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  1. Anopheles anthropophagus, one of the most important mosquito-borne disease vectors in Asia, mainly takes blood meals from humans and transmits both malaria and filariae. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RN...

    Authors: Wenquan Liu, Huicong Huang, Cuicui Xing, Chunxiang Li, Feng Tan and Shaohui Liang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:159
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  2. Intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by digenetic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, is the most prevalent water related disease that causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Although prevalence of Schistosom...

    Authors: Nigus Abebe, Berhanu Erko, Girmay Medhin and Nega Berhe
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:158
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  3. Previous studies have shown a general reduction in annual transmission potential (ATP) of Anopheles species after mass drug administration (MDA) in lymphatic filariasis endemic communities. Whereas results obtain...

    Authors: Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Joseph Otchere, Michael David Wilson and Daniel Adjei Boakye
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:157
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  4. Human African Trypanosomiasis is still a public health threat in Cameroon. To assess Trypanosoma brucei strains circulating in the Fontem sleeping sickness focus, we conducted a genetic structure study using micr...

    Authors: Gustave Simo, Guy Roger Njitchouang, Tresor Tito Tanekou Melachio, Flobert Njiokou, Gerard Cuny and Asonganyi Tazoacha
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:156
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  5. Surveillance is a critical component of any dengue prevention and control programme. Herein, we investigate the efficiency of the commercial kit Platelia Dengue NS1 Ag-ELISA to detect dengue virus (DENV) antig...

    Authors: Gabriel Sylvestre, Mariana Gandini, Josélio MG de Araújo, Claire F Kubelka, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira and Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:155
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  6. The rising number of acute cases of Chagas disease in the State of Pará, reported in the past two decades, has been associated, in part, with the ingestion of juice of local palm tree fruits, mainly açaí berry...

    Authors: Fernando Braga Stehling Dias, Marion Quartier, Liléia Diotaiuti, Guy Mejía, Myriam Harry, Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima, Robert Davidson, Frédéric Mertens, Marc Lucotte and Christine A Romaña
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:154
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  7. To complement ongoing schistosomiasis control within national control programmes (NCPs) that administer praziquantel to school-age children, assessing the risk and extent of schistosomiasis in pre-school-age c...

    Authors: Helen Poole, Dianne J Terlouw, Andrew Naunje, Kondwani Mzembe, Michelle Stanton, Martha Betson, David G Lalloo and J Russell Stothard
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:153
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  8. Toxoplasmosis, caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common zoonosis worldwide, affecting a wide range of warm-blooded mammals and birds worldwide. However, no information on T. g...

    Authors: Wei Cong, Qing-Feng Meng, Hui-Qun Song, Dong-Hui Zhou, Si-Yang Huang, Ai-Dong Qian, Chunlei Su and Xing-Quan Zhu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:152
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  9. Alternative splicing (AS) of mRNA is a vital mechanism for enhancing genomic complexity in eukaryotes. Spliced isoforms of the same gene can have diverse molecular and biological functions and are often differ...

    Authors: Sahar Abubucker, Samantha N McNulty, Bruce A Rosa and Makedonka Mitreva
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:151
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  18. Authors: S Moutailler, L Michelet, J Chotte, F Féménia, E Le Naour, M Cote, ML Poulle, E Vaumourin, P Gasqui, G Vourc'h, JF Cosson, D Raoult and M Vayssier-Taussat
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7(Suppl 1):O15
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  20. Authors: L Michelet, S Delannoy, E Devillers, G Umhang, A Aspan, M Juremalm, J Chirico, FJ Van der Wal, H Sprong, TP Boye Pihl, K Klitgaard, R Bødker, P Fach and S Moutailler
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7(Suppl 1):O12
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  26. Fascioliasis is an important and neglected disease of humans and other mammals, caused by trematodes of the genus Fasciola. Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are valid species that infect humans and animals, but...

    Authors: Guo-Hua Liu, Robin B Gasser, Neil D Young, Hui-Qun Song, Lin Ai and Xing-Quan Zhu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:150
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  27. The Triatomini and Rhodniini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) tribes include the most diverse Chagas disease vectors; however, the phylogenetic relationships within the tribes remain obscure. This study provides the mo...

    Authors: Silvia Andrade Justi, Claudia A M Russo, Jacenir Reis dos Santos Mallet, Marcos Takashi Obara and Cleber Galvão
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:149
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  28. In the process of hepatic fibrosis, hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) can be activated by many inflammatory cytokines. The transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is one of the main profibrogenic mediators. Recentl...

