 2002..Host-parasite relationships, pathogenesis and pathology, immunity, clinical aspects, differential diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of these intestinal trematodes are briefly discussed... - Global warming and temperature-mediated increases in cercarial emergence in trematode parasitesR Poulin
Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P O Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Parasitology 132:143-51. 2006.... - Emerging foodborne trematodiasisJennifer Keiser
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1507-14. 2005..This is supported by reviewing aquaculture development in countries endemic for foodborne trematodiasis over the past 10-50 years. Future and sustainable control of foodborne trematodiasis is discussed... - High prevalence of liver and intestinal fluke infections among residents of Savannakhet Province in LaosJong Yil Chai
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110 799, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 45:213-8. 2007..taichui, P. molenkampi, echinostomes, H. pumilio, P. bonnei, and H. yokogawai. The results indicate that foodborne liver and intestinal fluke infections are prevalent among residents of Savannakhet Province, Laos... - Larval trematode infections in freshwater snails from the highveld and lowveld areas of ZimbabweG Chingwena
University of Zimbabwe, Department of Paraclinical Veterinary Studies, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe
J Helminthol 76:283-93. 2002..6%) harboured patent trematode infections. Eight morphologically distinguishable types of cercariae were identified... - Geographical distribution of Metagonimus yokogawai and M. miyatai in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and their site preferences in the sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, and hamstersHideto Kino
Department of Parasitology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1 20 1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431 3192, Japan
Parasitol Int 55:201-6. 2006..On examination of adult worms in the hamster's intestine, M. yokogawai was mainly located towards the anterior part of the intestine, unlike M. miyatai, suggesting that in mammalian host too, the parasites have site preference... - Ichthyocotylurus erraticus (Digenea: Strigeidae): factors affecting infection intensity and the effects of infection on pollan ( Coregonus autumnalis ), a glacial relict fishC Harrod
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK
Parasitology 131:511-9. 2005.... - A molecular phylogeny of the genus Ichthyocotylurus (Digenea, Strigeidae)A S Bell
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
Int J Parasitol 31:833-42. 2001..The ITS2 locus was extremely conserved, with less than 1% variation between species. No intra-specific variation was recorded for any CO1 or ITS2 sequences... - Food-borne trematode infections of humans in the United States of AmericaBernard Fried
Biology Department, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
Parasitol Res 106:1263-80. 2010..Treatment of the FBT mentioned in this review consists of various regimens of praziquantel, except for F. hepatica where the drug of choice is triclabendazole... - Being successful in the world of narrow opportunities: transmission patterns of the trematode Ichthyocotylurus pileatusA Faltýnková
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, PO Box 35 YA, FI 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
Parasitology 136:1375-82. 2009..We emphasize the importance of holistic approaches combining aspects of multiple host species in studies on transmission of complex life-cycle parasites... - High endemicity of Metagonimus yokogawai infection among residents of Samchok-shi, Kangwon-doJ Y Chai
Department of Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 38:33-6. 2000..A total of 242,119 adult flukes (average 22,010 per person, 367-119,650 in range) was collected from diarrheic stools, all of which were identified as M. yokogawai. The results show that M. yokogawai is still highly endemic in this area... - Synergism between trematode infection and pesticide exposure: a link to amphibian limb deformities in nature?Joseph M Kiesecker
Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 5301, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:9900-4. 2002.... - Farm-level risk factors for fish-borne zoonotic trematode infection in integrated small-scale fish farms in northern VietnamVan Thi Phan
Department of Large Animal Sciences, Section of Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e742. 2010..Interventions in aquaculture should be based on knowledge of the main risk factors associated with FZT transmission... - Animal reservoir hosts and fish-borne zoonotic trematode infections on fish farms, VietnamNguyen Thi Lan-Anh
National Institute of Veterinary Research, Hanoi, Vietnam
Emerg Infect Dis 15:540-6. 2009..These results, combined with data from previous investigations in this community, imply that domestic animals serve as reservoir hosts for FZT and therefore must be included in any control programs to prevent FZT infection in humans... - Molecular systematics of the avian schistosome genus Trichobilharzia (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) in North AmericaSara V Brant
