cestoda

Summary

Summary: A subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Host specificity and population structure of two exotic helminths, Camallanus cotti (Nematoda) and Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda), parasitizing exotic fishes in Waianu Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i
    Amanda G Vincent
    Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
    J Parasitol 89:540-4. 2003
  2. ncbi Reciprocal effects between host phenotype and pathogens: new insights from an old problem
    Simon Blanchet
    UMR, CNRS Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
    Trends Parasitol 25:364-9. 2009
  3. ncbi The three-spined stickleback-Schistocephalus solidus system: an experimental model for investigating host-parasite interactions in fish
    I Barber
    Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
    Parasitology 137:411-24. 2010
  4. ncbi Cytogenetics and chromosomes of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda)
    Marta Spakulová
    Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia
    Adv Parasitol 74:177-230. 2011
  5. ncbi Trace element concentrations in Proteocephalus macrocephalus (Cestoda) and Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda) in comparison to their fish host, Anguilla anguilla in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal
    C Eira
    CESAM and Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago 3810 193 Aveiro, Portugal
    Sci Total Environ 407:991-8. 2009
  6. ncbi A new species of Potamotrygonocestus Brooks & Thorson, 1976 (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson (Mylliobatoidea: Potamotrygonidae) and a redescription of Potamotrygonocestus chaoi Marques, Brooks & Ara
    N M Luchetti
    Departamento de Zoologia IB, Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua do Matão tv 14, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    Syst Parasitol 70:131-45. 2008
  7. ncbi Lethal invasive cestodiasis in immunosuppressed patients
    Peter D Olson
    Parasitic Worms Division, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
    J Infect Dis 187:1962-6. 2003
  8. ncbi Taxonomic revision of Rhinebothroides (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae), parasites of neotropical freshwater stingrays (Rajiformes: Myliobatoidei: Potamotrygonidae)
    Fernando P L Marques
    Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, Sao Paulo, SP 05422 970, Brazil
    J Parasitol 89:994-1017. 2003
  9. ncbi The response of intestinal mucous cells to the presence of enteric helminths: their distribution, histochemistry and fine structure
    B S Dezfuli
    Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    J Fish Dis 33:481-8. 2010
  10. ncbi Scolex morphology of monozoic cestodes (Caryophyllidea) from the Palaearctic Region: a useful tool for species identification
    Mikuláš Oros
    Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 57:37-46. 2010

Research Grants

  1. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2006
  2. 3D Digital Modeling of the Drosphila Brain
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. Ecosystem disturbance and multiscale transmission of a zoonotic wildlife pathogen
    Philip Craig; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
  5. 3D Digital Modeling of the Drosphila Brain
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2009
  6. 3D DIGITAL MODELING OF THE DEVELOPING DROSOPHILA BRAIN
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. PARASITIC ZOONOSIS (ECHINOCOCCOSIS) TRANSMISSION IN CHIN
    Philip Craig; Fiscal Year: 2003
  8. ANALYSIS OF SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 1993
  9. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2002
  10. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2003

Detail Information

Publications241 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Host specificity and population structure of two exotic helminths, Camallanus cotti (Nematoda) and Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda), parasitizing exotic fishes in Waianu Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i
    Amanda G Vincent
    Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
    J Parasitol 89:540-4. 2003
    ..Camallanus corti (Nematoda) and Bothricephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda) are the most prevalent and abundant fish helminths in Hawai'ian streams...
  2. ncbi Reciprocal effects between host phenotype and pathogens: new insights from an old problem
    Simon Blanchet
    UMR, CNRS Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
    Trends Parasitol 25:364-9. 2009
    ..Finally, we outline technical avenues for explicitly considering reciprocal effects in the future and discuss their fundamental and applied implications...
  3. ncbi The three-spined stickleback-Schistocephalus solidus system: an experimental model for investigating host-parasite interactions in fish
    I Barber
    Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
    Parasitology 137:411-24. 2010
    ..Here we introduce the host and the parasite, review the major findings of these recent experimental infection studies and identify further aspects of host parasite interactions that might be investigated using the system...
  4. ncbi Cytogenetics and chromosomes of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda)
    Marta Spakulová
    Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia
    Adv Parasitol 74:177-230. 2011
    Tapeworms (Cestoda, Platyhelminthes) are a highly diversified group of parasites that can have significant veterinary importance as well as medical impact as disease agents of human alveococcosis, hydatidosis, taeniosis/cysticercosis/..
  5. ncbi Trace element concentrations in Proteocephalus macrocephalus (Cestoda) and Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda) in comparison to their fish host, Anguilla anguilla in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal
    C Eira
    CESAM and Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago 3810 193 Aveiro, Portugal
    Sci Total Environ 407:991-8. 2009
    ..The system P. macrocephalus/A. anguilla is proposed as another promising bioindicator system to evaluate environmental Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn exposure in estuarine areas where both species co-occur...
  6. ncbi A new species of Potamotrygonocestus Brooks & Thorson, 1976 (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson (Mylliobatoidea: Potamotrygonidae) and a redescription of Potamotrygonocestus chaoi Marques, Brooks & Ara
    N M Luchetti
    Departamento de Zoologia IB, Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua do Matão tv 14, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    Syst Parasitol 70:131-45. 2008
    ..Additional data on the distribution and morphology of the microtriches and a detailed description of the female reproductive system are also provided in this study...
