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International Journal for Parasitology 49 (2019) XI–XV Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal for Parasitology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpara Keyword index Volume 49 (2019) b-Tubulin, 13 Avian host, 579 14-3-3 protein, 355 Babesia bovis, 127 16S rRNA gene, 247 Babesia divergens, 175 18S, 859 Babesia duncani,95 Babesia microti, 145, 165, 175 Abattoir, 867 Babesia, 115, 139, 153, 183 Abundance–variance relationships, 83 Adaptations, 789 Babesiosis, 95, 105, 139, 145, 165, 183 Adeleorina, 375 Bacillus subtilis, 999 Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, 449 Bangladesh, 555 Africa, 27 Batillaria attramentaria, 1023 Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 999 BBEC, 127 Albendazole, 541 Behavior, 37, 805 Alien species, 625 Behaviour, 407, 837 Alpha 2-macroglobulin, 747 Benzimidazole, 397 Alzheimer’s disease, 747 Benzimidazoles, 13 Amastigotes, 423 Beta diversity, 437 Ancylostoma caninum, 397 Beta-cypermethrin resistance, 715 Animal model, 963, 975 Beta-oxidation, 647 Anisakis simplex sensu lato, 933 Bighorn sheep, 789 Annotation, 105 Bioclimatic associations, 27 Anoplocephala perfoliata, 885 Biodiversity, 407, 1075 Anthelmintic resistance, 397, 847 Biodiversity loss, 225 Anthelmintic treatment, 449 Biomphalaria glabrata, 1049 Anthelmintics, 13, 489 Bird host, 1005 Anti-Leishmania antibodies, 893 Birds, 27 Anticoagulant, 337 Blattella germanica, 715 Apicomplexa, 175, 375 Borrelia burgdorferi, 145, 165 Apicomplexa, 115 Bovine, 867 Apicomplexan, 153 Brazil, 301 Apicoplast, 105, 375 Breeding, 901 Apis mellifera, 605, 657 Brood infection, 657 Apodemus flavicollis, 779 Burden of disease, 301 Apoptosis, 355 Burying beetles, 759 Apyrase, 257 Aquaculture, 277, 843 Canine, 375 Artemia, 471 Capreolus capreolus, 779 Ascarids, 579 Carbohydrate metabolism genes, 933 Ascaris suum, 247 Carcass quality, 867 Atlantic salmon, 277 Cat, 321 Attachment preference, 1005 Cationic ferritin, 423 Attachment site selection, 1005 Cattle, 515, 859 Autecological traits, 669 Cercariae, 49, 1015 Autumnal cooling, 779 Cestoda, 211 Avian communities, 235 CFTR, 697 doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(19)30283-8 XII Subject Index / International Journal for Parasitology 49 (2019) XI–XV Chagas disease, 301 Dynamic state variable, 37 Character evolution, 523 Dysbiosis, 489 CHiP-Seq, 501 Chronic inflammation, 963 Echinococcus granulosus, 1029 Circumsporozoite surface protein, 705 Ecological stoichiometry, 805 Climate, 37 Egg production, 747 Climate change, 49, 789, 901 Endocytic pathway, 423 Cloning parasite infection, 975 Enemy release hypothesis, 83 Cockroach, 715 Energy metabolism, 647 Coevolution, 1075 Entomopathogenic nematode, 737 Coinfections, 145 Epidemiology, 277, 455, 657 Coitocaecum parvum, 347 Estimated breeding values (EBVs), 901 Columbiformes, 975 Eutrophication, 625 Community composition, 437 Evolutionary epidemiology, 1039 Comparative analyses, 71 Excretory–secretory antigens, 635 Competition, 601, 759 Experimental infection, 893 Complete cox1 gene, 985 Experimental infestation, 805 Complex life cycles, 347 Extinction cascade, 225 Conditional knockdown, 725 Extracellular vesicle, 993 Constraints, 347 Extracellular vesicles, 1029 Continental shelf, 669 Control, 843 Factor X, 337 Copepoda, 625 Facultative life cycle abbreviation, 347 Costs, 347 Faecal egg count (FEC), 901 cox1, 859 False-positives, 769 Crithidia mellificae, 605 Fasciola hepatica, 867, 921 Cryptic species, 945 Fecal egg counting, 885 Cryptosporidium parvum, 569 Fecal microbiota transplant, 873 Ctenocephalides felis, 321 Feeding, 311 Cyathostomins, 489 Fertility, 685 Cysteine proteases, 697 Fertility insurance, 601 Cytoadhesion, 127 First trimester, 541 Fish, 669 Dairy cattle, 569 Fish parasite, 625 