Department of Biology and Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Division of Parasitology, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110, USA
J Parasitol 95:941-63. 2009.... - Food-borne intestinal trematodiases in humansBernard Fried
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
Parasitol Res 93:159-70. 2004..Because most of the implicated species are in the Echinostomatidae and Heterophyidae, emphasis in the review is placed on species in these families... - Description and proposed life cycle of Maritrema novaezealandensis n. sp. (Microphallidae) parasitic in red-billed gulls, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus, from Otago Harbor, South Island, New ZealandSergio R Martorelli
Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y Vectores, Calle 2, No 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
J Parasitol 90:272-7. 2004..Finally, the definitive host, the gull, L. n. scopulinus, harbors the adult worms in its intestine... - A new species of haploporid (Digenea) from the South China SeaSheng-Fa Liu
Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, Xiamen University, Fujian, China
J Parasitol 92:620-2. 2006..This is the first record of a Megasolena species from ray-finned fishes as well as in China... - Evidence of Haplorchis taichui infection as pathogenic parasite: three case reportsKom Sukontason
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Scand J Infect Dis 37:388-90. 2005..This finding clearly indicated H. taichui as pathogenic; thus prevention of infection and treatment should be paramount... - Saccocoelium megasacculum n. sp., a new haploporid trematode from Liza carinatus in the Taiwan straitSheng Fa Liu
Parasitology Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People s Republic of China
J Parasitol 90:604-7. 2004.... - Optimization of an experimental model for the recovery of adult Haplorchis pumilio (Heterophyidae: Digenea)Helle Kay
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Groennegaardsvej 15, DK 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
J Parasitol 95:629-33. 2009..pumilio, results which could facilitate investigations on important biological and pathological aspects of intestinal fluke infections... - Prevalence and risks for fishborne zoonotic trematode infections in domestic animals in a highly endemic area of North VietnamThi Lan Anh Nguyen
National Institute of Veterinary Research, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Acta Trop 112:198-203. 2009..Therefore, education of farmers to avoid feeding raw fish and to perform regular anthelmintic treatment of dogs, cats and pigs is needed in integrated FZT control programs... - Microphallus koreana n. sp. (Trematoda: Microphallidae) transmitted by a marine crab, Macrophthalmus dilatatusSang Mee Guk
Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136 701, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 46:165-9. 2008..Based on the morphology of metacercariae and adult flukes, we describe this specimen as a new species, Microphallus koreana n. sp... - Prevalence of zoonotic trematodes in fish from a Vietnamese fish-farming communityTran T K Chi
Research in Aquaculture No 1, Dinh Bang, Tu Son, Hanoi, Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam
J Parasitol 94:423-8. 2008..This has implications for the effectiveness of control programs focused mainly on treatment of humans... - Development from metacercaria to adult of a new species of Maritrema (Digenea: Microphallidae) parasitic in the kelp gull, Larus dominicanus , from the Patagonian coast, ArgentinaJulia I Diaz
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores CCT CONICET LA PLATA, UNLP, Calle 2 584, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Parasitol 96:740-5. 2010..altimanus acts as a second intermediate host of M. madrynensis n. sp. This is the first report of a Maritrema species in Patagonia and the southernmost record for the genus... - Fishborne zoonotic intestinal trematodes, VietnamDo Trung Dung
National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1828-33. 2007..90.4% of all worms recovered). These results demonstrate that fishborne intestinal parasites are an unrecognized food safety risk in a country whose people have a strong tradition of eating raw fish... - Occurrence and species distribution of fishborne zoonotic trematodes in wastewater-fed aquaculture in northern VietnamThi Hop Nguyen
National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Trop Med Int Health 12:66-72. 2007..To assess the risk of fishborne zoonotic trematode (FZT) infection in fish reared in wastewater-fed ponds in peri-urban areas of northern Vietnam... - Gynaecotyla squatarolae (Digenea: Microphallidae) from rats experimentally infected with metacercariae from the shore crab, Macrophthalmus dilatatusMin Seo
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea com