  7. ncbi Lethal invasive cestodiasis in immunosuppressed patients
    Peter D Olson
    Parasitic Worms Division, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
    J Infect Dis 187:1962-6. 2003
    ..A prior report of this case nearly 30 years ago, based on tissue examination, had suggested that the parasite was a sparganum...
  8. ncbi Taxonomic revision of Rhinebothroides (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae), parasites of neotropical freshwater stingrays (Rajiformes: Myliobatoidei: Potamotrygonidae)
    Fernando P L Marques
    Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, Sao Paulo, SP 05422 970, Brazil
    J Parasitol 89:994-1017. 2003
    ..freitasi (syn. R. circularisi and R. venezuelensis), R. glandularis (syn. R. mclennanae), R. moralaurai, and R. scorzai. We provide a taxonomic review of the genus, 8 additional host records, 7 new localities, and an identification key...
  9. ncbi The response of intestinal mucous cells to the presence of enteric helminths: their distribution, histochemistry and fine structure
    B S Dezfuli
    Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    J Fish Dis 33:481-8. 2010
    ..The cytoplasm was observed to possess numerous electron dense and lucent vesicles, in addition to well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and a few round mitochondria...
  10. ncbi Scolex morphology of monozoic cestodes (Caryophyllidea) from the Palaearctic Region: a useful tool for species identification
    Mikuláš Oros
    Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 57:37-46. 2010
    A comparative study of the scoleces of caryophyllidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasitic in cypriniform fishes in the Palaearctic Region, was carried out using light and scanning electron microscopy...
  11. ncbi A new species of Rhinebothroides Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the ocellate river stingray in Argentina, with amended descriptions of two other species of the genus
    Verónica A Ivanov
    Laboratorio de Helmintologia, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon II, Piso 4, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Syst Parasitol 58:159-74. 2004
    ..mclennanae and R. glandularis, the absence of microtriches in the genital atrium, intraspecific variation of bothridial shape and ovarian shape...
  12. ncbi Anindobothrium n. gen. (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) inhabiting marine and freshwater potamotrygonid stingrays
    F P Marques
    University of Toronto, Department of Zoology, Ontario, Canada
    J Parasitol 87:666-72. 2001
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  13. ncbi Histochemistry of glycoconjugates in mucous cells of Salmo trutta uninfected and naturally parasitized with intestinal helminths
    G Bosi
    Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, via Trentacoste n. 2, 20134 Milan, Italy
    Dis Aquat Organ 64:45-51. 2005
    ..Our study is the first quantitative report on the effects of intestinal helminths on the density of mucous cells and mucus composition in a fish species...
  14. ncbi Intestinal helminths of freshwater stingrays in southeastern Peru, and a new genus and two new species of cestode
    Florian B Reyda
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 3043, USA
    J Parasitol 94:684-99. 2008
    ..The known numbers of genera and species of tetraphyllidean cestodes parasitizing neotropical freshwater stingrays are now 6 and 22, respectively...
  15. ncbi Histopathological changes caused by the metacestodes of Neogryporhynchus cheilancristrotus (Wedl, 1855) in the gut of the gibel carp, Carassius gibelio
    K Molnar
    Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H 1581 Budapest, Hungary
    Acta Vet Hung 53:45-52. 2005
    ..Around the worms, congested capillaries and formation of macrophages were seen in the lysed connective tissue...
  16. ncbi Schistocephalus cotti n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) plerocercoids from bullheads Cottus gobio L. in an Arctic river in Finland, with a key to the plerocercoids of the Palaearctic species of the genus
    J C Chubb
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
    Syst Parasitol 65:161-70. 2006
    ..Cross-infection experiments and molecular studies are recommended to further elucidate the interrelationships between the various species of Schistocephalus...
  17. ncbi A new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the ocellate river stingray, Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae), in Argentina
    Verónica A Ivanov
    Laboratorio de Helmintologia, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon II, Piso 4, Lab 52 C1428EHA, Argentina
    J Parasitol 91:390-6. 2005
    ..The discovery of a new species of Acanthobothrium from a potamotrygonid extends our understanding of the diversity of the genus in freshwater stingrays in South America...
  18. ncbi Evidence for the co-existence of separate strains or species of Ligula in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland
    P D Olson
    Department of Zoology, The National History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
    J Helminthol 76:171-4. 2002
    LIGULA (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) infections in gudgeon (Gobio gobio) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) differ markedly in the pathology that is observed in the host, particularly with respect to a tissue response and the extent of inhibition ..
  19. ncbi Occurrence of Atractolytocestus huronensis (Cestoda, Caryophyllaeidae) in German pond-farmed common carp Cyprinus carpio
    A Kappe
    Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Dis Aquat Organ 70:255-9. 2006
    ..Although in most cases no clinical alterations in parasitized carp have been observed, care should be taken to avoid further dissemination and to prevent possible losses in commercial pond farming...
  20. ncbi Castration of female ninespine stickleback by the pseudophyllidean cestode Schistocephalus pungitii: evolutionary significance and underlying mechanism
    David C Heins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 400 Lindy Boggs Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
    J Parasitol 96:206-8. 2010
    ..Castration in infected adult-size female ninespine stickleback appears to be the result of adaptive manipulation of host energy allocation by the parasite, but it could result from an energy budget readily influenced by parasitism...
