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  1. Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, is auxotrophic for arginine. It obtains this amino acid from the host through transporters expressed on the plasma membrane and on th...

    Authors: Cristina Henriques, Megan P. Miller, Marcos Catanho, Técia Maria Ulisses de Carvalho, Marco Aurélio Krieger, Christian M. Probst, Wanderley de Souza, Wim Degrave and Susan Gaye Amara
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:346
  2. The morphotaxonomy of Rhipicephalus microplus complex has been challenged in the last few years and prompted many biologists to adopt a DNA-based method for distinguishing the members of this group. In the presen...

    Authors: Van Lun Low, Sun Tee Tay, Kai Ling Kho, Fui Xian Koh, Tiong Kai Tan, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim, Bee Lee Ong, Chandrawathani Panchadcharam, Yusoff Norma-Rashid and Mohd Sofian-Azirun
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:341
  3. The impacts of interannual climate fluctuations on vector-borne diseases, especially malaria, have received considerable attention in the scientific literature. These effects can be significant in semi-arid an...

    Authors: Alemayehu Midekisa, Belay Beyene, Abere Mihretie, Estifanos Bayabil and Michael C. Wimberly
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:339
  4. Haemaphysalis longicornis is a major vector of Theileria spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia spp. and Coxiella burnetti in East Asian countries. All life stages of ixodid ticks have a dest...

    Authors: Lucas Tirloni, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Tae Kwon Kim, Jolene K. Diedrich, John R. Yates III, Antônio F. M. Pinto, Albert Mulenga, Myung-Jo You and Itabajara Da Silva Vaz Jr.
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:338
  5. The soluble antigen preparation of adult schistosomes (SWAP) has often been used to probe host responses against these blood-dwelling parasites. Despite its long-established use there is limited knowledge abou...

    Authors: Leandro Xavier Neves, Ananda Lima Sanson, R. Alan Wilson and William Castro-Borges
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:337
  6. The genus Diplostomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Diplostomidae) is a diverse group of freshwater parasites with complex life-cycles and global distribution. The larval stages are important pathogens causing eye...

    Authors: Jan Brabec, Aneta Kostadinova, Tomáš Scholz and D. Timothy J. Littlewood
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:336
  7. A major constraint for the effective control and management of helminth parasites is the lack of rapid, high-throughput, routine diagnostic tests to assess the health status of individual animals and herds and...

    Authors: Sofia N. Karanikola, Jürgen Krücken, Sabrina Ramünke, Theo de Waal, Johan Höglund, Johannes Charlier, Corinna Weber, Elisabeth Müller, Slawomir J. Kowalczyk, Jaroslaw Kaba, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna and Janina Demeler
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:335
  8. The intestinal epithelium plays a multifactorial role in mucosal defense. In this sense, augmented epithelial cell turnover appears as a potential effector mechanism for the rejection of intestinal-dwelling he...

    Authors: Alba Cortés, Carla Muñoz-Antoli, Carla Martín-Grau, J. Guillermo Esteban, Richard K. Grencis and Rafael Toledo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:334
  9. Anopheles culicifacies s.l. is one of the primary vectors of malaria in India responsible for the highest number of malaria cases. This vector is resistant to DDT in most parts of the country w...

    Authors: Cherry L. Dykes, Raja Babu S. Kushwah, Manoj K. Das, Shri N. Sharma, Rajendra M. Bhatt, Vijay Veer, Om P. Agrawal, Tridibes Adak and Om P. Singh
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:333
  10. Accurate and early diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a prerequisite for proper treatment and restricting disease propagation in enldemic foci. An rK39 antigen-based immunochromatographic test is now ...

    Authors: Prakash Ghosh, Md Golam Hasnain, Debashis Ghosh, Faria Hossain, James Baker, Marleen Boelaert, Suman Rijal and Dinesh Mondal
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:331
  11. There is an extensive body of medical and scientific research literature on visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Crimean Peninsula and the southern part of The Russian Federation that...