Defaunation, 225 Fitness, 37 Deletion, 463 Food quality, 805 Dermacentor albipictus,95 Foodborne, 1 Detection, 515 Foodborne trematodes, 963 Development, 311 Force of infection, 455 Diagnosis, 139 Forest fragmentation, 225 Diagnostics, 115 Freshwater mussels, 71 Diarrhea, 569 Differential expression, 847 Galectin, 921 Dilution effect, 471 Gametocyte density, 601 Diplectanids, 365 Gastrointestinal nematodes, 901 Diplomonadida, 463 Gastropod, 49 Diplozoidae, 337 GenBank, 429 Dirofilaria repens, 911 Gene content, 463 Disability-adjusted life year, 301 Gene expression, 463, 615 Disease dynamics, 789 Gene rearrangement pathway, 819 Disturbance, 1023 Genetic divergence, 531 DNA barcoding, 321 Genetic diversity, 267, 555, 985 DNA sequences, 429 Genetics, 153 Dog, 321, 893 Genome, 105, 911 Dormancy, 501 Genome analysis, 647 Dose, 759 Giardia intestinalis, 463 Double strand break, 705 Giardia,1 Draft genome, 933 Giardiasis, 1 Drug discovery, 153 Gliding motility, 725 Drug resistance, 13 Globodera pallida, 999 Drug target, 423 Glycogen, 933 Drug target identification, 153 Glycoprotein, 921 Drug targets, 105 GPI anchors, 175 Dual luciferase reporter system, 287 Grandmaternal effects, 481 Dual-strain infections, 531 Graph theory, 277 Subject Index / International Journal for Parasitology 49 (2019) XI–XV XIII Growth, 805 Ixodes ricinus, 779, 1005 Growth and development, 715 Ixodes scapularis,37 Growth rate, 579 Ixodes ticks, 165 Gut microbiota, 715 Karyotype, 463 Haematophagy, 337 Kinin GPCR, 287 Haemonchus contortus, 311, 531, 847 Kunitz, 337 Haemonchus,13 Kyphosidae, 945 Haemoparasite, 975 Haemoproteus, 199 L3, 911 Haemosporida, 235 Landscape epidemiology, 235 Haemosporidians, 27 Larvae, 449 Hammondia, 267 Leishmania donovani, 555 Hamster, 417 Leishmania infantum, 893 Haploid, 605 Leishmania tropica, 417, 831 Haplotype, 797 Lepeophtheirus salmonis, 277, 843 Heligmosomoides polygyrus, 873 Lepocreadioidea, 945 Helminth, 337 Leucocytozoon, 199, 437 Helminths, 429, 489, 647 Life cycle, 975 Heme, 423 Life history traits, 873 Henneguya, 523 Lipid metabolism, 647 Hepatozoon canis, 375 Lipogenesis, 1061 High-grade biliary neoplasia, 963 Local mate competition, 601 Himasthla sp., 1015 Lungworms, 449 Hookworm, 397 Lyme disease vector, 37 Horses, 489 Host associations, 27 Macroevolution, 71 Host body parts, 1005 Macrophage, 993 Host diversity, 199 Magnetic capture, 859 Host finding, 999 Major Histocompatibility Complex, 797 Host performance, 579 Malaria, 455, 685 Host phylogeny, 669 Male gametocyte, 685 Host shift, 605 Management, 1061 Host size, 625 Marine ecology, 1015 Host specificity, 225, 471, 1075 Marshallagia marshalli, 789 Host susceptibility, 407 Mass spectrometry, 921 Host–parasite interactions, 63 Maternal effects, 481 Host-parasite associations, 365 Mebendazole, 541 Host-parasite interactions, 225, 789, 921 Mediterranean, 669 Hotspot, 1075 Meloidogyne incognita, 999, 1061 Human babesiosis, 175 Meloidogyne javanica, 999 Hybridisation, 531, 1039 Meriones crassus, 481 Hymenolepiasis, 211 Merozoite surface protein, 175 Hymenolepis microstoma, 211 Metabarcoding, 13 Hymenolepis nana, 211 Metabolism, 311, 1049 Hymenoptera, 737 Metagonimus suifunensis, 985 Hypnozoite, 501 Metalloproteinase, 257 Mi-sbp-1, 1061 Image processing, 885 Microbiome, 247 Immune response, 1049 Microbiota, 489 Immunity, 873 Microfilariae, 911 Immunological cross reactivity, 593 microRNA, 211 Immunomodulation, 311 microRNA cargo, 993 Immunomodulatory functions, 1029 MicroRNAs, 837 In vitro culture, 615 Microsporidia, 657 Incidence, 455 Microsporidians, 471 Indian subcontinent, 555 Midgut immunolocalization, 287 Infection, 247, 737 miR-148a, 993 Infectivity, 449 miRNA discovery, 211 Interbreeding, 531 Mites, 759 Intertidal ecosystems, 49 Mitochondria, 105 Intestinal protists, 769 Mitochondrial phylogenomics, 819 Intraspecific