  21. ncbi A new species of tetraphyllidean (Cestoda) from the Largespot River stingray, Potamotrygon falkneri (Potamotrygonidae: Chondrichthyes), from the Parana basin
    Adriana Menoret
    Laboratorio de Helmintologia, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon II, Piso 4, Lab 52, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    J Parasitol 95:994-9. 2009
    Rhinebothrium paranaensis n. sp. (Tetraphyllidea: Cestoda) is described from the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon falkneri collected in the Colastiné River, a tributary to the Lower Parana River in Argentina...
  22. ncbi A redescription of Arostrilepis horrida (Linstow, 1901) and descriptions of two new species from Palaearctic microtine rodents, Arostrilepis macrocirrosa sp. n. and A. tenuicirrosa sp. n. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae)
    Arseny A Makarikov
    Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 58:108-20. 2011
    ..Hymenolepis neurotrichi Rausch, 1962, which had been placed in Arostrilepis by Mas-Coma and Tenora (1997), does not correspond to the generic diagnosis and is considered a species incertae sedis...
  23. ncbi The phylogeny of diphyllobothriid tapeworms (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) based on ITS-2 rDNA sequences
    Flora J Logan
    Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, , , Czech Republic
    Parasitol Res 94:10-5. 2004
    ..Our results indicate the necessity for a taxonomic revision of the family Diphyllobothriidae...
  24. ncbi Three new species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, in Malaysian Borneo
    Claire J Healy
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 3043, USA
    J Parasitol 92:364-74. 2006
    ..Each of the new species was examined with light and scanning electron microscopy. Two of the new species possess cilia on their bothridia, which have not previously been reported for members of this genus...
  25. ncbi Altered host behaviour: manipulation or energy depletion in tapeworm-infected copepods?
    K Franz
    Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Plon, Germany
    Parasitology 125:187-96. 2002
    ..reduced escaping ability and an increased level of general activity, when infected with Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda). This facilitates predation by the subsequent host, the three-spined stickleback...
  26. ncbi Resistance against heterogeneous sequential infections: experimental studies with a tapeworm and its copepod host
    J Kurtz
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    J Helminthol 80:199-206. 2006
    ..The effect of parasitic heterogeneity on host immunity is therefore complex, potentially involving increased cross-protection on the one hand, with higher costs of raising a more heterogeneous immune response on the other...
  27. ncbi Geography and host specificity: two forces behind the genetic structure of the freshwater fish parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae)
    Wafa Bouzid
    Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, U M R CNRS UPS 5174, Universite Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, F 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
    Int J Parasitol 38:1465-79. 2008
    ..Although the ITS2 sequences were found to display considerable intragenomic variability, their relationships were generally in good agreement with the topology derived from mitochondrial genes...
  28. ncbi A new anoplocephalid (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from Gallotia atlantica (Reptilia, Lacertidae) in the Canary Islands, Spain
    Pilar Foronda
    Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, University of La Laguna, Avda Astrofísico Fco Sánchez s n, 38203, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
    J Parasitol 95:678-80. 2009
    ..Gallotia spp. are endemic to the Canary Islands. This is the first report of an adult cestode species in this lizard...
  29. ncbi Evolutionary relationships of sibling tapeworm species (Cestoda) parasitizing teleost fishes
    O Verneau
    Laboratoire de Parasitologie Comparée, Universite de Montpellier II, France
    Mol Biol Evol 14:630-6. 1997
    ..ITS1) were used to investigate phylogenetic relationships among seven host-specific Bothriocephalus parasites (Cestoda, Pseudophyllidae)...
  30. ncbi The divergent roles of alternatively activated macrophages in helminthic infections
    J L Reyes
    Laboratory of Immunoparasitology, Unidad de Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
    Parasite Immunol 29:609-19. 2007
    ....
  31. ncbi Proposal for a new tapeworm order, Rhinebothriidea
    Claire J Healy
    Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Parasitol 39:497-511. 2009
    ..The new order includes at least 13 genera. Intraordinal relationships were determined to be insufficiently stable to justify the formal reorganization of rhinebothriidean families at this time...
  32. ncbi Mitochondrial genetic code in cestodes
    M Nakao
    Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan
    Mol Biochem Parasitol 111:415-24. 2000
    ..Based on these results, we propose that the flatworm mitochondrial code should be modified for cestodes, particularly, in an initiating methionine codon (GUG) and a terminating codon (UAA)...
  33. ncbi Unified terminology for cestode microtriches: a proposal from the International Workshops on Cestode Systematics in 2002-2008
    Lenta Chervy
    University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 3043, USA
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 56:199-230. 2009
    ..Each type of microthrix variation is defined and illustrated with one or more scanning electron micrographs. An indication of the taxa in which each of the microthrix forms is found is also provided...
  34. ncbi Vitellocytes and vitellogenesis in cestodes in relation to embryonic development, egg production and life cycle
    Z Swiderski
    W Stefanski Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51 55 Twarda Street, 00 818, Warsaw, Poland
    Int J Parasitol 30:805-17. 2000
    ..Within the Cestoda, there are three monozoic taxa with only one set of genital organs: Amphilinidea, Gyrocotylidea and ..
