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  1. Zoonotic infections with Onchocerca species are uncommon, and to date only 25 clinical cases have been reported worldwide. In Japan, five previous zoonotic infections were concentrated in Oita, Kyushu (the southe...

    Authors: Shigehiko Uni, Masako Fukuda, Yasushi Otsuka, Nobuo Hiramatsu, Kenichi Yokobayashi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Susumu Murata, Kenji Kusatake, Eishin Morita, Haruhiko Maruyama, Hideo Hasegawa, Kuninori Shiwaku, Rosli Ramli, Mohd Sofian Azirun and Hiroyuki Takaoka
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:59
  2. microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of short, non-coding RNA can be found in a highly stable, cell-free form in mammalian body fluids. Specific miRNAs are secreted by parasitic nematodes in exosomes and have been dete...

    Authors: Juan F Quintana, Benjamin L Makepeace, Simon A Babayan, Alasdair Ivens, Kenneth M Pfarr, Mark Blaxter, Alexander Debrah, Samuel Wanji, Henrietta F Ngangyung, Germanus S Bah, Vincent N Tanya, David W Taylor, Achim Hoerauf and Amy H Buck
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:58
  3. To date, only one report of a small Babesia infection based on microscopic observation which caused babesiosis in two dogs in Hungary has been published. Babesiosis due to Babesia canis - which is endemic in the ...

    Authors: Róbert Farkas, Nóra Takács, Ákos Hornyák, Yaarit Nachum-Biala, Sándor Hornok and Gad Baneth
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:55
  4. A laboratory study was conducted to assess the repellent and insecticidal efficacy of a new combination of fipronil and permethrin (Frontline Tri- Act®/Frontect® Merial) against Stomoxys calcitrans (stable flies)

    Authors: Becky Fankhauser, Jennifer P Irwin, Morgan L Stone, S Theodore Chester and Mark D Soll
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:61
  5. Recently a new hard tick species, Ixodes ariadnae has been discovered, adding to the two known ixodid tick species (I. vespertilionis and I. simplex) of bats in Europe.

    Authors: Sándor Hornok, Jenő Kontschán, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Isabel G Fernández de Mera, Snežana Tomanović and José de la Fuente
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:47
  6. Ixodid ticks play an important role in the transmission and ecology of infectious diseases. Information about the circulation of tick-borne bacteria in ticks is lacking in Ecuador. Our aims were to investigate...

    Authors: Cristina Pesquera, Aránzazu Portillo, Ana M Palomar and José A Oteo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:46
  7. Domestic dogs are the principal reservoir hosts of Leishmania infantum in regions where visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic. Although serologic methods are frequently used for the screening of infected dogs, a...

    Authors: Isaac Queiroz de Oliveira, Rodrigo Araujo Silva, Michel Vergne Sucupira, Edmilson Domingos da Silva, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Gabriel Grimaldi Jr, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga and Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:45
  8. Baylisascaris schroederi, an intestinal nematode of the giant panda, is the cause of the often fatal disease, baylisascariasis. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are versatile enzymes that can ...

    Authors: Yue Xie, Xuan Zhou, Lin Chen, Zhihe Zhang, Chengdong Wang, Xiaobin Gu, Tao Wang, Xuerong Peng and Guangyou Yang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:44
  9. The current study assessed the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of at-risk populations for malaria and/or dengue fever in relation to mosquito exposure and household mosquito control practices. Specif...

    Authors: Macy Brusich, John Grieco, Naomi Penney, Rungarun Tisgratog, Wanapa Ritthison, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap and Nicole Achee
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:43
  10. Quantification of eggs prior to rearing the immature stages of mosquitoes is an essential step in establishing a standardized mass rearing system. To develop a simple and accurate method of egg quantification ...

    Authors: Min-Lin Zheng, Dong-Jing Zhang, David D Damiens, Hanano Yamada and Jeremie RL Gilles
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:42
  11. Larval source management strategies can play an important role in malaria elimination programmes, especially for tackling outdoor biting species and for eliminating parasite and vector populations when they ar...

    Authors: Andrew Hardy, Zawadi Mageni, Stefan Dongus, Gerry Killeen, Mark G Macklin, Silas Majambare, Abdullah Ali, Mwinyi Msellem, Abdul-Wahiyd Al-Mafazy, Mark Smith and Chris Thomas
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:41
  12. Originally native to East Asia, Aedes japonicus japonicus, a potential vector of several arboviruses, has become one of the most invasive mosquito species in the world. After having established in the USA, it is ...

