Parasitology
SCIE-ISI SCOPUS (1908-2025)
1469-8161
0031-1820
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS , Cambridge University Press
Lĩnh vực:
Animal Science and ZoologyInfectious DiseasesParasitology
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The global importance of ticks
Tập 129 Số S1 - Trang S3-S14 - 2004
Ticks and tick-borne diseases affect animal and human health worldwide and are
the cause of significant economic losses. Approximately 10% of the currently
known 867 tick species act as vectors of a broad range of pathogens of domestic
animals and humans and are also responsible for damage directly due to their
feeding behaviour. The most important tick species and the effects they cause
are liste...
The infection of laboratory hosts with cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni and the recovery of the adult worms
Tập 55 Số 4 - Trang 695-700 - 1965
At present many laboratories throughout the world are studying the chemotherapy
and immunology of Schistosoma mansoni in laboratory hosts. Many workers judge
the success or failure of their attempts to cure or immunize these hosts from
the ratio of the number of living adult worms recovered to the number of
infecting cercariae. This ratio is affected, however, not only by the efficacy
of any treat...
Cryptosporidiumspecies in humans and animals: current understanding and research needs
Tập 141 Số 13 - Trang 1667-1685 - 2014
SUMMARYCryptosporidiumis increasingly recognized as one of the major causes of
moderate to severe diarrhoea in developing countries. With treatment options
limited, control relies on knowledge of the biology and transmission of the
members of the genus responsible for disease. Currently, 26 species are
recognized as valid on the basis of morphological, biological and molecular
data. Of the nearly ...
Moving towards an integrated approach to molecular detection and identification ofToxoplasma gondii
Tập 137 Số 1 - Trang 1-11 - 2010
SUMMARYThe development of simple, sensitive and rapid methods for the detection
and identification ofToxoplasma gondiiis important for the diagnosis and
epidemiological studies of the zoonotic disease toxoplasmosis. In the past 2
decades, molecular methods based on a variety of genetic markers have been
developed, each with its advantages and limitations. The application of these
methods has gener...
Host life-history variation in response to parasitism
Tập 90 Số 1 - Trang 205-216 - 1985
Over half of all living species of plants and animals are parasitic, which by
definition involves intimate association with and unfavourable impact on hosts
(Price, 1980). This paper will only consider parasites whose ‘unfavourable
impact’ adversely affects the birth and/or mortality rates of their hosts
(Anderson, 1978). Most organisms are potential hosts and must deal with the
problem of parasit...
A phylogenetic analysis of filarial nematodes: comparison with the phylogeny of Wolbachia endosymbionts
Tập 122 Số 1 - Trang 93-103 - 2001
Infection with the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia is widespread in filarial
nematodes. Previous studies have suggested concordance between the phylogeny of
Wolbachia with that of their nematode hosts. However, there is only one
published molecular phylogenetic study of filarial species, based on the 5S rRNA
gene spacer. The phylogeny proposed by this study is partially incongruent with
previous ...
Patterns of macroparasite aggregation in wildlife host populations
Tập 117 Số 6 - Trang 597-610 - 1998
Frequency distributions from 49 published wildlife host–macroparasite systems
were analysed by maximum likelihood for goodness of fit to the negative binomial
distribution. In 45 of the 49 (90%) data-sets, the negative binomial
distribution provided a statistically satisfactory fit. In the other 4 data-sets
the negative binomial distribution still provided a better fit than the Poisson
distributio...
A molecular phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes
Tập 134 Số 5 - Trang 713-722 - 2006
SUMMARYTaxonomic revision by molecular phylogeny is needed to categorize members
of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae). We have reconstructed the
phylogenetic relationships of E. oligarthrus, E. vogeli, E. multilocularis, E.
shiquicus, E. equinus, E. ortleppi, E. granulosus sensu stricto and 3 genotypes
of E. granulosus sensu lato (G6, G7 and G8) from their complete mitochondrial
genomes....
Analysis of aggregation, a worked example: numbers of ticks on red grouse chicks
Tập 122 Số 5 - Trang 563-569 - 2001
The statistical aggregation of parasites among hosts is often described
empirically by the negative binomial (Poisson-gamma) distribution.
Alternatively, the Poisson-lognormal model can be used. This has the advantage
that it can be fitted as a generalized linear mixed model, thereby quantifying
the sources of aggregation in terms of both fixed and random effects. We give a
worked example, assigni...
Wildlife disease and conservation in Hawaii: Pathogenicity of avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) in experimentally infected Iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea)
Tập 111 Số S1 - Trang S59-S69 - 1995
SUMMARYNative Hawaiian forest birds are facing a major extinction crisis with
more than 75% of species recorded in historical times either extinct or
endangered. Reasons for this catastrophe include habitat destruction,
competition with non-native species, and introduction of predators and avian
diseases. We tested susceptibility of Iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea), a declining
native species, and Nutmeg...