  35. ncbi Cestode systematics: any progress?
    J Mariaux
    University of Neuchatel, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
    Int J Parasitol 26:231-43. 1996
    ..A synergism linking morphological and molecular characters and phylogenetic approaches to analysis provides a firm foundation for rapid and seminal advances in the elucidation of relationships among the Eucestoda...
  36. ncbi Genetic variation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 within three species of Progamotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from macropodid marsupials
    M Hu
    Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia
    Parasitology 130:117-29. 2005
    ..Comparison of genetic relationships of cestodes with the phylogeny of their hosts revealed examples of colonization (P. zschokkei in M. agilis) and of host switching (P. zschokkei in M. dorsalis)...
  37. ncbi When to go: optimization of host switching in parasites with complex life cycles
    Katrin Hammerschmidt
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plon, Germany
    Evolution 63:1976-86. 2009
    ..Our results show that these manipulated behavioral changes are adaptive for S. solidus, rather than an artifact, as they maximize parasite fitness...
  38. ncbi Molecular cloning of genes encoding oncosphere proteins reveals conservation of modular protein structure in cestode antigens
    Charles Gauci
    Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, The University of Melbourne, Princes Highway, Werribee, 3030, Vic, Australia
    Mol Biochem Parasitol 127:193-8. 2003
    ..Identification of structural conservation of genes encoding antigenic proteins across several taeniid species suggests that the encoded proteins play important roles in host infection and parasite survival...
  39. ncbi The infectivity, growth, and virulence of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its first intermediate host, the copepod Macrocyclops albidus
    C Wedekind
    Abteilung Verhaltensökologie, Zoologisches Institut, Universitat Bern, Hinterkappelen, Switzerland
    Parasitology 115:317-24. 1997
    ..An infection with S. solidus was also strongly linked with host reproduction: infected females were more likely to bear an egg sac at the end of the experiment than non-infected ones. These egg sacs, however, contained fewer eggs...
  40. ncbi Schistocephalus solidus: establishment of tapeworms in sticklebacks--fast food or fast lane?
    Katrin Hammerschmidt
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Exp Parasitol 116:142-9. 2007
    ..Once exposed, the underlying tegument with microtriches might serve to facilitate migration of the parasite into the body cavity...
  41. ncbi Simultaneous hermaphrodites reproducing in pairs self-fertilize some of their eggs: an experimental test of predictions of mixed-mating and Hermaphrodite's Dilemma theory
    A Luscher
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 16:1030-7. 2003
    ....
  42. ncbi Optimal growth strategies of larval helminths in their intermediate hosts
    G A Parker
    Population and Evolutionary Biology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
    J Evol Biol 16:47-54. 2003
    ..Growth under competition appears comparable with "the tragedy of the commons", much analysed in social sciences. Our LHS prediction suggests that evolution generates a solution that seems cooperative but is actually selfish...
  43. ncbi Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Diphyllobothrium latum (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) - implications for the phylogeny of eucestodes
    J K Park
    Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Cheongju, Chungbuk 361 763, Republic of Korea
    Parasitology 134:749-59. 2007
    ..The complete mitochondrial genome provides a wealth of genetic markers which could be useful for identifying different life-cycle stages and for investigating their population genetics, ecology and epidemiology...
  44. ncbi Interrelationships and evolution of the tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda)
    P D Olson
    Parasitic Worms Division, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 19:443-67. 2001
    Interrelationships of the tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) were examined by use of small (SSU) and large (LSU) subunit ribosomal DNA sequences and morphological characters...
  45. ncbi To avoid or eliminate: cestode infections in copepods
    I T Van der Veen
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Plon, Germany
    Parasitology 124:465-74. 2002
    ..This indicates that the crucial interactions between host and parasite determining the outcome of infection takes place in the short time-period between ingestion and penetration of the gut-wall...
  46. ncbi Added resolution among ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with complete small and large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA genes
    Andrea Waeschenbach
    DC1 712, Parasitic Worms Division, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 45:311-25. 2007
    ..1940-2228bp) for 26 ingroup and 3 outgroup taxa in an attempt to provide an improved ordinal phylogeny for the Cestoda. Ten lsrDNA and seven ssrDNA sequences were generated from new taxa and 13 existing partial lsrDNA sequences were ..
  47. ncbi Surface carbohydrate composition of a tapeworm in its consecutive intermediate hosts: individual variation and fitness consequences
    Katrin Hammerschmidt
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Int J Parasitol 35:1499-507. 2005
    ..e. infectivity and growth. Surface sugar composition may thus be a proximate correlate of the evolutionarily relevant variability in infectivity and virulence of parasites in different hosts...
  48. ncbi Interplay of host specificity and biogeography in the population structure of a cosmopolitan endoparasite: microsatellite study of Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda)
    J Stefka
    University of South Bohemia and Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre AS CR, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    Mol Ecol 18:1187-206. 2009
    ..However, despite the high mobility, large bodies of salt water prevent the parasite from long-distance migrations, as was demonstrated in an example of the Mediterranean Sea which represented an effective barrier to gene flow...
  49. ncbi Human Bertiella studeri (family Anoplocephalidae) infection of probable Southeast Asian origin in Mauritian children and an adult
    S Bhagwant
    Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Republic of Mauritius
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:225-8. 2004
    ..studeri and provide a correct diagnosis. The case reports indicate gastrointestinal disturbances in human bertiellosis. Human infection with Bertiella studeri is reported for the first time in a Mauritian adult...