    Authors: Dorothee E Zielke, Adolfo Ibáñez-Justicia, Katja Kalan, Enrih Merdić, Helge Kampen and Doreen Werner
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:40
  13. African horse sickness (AHS) is an equine disease endemic to Senegal. The African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is transmitted to the mammalian hosts by midges of the Culicoides Latreille genus. During the last epi...

    Authors: Moussa Fall, Maryam Diarra, Assane G Fall, Thomas Balenghien, Momar T Seck, Jérémy Bouyer, Claire Garros, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Xavier Allène, Iba Mall, Jean-Claude Delécolle, Ignace Rakotoarivony, Mame T Bakhoum, Ange M Dusom, Massouka Ndao, Lassana Konaté…
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:39
  14. One of the concerns for future malaria epidemiology is the elevated risks of malaria around an ever-increasing number of dam sites. Controlling larval populations around reservoirs behind dams by manipulating ...

    Authors: Noriko Endo, Anthony E Kiszewski and Elfatih A B Eltahir
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:38
  15. Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease that affects approximately 200 million people. In Schistosomiasis japonica and mansoni, parasite eggs were trapped in host liver and stimulated the CD4+T cell respon...

    Authors: Weiwei Zhang, Jifeng Zhu, Xian Song, Zhipeng Xu, Xue Xue, Xiaojun Chen, Xiaowei Yang, Yong Li, Xiaoxiao Dong, Sha Zhou, Wei Li, Yingying Qian, Feng Liu and Chuan Su
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:37
  16. Pseudomonas is a genus of bacteria commonly found in investigations of gut microbes in malaria mosquitoes. Among those mosquitoes is the dominating malaria vector in Asia, Anopheles stephensi, ...

    Authors: Ali Reza Chavshin, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Hasan Vatandoost, Bagher Yakhchali, Fahimeh Zarenejad and Olle Terenius
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:36
  17. The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae shows great promise for the control of adult malaria vectors. A promising strategy for infection of mosquitoes is supplying the fungus at plant feeding sites.

    Authors: Sopher N Ondiaka, Elizabeth W Masinde, Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Willem Takken and Wolfgang R Mukabana
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:35
  18. Neglected diseases caused by helminth infections impose a massive hindrance to progress in the developing world. While basic research on parasitic flatworms (platyhelminths) continues to expand, researchers ha...

    Authors: Nicolas J Wheeler, Prince N Agbedanu, Michael J Kimber, Paula Ribeiro, Tim A Day and Mostafa Zamanian
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:34
  19. The apicomplexan hemoparasite Theileria equi is a causative agent of equine piroplasmosis, eradicated from the United States in 1988. However, recent outbreaks have sparked renewed interest in treatment options f...

    Authors: Siddra A Hines, Joshua D Ramsay, Lowell S Kappmeyer, Audrey OT Lau, Kayode K Ojo, Wesley C Van Voorhis, Donald P Knowles and Robert H Mealey
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:33
  20. Two experimental studies using a transmission blocking model with Dermacentor reticulatus ticks infected with Babesia canis were performed to test the ability of Effitix® to prevent the transmission of babesiosis...

    Authors: Christelle Navarro, Nadège Reymond, Josephus Fourie, Klaus Hellmann and Stéphane Bonneau
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:32
  21. Leishmania enriettii is a species non-infectious to man, whose reservoir is the guinea pig Cavia porcellus. Many aspects of the parasite-host interaction in this model are unknown, especially t...

    Authors: Larissa Ferreira Paranaíba, Rafael Ramiro de Assis, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Ana Claúdia Torrecilhas, João Henrique Campos, Amanda Cardoso de Oliveira Silveira, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Natalia Lima Pessoa, Marco Antônio Campos, Patrícia Martins Parreiras, Maria Norma Melo, Nelder de Figueiredo Gontijo and Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:31
  22. Kennel dogs are at the high risk of infections with intestinal and extra-intestinal helminths. Therefore, regular parasitological surveillance, appropriate treatment strategies and high quality standard of hyg...

    Authors: Laura Rinaldi, Saverio Pennacchio, Vincenzo Musella, Maria Paola Maurelli, Francesco La Torre and Giuseppe Cringoli
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:30
  23. Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, and humans acquire the parasite by exposure to contaminated feces from hematophagous insect vectors known as triatomines. Triatoma virus (TrV) is the sole viral path...