    Authors: Margarita V. Strelkova, Evgeny N. Ponirovsky, Evgeny N. Morozov, Ekaterina N. Zhirenkina, Shavkat A. Razakov, Dmitriy A. Kovalenko, Lionel F. Schnur and Gabriele Schönian
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:330
  12. Exotic invasive plants alter the structure and function of native ecosystems and may influence the distribution and abundance of arthropod disease vectors by modifying habitat quality. This study investigated ...

    Authors: Allison M. Gardner, Brian F. Allan, Lauren A. Frisbie and Ephantus J. Muturi
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:329
  13. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis) infection can result in increased risk of eosinophilic meningitis. Accumulation of eosinophils and inflammation can result in the A. cantonensis inf...

    Authors: Liping Yu, Xiaoying Wu, Jie Wei, Qi Liao, Lian Xu, Siqi Luo, Xin Zeng, Yi Zhao, Zhiyue Lv and Zhongdao Wu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:328
  14. The identification of species B and E in the Anopheles culicifacies complex in the Indian subcontinent has been based on Y-chromosome karyotype. Since no detectable variations were previously found in DNA markers...

    Authors: Sinnathamby N. Surendran, Nathan Truelove, Devojit K. Sarma, Pavilupillai J. Jude, Ranjan Ramasamy, Kanapathy Gajapathy, Lalanthika B. S. Peiris, S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne and Catherine Walton
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:327
  15. The life cycle of Plasmodium is complex, requiring invasion of two different hosts, humans and mosquitoes. In humans, initiation of an effective Th1 response during early infection is critical for the control of ...

    Authors: Li Zheng, Yanyan Pan, Yonghui Feng, Liwang Cui and Yaming Cao
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:326
  16. Aedes aegypti is an important vector for dengue virus and thus has been targeted with pyrethroid insecticides in many areas of the world. As such, resistance has been detected to several of the...

    Authors: Chun-Xiao Li, Phillip E Kaufman, Rui-De Xue, Ming-Hui Zhao, Gang Wang, Ting Yan, Xiao-Xia Guo, Ying-Mei Zhang, Yan-De Dong, Dan Xing, Heng-Duan Zhang and Tong-Yan Zhao
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:325
  17. Three flea species, Pulex irritans, Ctenocephalides canis and C. felis parasitize shepherd dogs living on sheep farms in Greece. The aim of this randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial was to examine the ef...

    Authors: Manolis N. Saridomichelakis, Manolis K. Chatzis, Theodoros Petanides and Elias Papadopoulos
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:324
  18. This study aimed to map the distribution of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa. These two major neglected tropical diseases are presumed to be widely dist...

    Authors: Uffe Christian Braae, Christopher F. L. Saarnak, Samson Mukaratirwa, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Pascal Magnussen and Maria Vang Johansen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:323
  19. Semi-field trials using laboratory-reared Anopheles arabiensis have shown that, delivering the volatile pyrethroid transfluthrin by absorption into hessian strips, consistently provided > 99 % human protective ef...

    Authors: Nicodem J. Govella, Sheila B. Ogoma, John Paliga, Prosper P. Chaki and Gerry Killeen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:322
  20. Malaria vector control relies principally on the use of insecticides, especially pyrethroids. Because of the increasing occurrence of insecticide resistance in target vector populations, the development of new...

    Authors: Michael Samuel, Shüné V. Oliver, Oliver R. Wood, Maureen Coetzee and Basil D. Brooke
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:321
  21. With the exception of Bartonella spp. or Cytauxzoon felis, feline vector-borne pathogens (FVBP) have been less frequently studied in North America and are generally under-appreciated as a clinical entity in cats,...

    Authors: Barbara C. Hegarty, Barbara A. Qurollo, Brittany Thomas, Karen Park, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Melissa J. Beall, Brendon Thatcher and Edward B. Breitschwerdt
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:320
  22. Babesiosis threatens the development of the cattle and buffaloes industries in Egypt and improved control is needed. The main objectives of this study are surveying the presence of bovine babesiosis in distinc...

