Medical and Biomedical Researches

Research Note … PERSISTENCE OF DACTYLOGYRUS EUCALIUS (MONOGENEA: DACTYLOGYRIDAE) ON THE SHORT-LIVE

June 27th, 2008
Research Note ... PERSISTENCE OF DACTYLOGYRUS EUCALIUS (MONOGENEA: DACTYLOGYRIDAE) ON THE SHORT-LIVED HOST CULAEA INCONSTANS (PISCES: GASTEROSTEIFORMES). The monogene Dactylogyrus eucalius Mizelle and Regensberger, 1945 and its ability to maintain a population from year to year on the annual fish Culaea inconstans Kirkland was examined in ...

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MDR1A (ABCB1) DEFICIENT CF-1 MUTANT MICE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CEREBRAL MALARIA INDUCED BY PLASMODIUM BE

June 27th, 2008
MDR1A (ABCB1) DEFICIENT CF-1 MUTANT MICE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CEREBRAL MALARIA INDUCED BY PLASMODIUM BERGHEI ANKA. Under experimental conditions, P. berghei infection causes cerebral malaria (CM) in susceptible strains of mice such as C57BL/6 and CBA/Ca, while BALB/c or DBA/2J strains serve as a model for ...

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TOXOPLASMOSIS IN SAND FOX (VULPUS RUEPPELLII).

June 27th, 2008
TOXOPLASMOSIS IN SAND FOX (VULPUS RUEPPELLII). Fatal toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in a sand fox (Vulpes rueppelli) from United Arab Emirates. Toxoplasma gondii-like tachyzoites were found associated with necrosis in intestine, spleen, liver, pancreas, lungs, mesenteric lymph nodes, and the heart. Protozoal tachyzoites reacted positively with T. ...

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EXPERIMENTAL TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION IN STRIPED SKUNK (MEPHITIS MEPHITIS).

June 27th, 2008
EXPERIMENTAL TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION IN STRIPED SKUNK (MEPHITIS MEPHITIS). Twenty-three striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) without demonstrable antibodies in 1:25 serum dilution in the modified agglutination test (MAT) were fed sporulated Toxoplasma gondii oocysts (9 skunks) or tissue cysts (10 skunks), and 4 skunks (controls) were not ...

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STRUCTURE AND SIMILARITY OF HELMINTH COMMUNITIES OF SIX SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN TURTLES.

June 27th, 2008
STRUCTURE AND SIMILARITY OF HELMINTH COMMUNITIES OF SIX SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN TURTLES. Patterns of infracommunity structure and infra- and component community similarity were examined for helminths of 6 species of turtles, each collected from a single locality in Australia in 1993 and 1994. Elseya latisternum (N=11) ...

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BIASED SEX-RATIO IN THE EUROPEAN EEL (ANGUILLA ANGUILLA) SWIMBLADDER PARASITE ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS,

June 27th, 2008
BIASED SEX-RATIO IN THE EUROPEAN EEL (ANGUILLA ANGUILLA) SWIMBLADDER PARASITE ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS, EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED BY 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE. Parasites are intimately connected to the host in which they live, and some may be affected by the polluted environment of their host. The present study describes the effect of ...

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GIARDIA DUODENALIS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP. IN THE INTESTINAL CONTENTS OF RINGED SEALS (PHOCA HISPID

June 27th, 2008
GIARDIA DUODENALIS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP. IN THE INTESTINAL CONTENTS OF RINGED SEALS (PHOCA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN NUNAVIK, QUEBEC, CANADA. The prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. was determined for ringed and bearded seals harvested for food in the Nunavik region in ...

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NATURALLY ACQUIRED IgM ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO THE C-TERMINAL REGION OF THE MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1

June 27th, 2008
NATURALLY ACQUIRED IgM ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO THE C-TERMINAL REGION OF THE MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1 OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX IN KOREA: USE FOR SERODIAGNOSIS OF VIVAX MALARIA. The antibody levels against the C-terminal region of the merozoite surface protein 1 of Plasmodium vivax (PvMSP1c) were measured in ...