    Authors: Jailson FB Querido, María G Echeverría, Gerardo A Marti, Rita Medina Costa, María L Susevich, Jorge E Rabinovich, Aydee Copa, Nair A Montaño, Lineth Garcia, Marisol Cordova, Faustino Torrico, Rubén Sánchez-Eugenia, Lissete Sánchez-Magraner, Xabier Muñiz-Trabudua, Ibai López-Marijuan, Gabriela S Rozas-Dennis…
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:29
  24. Despite their close association with human dwellings, the role of synanthropic rodents in the epidemiology of vector-borne infections is seldom studied. The aim of the present study was to compensate for this ...

    Authors: Sándor Hornok, Gábor Földvári, Krisztina Rigó, Marina L Meli, Enikő Gönczi, Attila Répási, Róbert Farkas, Ibolya Papp, Jenő Kontschán and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:27
  25. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a host for many pathogens known to cause economically important diseases and is often considered an important reservoir for livestock diseases. Theileriosis, heartwater, b...

    Authors: Dewald Eygelaar, Ferran Jori, Mokganedi Mokopasetso, Kgomotso P Sibeko, Nicola E Collins, Ilse Vorster, Milana Troskie and Marinda C Oosthuizen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:26
  26. Ticks, as obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites, attack a broad range of vertebrates and transmit a great diversity of pathogenic microorganisms. They are considered second only to mosquitoes as vectors of huma...

    Authors: Zhijun Yu, Hui Wang, Tianhong Wang, Wenying Sun, Xiaolong Yang and Jingze Liu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:24
  27. Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells with vital roles in the activation of host immunity. Ticks are bloodsucking arthropods that secrete bioactive compounds with immunomodulatory pro...

    Authors: Tamires Marielem Carvalho-Costa, Maria Tays Mendes, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Thiago Alvares da Costa, Monique Gomes Salles Tiburcio, Ana Carolina Borella Marfil Anhê, Virmondes Rodrigues Jr and Carlo Jose Freire Oliveira
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:22
  28. Ninh Binh province is known as an endemic area of fish-borne zoonotic trematode (FZT) transmission in Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Gia Minh and Gia Thinh communes of Gia Vien district, Nin...

    Authors: Nguyen Manh Hung, Do Trung Dung, Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Phan Thi Van, Bui Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Van Ha, Hoang Van Hien and Le Xuan Canh
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:21
  29. Trichinellosis, a widespread zoonosis, is regarded as an emerging or reemerging disease. Effective treatment and prognosis of trichinellosis depends on early diagnosis of the infection. The objective of this s...

    Authors: Jing Yang, Wei Pan, Ximeng Sun, Xi Zhao, Gu Yuan, Qing Sun, Jingjing Huang and Xinping Zhu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:20
  30. Septin4 (SEPT4) exists widely in human tissues and is related to mechanical stability, actin dynamics, membrane trafficking, viral replication and apoptosis. Data from many studies have suggested that SEPT4 pl...

    Authors: Dandan Zhu, Ke Song, Jinling Chen, Jianxin Wang, Xiaolei Sun, Hongyan Qian, Xijuan Gu, Lingbo Zhang, Yongwei Qin and Yinong Duan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:19
  31. Previous study showed that Trichinella spiralis proteasome subunit beta type-7 (Tspst) gene is an up-regulated gene in intestinal infective larvae (IIL) compared to muscle larvae (ML), which was screened by using...

    Authors: Wei Yang, Ling Ge Li, Ruo Dan Liu, Ge Ge Sun, Chun Ying Liu, Shuai Bing Zhang, Peng Jiang, Xi Zhang, Hui Jun Ren, Zhong Quan Wang and Jing Cui
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:18
  32. Culex quinquefasciatus, an arboviral and filarial vector, is present year round in several cities of the Republic of Benin. There is more information on the resistance status to malaria vectors...

    Authors: Agnes Yadouléton, Kefilath Badirou, Ramziath Agbanrin, Hanna Jöst, Roseline Attolou, Ramasamy Srinivasan, Gil Padonou and Martin Akogbéto
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:17
  33. Both Dirofilaria repens and recently D. immitis are known to be endemic in Hungary. As one of several recent cases, the fatal case of a dog infested with D. immitis in Szeged, Southern Hungary, received attention...