  50. ncbi The first human infection with Bertiella studeri in Vietnam
    Le Thi Xuan
    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, HCMC School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:298-300. 2003
    ..Niclosamide (Yomesan) 1 gram was prescribed, and then albendazole (Zentel) 400mg daily for 3 days. Proglottids were found in the feces three months after the first treatment, and 1 month after the second course...
  51. ncbi Morphology of Bertiella studeri (Blanchard, 1891) sensu Stunkard (1940) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) of human origin and a proposal of criteria for the specific diagnosis of bertiellosis
    M T Galan-Puchades
    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Burjassot Valencia, Spain
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 47:23-8. 2000
    ..studeiri and Bertiella mucronata (Meyner, 1895), or additional species may be affecting humans...
  52. ncbi Bertiella studeri infection: resistance to niclosamide
    S D Gallella
    Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka
    Ceylon Med J 49:65. 2004
  53. ncbi Intact glycans from cestode antigens are involved in innate activation of myeloid suppressor cells
    L Gomez-Garcia
    Unidad de Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico UNAM, Mexico
    Parasite Immunol 27:395-405. 2005
    ..Together with previous studies on nematode and trematode parasites, our data support the hypothesis that glycans can be involved on a similar pathway in the immunoregulation by helminths...
  54. ncbi A revision of Phoreiobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with descriptions of five new species
    J N Caira
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
    J Parasitol 91:1153-74. 2005
    Five new species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) are described from carcharhiniform sharks collected from a diversity of localities throughout the world. These are Phoreiobothrium perilocrocodilus n. sp...
  55. ncbi Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the freshwater stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo
    C A Fyler
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
    J Parasitol 92:105-25. 2006
    ..A key to Acanthobothrium species parasitizing H. chayophraya is presented. This represents the first report of Acanthobothrium from freshwater stingrays belonging to a family other than the Potamotrygonidae...
  56. ncbi The taxonomic status of Spatulifer cf. maringaensis Pavanelli & Rego, 1989 (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider) (Pisces: Siluriformes), and the use of the microthrix pattern in the discrimination of Spatulifer spp
    Nathalia J Arredondo
    Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Syst Parasitol 70:223-36. 2008
    ..cf. maringaensis with S. maringaensis...
  57. ncbi [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...
  58. ncbi A new triaenophorid tapeworm from blackfish Centrolophus niger
    Roman Kuchta
    Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Parasitol 94:500-4. 2008
    ..Milanella most closely resembles Bathycestus Kuchta and Scholz, 2004, Pistana Campbell and Gartner, 1982, and Probothriocephalus Campbell, 1979, differing mainly in the shape of proglottids and uterine sac...
  59. ncbi Taxonomic status of Choanoscolex lamothei García-Prieto, 1990 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) using morphological and molecular evidence
    Tomáš Scholz
    Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Parasitol 89:1212-9. 2003
    ..Molecular data confirm the position of M. lamothei within Megathylacoides, which contains species parasitizing ictalurid fishes in North America...
  60. ncbi Systematic status of Manaosia bracodemoca Woodland, 1935 and Paramonticellia itaipuensis Pavanelli et Rego, 1991 (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea), parasites of Sorubim lima (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from South America
    Alain de Chambrier
    Muséum d Histoire Naturelle, P O Box 6434, CH 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 50:121-7. 2003
    ..Therefore Paramonticellia is considered a junior synonym of Manaosia and Paramonticellia itaipuensis becomes a junior synonym of Manaosia bracodemoca. An emended diagnosis of Manaosia, which is a monotypic genus, is provided...
  61. ncbi The taxonomic status of Digramma (Pseudophyllidea: Ligulidae) inferred from DNA sequences
    Jingjing Li
    Ichthyology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, People s Republic of China
    J Parasitol 89:792-9. 2003
    ..The present study also suggests that ITS1 and ND1 sequences can act as useful genetic markers to distinguish Ligula and Digramma...
  62. ncbi Ligula intestinalis infection as a potential source of bias in the bioindication of endocrine disruption in the European chub Leuciscus cephalus
    M Schabuss
    Institute for Aquatic Ecotoxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    J Helminthol 79:91-4. 2005
    ..For plasma vitellogenin levels, L. intestinalis infections can result in false oestrogen-negative diagnoses in male and female fish...
  63. ncbi Bathycestus brayi n. gen. and n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the deep-sea fish Notacanthus bonaparte in the northeastern Atlantic
    Roman Kuchta
    Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Parasitol 90:316-21. 2004
    ..Bathycestus brayi n. sp. is the first cestode to be described from a deep-sea fish of the genus Notacanthus...
  64. ncbi Two new species of Paraorygmatobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from weasel sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) of Australia and Borneo
    Timothy R Ruhnke
    Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, H101, Institute, West Virginia 25112 1000, USA
    J Parasitol 92:145-50. 2006
    ..The generic diagnosis of Paraorygmatobothrium is emended to include the new species. The results of this study extend the distribution of Paraorygmatobothrium to include the carcharhinid shark family Hemigaleidae...