    Authors: Dandan Zhu, Xue He, Yinong Duan, Jinling Chen, Jianxin Wang, Xiaolei Sun, Hongyan Qian, Jinrong Feng, Wei Sun, Feifan Xu and Lingbo Zhang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:148
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  29. The African horse sickness epizootic in Senegal in 2007 caused considerable mortality in the equine population and hence major economic losses. The vectors involved in the transmission of this arbovirus have n...

    Authors: Maryam Diarra, Moussa Fall, Assane G Fall, Aliou Diop, Momar Talla Seck, Claire Garros, Thomas Balenghien, Xavier Allène, Ignace Rakotoarivony, Renaud Lancelot, Iba Mall, Mame Thierno Bakhoum, Ange Michel Dosum, Massouka Ndao, Jérémy Bouyer and Hélène Guis
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:147
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  30. Lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia spp. is a public health problem in developing countries. To monitor bancroftian filariasis infections, Circulating Filarial Antigen (CFA) test is comm...

    Authors: Anna Albers, Erliyani Sartono, Sitti Wahyuni, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Rick M Maizels, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Kenneth Pfarr and Achim Hoerauf
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:146
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  31. Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis, being a cause of congenital disease and abortion in animals and humans. DNA vaccination as a promising vaccine remains a challenge for an improved delivery system.

    Authors: Hua Cong, Quan Yuan, Qunli Zhao, Lingxiao Zhao, Huiquan Yin, Huaiyu Zhou, Shenyi He and Zhiyu Wang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:145
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  32. The genus Haematopinus contains 21 species of blood-sucking lice, parasitizing both even-toed ungulates (pigs, cattle, buffalo, antelopes, camels and deer) and odd-toed ungulates (horses, donkeys and zebras). The...

    Authors: Simon D Song, Stephen C Barker and Renfu Shao
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:144
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  33. Dengue virus infection manifests in three distinct forms in humans: dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome. Infection with the virus is a fatal disease; no vaccine is available and p...

    Authors: Lucky Ronald Runtuwene, Eiji Konishi, Atsushi Yamanaka, Yoshihiro Makino, Yutaka Suzuki, Tomohiko Takasaki, Ichiro Kurane, Takashi Kobayashi and Yuki Eshita
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:143
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  35. Puf proteins act as translational regulators and affect many cellular processes in a wide range of eukaryotic organisms. Although Puf proteins have been well characterized in many model systems, little is know...

    Authors: Min Liu, Jun Miao, Tingkai Liu, William J Sullivan Jr, Liwang Cui and Xiaoguang Chen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:141
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  36. Wolbachia endosymbionts are a proven target for control of human disease caused by filarial nematodes. However, little is known about the occurrence of Wolbachia in taxa closely related to the superfamily Filario...

    Authors: Jeremy M Foster, Frédéric Landmann, Louise Ford, Kelly L Johnston, Sarah C Elsasser, Albrecht I Schulte-Hostedde, Mark J Taylor and Barton E Slatko
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:140
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  37. American tegumentary leishmaniasis is a serious Brazilian public health problem. This diseases is attributed to seven species of Leishmania, however, the majority of cases are associated with Leishmania brazilien...

    Authors: Morgana Michele Cavalcanti de Souza Leal Diniz, Fredy Galvis Ovallos, Claudia Maria de Castro Gomes, Cecilia de Oliveira Lavitschka and Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:139
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  38. Schistosomiasis remains a serious public health problem in affected countries, and routine, highly sensitive and cost-effective diagnostic methods are lacking. We evaluated two immunodiagnostic techniques for ...

    Authors: Yu-Chun Cai, Jun-Fang Xu, Peter Steinmann, Shao-Hong Chen, Yan-Hong Chu, Li-Guang Tian, Mu-Xin Chen, Hao Li, Yan Lu, Ling-Ling Zhang, Yang Zhou and Jia-Xu Chen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:138
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  39. The dynamics of mosquito populations depends on availability of suitable surface water for oviposition. It is well known that suitable management of mosquito larval habitats in the sub-Saharan countries, parti...

