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  1. Feline cryptosporidiosis is an increasing problem, especially in catteries. In humans, close contact with cats could be a potential source of infection although the risk of contracting cryptosporidiosis caused...

    Authors: Laura Rojas-Lopez, Kristin Elwin, Rachel M. Chalmers, Heidi L. Enemark, Jessica Beser and Karin Troell

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:39

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  2. The parasitic flatworm Clonorchis sinensis inhabits the biliary tree of humans and other piscivorous mammals. This parasite can survive and thrive in the bile duct, despite exposure to bile constituents and host ...

    Authors: Marziyeh Anari, Andreas J. Stroehlein, Ross S. Hall, Bill C. H. Chang, Robin B. Gasser and Neil D. Young

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:38

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  3. There is on-going debate about scale-up of lymphatic filariasis treatment to include urban areas. Determining Wuchereria bancrofti transmission is more complex in these settings and entomological methodologies su...

    Authors: Rogers Nditanchou, Ruth Dixon, Dung Pam, Sunday Isiyaku, Christian Nwosu, Safiya Sanda, Elena Schmidt, Benjamin Koudou and David Molyneux

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:37

    Content type: Methodology

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  4. Ticks transmit the highest variety of pathogens impacting human and animal health worldwide. It is now well established that ticks also harbour a microbial complex of coexisting symbionts, commensals and patho...

    Authors: Thomas Pollet, Hein Sprong, Emilie Lejal, Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, Sara Moutailler, Jean-Francois Cosson, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat and Agustín Estrada-Peña

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:36

    Content type: Review

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  5. The recent detection of the South Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and other regions in the Horn of Africa has raised concerns about its potential impact on malaria transmission. We report her...

    Authors: Meshesha Balkew, Peter Mumba, Dereje Dengela, Gedeon Yohannes, Dejene Getachew, Solomon Yared, Sheleme Chibsa, Matthew Murphy, Kristen George, Karen Lopez, Daniel Janies, Sae Hee Choi, Joseph Spear, Seth R. Irish and Tamar E. Carter

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:35

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  6. Rodents are considered to contribute strongly to the risk of tick-borne diseases by feeding Ixodes ricinus larvae and by acting as amplifying hosts for pathogens. Here, we tested to what extent these two processe...

    Authors: Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, Gilian L. A. van Duijvendijk, Arno Swart, Dieter Heylen, Ryanne I. Jaarsma, Frans H. H. Jacobs, Manoj Fonville, Hein Sprong and Willem Takken

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:34

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  7. Triatomines are natural vectors of Chagas disease and are mainly prevalent in the Americas. In China, previous data from decades ago showed that there were two species of triatomine bugs, Triatoma rubrofasciata a...

    Authors: Yunliang Shi, Yaobao Wei, Xiangyang Feng, Jianfeng Liu, Zhihua Jiang, Fangqi Ou, Haiyan Wei, Guoli Lv, Xiaoling Wan, Ziyue Wang and Yichao Yang

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:33

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  8. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by one of four serotypes (DENV1-4). Infection provides long-term homologous immunity against reinfection with the same serotype. Plaque reduction neutralization ...

    Authors: Sorawat Sangkaew, Li Kiang Tan, Lee Ching Ng, Neil M. Ferguson and Ilaria Dorigatti

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:32

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  9. Entomological monitoring of Aedes vectors has largely relied on surveillance of larvae, pupae and non-host-seeking adults, which have been poorly correlated with human disease incidence. Exposure to mosquito-born...

    Authors: Leonardo D. Ortega-López, Emilie Pondeville, Alain Kohl, Renato León, Mauro Pazmiño Betancourth, Floriane Almire, Sergio Torres-Valencia, Segundo Saldarriaga, Nosrat Mirzai and Heather M. Ferguson

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:31

    Content type: Methodology

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  10. Blastocystis sp. affects a wide variety of animals and is the most common protozoan in human fecal samples with potential pandemic distribution. In the present study, a systematic review and meta-analysis were co...

