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An in-home investigation of naturally flea infested dogs was conducted in West Central Florida, USA to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two different oral flea adulticides to control flea infestations...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:389
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Amblyomma cajennense is the main vector of Rickettsia rickettsii which causes Brazilian spotted fever. This adult tick preferably infests horses and capybaras, but has low host specifi...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:390
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Eimeria is a common genus of apicomplexan parasites that infect diverse vertebrates, most notably poultry, causing serious disease and economic losses. Eimeria species have complex lif...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:388
Published on: 16 August 2017
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The efficacy and safety of a novel isoxazoline compound, sarolaner (Simparica®, Zoetis) and spinosad (Comfortis®, Elanco) as a positive control were evaluated for the treatment and control of natural flea infesta...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:387
Published on: 16 August 2017
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Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode residing in the heart and pulmonary vessels of dogs and wild carnivores. In Europe the red fox is its reservoir, while only three records from wol...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:386
Published on: 11 August 2017
Review
Scabies is a parasitic disease due to infestation of skin by the burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei. Scabies is a major public health problem and endemic in resource poor communities worldwide affecting over 100 mi...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:385
Published on: 10 August 2017
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Schistosomiasis mansoni is one of the most important, but often neglected, tropical diseases transmitted by snails of the genus Biomphalaria. Control of the intermediate host snail plays a crucial role in prevent...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:383
Published on: 10 August 2017
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Ticks secrete a diverse mixture of secretory proteins into the host to evade its immune response and facilitate blood-feeding, making secretory proteins attractive targets for the production of recombinant ant...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:384
Published on: 10 August 2017
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Dengue virus (DENV) is the arbovirus with the highest incidence in New Caledonia and in the South Pacific region. In 2012–2014, a major DENV-1 outbreak occurred in New Caledonia. The only known vector of DENV ...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:381
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Melophagus ovinus, one of the most common haematophagous ectoparasites of sheep, can cause anaemia and reductions in weight gain, wool growth and hide value. However, no information is...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:382
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Poultry mites are the most significant pest affecting production systems in the egg-laying industry. Fluralaner is a novel systemic insecticide and acaricide that is effective against poultry mites (Dermanyssus g...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:363
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is considered a major public health problem in America. After an acute phase the disease changes to a chronic phase with very low parasitemia. The parasite presents high...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:380
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-transmitted Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium able to infect a wide variety of wild and domestic animals worldwide. Based on the geneti...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:377
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Although the responses of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and associated cytokine after Clonorchis sinensis infection have been studied recently, their mechanisms remain incompletely understood. In this st...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:379
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Vector control is a major component of the malaria control strategy. The increasing spread of insecticide resistance has encouraged the development of new tools such as genetic control which use releases of mo...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:376
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Sampling for adult mosquito populations is a means of evaluating the efficacy of vector control operations. The goal of this study was to evaluate and identify the most efficacious mosquito traps and combinati...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:378
Published on: 7 August 2017
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When colonization and gene flow depend on host-mediated dispersal, a key factor affecting vector dispersal potential is the time spent on the host for the blood meal, a characteristic that can vary strongly am...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:375
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research article
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are still highly prevalent in southeast Asia. The country of Myanmar has had ongoing mass drug administration (MDA) programmes since 2003 in an attempt to control STH and reduc...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:374
Published on: 4 August 2017
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After more than a decade of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) in the West Region of Cameroon, epidemiological evaluation conducted in 2011 showed that onchocerciasis endemicity was still high...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:373
Published on: 3 August 2017
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Northern fowl mites (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of both feral birds and poultry, particularly chicken layers and breeders. They complete their entire life-cycle on infested ...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:358
Published on: 3 August 2017
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Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:372
Published on: 2 August 2017
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In September 2008, a disease outbreak characterized by acute, severe gill pathology and peritonitis, involving the gastrointestinal tract, was observed in an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) farm in north-western...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:370
Published on: 2 August 2017
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a zoonotic tick-borne pathogen responsible for granulocytic anaplasmosis, a mild to a severe febrile disease that affects man and several animal species, i...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:371
Published on: 2 August 2017
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Praziquantel (PZQ) is the mainstay of schistosomiasis control and has been successfully used for decades. However, its mechanism of action is not fully understood. While the majority of studies have been condu...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:365
Published on: 1 August 2017
Review
The poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, has been described for decades as a threat to the egg production industry, posing serious animal health and welfare concerns, adversely affecting productivity, and impa...
Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:357
Published on: 1 August 2017
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