  65. ncbi Morphometric analysis of four species of Eubothrium (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) parasites of salmonid fish: an interspecific and intraspecific comparison
    V Hanzelová
    Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
    Parasitol Int 54:207-14. 2005
    ..salvelini host populations) and is therefore considered to be a trait of the highest discriminative power in the subset of four Eubothrium species...
  66. ncbi Parasites grow larger in faster growing fish hosts
    Iain Barber
    Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Edward Llwyd Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DA, Wales, UK
    Int J Parasitol 35:137-43. 2005
    ..Faster growing hosts therefore apparently provide ideal environments for growing parasites. This finding has important implications for ecology and aquaculture...
  67. ncbi Australicola pectinatus n. gen. and n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the deep-sea fish Beryx splendens from Tasmania
    Roman Kuchta
    Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Parasitol 92:126-9. 2006
    ..It differs from these 2 genera, in addition to the characteristics listed above, in possessing a dendritic rather than an entire ovary. Australicola pectinatus n. sp. is the third cestode described from B. splendens...
  68. ncbi Schistocephalus solidus: a molecular test of premature gamete exchange for fertilization in the intermediate host Gasterosteus aculeatus
    Solveig Schjørring
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Exp Parasitol 103:174-6. 2003
    ..solidus engaged in gamete exchange in its fish host. We suggest an alternative hypothesis to explain the higher hatching rate of eggs produced by cestodes from doubly infected fish as compared to those from single infections...
  69. ncbi Phylogenetic analysis on genera of Corallobothriinae (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) from North American ictalurid fishes, using partial sequences of the 28s ribosomal gene
    Rogelio Rosas-Valdez
    , , , DF,
    J Parasitol 90:1123-7. 2004
    ..lamothei than to its conspecific in Canada. This and the amount of sequence divergence indicate possible cryptic speciation in its endemic host, the Lerma catfish, Ictalurus dugesi...
  70. ncbi Evolutionary implications of the adaptation to different immune systems in a parasite with a complex life cycle
    Katrin Hammerschmidt
    Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August-Thienemann-Strasse 2, , Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 272:2511-8. 2005
    ..These worm variants were less harmful for the fish host likely due to reduced costs of an activated innate immune system. These findings substantiate the impact of both hosts' immune systems on parasite performance and virulence...
  71. ncbi Seasonal dynamics of Proteocephalus sagittus in the stone loach Barbatula barbatula from the Hana River, Czech Republic
    J Jarkovsky
    Department of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic
    J Helminthol 78:225-9. 2004
    The seasonal cycle of the cestode Proteocephalus sagittus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) was studied for the first time in the stone loach Barbatula barbatula from the Hana River, Czech Republic...
  72. ncbi Helminths of pond-reared walleye from Wisconsin
    Patrick M Muzzall
    Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    J Parasitol 92:408-10. 2006
    ..Trematoda: Diplostomatidae), Contracaecum sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae), Bothriocephalus cuspidatus (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae), and Proteocephalus sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) were the only parasites found...
  73. ncbi Parasitism in fish--an endocrine modulator of ecological relevance?
    Markus Hecker
    Institute of Hydrobiology and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, Zeiseweg 9, 22765 Hamburg, Germany
    Aquat Toxicol 72:195-207. 2005
    ....
  74. ncbi A paraphyly of the genus Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) inferred from internal transcribed spacer-2 and 18S ribosomal DNA sequences
    Andrea Skeríková
    Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, and Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Parasitol 90:612-7. 2004
    ..cf. japonicus. This shows that the current morphology-based classification is unlikely to reflect the phylogenetic relationships within this group and will require a thorough revision...
  75. ncbi Aspects of the ecology of the Asian tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934 in yellowfish in the Vaal Dam, South Africa
    A Bertasso
    Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
    Onderstepoort J Vet Res 72:207-17. 2005
    ..The maximum and minimum mean intensity and abundance values in largemouth yellowfish were recorded in autumn and spring, respectively. In addition, the prevalence of B. acheilognathi was consistently high in all four seasons...
  76. ncbi Redescription of Houssayela sudobim (Woodland, 1935) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Pisces: Siluriformes) from the River Amazon
    Alain de Chambrier
    Département des Invertébrés, Muséum d Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
    Syst Parasitol 62:161-9. 2005
    ..The specimen collected in Peru represents the first record of the species since its original description in 1935...
  77. ncbi [A comparative biochemical research in the Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda)--three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus L. system]
    R U Vysotskaia
    Parazitologiia 37:503-11. 2003
    ..The paper discusses the role of lysosomal and cytoplasmic enzymes in a cestode adaptation to parasitism, as well as in the mechanisms of the host's chemical and immunological response to infection...
  78. ncbi Reinvestigation of the spermatozoon ultrastructure of the cestode Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800), a parasite of salmonid fish
    Magdaléna Bruňanská
    Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    Parasitol Res 91:357-62. 2003
    ..longicollis contain a single axoneme. The ultrastructural characteristics of the mature spermatozoon of P. longicollis coincide in their main features with those of the spermatozoon of P. torulosus, a parasite of cyprinid fish...
  79. ncbi Two new species of Macrobothridium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from rhinobatid elasmobranchs in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, with notes on the status of the genus
    L Neifar
    , , Tunisie
    J Parasitol 87:673-80. 2001
    ..These are the first 2 species added to the genus since its establishment in 1989. A standardized formula for representing the number and arrangement of rostellar hooks in diphyllidean species is presented...