    Authors: Andernice dos Santos Zanetti, Antonio Francisco Malheiros, Tatiane Amorim de Matos, Fabiana Gulin Longhi, Luciana Melhorança Moreira, Samuel Laudelino Silva, Solange Kimie Ikeda Castrillon, Silvana Margarida Benevides Ferreira, Eliane Ignotti and Omar Ariel Espinosa

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:30

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  11. Understanding the drivers of Lyme disease incidence at broad spatial scales is critical for predicting and mitigating human disease risk. Previous studies have identified vector phenology and behavior, host co...

    Authors: Lisa I. Couper, Youyun Yang, Xiaofeng Frank Yang and Andrea Swei

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:29

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  12. Aedes albopictus is naturally infected with Wolbachia spp., maternally transmitted bacteria that influence the reproduction of hosts. However, little is known regarding the prevalence of infection, multiple infec...

    Authors: Yaping Hu, Zhiyong Xi, Xiaobo Liu, Jun Wang, Yuhong Guo, Dongsheng Ren, Haixia Wu, Xiaohua Wang, Bin Chen and Qiyong Liu

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:28

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  13. Henneguya Thélohan, 1892 (Myxobolidae) is one of the most species-rich genera of myxosporean parasites infecting fish. Although common in nature, there are few reports of these parasites causing important disease...

    Authors: Pantelis Katharios, Panos Varvarigos, Kleoniki Keklikoglou, Maja Ruetten, Jerry Sojan, Morgina Akter, Maria Chiara Cascarano, Maria Ioanna Tsertou and Constantina Kokkari

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:27

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  14. We conducted a matched-pairs trial of three methods for detecting house infestation with triatominae bugs in a well-defined endemic rural area in the Argentine Chaco.

    Authors: Gustavo Fabián Enriquez, María Carla Cecere, Julián Antonio Alvarado-Otegui, Alejandra Alvedro, María Sol Gaspe, Mariano Alberto Laiño, Ricardo Esteban Gürtler and Marta Victoria Cardinal

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:26

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  15. A blinded, randomized, negative controlled laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of lotilaner (CredelioTM, Elanco) when administered orally to dogs, against experimentally induced adult flea inf...

    Authors: Lisa Young, Daniela Karadzovska, Scott Wiseman and Rainer Helbig

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:25

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  16. Leishmaniasis, considered by the World Health Organization as one of the most important tropical diseases, is endemic in the Mediterranean Basin. The aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiological and clini...

    Authors: Marta Garrido-Jareño, Antonio Sahuquillo-Torralba, Rabab Chouman-Arcas, Iván Castro-Hernández, José Miguel Molina-Moreno, Margarita Llavador-Ros, María Dolores Gómez-Ruiz, José Luis López-Hontangas, Rafael Botella-Estrada, Miguel Salavert-Lleti and Javier Pemán-García

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:24

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  17. Parasites are able to alter numerous aspects of their hosts’ life history, behaviour and distribution. One central question in parasitology is to determine the degree of impact that parasites have on their hos...

    Authors: Tamara Szentiványi, Péter Estók, Romain Pigeault, Philippe Christe and Olivier Glaizot

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:23

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  18. Bangkok plays a central role in the commerce of Thailand. This study aimed to characterize the district-level spatial-temporal patterns of dengue in Thailand and explore if a dengue peak in Bangkok led the pea...

    Authors: Zhiwei Xu, Hilary Bambrick, Puntani Pongsumpun, I. Ming Tang, Laith Yakob, Gregor Devine, Francesca D. Frentiu, Gail Williams and Wenbiao Hu

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:22

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  19. Trypanosoma evansi is the causative agent of surra, a disease that occurs in many animal species. The disease is responsible for substantial losses in global production and can be fatal if not diagnosed early. Th...

