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  1. Iron is an essential element for cellular functions, such as energy metabolism. Trichomonas vaginalis, a human urogenital tract pathogen, is capable of surviving in the environment without sufficient iron supplem...

    Authors: Wei-Hung Cheng, Po-Jung Huang, Chi-Ching Lee, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Seow-Chin Ong, Rose Lin, Fu-Man Ku, Cheng-Hsun Chiu and Petrus Tang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:226
  2. Triatomines are blood-sucking insects capable of transmitting Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease in humans. Vectorial transmission entails an infected triatomine feeding on a vertebrate ho...

    Authors: Esteban San Juan, Raúl Araya-Donoso, Catalina Sierra-Rosales, Juana P. Correa, Nicol Quiroga, Ricardo Campos-Soto, Aldo Solari, Martin Llewellyn, Antonella Bacigalupo and Carezza Botto-Mahan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:225
  3. Aedes koreicus is a mosquito species native to East Asia which has recently invaded several countries in Europe. In Italy, this mosquito was first detected in the North-East in 2011 and is now widely distributed ...

    Authors: Laura Soresinetti, Irene Arnoldi, Agata Negri, Giovanni Naro, Alice Michelutti, Fabrizio Montarsi, Andrea Mosca, Claudio Bandi, Paolo Gabrieli and Sara Epis
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:223
  4. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is an urban vector of dengue and other arboviruses. During epidemics of these viruses, pyrethroid insecticides are used for the control of adult mosquitoes. The worldwide resistance of

    Authors: Alberto N. Barrera-Illanes, María Victoria Micieli, Marina Ibáñez-Shimabukuro, María Soledad Santini, Ademir J. Martins and Sheila Ons
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:222

    The Correction to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:283

  5. Cryptosporidium is second only to rotavirus as a cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhea in young children. There are currently no fully effective drug treatments or vaccines for cryptosporidiosis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs...

    Authors: Juanfeng Li, Lulu Sun, Fujie Xie, Tianren Shao, Shanbo Wu, Xiaoying Li, Longxian Zhang and Rongjun Wang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:221
  6. Namibia’s focus on the elimination of malaria requires an evidence-based strategy directed at understanding and targeting the entomological drivers of malaria transmission. In 2018 and 2019, the Namibia Nation...

    Authors: Ophilia Lukubwe, Tabeth Mwema, Rosalia Joseph, Deodatus Maliti, Iitula Iitula, Stark Katokele, Petrina Uusiku, Dennis Walusimbi, Sheila B. Ogoma, Cara Smith Gueye, Elodie Vajda, Allison Tatarsky, Edward Thomsen, Munya Tambo, Davis Mumbengegwi and Neil F. Lobo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:220
  7. Vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) are a major threat to humans, livestock and companion animals worldwide. The combined effect of climatic, socioeconomic and host composition changes favours the spread of the vect...

    Authors: Ondřej Daněk, Paulina Maria Lesiczka, Iva Hammerbauerova, Karolina Volfova, Jana Juránková, Lucia Frgelecová, David Modrý and Kristyna Hrazdilova
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:219
  8. Migratory birds play an important part in the spread of parasites, with more or less impact on resident birds. Previous studies focus on the prevalence of parasites, but changes in infection intensity over tim...

    Authors: Yuxiao Han, Olof Hellgren, Qiang Wu, Juan Liu, Tinghao Jin, Staffan Bensch and Ping Ding
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:218
  9. Asymptomatic malaria infections (Plasmodium falciparum) are common in school-aged children and represent a disease transmission reservoir as they are potentially infectious to mosquitoes. To detect and treat such...

    Authors: Lorenz M. Hofer, Prisca A. Kweyamba, Rajabu M. Sayi, Mohamed S. Chabo, Sonali L. Maitra, Sarah J. Moore and Mgeni M. Tambwe
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:217
  10. Veterinary diagnostics aid intervention strategies, track zoonoses, and direct selective breeding programs in livestock. In ruminants, gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) parasites are a major cause of production ...

    Authors: Paul M. Airs, Javier Ventura-Cordero, Winchester Mvula, Taro Takahashi, Jan Van Wyk, Patson Nalivata, Andrews Safalaoh and Eric R. Morgan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:216
  11. Legionella spp. can survive and replicate inside host cells such as protozoa and macrophages. After enough growth, Legionella is released from the host cells as free legionellae or Legionella-filled vesicles. The...

    Authors: Min-Jeong Kim, Eun-Kyung Moon, Hye-Jeong Jo, Fu-Shi Quan and Hyun-Hee Kong
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:215
  12. Vector-/tick-borne pathogens (V/TBPs) pose a potential threat to human and animal health globally. Information regarding canine V/TBPs is scarce and no specific study has been conducted so far to explore the m...

