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  1. Most hematophagous insects use host odours as chemical cues. The odour components, some physiological parameters and host attractiveness are affected by several conditions, including infection by parasites, e....

    Authors: Elis PA Batista, Elizangela FM Costa and Alexandre A Silva
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:251
  2. Clonorchiasis is a globally important, neglected food-borne disease caused by Clonorchis sinensis (C. sinensis), and it is highly related to cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Increased molecular ev...

    Authors: Mengyu Ren, Lei He, Yan Huang, Qiang Mao, Shan Li, Honglin Qu, Meng Bian, Pei Liang, Xueqing Chen, Jinsi Ling, Tingjing Chen, Chi Liang, Xiaoyun Wang, Xuerong Li and Xinbing Yu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:250
  3. Despite epidemiological importance, few studies have explored whether individual experience and learning could affect the vertebrate host choice of mosquito disease vectors. Here, we investigated whether a fir...

    Authors: Amélie Vantaux, Thierry Lefèvre, Kounbrobr Roch Dabiré and Anna Cohuet
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:249
  4. Monitoring densities of adult mosquito populations is a major challenge in efforts to evaluate the epidemiology of mosquito-borne diseases, and their response to vector control interventions. In the case of ma...

    Authors: Marco Pombi, Wamdaogo M Guelbeogo, Katharina Kreppel, Maria Calzetta, Alphonse Traoré, Antoine Sanou, Hilary Ranson, Heather M Ferguson, N’Fale Sagnon and Alessandra della Torre
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:247
  5. In endemic areas with very low infection prevalence, the frequency and intensity of Echinococcus multilocularis can be extremely low. This necessitates efficient, specific and sensitive molecular tools. We wanted...

    Authors: Øivind Øines, Mats Isaksson, Åsa Hagström, Saraya Tavornpanich and Rebecca K Davidson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:246
  6. The host-seeking activity in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks undergoes rhythmical changes correlated with environmental conditions. Therefore, this study is focused on investigating the activity of adult stages of ...

    Authors: Alicja Buczek, Katarzyna Bartosik and Zbigniew ZajÄ…c
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:245
  7. Despite the amount of awareness created, waterborne disease still poses threat, especially in developing countries. Due to the scarcity of reported data on waterborne parasites, the consumption of unsafe water...

    Authors: Subashini Onichandran, Thulasi Kumar, Cristina C Salibay, Julieta Z Dungca, Hazel AL Tabo, Norbel Tabo, Tian-Chye Tan, Yvonne AL Lim, Nongyao Sawangjaroen, Sucheep Phiriyasamith, Hemah Andiappan, Init Ithoi, Yee-Ling Lau and Veeranoot Nissapatorn
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:244
  8. Trematode communities often consist of different species exploiting the same host population, with two or more trematodes sometimes co-occuring in the same host. A commonly used diagnostic method to detect lar...

    Authors: Ana Born-Torrijos, Robert Poulin, Juan Antonio Raga and Astrid Sibylle Holzer
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:243
  9. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting ~200 million people worldwide. Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni are two relatively closely related schistosomes (blood flukes), and the causative agents of u...

    Authors: Tulio D L Campos, Neil D Young, Pasi K Korhonen, Ross S Hall, Stefano Mangiola, Andrew Lonie and Robin B Gasser
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:242
  10. The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has refocused its goals on the elimination of infection where possible, seemingly achievable by 15–17 years of annual mass distribution of ivermectin in ...

    Authors: Hugo C Turner, Martin Walker, Thomas S Churcher and María-Gloria Basáñez
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:241
  11. Both helminth and malaria infections result in a highly polarized immune response characterized by IgE production. This study aimed to investigate the total serum IgE profile in vivo as a measure of Th2 immune re...

    Authors: Andargachew Mulu, Afework Kassu, Mengistu Legesse, Berhanu Erko, Demise Nigussie, Techalew Shimelis, Yeshambel Belyhun, Beyene Moges, Fusao Ota and Daniel Elias
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:240
  12. Toxoplasmosis, being one of the TORCH’s infections in pregnant women, is caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite. This parasitic infection in pregnancy congenitally causes severe...