  80. ncbi Spermiogenesis in the proteocephalidean cestode Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786)
    M Bruňanská
    Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    Parasitol Res 90:318-24. 2003
    ..The nucleus elongates and when both flagella are fused with the MCP, the nucleus subsequently migrates into the MCP. Finally, the advanced spermatids detach from a condensing residual cytoplasm at the level of the arching membranes...
  81. ncbi Five new species of Pedibothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the tawny nurse shark, Nebrius ferrugineus, in the Pacific Ocean
    J N Caira
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 3043, USA
    J Parasitol 90:286-300. 2004
    ..This material suggests that P. kerkhami parasitizes Stegostoma fasciatum and not N. ferrugineus...
  82. ncbi Occurrence of Proteocephalus tetrastomus (Rudolphi, 1810) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) in larval rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in North America: identification of a potential pathogen confirmed
    T Scholz
    Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Parasitol 90:425-7. 2004
    ..The parasite occurs only in larval, but not adult, smelt in the Saint Lawrence Estuary. Prevalence of larval smelt infection was 42% (n = 50), mean intensity 2.1 +/- 2.4 and mean abundance 1.1 +/- 1.0...
  83. ncbi Cryptic species of Didymobothrium rudolphii (Cestoda: Spathebothriidea) from the sand sole, Solea lascaris, off the Portuguese coast, with an analysis of their molecules, morphology, ultrastructure and phylogeny
    J F Marques
    Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciencias, Instituto de Oceanografia, Campo Grande, 1749 016 Lisboa, Portugal
    Parasitology 134:1057-72. 2007
    Didymobothrium rudolphii (Cestoda: Spathebothriidea) was collected seasonally from the sand sole, Solea lascaris, off the northern, central and southern areas of the Portuguese coast...
  84. ncbi Functional richness, functional evenness, and use of niche space in parasite communities
    Devon B Keeney
    Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P O Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
    J Parasitol 93:216-9. 2007
    ..The indices presented here capture essential features of resource use in parasite communities, and can be useful tools for comparative analyses...
  85. ncbi Invalidity of three Palaearctic species of Triaenophorus tapeworms (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): evidence from morphometric analysis of scolex hooks
    Roman Kuchta
    Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 54:34-42. 2007
    ..study of the scolex hook morphology of five species of tapeworms of the genus Triaenophorus Rudolphi, 1793 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea), parasites of pikes (Esox lucius L. and E...
  86. ncbi Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the proteocephalidean cestode Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786)
    M Bruňanská
    Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    Parasitol Res 89:345-51. 2003
    ..The mature spermatozoon of P. torulosus differs from that of other Proteocephalusspecies in the presence of a single crested body and in the morphology of its posterior end...
  87. ncbi A revision of Megalonchos Baer & Euzet, 1962 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae), with the description of two new species and transfer of two species to Biloculuncus Nasin, Caira & Euzet, 1997
    J N Caira
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 3043, USA
    Syst Parasitol 67:211-23. 2007
    ..Species of Megalonchos have now been reported from two of the eight known species of hemigaleid sharks...
  88. ncbi Seven new Yorkeria species (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Borneo and Australia and their implications for identification of Chiloscyllium (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) species
    J N Caira
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 3043, USA
    J Parasitol 93:357-76. 2007
    ..punctatum in Thailand, Borneo, and Australia, since individuals in each of these 3 regions appear to host distinctive, nonoverlapping Yorkeria faunas. A key to the 12 known species of Yorkeria is provided...
  89. ncbi The "crowding effect" in the cestode Schistocephalus solidus: density-dependent effects on plerocercoid size and infectivity
    David C Heins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
    J Parasitol 88:302-7. 2002
    ....
  90. ncbi Identification of life cycle stages of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Cestoda: spathebothriidea) using molecular techniques
    Bahram S Dezfuli
    Department of Biology, University of Ferrara, Italy
    J Parasitol 88:632-4. 2002
    ..was used to evaluate the genetic similarity between adult specimens of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Pallas, 1871) (Cestoda: Spathebothriidea) found in fish, its definitive host, and procercoids of the same species recovered from ..
  91. ncbi [Redescription of the species of Calyptrobothrium Monticelli, 1893 (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) parasites of Torpedo marmorata in Torpedo nobiliana (Elasmobranchii: Torpedinidae)]
    Fadila Tazerouti
    Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculte des Sciences Biologiques, USTHB, BP 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algerie
    Syst Parasitol 67:175-85. 2007
    ..C. chalarosomum Alexander, 1963 from Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Scylliorhinidae) off New-Zealand is excluded from the genus and placed close to Crossobothrium Linton, 1889...
  92. ncbi Two new species of Pseudochristianella Campbell & Beveridge, 1990 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranch fishes from the Gulf of California, Mexico
    R A Campbell
    Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Parasite 13:275-81. 2006
    Pseudochristionella elegantissima sp. nov. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) is described from the spiral valves of the rays Dasyatis brevis (Garman, 1880) and D. longus (Garman, 1880), from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Also described is P...