variability, 365 Mitochondrion, 375 Invasion, 837 Mixed models, 867 Ivermectin, 397, 847 MMEJ, 705 Ixodes arboricola, 1005 Molecular systematics, 365 XIV Subject Index / International Journal for Parasitology 49 (2019) XI–XV Morbidity, 301 Peri-parturient rise (PPR), 901 Mortality, 301 Phenotypic plasticity, 789 Mosquito, 705 Phlebotomus perniciosus, 417, 831 Mouse bioassay, 515 Phlebotomus tobbi, 831 Mouse sub-species, 63 Phoresy, 759 Multi-species infection, 579 Phosphorylation, 685 Multilocus sequence typing, 555 Phylogenetic analysis, 523 Multiple host, 407 Phylogenetic marker, 819 Multiple stressors, 625 Phylogeny, 365, 945, 1075 Myxobolus, 523 Phylogeography, 321 Pig faeces, 769 Nanobody, 635 Plant parasitic nematode, 837 Nanotechnology, 139 Plasmin, 337 Natural History Museum London, 429 Plasmodium falciparum, 455 Negative binomial distribution, 83 Plasmodium vivax, 455, 501 Nemabiome, 13 Plasmodium, 199, 437, 725 Nematode, 797 Plesiomorphic gene order state, 819 Nematodes, 13, 257, 789 Population genetics, 1039 Neospora caninum, 267 Pregnancy, 541 Network, 247 Prevalence, 455, 859 Network analysis, 277 Prevention, 1 Next generation sequencing, 375 Progenesis, 347 Niche modelling, 321 Protein phosphatase, 685 Node removal, 277 Proteome, 139, 311 Nosema apis, 657 Proteomics, 1049 Nosema ceranae, 657 Protoscoleces, 1029 Nuclear ribosomal RNA, 375 Nuclei, 463 qPCR, 417 Nutrient restriction, 759 qRT-PCR analyses, 615 Questing, 37 Ocean acidification and warming, 1015 Odocoileus hemionus,95 Recombinant vaccine, 175 Opisthorchiasis, 963 Reference genes, 615 Opisthorchis felineus, 963 Repeatability analysis, 83 Optimal foraging, 37 Reproduction, 287, 747 Osmia cornuta, 605 Reservoir host, 471 Outbreak, 569 Resistance, 579, 901 Outbreaks, 1 Resveratrol, 963 Ovine, 797 Rhipicephalus microplus, 287 Rhoptry, 725 pCO2,49 RIEMS, 769 Pairing contact, 615 Risk factors, 389 Panama, 225 RNA-seq, 501 Parahaemoproteus, 437 RNAi, 287 Parasite, 805, 843, 901, 1023 RNAseq, 847 Parasite biodiversity, 429 Rodent density, 779 Parasite
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    Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ISSN: 0103-846X [email protected] Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária Brasil Laterça Martins, Mauricio; Cardoso, Lucas; Marchiori, Natalia; Benites de Pádua, Santiago Protozoan infections in farmed fish from Brazil: diagnosis and pathogenesis. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, vol. 24, núm. 1, enero-marzo, 2015, pp. 1- 20 Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária Jaboticabal, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=397841495001 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Review Article Braz. J. Vet. Parasitol., Jaboticabal, v. 24, n. 1, p. 1-20, jan.-mar. 2015 ISSN 0103-846X (Print) / ISSN 1984-2961 (Electronic) Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-29612015013 Protozoan infections in farmed fish from Brazil: diagnosis and pathogenesis Infecções por protozoários em peixes cultivados no Brasil: diagnóstico e patogênese Mauricio Laterça Martins1*; Lucas Cardoso1; Natalia Marchiori2; Santiago Benites de Pádua3 1Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos – AQUOS, Departamento de Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil 2Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina – Epagri, Campo Experimental de Piscicultura de Camboriú, Camboriú, SC, Brasil 3Aquivet Saúde Aquática, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil Received January 19, 2015 Accepted February 2, 2015 Abstract The Phylum Protozoa brings together several organisms evolutionarily different that may act as ecto or endoparasites of fishes over the world being responsible for diseases, which, in turn, may lead to economical and social impacts in different countries.