    Authors: Renaud Govoetchan, Virgile Gnanguenon, Euloge Ogouwalé, Frédéric Oké-Agbo, Roseric Azondékon, Arthur Sovi, Roseline Attolou, Kefilath Badirou, Ramziyath Agbanrin Youssouf, Razaki Ossè and Martin Akogbéto
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:137
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  40. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a serious public health challenge in Brazil and dogs are considered to be the main urban reservoir of the causative agent. The culling of animals to control VL in some countries ...

    Authors: Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga, Edimilson Domingos da Silva, Luciano Vasconcellos Pacheco, Lairton Souza Borja, Isaac Queiroz de Oliveira, Wendel Coura-Vital, Glória Regina Monteiro, Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira, Selma Maria Bezerra Jerônimo, Alexandre Barbosa Reis and Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:136
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  41. Canine leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. In Romania between 1955 and 2013, no cases of human autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis were reported...

    Authors: Viorica Mircean, Mirabela Oana Dumitrache, Mircea Mircean, Pompei Bolfa, Adriana Györke and Andrei Daniel Mihalca
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:135
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  42. The Taenia solium cysticercosis-taeniasis complex is a Neglected Tropical Disease of significant public health importance in many impoverished communities worldwide. The parasite is suspected to be endemic in Lao...

    Authors: Anna Okello, Amanda Ash, Chattouphone Keokhamphet, Emma Hobbs, Boualam Khamlome, Pierre Dorny, Lian Thomas and John Allen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:134
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  43. Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a very successful parasite that can infect virtually all warm blooded animals with a worldwide distribution. It causes a large range of clinical manifestations in both humans and ...

    Authors: Min Li, Xu-Wei Mo, Lin Wang, He Chen, Qing-Li Luo, Hui-Qin Wen, Wei Wei, Ai-Mei Zhang, Jian Du, Fang-Li Lu, Zhao-Rong Lun and Ji-Long Shen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:133
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  44. A mosquito repellent has the potential to prevent malaria infection, but there has been few studies demonstrating the effectiveness of combining this strategy with the highly effective long-lasting insecticida...

    Authors: Wakgari Deressa, Yemane Y Yihdego, Zelalem Kebede, Esey Batisso, Agonafer Tekalegne and Getachew A Dagne
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:132
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  45. Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Long-Lasting Insecticidal nets (LLINs) are major malaria vector control tools in Ethiopia. However, recent reports from different parts of the country showed that populations...

    Authors: Abebe Asale, Yehenew Getachew, Weriessaw Hailesilassie, Niko Speybroeck, Luc Duchateau and Delenasaw Yewhalaw
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:131
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  46. The arthropod-borne Mayaro virus (MAYV) causes ‘Mayaro fever’, a disease of medical significance, primarily affecting individuals in permanent contact with forested areas in tropical South America. Recently, M...

    Authors: Alda E dos Santos, Ricardo M Kuster, Kristie A Yamamoto, Tiago S Salles, Renata Campos, Marcelo DF de Meneses, Márcia R Soares and Davis Ferreira
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:130
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  47. Long-lasting insecticide treated blankets (LLIBs) may provide additional protection against malaria where use of long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) is low or impractical such as in disaster or emergency sit...

    Authors: Jovin Kitau, Richard Oxborough, Angela Kaye, Vanessa Chen-Hussey, Evelyn Isaacs, Johnson Matowo, Harparkash Kaur, Stephen M Magesa, Franklin Mosha, Mark Rowland and James Logan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:129
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  48. Birds have long been known as carriers of ticks, but data from the literature are lacking on their role as a reservoir in the epidemiology of certain tick-borne disease-causing agents. Therefore, the aim of th...

    Authors: Sándor Hornok, Dávid Kováts, Tibor Csörgő, Marina L Meli, Enikő Gönczi, Zsófia Hadnagy, Nóra Takács, Róbert Farkas and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:128
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  49. Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBD) are caused by a diverse array of pathogens with varying biological behaviors that result in a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and laboratory abnormalities. For many ...

    Authors: Ricardo G Maggi, Adam J Birkenheuer, Barbara C Hegarty, Julie M Bradley, Michael G Levy and Edward B Breitschwerdt
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:127
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  50. Schistosome eggs are trapped in host liver and elicit severe hepatic granulomatous inflammation, which can lead to periportal fibrosis, portal hypertension, hemorrhage, or even death in the host. It was report...

    Authors: Jifeng Zhu, Zhipeng Xu, Xiaojun Chen, Sha Zhou, Weiwei Zhang, Ying Chi, Wei Li, Xian Song, Feng Liu and Chuan Su
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:122
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