    Authors: Hemah Andiappan, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Nongyao Sawangjaroen, Waenurama Chemoh, Yee Ling Lau, Thulasi Kumar, Subashini Onichandran, Chitkasaem Suwanrath and Verapol Chandeying
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:239
  13. The Triatoma brasiliensis complex is a monophyletic group, comprising three species, one of which includes two subspecific taxa, distributed across 12 Brazilian states, in the caatinga and cerrado biomes. Members...

    Authors: Jane Costa, L Lynnette Dornak, Carlos Eduardo Almeida and A Townsend Peterson
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:238
  14. Ticks can transmit a number of pathogens to humans and domestic animals. Tick borne diseases (TBDs), which may lead to organ failure and death have been recently reported in China. 98.75% of the total cases (>...

    Authors: Zhuo Chen, Qin Liu, Ji-Qi Liu, Bian-Li Xu, Shan Lv, Shang Xia and Xiao-Nong Zhou
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:237
  15. PermaNet® 3.0 is an insecticide synergist-combination long-lasting insecticidal net designed to have increased efficacy against malaria vectors with metabolic resistance, even when combined with kdr. The current ...

    Authors: Samson T Awolola, Adedapo O Adeogun, Judith B Olojede, Adedayo O Oduola, Isaac O Oyewole and Chioma N Amajoh
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:236
  16. In recent years, it has been well documented that gut flora not only influence mosquito physiology, but also significantly alter vector competency. Although, salivary gland and gut constitute key partners of t...

    Authors: Punita Sharma, Swati Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Tanwee Das De, Tina Thomas, Suman Lata, Namita Singh, Kailash Chand Pandey, Neena Valecha and Rajnikant Dixit
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:235
  17. In search of new antiparasitic agents for overcoming the limitations of current leishmaniasis chemotherapy, we have previously shown that 6-bromoindirubin-3'-oxime (6BIO) and several other 6-substituted analogues...

    Authors: Antonia Efstathiou, Nicolas Gaboriaud-Kolar, Despina Smirlis, Vassilios Myrianthopoulos, Konstantina Vougogiannopoulou, Alexandros Alexandratos, Marina Kritsanida, Emmanuel Mikros, Ketty Soteriadou and Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:234
  18. In France as elsewhere in Europe the most prevalent TBD in humans is Lyme borreliosis, caused by different bacterial species belonging to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex and transmitted by the most import...

    Authors: Jean-François Cosson, Lorraine Michelet, Julien Chotte, Evelyne Le Naour, Martine Cote, Elodie Devillers, Marie-Lazarine Poulle, Dominique Huet, Maxime Galan, Julia Geller, Sara Moutailler and Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:233
  19. The triatomine, Rhodnius prolixus, is a major vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in Latin America. It has a strictly blood-sucking habit in all life stages, ingesting large amounts...

    Authors: Cecilia Stahl Vieira, Peter J Waniek, Débora P Mattos, Daniele P Castro, Cícero B Mello, Norman A Ratcliffe, Eloi S Garcia and Patrícia Azambuja
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:232
  20. Cryptosporidium is an enteric apicomplexan parasite, which can infect yaks, leading to reduction of milk production and poor weight gain. White yak (Bos grunniens) is a unique yak breed inhabiting only in Tianzhu...

    Authors: Si-Yuan Qin, Xiao-Xuan Zhang, Guang-Hui Zhao, Dong-Hui Zhou, Ming-Yang Yin, Quan Zhao and Xing-Quan Zhu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:230
  21. The relationship between nutrition and soil-transmitted helminthiasis is complex and warrants further investigation. We conducted a systematic review examining the influence of nutrition on infection and re-in...

    Authors: Peiling Yap, Jürg Utzinger, Jan Hattendorf and Peter Steinmann
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:229
  22. The bacterium Wolbachia is a promising agent for the biological control of vector-borne diseases as some strains have the ability to block the transmission of key human disease-causing pathogens. Fast, accurate a...

    Authors: Daniela da Silva Gonçalves, Anna Paula Alvim Cassimiro, Caroline Dantas de Oliveira, Nilton Barnabé Rodrigues and Luciano Andrade Moreira
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:228
  23. Gastro-enteritis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV/AIDS and children, and Cryptosporidium is the most important parasite implicated. To date, several commercial companies...