    Authors: Suheir Ereqat, Abdelmajeed Nasereddin, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Nahed Al-Laham and Ziad Abdeen

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:21

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  20. MF6p/host defense molecules (HDMs) are a broad family of small proteins secreted by helminth parasites. Although the physiological role of MF6p/HDMs in trematode parasites is not fully understood, their potent...

    Authors: Jung-Mi Kang, Won Gi Yoo, Hương Giang Lê, Jinyoung Lee, Woon-Mok Sohn and Byoung-Kuk Na

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:20

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  21. Effective mosquito control approaches incorporate both adult and larval stages. For the latter, physical, biological, and chemical control have been used with varying results. Successful control of larvae has ...

    Authors: Michael J. Workman, Bruno Gomes, Ju-Lin Weng, Linnea K. Ista, Camila P. Jesus, Mariana R. David, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao, Fernando A. Genta, Scott K. Matthews, Ravi Durvasula and Ivy Hurwitz

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:19

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  22. The recent reference genome assembly and annotation of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi detected only one gene encoding the leucine-rich repeat immune factor APL1, while in the Anopheles gambiae and s...

    Authors: Christian Mitri, Emmanuel Bischoff, Karin Eiglmeier, Inge Holm, Constentin Dieme, Emma Brito-Fravallo, Abbasali Raz, Sedigheh Zakeri, Mahdokht I. K. Nejad, Navid D. Djadid, Kenneth D. Vernick and Michelle M. Riehle

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:18

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  23. The efficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in preventing malaria in Africa is threatened by insecticide resistance. Bioassays assessing 24-hour mortality post-LLIN exposure have established that re...

    Authors: Angela Hughes, Natalie Lissenden, Mafalda Viana, Kobié Hyacinthe Toé and Hilary Ranson

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:17

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  24. Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms play a role in adaptation to heterogeneous environments. Inversion polymorphisms are implicated in the very high ecological flexibility of the three main malaria vector spec...

    Authors: Raquel Montanez-Gonzalez, Verena Pichler, Maria Calzetta, Rachel R. Love, Alexandra Vallera, Lydia Schaecher, Beniamino Caputo, Marco Pombi, Vincenzo Petrarca, Alessandra della Torre and Nora J. Besansky

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:16

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  25. Blastocystis is one of the most common intestinal parasites in humans and various animals worldwide. Few studies are available regarding the genetic characterization of Blastocystis infections in humans in China.

    Authors: Meng Qi, Zilin Wei, Ying Zhang, Qiyuan Zhang, Juanfeng Li, Longxian Zhang and Rongjun Wang

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:15

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  26. Bulinus species are freshwater snails that transmit the parasitic trematode Schistosoma haematobium. Despite their importance, the diversity of these intermediate host snails and their evolutionary history is sti...

    Authors: Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Cremance Tshuma, Eniola Abe, Justen Manasa, Tawanda Manyangadze, Fiona Allan, Nyasha Chinómbe, Bonnie Webster and Nicholas Midzi

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:14

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  28. Urbanization is occurring rapidly on a global scale and is altering mosquito communities, creating assemblages that are characteristically less diverse. Despite high rates of urbanization and ample examples of...

    Authors: Meredith R. Spence Beaulieu, Jennifer L. Federico and Michael H. Reiskind

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:12

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  29. Dengue fever outbreaks tend to spread northward in China, and Jining is the northernmost region where local dengue fever cases have been detected. Therefore, it is important to investigate the density of Aedes al...

    Authors: Hongmei Liu, Luhong Liu, Peng Cheng, Linlin Yang, Junhu Chen, Yao Lu, Haifang Wang, Xiao-Guang Chen and Maoqing Gong

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:11

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  30. Increasing molecular evidence supports that bats and/or their ectoparasites may harbor vector-borne bacteria, such as bartonellae and borreliae. However, the simultaneous occurrence of rickettsiae in bats and ...

