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  1. Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, a hard tick, is a common ectoparasite and can be found in many countries. It is recognized as the primary vector of bovine babesiosis in the south of Ch...

    Authors: Xinmao Yu, Haiyan Gong, Yongzhi Zhou, Houshuang Zhang, Jie Cao and Jinlin Zhou
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:597
  2. Over the last few decades, pyrethroid-resistant in Triatoma infestans populations have been reported, mainly on the border between Argentina and Bolivia. Understanding the genetic basis of inheritance mode and he...

    Authors: Marinely Bustamante Gomez, Grasielle D’Avila Caldas Pessoa, Aline Cristine Luiz Rosa, Jorge Espinoza Echeverria and Liléia Gonçalves Diotaiuti
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:595
  3. Indicine breeds of bovines are highly resistant and taurine breeds are susceptible to the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, a species which causes great damage to livestock. Animals use their tongues for self...

    Authors: Cecília José Veríssimo, Selma Marques D’Agostino, Fernanda Ferreira Pessoa, Luciandra Macedo de Toledo and Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:594
  4. There is a lack of cost-effective diagnostic strategies to evaluate whether mass drug administration (MDA) programmes to control Schistosoma haematobium progress as anticipated. The purpose of this study is to pr...

    Authors: Abraham Degarege, Berhanu Erko, Zeleke Mekonnen, Mengistu Legesse, Yohannes Negash, Jozef Vercruysse and Bruno Levecke
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:593
  5. Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) are arthropod ectoparasites dependent on a bloodmeal from a vertebrate host at each developmental stage for completion of their life cycle. This tick feeding cycle impacts animal health ...

    Authors: Katherine M. Kocan, José de la Fuente and Lisa A. Coburn
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:592
  6. Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that is caused by an obligate intracellular protozoan of the genus Leishmania. Recently, an increasing number of autochthonous leishmaniasis cases caused by L. martin...

    Authors: Chaichontat Sriworarat, Atchara Phumee, Mathirut Mungthin, Saovanee Leelayoova and Padet Siriyasatien
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:591
  7. Despite the evidence that Mediterranean Europe offers suitable conditions for the biology of felid respiratory metastrongyloids, no updated data on the presence of felid lungworms are available for Greece. Alt...

    Authors: Anastasia Diakou, Angela Di Cesare, Luciano A. Barros, Simone Morelli, Lenaig Halos, Frederic Beugnet and Donato Traversa
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:590
  8. Schistosomiasis, caused by schistosomes, is one of the most prevalent and serious parasitic diseases in tropical and subtropical countries. This pathogen has a complex life cycle and harbors a unique repertoire o...

    Authors: Jing Zhao, Rong Luo, Xindong Xu, Ying Zou, Qingfeng Zhang and Weiqing Pan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:589
  9. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the first-line tools for malaria prevention and control in Africa. Vector resistance to insecticides has been extensively studied, ...

    Authors: Christine L. Wanjala, Guofa Zhou, Jernard Mbugi, Jemimah Simbauni, Yaw A. Afrane, Ednah Ototo, Maxwell Gesuge, Harrysone Atieli, Andrew K. Githeko and Guiyun Yan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:588
  10. The mite Sarcoptes scabiei has a known host-range of over 100 mammal species including humans. One of the prime objectives of the Sarcoptes-World Molecular Network (WMN) is to design and develop universal Sarcopt...

    Authors: Samer Angelone-Alasaad, AnnaRita Molinar Min, Mario Pasquetti, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Stefano D’Amelio, Federica Berrilli, Vincent Obanda, Mohamed A. Gebely, Ramón C. Soriguer and Luca Rossi
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:587

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:622

  11. Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. coluzzii are two of the most important malaria vector species in sub-Saharan Africa. These recently-diverged sibling species do not exhibit intrinsic pos...

    Authors: Abdoulaye Niang, Patric S. Epopa, Simon P. Sawadogo, Hamidou Maïga, Lassana Konaté, Ousmane Faye, Roch K. Dabiré, Frédéric Tripet and Abdoulaye Diabaté
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:586
  12. The disease scabies, caused by the ectoparasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, causes significant morbidity in humans and other mammals worldwide. However, there is limited data available regarding the molecular basis...

    Authors: S. Dean Rider Jr., Marjorie S. Morgan and Larry G. Arlian
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:585
  13. Reagent strip testing for microhaematuria has long been used for community diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium. Sensitivities and specificities are reasonable, and hence, microhaematuria can serve as a proxy for...