    Authors: Jehan Zeb, Baolin Song, Munsif Ali Khan, Haytham Senbill, Muhammad Umair Aziz, Sabir Hussain, Abdul Waris, Ala E-Tabor and Olivier Andre Sparagano
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:214
  13. Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection is driven by a complex interaction of demographic, socioeconomic and behavioural factors, including those related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Epidemiologi...

    Authors: Angus Hughes, Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Naomi E. Clarke, Clare E. F. Dyer, Sze Fui Hii, Archie C. A. Clements, Roy M. Anderson, Darren J. Gray, Luc E. Coffeng, John M. Kaldor, Rebecca J. Traub and Susana Vaz Nery
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:213
  14. Odour-baited traps are useful for vector surveillance and control. However, most existing traps have shown inconsistent recapture rates across different mosquito species, necessitating the need for more effect...

    Authors: Masudi Suleiman Maasayi, Jane Johnson Machange, Dismas S. Kamande, Ummi Abdul Kibondo, Olukayode G. Odufuwa, Sarah Jane Moore and Mgeni Mohamed Tambwe
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:212
  15. Hedgehogs are small synanthropic mammals that live in rural areas as well as in urban and suburban areas. They can be reservoirs of several microorganisms, including certain pathogenic agents that cause human ...

    Authors: Linda Benkacimi, Adama Zan Diarra, Jean-Michel Bompar, Jean-Michel Bérenger and Philippe Parola
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:211
  16. Trichomonas vaginalis is a widespread and important sexually transmitted pathogen. Adherence to the surface of the host cell is the precondition for the parasitism and pathogenicity of this parasite. Trichomonas ...

    Authors: Zhenchao Zhang, Yangyang Deng, Wanxin Sheng, Xiaoxiao Song, Yuhua Li, Fakun Li, Ying Pan, Xiaowei Tian, Zhenke Yang, Shuai Wang, Mingyong Wang and Xuefang Mei
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:210
  17. Protozoan pathogens from the genus Cryptosporidium cause the diarrhoeal disease cryptosporidiosis in humans and animals globally. Freshwater biota could act as potential reservoirs or zoonotic sources of Cryptosp...

    Authors: Laura Hayes, Guy Robinson, Rachel M. Chalmers, Steve J. Ormerod, Anna Paziewska-Harris, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Isabelle Durance and Jo Cable
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:209

    The Correction to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:370

  18. The majority of the African population lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. To increase the productivity and sustainability of their farms, they need access to affordable yiel...

    Authors: Dieter J. A. Heylen, Bersissa Kumsa, Elikira Kimbita, Mwiine Nobert Frank, Dennis Muhanguzi, Frans Jongejan, Safiou Bienvenu Adehan, Alassane Toure, Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Ndudim Isaac Ogo, Nick Juleff, Josephus Fourie, Alec Evans, Joseph Byaruhanga and Maxime Madder
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:206

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:423

    The Correction to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:272

  19. Vector bionomics are important aspects of vector-borne disease control programs. Mosquito-biting risks are affected by environmental, mosquito behavior and human factors, which are important for assessing expo...

    Authors: Sylvester Coleman, Yemane Yihdego, Frank Gyamfi, Lena Kolyada, Jon Eric Tongren, Sixte Zigirumugabe, Dominic B. Dery, Kingsley Badu, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Daniel Boakye, Daniel Szumlas, Jennifer S. Armistead and Samuel K. Dadzie
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:205
  20. Quantifying infection intensity is a common goal in parasitological studies. We have previously shown that the amount of parasite DNA in faecal samples can be a biologically meaningful measure of infection int...

    Authors: Susana C. M. Ferreira, Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz and Emanuel Heitlinger
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:204
  21. The roundworms, Parascaris spp., are important nematode parasites of foals and were historically model organisms in the field of cell biology, leading to many important discoveries. According to karyotype, ascari...

    Authors: Mengchao Zhou, Yaxian Lu, Lei Han, Maolin Lu, Chunyu Guan, Jie Yu, Hetong Liu, Denghui Chen, Hongjia Li, Yuling Yang, Lu Zhang, Lihong Tian, Quan Liu and Zhijun Hou
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:202
  22. Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is a genus of hematophagous midges feeding on various vertebrate hosts and serving as a vector for numerous pathogens important to livestock and wildlife health. No...

    Authors: Samantha E. Allen, Stacey L. Vigil, Tara Furukawa-Stoffer, Nicole Colucci, Aruna Ambagala, David L. Pearl, Mark G. Ruder, Claire M. Jardine and Nicole M. Nemeth
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:201
  23. Mosquitoes in the genus Culex are primary vectors in the US for West Nile virus (WNV) and other arboviruses. Climatic drivers such as temperature have differential effects on species-specific changes in mosquito ...