    Authors: Techalew Shimelis and Endale Tadesse
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:227
  24. In Europe animal and human infections due to Dirofilaria repens are increasing.

    Authors: Katja Silbermayr, Barbara Eigner, Anja Joachim, Georg G Duscher, Bernhard Seidel, Franz Allerberger, Alexander Indra, Peter Hufnagl and Hans-Peter Fuehrer
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:226
  25. Theileria and Babesia protozoan parasites are transmitted mainly by tick vectors. These parasites cause heavy economic losses to the live-stock industry, as well as affecting the health of wild animals in parasit...

    Authors: Youquan Li, Ze Chen, Zhijie Liu, Junlong Liu, Jifei Yang, Qian Li, Yaqiong Li, Shuangqing Cen, Guiquan Guan, Qiaoyun Ren, Jianxun Luo and Hong Yin
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:225
  26. Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis viverrini-associated bile duct cancer represent major public health threats in Thailand and Laos. The tegument of this food borne fluke plays pivotal roles in parasite metabolism,...

    Authors: Sirikanda Thanasuwan, Supawadee Piratae, Paul J Brindley, Alex Loukas, Sasithorn Kaewkes and Thewarach Laha
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:224
  27. Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are biological vectors of internationally important arboviruses. To understand the role of Culicoides in the transmission of these viruses, it is e...

    Authors: Claire Garros, Thomas Balenghien, Simon Carpenter, Jean-Claude Delécolle, Rudy Meiswinkel, Aurélie Pédarrieu, Ignace Rakotoarivony, Laetitia Gardès, Nick Golding, James Barber, Miguel Miranda, David Borràs Borràs, Maria Goffredo, Federica Monaco, Nonito Pagès, Soufien Sghaier…
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:223
  28. Sand flies remain the only proven vectors of Leishmania spp. but recent implementation of PCR techniques has led to increasing speculation about "alternative vectors", including biting midges. Here, we summarize ...

    Authors: Veronika Seblova, Jovana Sadlova, Simon Carpenter and Petr Volf
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:222
  29. The threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis, the most neglected helminth, affects an estimated 30-100 million people worldwide. Information on S. stercoralis infection is scarce in tropical and sub-tropical resource...

    Authors: Virak Khieu, Fabian Schär, Hanspeter Marti, Philipp J Bless, Meng Chuor Char, Sinuon Muth and Peter Odermatt
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:221
  30. Sand fly collections were performed to study ecological aspects of the Phlebotominae fauna of the Xakriabá Indigenous Reserve, an area with endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis, located in the state of Minas Gerais...

    Authors: Felipe Dutra Rêgo, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro, Patrícia Flávia Quaresma, Igor Rismo Coelho, Gabriel Barbosa Tonelli, Kelly Medrado Scofield Silva, Ricardo Andrade Barata, Edelberto Santos Dias and Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:220
  31. We review existing information on the epidemiology of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in Panama, with emphasis on the bionomics of anthropophilic Lutzomyia sand fly species. Evidence from Panamanian studie...

    Authors: Larissa C Dutari and Jose R Loaiza
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:218
  32. Topical permethrin treatment is known to prevent feeding of sandflies on dogs. This study investigated the anti-feeding efficacy and the immediate insecticidal efficacy (knock-down effect) of topical treatment...

    Authors: Régis Frenais, Annie Flochlay-Sigognault and Gaëlle Milon-Harnois
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:217
  33. Owing to the harmfulness and seriousness of Schistosomiasis japonica in China, the control and prevention of S. japonica transmission are imperative. As the unique intermediate host of this disease, Oncomelania h...

    Authors: Jin-Yi Wu, Yi-Biao Zhou, Lin-Han Li, Sheng-Bang Zheng, Song Liang, Ashley Coatsworth, Guang-Hui Ren, Xiu-Xia Song, Zhong He, Bin Cai, Jia-Bian You and Qing-Wu Jiang
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:216
  34. Ashworthius sidemi, a blood-sucking nematode, is a primary parasite of Asiatic cervides, primarily sika deer (Cervus nippon). As A. sidemi infections are common in bison, red and roe deer, and gastrointestinal ne...