  • In Vitro and in Vivo Trematode Models for Chemotherapeutic Studies

    In Vitro and in Vivo Trematode Models for Chemotherapeutic Studies

    589 In vitro and in vivo trematode models for chemotherapeutic studies J. KEISER* Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical Institute, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland (Received 27 June 2009; revised 7 August 2009 and 26 October 2009; accepted 27 October 2009; first published online 7 December 2009) SUMMARY Schistosomiasis and food-borne trematodiases are chronic parasitic diseases affecting millions of people mostly in the developing world. Additional drugs should be developed as only few drugs are available for treatment and drug resistance might emerge. In vitro and in vivo whole parasite screens represent essential components of the trematodicidal drug discovery cascade. This review describes the current state-of-the-art of in vitro and in vivo screening systems of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni, the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica and the intestinal fluke Echinostoma caproni. Examples of in vitro and in vivo evaluation of compounds for activity are presented. To boost the discovery pipeline for these diseases there is a need to develop validated, robust high-throughput in vitro systems with simple readouts. Key words: Schistosoma mansoni, Fasciola hepatica, Echinostoma caproni, in vitro, in vivo, drug discovery, chemotherapy. INTRODUCTION by chemotherapy. However, only two drugs are currently available: triclabendazole against fascio- Thus far approximately 6000 species in the sub-class liasis and praziquantel against the other food-borne Digenea, phylum Platyhelminthes have been de- trematode infections and schistosomiasis (Keiser and scribed in the literature. Among them, only a dozen Utzinger, 2004; Keiser et al. 2005). Hence, there is a or so species parasitize humans. These include need for discovery and development of new drugs, the blood flukes (five species of Schistosoma), liver particularly in view of growing concern about re- flukes (Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola gigantica, Fasciola sistance developing to existing drugs.
  • The Substructure of Three Repetitive DNA Regions of Schistosoma

    The Substructure of Three Repetitive DNA Regions of Schistosoma

    Abbasi et al. Parasites & Vectors (2017) 10:364 DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2281-7 RESEARCH Open Access The substructure of three repetitive DNA regions of Schistosoma haematobium group species as a potential marker for species recognition and interbreeding detection Ibrahim Abbasi1,2, Bonnie L. Webster3,4,5, Charles H. King6, David Rollinson3,4,5 and Joseph Hamburger1* Abstract Background: Schistosoma haematobium is the causative agent of human urogenital schistosomiasis affecting ~112 million people in Africa and the Middle East. The parasite is transmitted by snails of the genus Bulinus, which also transmit other closely related human and animal schistosomes. The accurate discrimination of S. haematobium from species infecting animals will aid effective control and elimination programs. Previously we have shown the utility of different repetitive nuclear DNA sequences (DraI, sh73bp, and sh77bp) for the identification of S. haematobium- group species and inter-repeat sequences for discriminating S. haematobium from S. bovis. Results: In this current study we clarify the structural arrangement and association between the three repetitive sequences (DraI, sh73bp, and sh77bp) in both S. haematobium and S. bovis, with a unique repeat linker being found in S. haematobium (Sh64bp repeat linker) and in S. bovis (Sb30bp repeat linker). Sequence data showed that the 3′- end of the repeat linker was connected to the DraI repetitive sequence array, and at the 5′-end of the repeat linker sh73bp and sh77bp were arranged in an alternating manner. Species-specific oligonucleotides were designed targeting the species-specific repeat linkers and used in a reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assay enabling differentiation between S.