    Authors: Stefanie J. Krauth, Helena Greter, Katarina Stete, Jean T. Coulibaly, Seïdinan I. Traoré, Bongo N. R. Ngandolo, Louise Y. Achi, Jakob Zinsstag, Eliézer K. N’Goran and Jürg Utzinger
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:584
  14. In sexually dimorphic species, male susceptibility to parasite infection and mortality is frequently higher than in females. The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a sexually dimorphic mountain ungulate endemic to...

    Authors: Jorge R. López-Olvera, Emmanuel Serrano, Anna Armenteros, Jesús M. Pérez, Paulino Fandos, João Carvalho, Roser Velarde, Francisco J. Cano-Manuel, Arián Ráez, José Espinosa, Ramón C. Soriguer and José E. Granados
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:583
  15. Parasite switches to new host species are of fundamental scientific interest and may be considered an important speciation mechanism. For numerous monogenean fish parasites, infecting different hosts is associ...

    Authors: Françoise D. Messu Mandeng, Charles F. Bilong Bilong, Antoine Pariselle, Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Arnold R. Bitja Nyom and Jean-François Agnèse
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:582
  16. Lack of effective vaccines and therapeutics for important arboviral diseases such as Rift Valley fever (RVF) and dengue, necessitates continuous monitoring of vector populations for infections in them. Plant-b...

    Authors: Vincent O. Nyasembe, David P. Tchouassi, Charles M. Mbogo, Catherine L. Sole, Christian Pirk and Baldwyn Torto
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:581
  17. Trypanosomosis or Surra, caused by the flagellated hemoprotozoan parasite Trypanosoma evansi, is a disease of economic importance through its wide prevalence in domestic livestock in tropical countries. In the ab...

    Authors: Anup Kumar Tewari, Samarchith P. Kurup, Surajit Baidya, John R. Barta and Bhaskar Sharma
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:580
  18. The xCELLigence real-time cell analysis (RTCA) system is an established electronic cell sensor array. This system uses microelectronic biosensor technology that is verified for real-time, label-free, dynamic a...

    Authors: Suria Marlina, Meng-Hooi Shu, Sazaly AbuBakar and Keivan Zandi
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:579
  19. The speed of flea knockdown by different products and their duration of effectiveness are factors which affect veterinarian prescribing decisions. To further validate the month-long pulicidal effectiveness of ...

    Authors: Daniel E. Snyder, Anthony J. Rumschlag, Lisa Marie Young and William G. Ryan
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:578
  20. Hepatic myofibroblasts are relevant for pathogenesis of S. mansoni infection. In normal liver, these perisinusoidal cells are quiescent, express the lipocyte phenotype, and are located in the Disse’s space, being...

    Authors: Ligia Almeida Paiva, Camila Brand, Christianne Bandeira-Melo, Patricia Torres Bozza, Marcia Cury El-Cheikh, Patricia Martins Silva, Radovan Borojevic and Sandra Aurora Chavez Perez
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:577
  21. Several viruses have been recently isolated from Mediterranean phlebotomine sand flies; some are known to cause human disease while some are new to science. To monitor the Phlebotomus-borne viruses spreading, fie...

    Authors: Maria Elena Remoli, Gioia Bongiorno, Claudia Fortuna, Antonella Marchi, Riccardo Bianchi, Cristina Khoury, Maria Grazia Ciufolini and Marina Gramiccia
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:576
  22. Hookworm infection is a major concern in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in children and pregnant women. Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale are responsible for this condition. Hookworm disease is one o...

    Authors: Robert Muriuki Mugambi, Eric L. Agola, Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Johnson Kinyua, Esther Andia Shiraho and Gerald M. Mkoji
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:574
  23. Several Trypanosoma species transmitted by leeches infect marine and freshwater fish worldwide. To date, all South American fish trypanosome species identified have been based on unreliable morphological paramete...

    Authors: Moara Lemos, Bruno R. Fermino, Cíntia Simas-Rodrigues, Luísa Hoffmann, Rosane Silva, Erney P. Camargo, Marta M. G. Teixeira and Thaïs Souto-Padrón
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:573
  24. Both parasitic load and resource availability can impact individual fitness, yet little is known about the interplay between these parameters in shaping body condition, a key determinant of fitness in wild mam...