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Density, Aggregation, and Survival of the Bush Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Acari: Ixodi

June 27th, 2008
Density, Aggregation, and Survival of the Bush Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Off-Host Phase. The survival of all stages of Haemaphysalis longicornis was investigated at different densities and at three levels of humidity. Larvae survived longer when the density was higher and/or the ...

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ORYGMATOBOTHRIUM SPP. (CESTODA: TETRAPHYLLIDEA) FROM TRIAKID SHARKS IN ARGENTINA: REDESCRIPTION OF O

June 27th, 2008
ORYGMATOBOTHRIUM SPP. (CESTODA: TETRAPHYLLIDEA) FROM TRIAKID SHARKS IN ARGENTINA: REDESCRIPTION OF ORYGMATOBOTHRIUM SCHMITTII AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. Two species of Orygmatobothrium were found inhabiting triakid sharks from the coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Orygmatobothrium schmittii from Mustelus schmitti is redescribed, including new information ...

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ABSENCE OF THE SP/SP RECEPTOR CIRCUITRY IN THE SP PRECURSOR KNOCKOUT MICE OR SP-RECEPTOR, NEUROKININ

June 27th, 2008
ABSENCE OF THE SP/SP RECEPTOR CIRCUITRY IN THE SP PRECURSOR KNOCKOUT MICE OR SP-RECEPTOR, NEUROKININ (NK1) KNOCKOUT MICE LEADS TO AN INHIBITED CYTOKINE RESPONSE IN GRANULOMAS ASSOCIATED WITH MURINE TAENIA CRASSICEPS INFECTION. Neurocysticercosis, caused by the cestode Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic infection of ...

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BLOOD PARASITES IN WOOD STORKS (MYCTERIA AMERICANA) FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

June 27th, 2008
BLOOD PARASITES IN WOOD STORKS (MYCTERIA AMERICANA) FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Wood storks (Mycteria americana) are endangered throughout their breeding range in the United States. Because of this, researchers have had little opportunity to thoroughly examine the continental wood stork population for endoparasites. The blood ...

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TWO NEW CESTODE SPECIES FROM THE DWARF WHIPRAY, HIMANTURA WALGA (BATOIDEA: DASYATIDAE), FROM BORNEO

June 27th, 2008
TWO NEW CESTODE SPECIES FROM THE DWARF WHIPRAY, HIMANTURA WALGA (BATOIDEA: DASYATIDAE), FROM BORNEO WITH COMMENTS ON SITE AND MODE OF ATTACHMENT. Spiral intestines of 12 specimens of the dwarf whipray, Himantura walga, collected from Malaysian Borneo in 2002 and 2003, were examined for cestodes. These ...

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SEM and TEM study of the armed male terminal genitalia of the tapeworm Paraechinophallus japonicus (

June 27th, 2008
SEM and TEM study of the armed male terminal genitalia of the tapeworm Paraechinophallus japonicus (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea). For the first time, the ultrastructure of the armed cirrus of an echinophallid cestode, Paraechinophallus japonicus (Yamaguti, 1934), has been studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Two sets ...

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On a new acanthocephalan family and a new order from birds in Vietnam.

June 27th, 2008
On a new acanthocephalan family and a new order from birds in Vietnam. During November, 2000, a collection of acanthocephalans from birds in the Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam included one new species and new genus in a new family and new order. Pyrirhynchus heterospinus n. gen., ...

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EFFECTS OF HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING ON TOXOPLASMA GONDII OOCYSTS ON RASPBERRIES.

June 27th, 2008
EFFECTS OF HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING ON TOXOPLASMA GONDII OOCYSTS ON RASPBERRIES. Humans can become infected by accidentally ingesting the oocysts in water or on contaminated produce. Severe disease can occur in immunocompromised individuals and non-immune pregnant women can infect their offspring. Chronic infection is associated with ...