    Authors: Mona S. Mahmoud, Omnia M. Kandil, Soad M. Nasr, Seham H.M. Hendawy, Salwa M. Habeeb, Dalia M. Mabrouk, Marta G. Silva and Carlos E. Suarez
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:319
  23. We found a 47 aa protein sequence that occurs 17 times in the Plasmodium vivax nucleotide database published on PlasmoDB. Coding sequence analysis showed multiple restriction enzyme sites within the 141 bp nucleo...

    Authors: Zhi-Yong Tao, Xu Sui, Cao Jun, Richard Culleton, Qiang Fang, Hui Xia and Qi Gao
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:318
  24. Laboratory and field studies showed that repellent, irritant and toxic actions of common public health insecticides reduce human-vector contact and thereby interrupt disease transmission. One of the more effec...

    Authors: Emilie Deletre, Fabrice Chandre, Livy Williams, Claire Duménil, Chantal Menut and Thibaud Martin
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:316
  25. Serological investigation remains the primary approach to achieve satisfactory results in Toxoplasma gondii identification. However, the accuracy of the native antigen used in the current diagnostic kits has prov...

    Authors: Khalid Hajissa, Robaiza Zakaria, Rapeah Suppian and Zeehaida Mohamed
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:315
  26. Many school children living in Africa are infected with plasmodia and helminth species and are consequently at risk of coinfection. However, the epidemiology of such coinfection and the implications of coinfec...

    Authors: Stella Kepha, Fred Nuwaha, Birgit Nikolay, Paul Gichuki, Tansy Edwards, Elizabeth Allen, Sammy M. Njenga, Charles S. Mwandawiro and Simon J Brooker
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:314
  27. To date, anaplasmosis has been reported to be a subclinical disease in Indian and Arabian one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) and llamas (Lama glama). However, no information on Anaplasma infection in two-hum...

    Authors: Youquan Li, Jifei Yang, Ze Chen, Gege Qin, Yaqiong Li, Qian Li, Junlong Liu, Zhijie Liu, Guiquan Guan, Hong Yin, Jianxun Luo and Lin Zhang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:313
  28. Cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease), caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus (class Cestoda; family Taeniidae), is a neglected tropical disease that results in morbidity and mortality in millions of hu...

    Authors: Dandan Hu, Xingju Song, Yue Xie, Xiuqin Zhong, Ning Wang, Yu Zheng, Xiaobin Gu, Tao Wang, Xuerong Peng and Guangyou Yang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:311
  29. Feria-Arroyo et al. had reported previously that, based on PCR analysis, 45 % of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Texas and Mexico were infected with the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Parasit....

    Authors: Steven J. Norris, Alan G. Barbour, Durland Fish and Maria A. Diuk-Wasser
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:310
  30. Borrelia miyamotoi, the newly discovered human pathogenic relapsing fever spirochete, and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato are maintained in natural rodent populations. The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Sándor Szekeres, Elena Claudia Coipan, Krisztina Rigó, Gábor Majoros, Setareh Jahfari, Hein Sprong and Gábor Földvári
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:309
  31. Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal disease affecting many people worldwide. Disease incidence is often unknown and surveillance of human cryptosporidiosis is installed in only a handful of developed count...

    Authors: Katsuhisa Takumi, Simone M. Cacciò, Joke van der Giessen, Lihua Xiao and Hein Sprong
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:308
  32. Southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus belongs to the C. pipiens cryptic species complex, with global distribution and unclear taxonomy. Mosquitoes of the complex can transmit human and animal pathogens, ...

    Authors: Maria F Unger, Maria V Sharakhova, Adam J Harshbarger, Patrick Glass and Frank H Collins
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:307
  33. In rural parts of Africa, dogs live in close association with humans and livestock, roam freely, and usually do not receive prophylactic measures. Thus, they are a source of infectious disease for humans and f...

    Authors: Tatiana Proboste, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Laura Altet, Laia Solano-Gallego, Isabel G. Fernández de Mera, Andrea D. Chirife, Jesús Muro, Ester Bach, Antonio Piazza, Aitor Cevidanes, Valeria Blanda, Lawrence Mugisha, José de la Fuente, Santo Caracappa and Javier Millán
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:306
  34. The preventive effect of fluralaner chewable tablets (Bravecto™) against transmission of Babesia canis by Dermacentor reticulatus ticks was evaluated.