    Authors: Bożena Moskwa, Justyna Bień, Katarzyna Goździk and Władysław Cabaj
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:215
  35. Hytrosaviridae cause salivary gland hypertrophy (SGH) syndrome in some infected tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae). Infected male and female G. pallidipes with SGH have a reduced fecundity and fertility. Due to ...

    Authors: Adly MM Abd-Alla, Carmen Marin, Andrew G Parker and Marc JB Vreysen
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:214
  36. Malaria vector control in Sudan relies mainly on indoor residual spraying (IRS) and the use of long lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLINs). Monitoring insecticide resistance in the main Sudanese malaria ...

    Authors: Hiba Abdalla, Craig S Wilding, Luisa Nardini, Patricia Pignatelli, Lizette L Koekemoer, Hilary Ranson and Maureen Coetzee
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:213
  37. Cryptosporidium baileyi is the dominant Cryptosporidium species in birds causing emerging health problems in the poultry industry, and is also a model to study the biology of Cryptosporidium spp.. IL-17 (also cal...

    Authors: Guang-Hui Zhao, Wen-Yu Cheng, Wan Wang, Yan-Qing Jia, Yan-Qin Fang, Shuai-Zhi Du and San-Ke Yu
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:212
  38. Mosquito larval control using chemicals and biological agents is of paramount importance in vector population and disease incidence reduction. A commercial synthetic disinfectant soap was evaluated against lar...

    Authors: France P Mdoe, Gamba Nkwengulila, Mariam Chobu, Lucile Lyaruu, Israel L Gyunda, Saada Mbepera, Rui-De Xue and Eliningaya J Kweka
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:211
  39. Mechanical transmission of the major livestock pathogen Trypanosoma vivax by other biting flies than tsetse allows its spread from Africa to the New World. Genetic studies are restricted to a small number of isol...

    Authors: Herakles A Garcia, Adriana C Rodrigues, Carla MF Rodrigues, Zakaria Bengaly, Antonio HH Minervino, Franklin Riet-Correa, Rosangela Z Machado, Fernando Paiva, Jael S Batista, Luis Neves, Patrick B Hamilton and Marta MG Teixeira
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:210
  40. The increasing status of insecticide resistant mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa is a threatening alert to the existing control efforts. All sibling species of An. gambiae complex have evolved insecticide resistan...

    Authors: France P Mdoe, Sen-Sung Cheng, Shandala Msangi, Gamba Nkwengulila, Shang-Tzen Chang and Eliningaya J Kweka
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:209
  41. The dramatic success of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in African countries has been countered by the rapid development of pyrethroid resistance in vector mosquitoes...

    Authors: Hitoshi Kawada, Kazunori Ohashi, Gabriel O Dida, George Sonye, Sammy M Njenga, Charles Mwandawiro and Noboru Minakawa
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:208
  42. Blastocystis sp. is one of the most prevalent parasites found in human stool and has been recently considered an opportunistic emerging pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. However, cases of invasive intest...

    Authors: Helena Lúcia Carneiro Santos, Fernando Campos Sodré and Heloisa Werneck de Macedo
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:207
  43. Only simple, point-of-care, assay formats of the Platellia Dengue NS1 Ag-ELISA would be suitable to identify Dengue virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in dengue-endemic areas lacking sophisticated laboratory infra...

    Authors: Subhash C Arya and Nirmala Agarwal
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:205
  44. Helminth infections as well as structural alternations in the long-terminal repeat (LTR) regions of HIV-1 are known to contribute to elevated HIV RNA level and enhance HIV-1 diseases progression. However, the ...

    Authors: Andargachew Mulu, Melanie Maier and Uwe Gerd Liebert
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:204
  45. Flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae are obligate endoparasites, which can be found in various hosts. Several genera infect insects and occur as monoxenous parasites especially in representatives of Dipt...

    Authors: Sergei I Fokin, Martina Schrallhammer, Carolina Chiellini, Franco Verni and Giulio Petroni
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:203
  46. In Europe two ixodid bat tick species, Ixodes vespertilionis and I. simplex were hitherto known to occur.

    Authors: Sándor Hornok, Jenő Kontschán, Dávid Kováts, Richárd Kovács, Dorottya Angyal, Tamás Görföl, Zsolt Polacsek, Zsuzsa Kalmár and Andrei D Mihalca
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2014 7:202

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