  93. ncbi Effects of experimental Schistocephalus solidus infections on growth, morphology and sexual development of female three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus
    I Barber
    Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
    Parasitology 126:359-67. 2003
    ..The results are discussed in relation to previous studies examining natural infections, and the value of utilizing experimental infections to examine ecological aspects of host-parasite interactions is discussed...
  94. ncbi Seasonal occurrence of the tapeworm Proteocephalus longicollis and its transmission from copepod intermediate host to fish
    V Hanzelová
    Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Kosice, Slovak Republic
    Parasitol Res 91:130-6. 2003
    ..Overall transmission potential of P. longicollis was low, with only about 9% of juvenile specimens reaching maturity in common whitefish...
  95. ncbi First record of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in the Rio Grande with comparative analysis of ITS2 and V4-18S rRNA gene sequences
    Megan G Bean
    Department of Biology, Aquatic Station, Texas State University San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA
    J Aquat Anim Health 19:71-6. 2007
    ..Its occurrence also might affect the success of reintroducing the Rio Grande silvery minnow Hybognathus amarus, which is federally listed as endangered, in this portion of the Rio Grande...
  96. ncbi Host specificity and geographical distribution of Eubothrium in European salmonid fish
    T Scholz
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
    J Helminthol 77:255-62. 2003
    ..This study also confirmed the reliability of the morphology of the apical disc for the discrimination of E. crassum and E. salvelini...
  97. ncbi Rhinebothrium xiamenensis n. sp. (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in Dasyatis zugei from the coast of Xiamen, China
    W Yanhai
    Parasitology Research Laboratory, Xiamen University, Fujian, People's Republic of China
    J Parasitol 87:185-7. 2001
    ..Rhinebothrium xiamenensis differs from Rhinebothrium ezuti, Rhinebothrium walga, and Rhinebothrium hawaiiensis by having discrete vitelline follicles, fewer loculi, and ovarian shape...
  98. ncbi Nomimoscolex semenasae n sp (proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae), a cestode parasite of Diplomystes viedmensis (Pisces: Siluriformes) from the Patagonian region of Argentina
    Alicia A Gil De Pertierra
    , Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab II, 4 degrees Piso, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA-Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Syst Parasitol 53:183-90. 2002
    ..presence of spiniform microtriches on all regions of the scolex, proliferation zone and immature proglottis. This is the first record of a proteocephalidean tapeworm in D. viedmensis and in the family Diplomystidae...
  99. ncbi [Indigenous microflora associated with the tegument of Triaenophorus nodulosus (Cestoda) and the intestine of its pike host]
    Zh V Korneva
    Parazitologiia 40:535-46. 2006
    ..Thus, there is a normal indigenous microflora in cestodes, associated with the tegumental surface. This symbiotic microflora has specific morphological features and provides the balance of relations in the parasite-host system...
  100. ncbi Sandonella sandoni (Lynsdale, 1960), an enigmatic and morphologically unique cestode parasitic in the osteoglossiform fish Heterotis niloticus in Africa
    Alain de Chambrier
    Département des Invertébrés, Muséum d Histoire Naturelle, P O Box 6434, CH 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
    J Parasitol 94:202-11. 2008
    ....
  101. ncbi [Distribution of the cestode Caryophyllaeides fennica (Cestoda: Lytocestidae) in the population of cyprinid fish in the Rybinsk water reservoir]
    A E Zhokhov
    Parazitologiia 37:127-33. 2003
    ..Different approaches to the estimation of the parasite abundance distribution among several host species (in terms of mean prevalence and intensity of the relative abundance of parasites) are discussed...

Research Grants32

  1. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..We expect that the results of these proposed aims will apply to neural development widely (in particular to vertebrates) because the high degree of conservation between morphogenetic processes shaping animal brains. ..
  2. 3D Digital Modeling of the Drosphila Brain
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Models of neural lineages will make it possible to phrase specific experiments and to interpret mutant phenotypes. ..
  3. Ecosystem disturbance and multiscale transmission of a zoonotic wildlife pathogen
    Philip Craig; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  4. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..abstract_text> ..
  5. 3D Digital Modeling of the Drosphila Brain
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Models of neural lineages will make it possible to phrase specific experiments and to interpret mutant phenotypes. ..
  6. 3D DIGITAL MODELING OF THE DEVELOPING DROSOPHILA BRAIN
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..We will use bioinformatics tools to generate a comprehensive digital atlas of the Drosophila brain lineages and their connections, which can be used by the neurobiology community at large to map and analyze neurons and circuits. ..
  7. PARASITIC ZOONOSIS (ECHINOCOCCOSIS) TRANSMISSION IN CHIN
    Philip Craig; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Predictive models will be tested in the two regional sites in China. ..
  8. ANALYSIS OF SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 1993
    ..As fas appears to encode an essential factor for sensory neuron segregation, the molecular analysis will provide insight into the genetic control of this process...
  9. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..The possibility that the CCC is an immediate target of EGFR activity in Drosophila would widen our understanding of the function of growth factors in embryonic development. ..
  10. DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURON DEVELOPMENT
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..We expect that the results of these proposed aims will apply to neural development widely (in particular to vertebrates) because the high degree of conservation between morphogenetic processes shaping animal brains. ..
  11. Genetic Control of Intestinal Stem Cells in the Drosophila Hindgut
    Volker Hartenstein; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..abstract_text> ..