    Authors: Shuo Zhao, Meihua Yang, Gang Liu, Sándor Hornok, Shanshan Zhao, Chunli Sang, Wenbo Tan and Yuanzhi Wang

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:10

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  31. Prostaglandins (PG) are lipid mediators derived from arachidonic acid metabolism. They are involved in cellular processes such as inflammation and tissue homeostasis. PG production is not restricted to multice...

    Authors: Eliza Vanessa Carneiro Alves-Ferreira, Tiago Rodrigues Ferreira, Pegine Walrad, Paul M. Kaye and Angela Kaysel Cruz

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:9

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  32. Within the Culex pipiens mosquito complex, there are six contemporarily recognized taxa: Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. pipiens f. pipiens, Cx. pipiens f. molestus, Cx. pipiens pallens, Cx. australicus and Cx. globoco...

    Authors: Matthew L. Aardema, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Megan L. Fritz and Steven R. Davis

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:8

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  33. Knowledge about parasitic infections is crucial information for animal health, particularly of free-ranging species that might come into contact with livestock and humans.

    Authors: Anne Seltmann, Gereon Schares, Ortwin H. K. Aschenborn, Sonja K. Heinrich, Susanne Thalwitzer, Bettina Wachter and Gábor Á. Czirják

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:7

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  34. Japan is one of the few countries believed to have eliminated soil-transmitted helminths (STHs). In 1949, the national prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides was 62.9%, which decreased to 0.6% in 1973 due to improvem...

    Authors: Mitsuko Hasegawa, Nils Pilotte, Mihoko Kikuchi, Arianna R. Means, Marina Papaiakovou, Andrew M. Gonzalez, Jacqueline R. M. A. Maasch, Hiroshi Ikuno, Toshihiko Sunahara, Kristjana H. Ásbjörnsdóttir, Judd L. Walson, Steven A. Williams and Shinjiro Hamano

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:6

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  35. Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a parasite that infects humans and a wide range of other animals. The large migratory waterfowl, the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), travels through many cities during its migration and c...

    Authors: Yuexin Wang, Kaihui Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Ke Wang, Azhar Gazizova, Luyang Wang, Letian Cao, Yajun Zhang, Jianying Huang, Yuan Cui, Yuxi Zhang and Longxian Zhang

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:5

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  36. Members of the Anopheles gambiae complex breed in clean, sunlit temporary bodies of water. Anthropogenic pollution is, however, altering the breeding sites of the vectors with numerous biological effects. Althoug...

    Authors: Alexander C. S. N. Jeanrenaud, Basil D. Brooke and Shüné V. Oliver

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:4

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  38. Birds of the family Laridae have not been intensively examined for infections with Sarcocystis spp. To date, sarcocysts of two species, S. lari and S. wobeseri, have been identified in the muscles of gulls. The a...

    Authors: Petras Prakas, Dalius Butkauskas and Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:2

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  39. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TTBP) are a major constraint to livestock production in Pakistan; despite a high prevalence of TTBPs, knowledge on the capacity of Pakistani ticks to carry pathogens and endosym...

    Authors: Abdul Ghafar, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Clemence Galon, Dasiel Obregon, Robin B. Gasser, Sara Moutailler and Abdul Jabbar

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2020 13:1

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  40. The growth and development of insects is strictly dependent on the precise regulation of chitin synthase (CHS), which is absent in vertebrates and plants. Therefore, CHS represents an attractive target for ins...

    Authors: Xiaoshan Yang, Qi Yin, Yang Xu, Xixi Li, Yan Sun, Lei Ma, Dan Zhou and Bo Shen

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:614

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  41. Ticks are notorious blood-feeding arthropods that can spread a variety of deadly diseases. The salivary gland is an important organ for ticks to feed on blood, and this organ begins to develop rapidly when ixo...