    Authors: Carina Zittra, Zsanett Kocziha, Szilárd Pinnyei, Josef Harl, Katrin Kieser, Alice Laciny, Barbara Eigner, Katja Silbermayr, Georg G Duscher, Éva Fok and Hans-Peter Fuehrer
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:16
  34. Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous protozoan intracellular parasite, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, and a worldwide zoonosis. Apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA1) and rhoptry neck protein (RO...

    Authors: Tie-E Zhang, Li-Tian Yin, Run-Hua Li, Hai-Long Wang, Xiao-Li Meng and Guo-Rong Yin
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:15
  35. Hookworms infect nearly 700 million people, causing anemia and developmental stunting in heavy infections. Little is known about the genomic structure or gene regulation in hookworms, although recent publicati...

    Authors: Xin Gao, Kevin Goggin, Camille Dowling, Jason Qian and John M Hawdon
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:14
  36. Infection with Cytauxzoon felis in domestic cats can cause fever, lethargy, depression, inappetence, icterus, and often death. With a high mortality rate, cytauxzoonosis was historically considered a fatal diseas...

    Authors: Theresa E Rizzi, Mason V Reichard, Leah A Cohn, Adam J Birkenheuer, Jared D Taylor and James H Meinkoth
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:13
  37. Malaria is a worldwide infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The malaria vector mosquito Anopheles can trigger effective mechanisms to control completio...

    Authors: Maria L Simões, Luzia Gonçalves and Henrique Silveira
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:12
  38. The distribution of human plague risk is strongly associated with rainfall in the tropical plague foci of East Africa, but little is known about how the plague bacterium is maintained during periods between ou...

    Authors: Sean M Moore, Andrew Monaghan, Jeff N Borchert, Joseph T Mpanga, Linda A Atiku, Karen A Boegler, John Montenieri, Katherine MacMillan, Kenneth L Gage and Rebecca J Eisen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:11
  39. Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by Echinococcus granulosus metacestode, invokes a serious public health concern. Early diagnosis has great impacts on reduction of disability-adjusted life years. Several antige...

    Authors: Chun-Seob Ahn, Xiumin Han, Young-An Bae, Xiao Ma, Jin-Taek Kim, Huixia Cai, Hyun-Jong Yang, Insug Kang, Hu Wang and Yoon Kong
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:10
  40. The recent emergence in Europe of invasive mosquitoes and mosquito-borne disease associated with both invasive and native mosquito species has prompted intensified mosquito vector research in most European cou...

    Authors: Helge Kampen, Jolyon M Medlock, Alexander GC Vaux, Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Arnold JH van Vliet, Frederic Bartumeus, Aitana Oltra, Carla A Sousa, Sébastien Chouin and Doreen Werner
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:9
  41. Besides its role as a pathogen vector, Culex species also indirectly promotes the transmission of malaria if the use of bed nets or indoor residual spraying is discontinued due to a lack of insecticide efficacy a...

    Authors: Andreas A Kudom, Ben A Mensah, Guenter Froeschl, Daniel Boakye and Heinz Rinder
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:8
  42. Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus evades the host’s haemostatic system through a complex protein array secreted into tick saliva. Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) conform an important com...

    Authors: Manuel Rodriguez-Valle, Tao Xu, Sebastian Kurscheid and Ala E Lew-Tabor
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:7
  43. Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (CME), due to the bacterium Ehrlichia canis and transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, is a major tick-borne disease in southern Europe. In this area, infections...

    Authors: Magalie René-Martellet, Isabelle Lebert, Jeanne Chêne, Raphaël Massot, Marta Leon, Ana Leal, Stefania Badavelli, Karine Chalvet-Monfray, Christian Ducrot, David Abrial, Luc Chabanne and Lénaïg Halos
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:3
  44. Giardia is now considered the most common enteric parasite in well cared for dogs and cats in developed countries. The ecology, epidemiology and clinical impact of infections with this parasite...

    Authors: Louise Pallant, Dieter Barutzki, Roland Schaper and RC Andrew Thompson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:2
  45. Schistosoma mansoni cercariae penetrate the skin by releasing excretory/secretory (E/S) products known as 0-3hRP, which are associated with immune modulation through Toll like receptor (TLR) si...

    Authors: David E Sanin and Adrian P Mountford
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:1

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