    Authors: S. Kane Moser, Martha Barnard, Rachel M. Frantz, Julie A. Spencer, Katie A. Rodarte, Isabel K. Crooker, Andrew W. Bartlow, Ethan Romero-Severson and Carrie A. Manore
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:200
  24. This study was conducted to determine whether heartworm infective larvae (L3) collected from mosquitoes fed on dogs during low-dose, short-treatment-regimen doxycycline and ivermectin could develop normally in do...

    Authors: John Wilson McCall, Utami DiCosty, Abdelmoneim Mansour, Crystal Fricks, Scott McCall, Michael Timothy Dzimianski and Ben Carson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:199
  25. Sand fly species are traditionally identified using morphological traits, though this method is hampered by the presence of cryptic species. DNA barcoding is a widely used tool in the case of insects of medica...

    Authors: Laura Posada-López, Bruno Leite Rodrigues, Ivan Dario Velez and Sandra Uribe
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:198
  26. Vector-borne infections pose significant health risks to humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in the United States may be infected with and serve as sentinel hosts for se...

    Authors: Corinna M. Hazelrig, Jenna R. Gettings, Christopher A. Cleveland, Andrea Varela-Stokes, Ania A. Majewska, Kris Hubbard, K. Wade Burton and Michael J. Yabsley
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:197
  27. The structure of gut microbiota is highly complex. Insects have ubiquitous associations with intestinal symbiotic bacteria, which play essential roles. Thus, understanding how changes in the abundance of a sin...

    Authors: Ying Li, Shumin Wang, Kexin Zhang, Yansong Yin, Xinyu Zhang, Qian Zhang, Xinxin Kong, Luyao Tang, Ruiling Zhang and Zhong Zhang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:196
  28. Babesiosis is a globally growing tick-borne disease in humans. Severe babesiosis caused by Babesia divergens has been reported in two patients from Asturias (Northwestern Spain), suggesting an undetected risk for...

    Authors: Estrella Montero, María Folgueras, Mercedes Rodriguez-Pérez, Laura Pérez-ls, Javier Díaz-Arias, Maria Meana, Belén Revuelta, Karita Haapasalo, Julio Collazos, Víctor Asensi and Luis Miguel Gonzalez
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:195
  29. Cats can be infected by Dirofilaria immitis, the causative agent of heartworm disease, characterized by respiratory signs, airway hyperreactivity, remodelling and inflammation. Allergy is a multifactorial patholo...

    Authors: Sara N. García-Rodríguez, Noelia Costa-Rodríguez, Jorge I. Matos, Yaiza Falcón-Cordón, Rodrigo Morchón, Elena Carretón and José A. Montoya-Alonso
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:192
  30. Canine heartworm disease (CHD) caused by Dirofilaria immitis remains a common preventable disease with increasing incidence in some parts of the USA. The treatment guidelines of the American Heartworm Society (AH...

    Authors: C. Autumn M. Vetter, Alison G. Meindl, Bianca N. Lourenço, Michael Coyne, Corie Drake, Rachel Murphy, Ira G. Roth and Andrew R. Moorhead
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:191
  31. Microfilarial (mf) counts were monitored over 21.3 months for any rebound that might occur in counts, and adulticidal efficacy was assessed following administration of low dosage with short- and long-treatment...

    Authors: John Wilson McCall, Abdelmoneim Mansour, Utami DiCosty, Crystal Fricks, Scott McCall, Michael Timothy Dzimianski and Ben Carson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:190
  32. Just over 30 years ago, a new species of Leishmania of the subgenus Leishmania (Viannia) was described infecting the armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus; then, a report of human infection followed. From the Brazilian ...

    Authors: Lilian Motta Cantanhêde and Elisa Cupolillo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:194
  33. Babesia spp. are intraerythrocytic apicomplexans that digest and utilize red blood cells in a similar way to intraerythrocytic Plasmodium spp., but unlike the latter, are not sensitive to artemisinin. A compariso...

    Authors: Wenwen Si, Chuantao Fang, Chuang Liu, Meng Yin, Wenyue Xu, Yanna Li, Xiaoli Yan, Yujuan Shen, Jianping Cao and Jun Sun
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:193
  34. Studies on the microbiota of ticks have promoted hypotheses about the combined effects of the bacterial community, its functional contributions to the tick’s physiology or probable competition effects with som...

    Authors: Natalia Fernández-Ruiz, Sophia Pinecki-Socias, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Apolline Maitre, Dasiel Obregón, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Ignacio de Blas and Ard M. Nijhof
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:189
  35. Here we provide a comparative analysis of the genetic structure of populations (based on nad1 mtDNA) of Isthmiophora melis isolated from the American mink (Neogale vison), an introduced invasive species, commonly...