    Authors: Shuguang Ren, Baowen Zhang, Xiaomin Xue, Xiaoshuang Wang, Huaqu Zhao, Xiaoli Zhang, Minjing Wang, Qi Xiao, Hui Wang and Jingze Liu

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:613

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  42. The current study shows the results of three years of IRS entomological monitoring (2016, before intervention; 2017 and 2018, after intervention) performed in Alibori and Donga, northern Benin.

    Authors: Albert Sourou Salako, Fortune Dagnon, Arthur Sovi, Gil Germain Padonou, Rock Aïkpon, Idelphonse Ahogni, Thomas Syme, Renaud Govoétchan, Herman Sagbohan, André Aimé Sominahouin, Bruno Akinro, Laurent Iyikirenga, Fiacre Agossa and Martin Codjo Akogbeto

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:612

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  43. Schistosomiasis is a prevalent parasitic disease worldwide. The main pathological changes of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis are hepatic granuloma and fibrosis due to worm eggs. Portal hypertension and ascites i...

    Authors: Qianglin Chen, Jianqiang Zhang, Ting Zheng, Hui Chen, Hao Nie, Bing Zheng and Quan Gong

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:611

    Content type: Review

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  44. With a global population of about 35 million in 47 countries, dromedary camels play a crucial role in the economy of many marginal, desert areas of the world where they survive under harsh conditions. Nonethel...

    Authors: Alireza Sazmand, Anja Joachim and Domenico Otranto

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:610

    Content type: Review

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  45. The Smad proteins function in TGF-β signalling transduction. In the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the co-Smad, DAF-3 mediates R-Smads and performs a central role in DAF-7 signal transduction, regulating ...

    Authors: Wenda Di, Lu Liu, Ting Zhang, Fangfang Li, Li He, Chunqun Wang, Awais Ali Ahmad, Mubashar Hassan, Rui Fang and Min Hu

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:609

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  46. Cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans and livestock is caused by Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato). In China where CE is endemic, a number of studies have shown that Echinococcus granulosus (sensu stricto) is m...

    Authors: John Asekhaen Ohiolei, Chen-Yang Xia, Li Li, Jian-Zhi Liu, Wen-Qiang Tang, Yan-Tao Wu, Danqulamu, Guo-Qiang Zhu, Bin Shi, Bao-Quan Fu, Hong Yin, Hong-Bin Yan and Wan-Zhong Jia

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:608

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  47. A key component of schistosomiasis control is mass drug administration with praziquantel. While control interventions have been successful in several endemic regions, mass drug administration has been less eff...

    Authors: Christina L. Faust, Marco Crotti, Arinaitwe Moses, David Oguttu, Aidah Wamboko, Moses Adriko, Elizabeth K. Adekanle, Narcis Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Alice J. Norton, Charlotte M. Gower, Joanne P. Webster and Poppy H. L. Lamberton

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:607

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  48. Canids are definitive hosts of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus. This study aimed to survey these two Echinococcus species in canids of North-Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, using mor...

    Authors: Zahra Heidari, Mitra Sharbatkhori, Iraj Mobedi, Seyed Hossein Mirhendi, Bahram Nikmanesh, Meysam Sharifdini, Mehdi Mohebali, Zabihollah Zarei, Kourosh Arzamani and Eshrat Beigom Kia

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:606

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  49. Parasites may actively seek for hosts and may use a number of adaptive strategies to promote their reproductive success and host colonization. These strategies will necessarily influence their host specificity...

    Authors: Attila D. Sándor, Alexandra Corduneanu, Áron Péter, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Levente Barti, István Csősz, Krisztina Szőke and Sándor Hornok

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:605

    Content type: Research

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  50. Mutation of the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) gene, or knockdown resistance (kdr) gene, is an important resistance mechanism against DDT and pyrethroids for dengue vector Aedes albopictus. A phenylalanine t...

    Authors: Cai-Ying Zhu, Chun-Chun Zhao, Yi-Guan Wang, De-Ling Ma, Xiu-Ping Song, Jun Wang and Feng-Xia Meng

    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:603

    Content type: Methodology

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