Korean J Parasitol 45:199-204. 2007..In the present study, it has been first proven that the shore crab M. dilatatus is a second intermediate host for G. squatarolae in the Republic of Korea... - Trematode infections in freshwater snails and cattle from the Kafue wetlands of Zambia during a period of highest cattle-water contactA M Phiri
Clinical Studies Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
J Helminthol 81:85-92. 2007..were collected from six areas in the Kafue wetlands between August and October 2003 to assess larval trematode infections. Of these, 135 (13.7%) were positive. Most trematode infections were recorded from Lymnaea natalensis (42... - Survey for zoonotic liver and intestinal trematode metacercariae in cultured and wild fish in An Giang Province, VietnamNguyen Diem Thu
Research Institute for Aquaculture No 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Korean J Parasitol 45:45-54. 2007..pumilio, Procerovum sp., and O. viverrini metacercariae in Vietnamese fish. These results indicate that consumption of improperly prepared fish represents a significant risk of acquiring FZTs in this south Vietnam region... - Trematode infections of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae in the Khek River, ThailandWivitchuta Dechruksa
Department of Biology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 38:1016-28. 2007..3% (24:9,568), 0.4% (37:9,568) and 0.1% (5:9,568), respectively. Five species of snails were susceptible to trematode infections. They were T. granifera, M. tuberculata, T. scabra, P. paludiformis paludiformis and B... - The food-borne trematode zoonoses of VietnamNguyen Van De
National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:12-34. 2003..Finally, the authors present recommendations for further research to provide a more comprehensive picture of the status of these zoonoses, and to obtain the risk assessment information needed to design prevention and control programs... - Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini infection among villagers harboring Opisthorchis-like eggsK L Sukontason
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 32:23-6. 2001..viverrini: H. taichui eggs in mixed infection cases was 2.29 (min = 1, max = 17.5). It is suggested that chemotherapy with praziquentel treatment should be given to patients who are positive for O. viverrini-like eggs... - Comparative morphology of eggs of the Haplorchiinae (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) and some other medically important heterophyid and opisthorchiid flukesO Ditrich
Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 39:123-32. 1992..The problems of identification of eggs in human stool samples and suitability of using morphological criteria such as shape and size of eggs are discussed herein... - Haploporus mugilis sp. n. (Digenea: Haploporidae) from Valamugil engeli (Pisces: Mugilidae) in the Taiwan Straits, ChinaSheng Fa Liu
Parasitology Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 49:93-5. 2002.... - Epidemiological study of clonorchiasis and metagonimiasis along the Geum-gang (River) in Okcheon-gun (county), KoreaGye-Sung Lee
Department of Internal Medicine, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon 301-131, Korea
Korean J Parasitol 40:9-16. 2002..However, there is still a high prevalence of infection with C. sinensis and Metagonimus sp. in this region, especially in the riverside area... - Natural mass infection by heterophyid metacercariae in aquacultured Japanese eel in TaiwanH K Ooi
Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
Dis Aquat Organ 35:31-6. 1999..However, the number of the metacercariae ranged from 1 to 14, with an average of 4.21. This is the first report of heterophyid metacercariae causing mass morbidity in aquacultured eels... - Chemotherapy for major food-borne trematodes: a reviewJennifer Keiser
Swiss Tropical Institute, PO Box, CH 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Expert Opin Pharmacother 5:1711-26. 2004Food-borne trematode infections, caused by liver flukes (Clonorchis, Fasciola, Opisthorchis), lung flukes (Paragonimus) and intestinal flukes (Echinostoma, Fasciolopsis, heterophyids), are significant public health problems, most notably .. - [Cercarial dermatitis in Europe: a new public health problem?]L de Gentile
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire CHU, Angers, France
Bull World Health Organ 74:159-63. 1996..In the light of the observations reported here and the analysis of recent publications, cercarial dermatitis may be regarded as an emerging disease. Its public health impact needs to be evaluated at the global level... - Investigation of Paradiplozoon homoion (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) life cycle under experimental conditionsMartina Pecínková
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
Parasitol Int 56:179-83. 2007..When host fish were experimentally infected by oncomiracidia, diporpae were found attached to the fish gill apparatus within 2 h of infection... - Host, macrohabitat, and microhabitat specificity in the gill parasite Afrodiplozoon polycotyleus (Monogenea)Kristan M N Raymond