    Authors: João Carvalho, José E. Granados, Jorge R. López-Olvera, Francisco Javier Cano-Manuel, Jesús M. Pérez, Paulino Fandos, Ramón C. Soriguer, Roser Velarde, Carlos Fonseca, Arian Ráez, José Espinosa, Nathalie Pettorelli and Emmanuel Serrano
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:572
  25. A study was conducted in Tororo District in eastern Uganda to assess the socio-economic contribution of draft cattle to rural livelihoods. The aim of the study was to empirically quantify the economic value of...

    Authors: Walter O. Okello, Dennis Muhanguzi, Ewan T. MacLeod, Susan C. Welburn, Charles Waiswa and Alexandra P. Shaw
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:571
  26. The WHO treatment guidelines for the soil-transmitted helminths (STH) focus on targeting children for the control of morbidity induced by heavy infections. However, unlike the other STHs, the majority of hookw...

    Authors: Hugo C. Turner, James E. Truscott, Alison A. Bettis, Kathryn V. Shuford, Julia C. Dunn, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth, Simon J. Brooker and Roy M. Anderson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:570
  27. Trypanosoma cruzi is classified into six discrete taxonomic units (DTUs). For this classification, different biological markers and classification criteria have been used. The objectiv...

    Authors: Maykon Tavares de Oliveira, Girley Francisco Machado de Assis, Jaquelline Carla Valamiel Oliveira e Silva, Evandro Marques Menezes Machado, Glenda Nicioli da Silva, Vanja Maria Veloso, Andrea Mara Macedo, Helen Rodrigues Martins and Marta de Lana
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:568
  28. Schistosomiasis is endemic in Ethiopia and previously unknown transmission foci have been reported from time to time in different parts of the country. Further surveys are required in areas where endemicity of...

    Authors: Fikru Gashaw, Mulugeta Aemero, Mengistu Legesse, Beyene Petros, Tilahun Teklehaimanot, Girmay Medhin, Nega Berhe, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen and Berhanu Erko
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:567
  29. Authors: E. Sánchez, T. Perrone, G. Recchimuzzi, I. Cardozo, N. Biteau, P. M. Aso, A. Mijares, T. Baltz, D. Berthier, L. Balzano-Nogueira and M. I. Gonzatti
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:566

    The original article was published in Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:536

  30. Stable reference genes are essential for accurate normalization in gene expression studies with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). A synanthropic fly, Chrysomya megacephala, is a...

    Authors: Xiaoyun Wang, Mei Xiong, Jialu Wang, Chaoliang Lei and Fen Zhu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:565
  31. The Brazilian Semiarid is the home of the largest herd of donkeys in South America and of outbreaks of Trypanosoma vivax infection of high mortality in dairy cattle and sheep. For a comprehensive understanding of...

    Authors: Carla MF Rodrigues, Jael S. Batista, Joseney M. Lima, Francisco JC Freitas, Isabella O. Barros, Herakles A. Garcia, Adriana C. Rodrigues, Erney P. Camargo and Marta MG Teixeira
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:564
  32. Introduced Wolbachia bacteria can influence the susceptibility of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to arboviral infections as well as having detrimental effects on host fitness. Previous field trials demonstrated that th...

    Authors: Tran Hien Nguyen, H. Le Nguyen, Thu Yen Nguyen, Sinh Nam Vu, Nhu Duong Tran, T. N. Le, Quang Mai Vien, T. C. Bui, Huu Tho Le, Simon Kutcher, Tim P. Hurst, T. T. H. Duong, Jason A. L. Jeffery, Jonathan M. Darbro, B. H. Kay, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe…
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:563
  33. The Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme in Ghana involves annual mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin and albendazole to persons living in endemic areas. This is repeated annually for 4–6 years ...

    Authors: Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Samuel K. Dadzie, Collins K. Ahorlu, Maxwell A. Appawu, John Gyapong, Michael David Wilson and Daniel Adjei Boakye
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:562
  34. Several antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) belonging to the cecropin family have been identified from the salivary glands of different black fly species, however, the immunological functions for these molecules wer...

    Authors: Jing Wu, Lixian Mu, Li Zhuang, Yi Han, Tong Liu, Jun Li, Yuan Yang, Hailong Yang and Lin Wei
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:561
  35. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for global elimination. The ability to interrupt transmission is, partly, influenced by the underlying intensity of transmission and...