    Authors: Janina Taenzler, Julian Liebenberg, Rainer K.A. Roepke and Anja R. Heckeroth
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:305
  35. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are found in plants and some Apicomplexan parasites but not in animals or fungi. CDPKs have been shown to play important roles in various calcium-signaling pathways su...

    Authors: Jin-Lei Wang, Si-Yang Huang, Nian-Zhang Zhang, Jia Chen and Xing-Quan Zhu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:304
  36. Haemoproteus parasites are widespread, and several species cause diseases both in birds and blood-sucking insects. These pathogens are transmitted by dipterans belonging to the Ceratopogonidae ...

    Authors: Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Rita Žiegytė, Vaidas Palinauskas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, Dimitar Dimitrov, Mikas Ilgūnas, Rasa Bernotienė, Mikhail Yu. Markovets and Gediminas Valkiūnas
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:303
  37. Limited data is available on feline leishmaniosis (FeL) caused by Leishmania infantum worldwide. The LeishVet group presents in this report a review of the current knowledge on FeL, the epidemiological role of th...

    Authors: Maria-Grazia Pennisi, Luís Cardoso, Gad Baneth, Patrick Bourdeau, Alek Koutinas, Guadalupe Miró, Gaetano Oliva and Laia Solano-Gallego
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:302
  38. Cues that guide gravid Anopheles gambiae sensu lato to oviposition sites can be manipulated to create new strategies for monitoring and controlling malaria vectors. However, progress towards identifying such cues...

    Authors: Michael N. Okal, Manuela Herrera-Varela, Paul Ouma, Baldwyn Torto, Steven W. Lindsay, Jenny M. Lindh and Ulrike Fillinger
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:301
  39. Recent molecular studies have discovered substantial unrecognised diversity within the genus Diplostomum in fish populations in Europe and North America including three species complexes. However, data from the f...

    Authors: Christian Selbach, Miroslava Soldánová, Simona Georgieva, Aneta Kostadinova and Bernd Sures
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:300
  40. The Phlebotomus papatasi salivary protein PpSP15 was shown to protect mice against Leishmania major, suggesting that incorporation of salivary molecules in multi-component vaccines may be a viable strategy for an...

    Authors: Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigão, Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Valdir Q. Balbino, Carlos Alberto S. Figueiredo Jr, Rami Mukbel, Hussan Dayem, Hanafi A. Hanafi, Shabaan S. El-Hossary, Emad El-Din Y. Fawaz, Mahmoud Abo-Shehada, David F. Hoel, Gwen Stayback, Mariha Wadsworth, Douglas A. Shoue, Jenica Abrudan, Neil F. Lobo…
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:298
  41. Allopatric populations present challenges for biologists working with vectors. We suggest that conspecificity can be concluded in these cases when data from four character sets—chromosomal, ecological, molecul...

    Authors: Van Lun Low, Peter H. Adler, Mohd Sofian-Azirun, Wichai Srisuka, Atiporn Saeung, Yao-Te Huang, Upik Kesumawati Hadi, Xuan Da Pham and Hiroyuki Takaoka
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:297
  42. Anopheles aquasalis is a dipteran of the family Culicidae that is widely distributed in the coastal regions of South and Central America. This species acts as a vector of Plasmodium vivax, an i...

    Authors: Geovane Dias-Lopes, Andre Borges-Veloso, Leonardo Saboia-Vahia, Gilberto B. Domont, Constança Britto, Patricia Cuervo and Jose Batista De Jesus
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:296
  43. The Anopheles gambiae Giles complex is the most widely studied and the most important insect vector group. We explored the use of the palp ratio method as a field tool to identify A. melas and A. gambiae in Ghana...

    Authors: Augustina Angelina Annan, Thomas Florian Kruppa, Ohene Adjei and Rolf Garms
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2015 8:295

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