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
J Parasitol 92:1211-7. 2006..Within hosts, A. polycotyleus was strongly specific among hemibranchs in poorly oxygenated water and was found on arch 2, hemibranch 4 most frequently... - Preliminary characterisation and extraction of anterior adhesive secretion in monogenean (platyhelminth) parasitesTamarind E Hamwood
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 49:39-49. 2002..A method of extracting unsecreted adhesive was investigated for use in further characterisation studies on monogenean glues... - Diplectanids (Monogenea) on the archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas) (Toxotidae) off Peninsular MalaysiaL H S Lim
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
Syst Parasitol 64:13-25. 2006..sp. differs from all known Heteroplectanum species in the shape and size of the squamodiscs, the arrangement of the sclerites in the squamodiscs, the extremely large ventral bar and the short, curved, non-spinous copulatory tube... - The status of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961 and Anacornuatus Dubey et al., 1991 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) with redescription of Q. kobiensis Ha Ky, 1968, new geographical records for Q. bagrae Paperna, 1979 and Q. clariadis Paperna, 1961 from India anAmit Tripathi
Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, U P, India
Parasitol Int 56:23-30. 2007..Quadriacanthus spp. are more specific to their hosts (micro-habitats) than geographical localizations (macro-habitats) suggesting geographical diversification of hosts plays a lesser role in monogenoidean speciation... - Host switch of Lamellodiscus elegans (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea) and Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) between cage-reared sparidsI Mladineo
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
Vet Res Commun 31:153-60. 2007..chrysophrii showed better reproductive capacity on a new host (sharpsnout bream). Both cases point to the possible enlargement of parasite host range... - Involvement of host recognition by oncomiracidia and post-larval survivability in the host specificity of Heterobothrium okamotoi (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae)Yu Ohhashi
Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Int J Parasitol 37:53-60. 2007..okamotoi... - Determinants of parasite species richness on small taxonomical and geographical scales: Lamellodiscus monogeneans of northwestern Mediterranean sparid fishY Desdevises
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, UMR 7628, Laborratoire Arago, Banyuls sur Mer, France
J Helminthol 80:235-41. 2006..It is concluded that structuring of monogenean communities is controlled more by ecological than evolutionary factors... - Neotropical Monogenoidea. 40. Protorhinoxenus prochilodi gen. n., sp. n. (Monogenoidea: Ancyrocephalinae), parasite of prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) from south BrazilMarcus V Domingues
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paran, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 49:35-8. 2002.... - Girdles as the main infection site for Paradeontacylix kampachi (Sanguinicolidae) in the greater amberjack Seriola dumeriliFrancisco E Montero
Departamento de Zoologia Animal, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, PO Box 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain
Dis Aquat Organ 53:271-2. 2003..Girdles should be routinely examined to estimate the actual intensity of infection and to maximize the likelihood of finding this species of digenean... - Trickle and single infection with Discocotyle sagittata (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea): effect of exposure mode on parasite abundance and developmentMiguel Rubio-Godoy
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Rd, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 49:269-78. 2002..These results reproduce phenomena observed in the field, indicating that the experimental infection system could be employed to study infection dynamics and host-parasite interactions under controlled conditions... - Fish monogeneans from a shallow, eutrophic Oświn Lake in PolandKatarzyna Mierzejewska
University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Wiad Parazytol 52:37-47. 2006..The impact of fish size and sampling season on the infection parameters was also analyzed... - [An investigation of helminth fauna of the bleak (Alburnus alburnus L.) from the Mustafakemalpasa stream, Bursa, Turkey]Ali Aydogdu
Uludağ Universitesi Mustafakemalpaşa Meslek Yüksek Okulu Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 30:68-71. 2006..fraternus and Diplozoon homoion (Monogenea) on the gills; Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda) and Rhapdochona denudata (Nematoda) in the intestine; and Diplostomum sp. (Digenea) in the eyes, on the surface of body and on the fins... - [Description of Lamellodiscus confusus n. sp, (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), parasite of Sarpa salpa (Teleostei: Sparidae)]F Amine
Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculte des Sciences Biologiques, USTHB, BP 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algerie
Parasite 14:281-5. 2007..For comparison, illustrations of the ventral bar and the male copulatory organ of all Mediterranean species of the "ignoratus" sub-group are provided. The question of the host specificity of L. ignoratus is discussed... - Cycle évolutif de Bucephalus anguillae Spakulová, Macko, Berrilli & Dezfuli, 2002 (Digenea, Bucephalidae) parasite de Anguilla anguilla (L.)L Gargouri-Ben Abdallah
, , , Campus Universitaire, , 1060 Tunis, Tunisie
Syst Parasitol 53:207-17. 2002..This life-cycle differs from that of B. polymorphus and can be considered as an additional argument for the distinction of these two morphologically similar species... - Diplostomum spathaceum cercariae respond to a unique profile of cues during recognition of their fish hostWilfried Haas
Institute for Zoology I, University Erlangen Nuernberg, Staudtstrasse 5, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Int J Parasitol 32:1145-54. 2002..These cues differ from those used in other fish parasites studied to date and underline the diversity of fish recognition strategies... - Host specificity is linked to intraspecific variability in the genus Lamellodiscus (Monogenea)T Kaci-Chaouch
CNRS, UMR 7628, Modèles en Biologie cellulaire et évolutive, Laboratoire Arago, Avenue Fontaulé, BP44, F 66651 Banyuls sur Mer, France
Parasitology 135:607-16. 2008.... - Life history of Acanthocollaritrema umbilicatum Travassos, Freitas and Bührnheim, 1965 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae)Susana Balmant Emerique Simões
Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parasitol Res 103:523-8. 2008..The examination of the type and freshly obtained adults of A. umbilicatum has shown that they possess 54-64 circumoral spines, in a double row. Experimental infections were achieved in the intermediate hosts H. australis and P. vivipara... - Trematodes indicate animal biodiversity in the Chilean intertidal and Lake TanganyikaRyan F Hechinger
Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
J Parasitol 94:966-8. 2008..This further supports the notion that trematodes in first intermediate hosts can serve as bioindicators of the condition of free-living animal communities in diverse ecosystems... - Five new species of Urocleidoides (Monogenoidea) (Mizelle and Price 1964) Kritsky, Thatcher, and Boeger, 1986, parasitizing the gills of Panamanian freshwater fishesEdgar F Mendoza-Franco
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama
J Parasitol 94:793-802. 2008..Our findings represent the first known species of Urocleidoides from these fishes in Central America and demonstrate that they are morphologically linked to their South American congeners... - Nonrandom association patterns in parasite infections caused by the host life cycle: empirical evidence from Kudoa camarguensis (Myxosporea) and Aphalloides coelomicola (Trematoda)C Pampoulie
Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles, France
J Parasitol 88:817-9. 2002..These results suggest that this positive association is related to a third common factor, i.e., their host's life cycle... - Egg-laying patterns and in vivo egg production in the monogenean parasites Heteraxine heterocerca and Benedenia seriolae from Japanese yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiataA J Mooney
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, DX 650418, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, South Australia 5005, Australia
Parasitology 135:1295-302. 2008..The contrasting egg-laying patterns of H. heterocerca and B. seriolae suggest that each species makes use of a different infection strategy to infect the same host species, S. quinqueradiata... - Monogenea of Arabian Gulf fishes. 1. Descriptions of three Capsala spp. (Capsalidae) including Capsala naffari n. sp. infecting mackerel tuna Euthynnus affinis from coasts of EmiratesMahmoud M Kardousha
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Qatar, 32000 Al Doha, P O Box 2713, Qatar
Parasitol Int 51:327-35. 2002..gotoi and relatively large testes. This is the first record of the genus Capsala from Arabian Gulf fishes and E. affinis is a new host record... - [Invasion character and distribution of the Diplostomum huronense (La Rue, 1927) Hugnes, 1929 metacercariae in roach of Lake Ladoga]E P Ieshko
Parazitologiia 41:195-200. 2007..Thus, the Diplostomum huronense metacercaria is an important factor regulating the fish fry number both in direct (death of infected fry) and indirect (elimination of hyperinfected fishes by ichthyophagous birds) way... - Migration, site-specificity and development of Benedenia lutjani (Monogenea: Capsalidae) on the surface of its host, Lutjanus carponotatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae)D Whittington
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Parasitology 124:423-34. 2002..The possible adaptive significance of the migratory behaviour, site-specificity and its link with changes in parasite development are discussed... - Infection dynamics of Centrocestus armatus cercariae (Digenea: Heterophyidae) to second intermediate fish hostsV G V Paller