    Authors: Paula Moraga, Jorge Cano, Rebecca F. Baggaley, John O. Gyapong, Sammy M. Njenga, Birgit Nikolay, Emmanuel Davies, Maria P. Rebollo, Rachel L. Pullan, Moses J. Bockarie, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth, Manoj Gambhir and Simon J. Brooker
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:560
  36. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), as one of the most important pathogen pattern recognitions (PPRs) plays a central role in elicitation of innate immunity and mediation of adaptive responses against foreign antigen...

    Authors: Chao Yan, Yan-Hong Wang, Qian Yu, Xiao-Dan Cheng, Bei-Bei Zhang, Bo Li, Bo Zhang, Ren-Xian Tang and Kui-Yang Zheng
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:559
  37. The last decade has seen an expansion of national schistosomiasis control programmes in Africa based on large-scale preventative chemotherapy. In many areas this has resulted in considerable reductions in infe...

    Authors: Michael D. French, Thomas S. Churcher, Joanne P. Webster, Fiona M. Fleming, Alan Fenwick, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Moussa Sacko, Amadou Garba, Seydou Toure, Ursuline Nyandindi, James Mwansa, Lynsey Blair, Elisa Bosqué-Oliva and Maria-Gloria Basáñez
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:558
  38. Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections are common in domestic sheep and impact directly and indirectly on the health of infected animals as well as on the associated economic production. In this study, we ...

    Authors: Fabien Mavrot, Hubertus Hertzberg and Paul Torgerson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:557
  39. A diverse group of physiologically active peptides/proteins are present in the salivary glands of horsefly Tabanus yao (Diptera, Tabanidae) that facilitate acquisition of blood meal. However, their roles in the r...

    Authors: Lin Wei, Chunjing Huang, Hailong Yang, Min Li, Juanjuan Yang, Xue Qiao, Lixian Mu, Fei Xiong, Jing Wu and Wei Xu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:556
  40. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set ambitious targets for the elimination of onchocerciasis by 2020–2025 through mass ivermectin treatment. Two different mathematical models have assessed the feasibili...

    Authors: Wilma A. Stolk, Martin Walker, Luc E. Coffeng, María-Gloria Basáñez and Sake J. de Vlas
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:552
  41. Human African Trypanosomiasis threatens human health across Africa. The subspecies T.b. gambiense is responsible for the vast majority of reported HAT cases. Over the past decade, expanded control efforts accompl...

    Authors: Abhishek Pandey, Katherine E. Atkins, Bruno Bucheton, Mamadou Camara, Serap Aksoy, Alison P. Galvani and Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:550
  42. Every year more than 200,000 new leprosy cases are registered globally. This number has been fairly stable over the past 8 years. WHO has set a target to interrupt the transmission of leprosy globally by 2020....

    Authors: David J. Blok, Sake J. De Vlas and Jan Hendrik Richardus
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:548
  43. Leprosy is caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae and is characterized by peripheral nerve damage and skin lesions. The disease is classified into paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) leprosy. The 2...

    Authors: Cara E. Brook, Roxanne Beauclair, Olina Ngwenya, Lee Worden, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, Thomas M. Lietman, Sudhir K. Satpathy, Alison P. Galvani and Travis C. Porco
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:542
  44. Chagas disease (caused by Trypanosoma cruzi) is the most important neglected tropical disease (NTD) in Latin America, infecting an estimated 5.7 million people in the 21 countries where it is endemic. It is one o...

    Authors: Jennifer K. Peterson, Sarah M. Bartsch, Bruce Y. Lee and Andrew P. Dobson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:537
  45. The World Health Organization aims to control blinding trachoma by 2020. Decisions on whether to start and stop mass treatments and when to declare that control has been achieved are currently based on clinica...

    Authors: Fengchen Liu, Travis C. Porco, Abdou Amza, Boubacar Kadri, Baido Nassirou, Sheila K. West, Robin L. Bailey, Jeremy D. Keenan and Thomas M. Lietman
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:535

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2016 9:327

  46. The virulent vector-borne disease, Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is one of several diseases targeted for elimination by the World Health Organization. This article utilises human case data from ...

    Authors: Kat S. Rock, Steve J. Torr, Crispin Lumbala and Matt J. Keeling
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:532
  47. Effective control of schistosomiasis remains a challenging problem for endemic areas of the world. Given knowledge of the biology of transmission and past experience with mass drug administration (MDA) program...

    Authors: David Gurarie, Nara Yoon, Emily Li, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, David Durham, Anna E. Phillips, H. Osvaldo Aurelio, Josefo Ferro, Alison P. Galvani and Charles H. King
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:529

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