    Authors: Grzegorz Zaleśny, Gerard Kanarek, Ewa Pyrka, Marta Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Andrzej Zalewski and Joanna Hildebrand
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:188
  36. The lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infects wild and domestic feline species worldwide and is considered a primary respiratory parasite of cats. Definitive diagnosis is based on the identification of first-st...

    Authors: Alice Vismarra, Manuela Schnyder, Christina Strube, Laura Kramer, Liliana Colombo and Marco Genchi
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:187
  37. Ross River virus (RRV) is Australia’s most common and widespread mosquito-transmitted arbovirus and is of significant public health concern. With increasing anthropogenic impacts on wildlife and mosquito popul...

    Authors: Ellen M. de Vries, Noel O. I. Cogan, Aneta J. Gubala, Brendan C. Rodoni and Stacey E. Lynch
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:186
  38. Ticks are obligate bloodsucking parasites responsible for significant economic losses and concerns with human and animal health, mainly due to the transmission of pathogens. Entomopathogenic fungi have been in...

    Authors: Emily Mesquita, Diogo Paes da Costa, Laura Nóbrega Meirelles, Mariana Guedes Camargo, Thaís Almeida Corrêa, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt, Irene da Silva Coelho, Huarrisson Azevedo Santos, Richard Alan Humber and Patrícia Silva Golo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:185
  39. Schistosomiasis is a serious but neglected parasitic disease in humans that may lead to liver fibrosis and death. Activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the principal effectors that promote the accumulati...

    Authors: Hongyan Kong, Qiqin Song, Wenjiang Hu, Shusen Guo, Dandan Xiang, Shuaiwen Huang, Xin Xu, Jinan He, Lanyue Pan, Ran Tao, Haijing Yu and Jiaquan Huang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:184
  40. The body and head lice of humans are conspecific, but only the body louse functions as a vector to transmit bacterial pathogens such as Bartonella quintana. Both louse subspecies have only two antimicrobial pepti...

    Authors: Kyungjae Andrew Yoon, Do Eun Lee, Si Hyeock Lee and Ju Hyeon Kim
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:183
  41. The genus Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae, Huffmanelinae), represents a group of nematodes that infect both marine and freshwater fish, and the main gross feature of infection with different ...

    Authors: Reza Ghanei-Motlagh, Mark D. Fast, David Groman, Gokhlesh Kumar, Hatem Soliman, Mansour El-Matbouli and Mona Saleh
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:182
  42. Human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis are neglected tropical diseases that WHO has prioritized for control in recent years. Both diseases impose substantial burdens on public health and the socio-economy in...

    Authors: Tian Ma, Qian Wang, Mengmeng Hao, Chuizhao Xue, Xu Wang, Shuai Han, Qian Wang, Jiangshan Zhao, Xiao Ma, Xianglin Wu, Xiaofeng Jiang, Lei Cao, Yaming Yang, Yu Feng, Quzhen Gongsang, Jürgen Scheffran…
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:181
  43. Historically, malaria due to Plasmodium vivax has been epidemic in Henan Province, China, with Anopheles sinensis as the main vector. The most effective measures to prevent malaria transmission are based on vecto...

    Authors: Zhi-quan He, Ya-bo Hu, Dan Wang, Yu-ting Liu, Cheng-yun Yang, Dan Qian, Rui-min Zhou, De-ling Lu, Su-hua Li, Ying Liu and Hong-wei Zhang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:180
  44. Hippoboscid flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), also known as louse flies or keds, are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of animals, and accidentally of humans. The potential role of hippoboscids as vectors of ...

    Authors: Miguel Peña-Espinoza, Daniel Em, Bita Shahi-Barogh, Dominik Berer, Georg G. Duscher, Lara van der Vloedt, Walter Glawischnig, Steffen Rehbein, Josef Harl, Maria S. Unterköfler and Hans-Peter Fuehrer
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:179
  45. Chagas disease remains a persistent vector-borne neglected tropical disease throughout the Americas and threatens both human and animal health. Diverse control methods have been used to target triatomine vecto...

    Authors: Cassandra Durden, Yuexun Tian, Koyle Knape, Cory Klemashevich, Keri N. Norman, John B. Carey, Sarah A. Hamer and Gabriel L. Hamer
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:178
  46. Blastocystis is a common microeukaryotic intestinal parasite in humans and other animal hosts globally. However, no large-scale longitudinal study has ever been conducted for Blastocystis. To understand patterns ...

    Authors: Monica Santin, Aleksey Molokin and Jenny G. Maloney
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2023 16:177

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