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe 654 0142, Japan
J Parasitol 93:436-9. 2007..Results revealed that the pattern of transmission was frequency-dependent... - The life cycle of Mesostephanus indicum Mehra, 1947 (Digenea: Cyathocotylidae)P Sheena
Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala 673 635, India
Parasitol Res 101:1015-8. 2007..suratensis (Cichlidae), and Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Belontidae). Recovery of M. indicum from M. m. govinda forms a new host record, and this is the first report of the life cycle of the genus from India... - The biology of gyrodactylid monogeneans: the "Russian-doll killers"T A Bakke
Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P O Box 1172 Blindern, NO 0318 Oslo, Norway
Adv Parasitol 64:161-376. 2007..We review the history and current status of the epidemic, and current strategies for elimination of the parasite from Norway. Finally, we consider opportunities for further spread of the parasite within and beyond Europe... - Polylabris lingaoensis sp. n. and Polylabris cf. mamaevi Ogawa et Egusa, 1980 (Monogenoidea: Microcotylidae) from perciform fishes in the Gulf of Tonkin, South China SeaYang Tingbao
Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and the Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province for Improved Reproduction of Economic Animals, Zhongshan University, Ghangzhou 510275, China
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 54:27-33. 2007..The gill parasites from S. fuscescens are tentatively assigned to P. mamaevi pending new collections and restudy of microcotylid species from siganid fishes... - [Policlithrum ponticum sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae: Polyclithrinae) from Mugil cephalus from the Black Sea and problems of suprageneric systematics of the gydrodactylids]P I Gerasev
Parazitologiia 36:396-404. 2002.... - Gill monogeneans of the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus from Madeiran waters of the Atlantic Ocean, PortugalG Costa
Centre for Macaronesian Studies, Campus da Penteada, 9000 390 Funchal, Portugal
J Helminthol 81:33-8. 2007..However, significant differences in prevalence and abundance were found in relation to date of sampling for P. minor, and all parasites were aggregated in their distribution... - Climate warming and disease risks in temperate regions--Argulus coregoni and Diplostomum spathaceum as case studiesT Hakalahti
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, PO Box 35 YA, FI 40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
J Helminthol 80:93-8. 2006..This would increase problems associated with infections and increase the use of expensive management protocols with high environmental impact... - Morphological observations of Echinochasmus japonicus cercariae and the in vitro maintenance of its life cycle from cercariae to adultsMin-Ho Choi
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea
J Parasitol 92:236-41. 2006..When cercariae were kept in the same bath as the freshwater fish, Pseudorasbora parva, which were free from trematode infections, parasites encysted only in the gills of fishes at day 4 postinfection (PI)... - Unitubulotestis sardae (Trematoda: Didymozoidae) infection in Atlantic bonito Sarda sarda (Perciformes: Scomberomoridae) in the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas: histopathological and SEM investigationsF Marino
Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, University Centre of Annunziata, Messina, Italy
J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol 35:215-20. 2003.... - Scanning electron microscopy of Aspidogaster ijimai Kawamura, 1913 and A. conchicola Baer, 1827 (Aspidogastrea, Aspidogastridae) with reference to their fish definitive-host specificityQ Gao
State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Parasitol Res 91:439-43. 2003..ijimai and A. conchicola. However, microridges in the trough of the folds in the neck region and numerous small pits on the upper part of the septa were found exclusively in A. ijimai, but uniciliated sensory papillae in A. conchicola... - Life cycle of Coitocoecum plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea: Opecoelidae)Reiko Yoshida
Department of Natural Sciences, Fukuoka University of Education, Akamabunkyo-machi 1-1, Munakata, Fukuoka 811-4192, Japan
Parasitol Int 54:237-42. 2005..These metacercariae were identified as C. plagiorchis. The sporocysts, cercariae, metacercariae and adults are briefly described... - Review of the trematode genus Ribeiroia (Psilostomidae): ecology, life history and pathogenesis with special emphasis on the amphibian malformation problemPieter T J Johnson
Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 1492, USA
Adv Parasitol 57:191-253. 2004..Investigation of these questions will benefit enormously from a multidisciplinary approach that effectively integrates parasitology, developmental biology, immunology, herpetology and aquatic ecology... - Mediterranean Diplodus annularis (Teleostei: Sparidae) and its brain parasite: unforeseen outcomeEnrique A Osset
Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, P.O. Box 22 085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
Parasitol Int 54:201-6. 2005.... - Carbohydrate localization on Gyrodactylus salaris and G. derjavini and corresponding carbohydrate binding capacity of their hosts Salmo salar and S. truttaS Jørndrup
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Section of Fish Diseases, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Stigbøjlen 4, DK 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
J Helminthol 79:41-6. 2005..Lectins binding to other carbohydrates showed trends for similar host differences. The implications of carbohydrate-lectin interactions for host specificity in gyrodactylids are discussed... - Effects of temperature on fecundity in vitro, egg hatching and reproductive development of Benedenia seriolae and Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea) parasitic on yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandiL A Tubbs
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, P O Box 109 695, Auckland, New Zealand
Int J Parasitol 35:315-27. 2005..seriolae and Z. seriolae and discusses the inclusion of basic parasitic life-cycle parameters into management strategies designed to maximise treatment efficacy and limit monogenean epizootics in sea-cage kingfish culture... - Comparative life histories of two diplostomid trematodes, Ornithodiplostomum ptychocheilus and Posthodiplostomum minimumJason L Schleppe
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
J Parasitol 90:1387-90. 2004..Although the larger of the 2 species had higher egg and cercariae production, conclusions regarding covariation between adult worm size and the reproductive rates of other life cycle stages require further studies on related species... - Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in intermediate fish hosts: factors contributing to the parasite infection and prey selection by the definitive bird hostM Ondračková
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
Parasitology 129:761-70. 2004..We conclude that habitat characteristics, snail host density and fish community structure contribute significantly to P. cuticola infection in fish hosts... - The bathymetric distribution of the digenean parasites of deep-sea fishesRodney A Bray
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 51:268-74. 2004..These results indicate that only seventeen out of the 150 or so digenean families are reported in the deep sea... - The microhabitat distribution of two Dactylogyrus species parasitizing the gills of the barbel, Barbus barbusD Kadlec
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
J Helminthol 77:317-25. 2003..In the case of the high abundance of both species, microhabitat preference seems to be related to interspecific interactions between monogenean species, as previously found for endoparasitic species... - Marine parasites as pollution indicators: an updateH H Williams
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs 06269-3043, USA
Parasitology 126:S27-41. 2003..About 100 references are cited... - Microhabitat and surface ultrastructure of Neothoracocotyle commersoni and Pricea multae (Monogenea: Microcotyloidea) from gills of Scombrid fish, Scomberomorus commersonAhmed A Abdel-Aal
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
J Egypt Soc Parasitol 34:117-30. 2004..Ultrastructure of the clamps of both species described aid in understanding of the parasite habitat and survival... - Navigation within host tissues: cercariae orientate towards dark after penetrationK Grabe
Institute for Zoology I, , Staudtstrasse 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
Parasitol Res 93:111-3. 2004..This is a first hint that parasites may use photo-orientation when they navigate in host tissues... - Annulotrematoides bryconi sp. n. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on Brycon cephalus (Osteichthyes: Characidae) from BrazilAna Maria Cuglianna
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, CEP 13083 970, Campinas, SP, Brasil
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 50:272-4. 2003..This is the first record of monogeneans parasitic on the gills of B. cephalus... - Gill trematodes (flukes) in wild-caught killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)David R Goulding
Comparative Medicine Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, MD C1-06, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci 43:32-4. 2004..The cysts were identified as encysted metacercariae of a digenetic trematode. We surmise that the large numbers of gill flukes combined with the stress of recent shipment likely caused the observed morbidity and mortality... - Four-year monitoring of parasite communities in gobiid fishes of the south-western BalticII. InfracommunityC Dieter Zander
Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Martin Luther King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Parasitol Res 93:17-29. 2004..Additionally, it depends on the time of appearance of goby offspring in the course of the year...