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OCCURRENCE OF NEOSPORA CANINUM ANTIBODIES IN CAPYBARAS (HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS) FROM SAO PAULO ST

June 27th, 2008
OCCURRENCE OF NEOSPORA CANINUM ANTIBODIES IN CAPYBARAS (HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS) FROM SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL. Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) is a large rodent distributed throughout tropical America. Antibodies to Neospora caninum in 213 feral capybaras from 11 counties of the State of São Paulo, Brazil were assessed using ...

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Similarity Between Metazoan Parasite Communities of Two Sympatric Brackish Fish Species from Brazil.

June 27th, 2008
Similarity Between Metazoan Parasite Communities of Two Sympatric Brackish Fish Species from Brazil. Between March 2000 and February 2003, 63 specimens of Genidens barbus and 69 specimens of Aspistor luniscutis (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the coastal zone of Angra dos Reis (23{degree sign}01\'S, 44{degree sign}19\'W), RJ, Brazil, ...

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SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM FOR TREATMENT OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED MICE.

June 27th, 2008
SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM FOR TREATMENT OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED MICE. Cryptosporidiosis, caused by a protozoan parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, causes self-limited diarrhea in normal hosts, but can cause life-threatening diarrhea for AIDS patients. There is an urgent need for new drugs to treat this chronic disease. ...

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On the position of Archigetes and its bearing on the early evolution of the tapeworms.

June 27th, 2008
On the position of Archigetes and its bearing on the early evolution of the tapeworms. The tapeworm Archigetes sieboldi Leuckart, 1878 (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) has been oft cited as representative of the \'protocestode\' condition owing to its lack of segmentation and ability to attain sexual maturity ...

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Host-parasite ecology of the helminths of mountain gorillas.

June 27th, 2008
Host-parasite ecology of the helminths of mountain gorillas. To understand patterns of intestinal parasitism in healthy, undisturbed endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei), we regularly collected fecal samples from a group of 14 wild gorillas residing in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, for about 1 yr. The ...

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SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN ZOO ANIMALS IN SELECTED ZOOS IN MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES.

June 27th, 2008
SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN ZOO ANIMALS IN SELECTED ZOOS IN MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES. Toxoplasma gondii infections in zoo animals are of interest because many captive animals die of clinical toxoplasmosis and because of the potential risk of exposure of children and elderly to T. gondii ...

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A NEW SPECIES OF HETEROMYOXYURIS (NEMATODA: OXYURIDAE), PARASITE OF PEROGNATHUS FLAVUS (RODENTIA: HE

June 27th, 2008
A NEW SPECIES OF HETEROMYOXYURIS (NEMATODA: OXYURIDAE), PARASITE OF PEROGNATHUS FLAVUS (RODENTIA: HETEROMYIDAE) FROM MEXICO. Heteromyoxyuris otomii n. sp., which inhabits the intestinal caecum of Perognathus flavus (Heteromyidae), in Zaragoza, Hidalgo, Mexico, is described. This new species differs from the 2 other congeneneric species in the ...

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TOXOPLASMOSIS IN WALLABIES (MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS, MACROPUS EUGENII ): BLINDNESS, TREATMENT WITH ATOV

June 27th, 2008
TOXOPLASMOSIS IN WALLABIES (MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS, MACROPUS EUGENII ): BLINDNESS, TREATMENT WITH ATOVAQUONE, AND ISOLATION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII. Australasian marsupials, especially wallabies are highly susceptible to clinical toxoplasmosis. Three wallabies (1Tammar, Macropus eugenii no.1, and 2 Bennett\'s, Macropus rufogriseus, no.2 and 3) imported from New Zealand to ...

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NEW REPORTS OF ANTRICOLA GUGLIELMONEI AND ANTRICOLA DELACRUZI IN BRAZIL, AND A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW

June 27th, 2008
NEW REPORTS OF ANTRICOLA GUGLIELMONEI AND ANTRICOLA DELACRUZI IN BRAZIL, AND A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ARGASID SPECIES (ACARI). Adults of 3 tick species (Acari: Argasidae) identified as Antricola guglielmonei, Antricola delacruzi, and Carios rondoniensis n. sp. were collected on bat guano in a cave in ...

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