Research Grants
- STEM CELLS AND AGINGStewart Sell; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results of these experiments should provide critical proof for one of the most important hypothetical properties of adult stem cells. ..
- Anti-pathogen responses in Biomphalaria glabrataCOENRAAD ADEMA; Fiscal Year: 2007..glabrata. As a significant byproduct, 10000 ESTs from B. glabrata will be generated. This research is designed in consultation with other investigators working with Biomphalaria, to maximize its impact for future genome-type projects. ..
- Molecular Studies of Immunoparasitology in SnailsSi Ming Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2007..mansoni and its snail host. ..
- Molecular Studies of Immunoparasitology in SnailsSi Ming Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2010..This may lead to new methods for blocking the transmission of Schistosomiasis, a snail-borne disease that affects 200 million people worldwide. ..
- Anti-pathogen responses in Biomphalaria glabrataCOENRAAD M ADEMA; Fiscal Year: 2010..Any data forthcoming from the ongoing B. glabrata genome sequencing will further facilitate this study of immune function of B. glabrata in the context of transmission of schistosomiasis ..
- Molecular Studies of Immunoparasitology in SnailsSi Ming Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2009..mansoni and its snail host. ..
- STEM CELLS AND HEPATOCARCINOGENESISStewart Sell; Fiscal Year: 2009..Knowledge of the cellular origin of cancer is critical for understanding how cancer evolves and for developing prevention strategies. ..
- Anti-pathogen responses in Biomphalaria glabrataCOENRAAD ADEMA; Fiscal Year: 2009..Any data forthcoming from the ongoing B. glabrata genome sequencing will further facilitate this study of immune function of B. glabrata in the context of transmission of schistosomiasis ..
- DIFFERENTIATION OF BLOOD STEM CELLS INTO LIVER CELLSStewart Sell; Fiscal Year: 2005..If this project is successful, it would overcome a major hurdle in the possible use of hepatic stem cells for treatment of liver failure or ex vivo gene therapy. ..
- AFB1 AND P53 CARCINOGENESIS IN HBSAG TRANSGENIC MICEStewart Sell; Fiscal Year: 2002..These studies should lead to an understanding of how each of these risk factors affect hepatocyte proliferation and how these effects contribute to AFB1 hepatocarcinogenesis. ..
- DIVERSE RECOGNITION CAPABILITY: AN INVERTEBRATE MODELSi Ming Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2003..Mechanism and Site of FREP3 Diversification; Specific Aim 2. Diversity of FREPs at the Expression Level; Specific Aim 3. Development of RNAi Techniques to Probe FREP Functions. ..
- HEPTOCYTE PROLIFERATION AND AFLATOXIN METABOLISMStewart Sell; Fiscal Year: 2004..the effect Of HBV associated injury and AFB I hepatocarcinogensis in these mice. In Specific Aim 3, the effect of HBV associated injury and AFB1 hepatocarcinogenesis in these mice will be examined. ..
- WETLAND URBANIZATION GRADIENTS AND VECTOR BORNE DISEASESJOSEPH KIESECKER; Fiscal Year: 2002..Development of mathematical models for these trematode systems will provide a template for studies of other snail borne diseases with similar community modules, for example, schistosomiasis. ..
- UNM COBRE: DIVERSE RECOGNITION CAPABILITY: INVERTEBRATE MODELSi Ming Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2009..Ultimately, the study will have benefits for the control of schistosomiasis, a snail-borne disease that affects 200 million people world wide. ..