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Rada slovenských vedeckých spoločností Združenie vedeckých spoločností v Slovenskej republike May 25 – 30, 2014 Congress Center Academia, Stará Lesná - The High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia LUKAS s.r.o. sl. Armády 4, MARTIN oficiálny distribútor v robkov Table of Contents The editors hold no responsibility for any content, inaccuracy or language errors in the abstracts. 1. Oral Presentations (order according to the programme)..............................................................................................................1 1.1. Plenary Session I................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2. Plenary Session II...............................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Editors Mikuláš Oros, Zuzana Vasilková 1.3. Session I. Human parasitology and zoonozes................................................................................................................................4 1.4. Session II. Parasitology in genomic and biochemistry era..............................................................................................11 1.5. Plenary Session III.........................................................................................................................................................................................................14 1.6. Session III. Veterinary and wild-life parasitology........................................................................................................................16 Graphic Design 1.7. Plenary Session IV.........................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Zuzana Vasilková 1.8. Session IV. Pharmacology and treatment..........................................................................................................................................19 1.9. Session V. Helminths – diversity, taxonomy and ultrastructure........................................................................................21 1.10. Plenary Session V......................................................................................................................................................................................................28 1.11. Session VI. Vectors and vector-borne diseases....................................................................................................................29 2. Student Competition (order according to the programme)...................................................................................................38 2.1. Session Protists and bacteria – tiny creatures from different aspects of research..............................38 2.2. Session Tapeworms and flukes – does DNA, proteins or hosts rule their world?.....................................43 2.3. Sessions Monogeneans and nematodes – from molecules to biodiversity Ecological and veterinary parasitology.................................................................................................................49 2.4. Session Ticks, mites and mosquitoes – hidden beauty of little vampires.........................................................56 May 25 – 30, 2014 3. Poster Session (in alphabetical order).............................................................................................................................................................61 Congress Center Academia, Stará Lesná - The High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia ISBN 978 - 80 - 968473 - 7 - 2 ©Slovak Society for Parasitology at SAS Košice, May 2014 V4 PARASITOLOGICAL MEETING 1 Parasites in the Heart of Europe May 25 – 30, 2014 (SELF)‐INFECTIONS WITH HELMINTHS R. Kuchta, T. Scholz Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic The experimental (self‐) infections with helminthes can be re‐interpreted from a perspective that was usually not on the mind of scientists, who, mostly long time ago, subjected themselves and other individuals to these experiments. In most cases, (self‐) infections were used to elucidate life cycles of parasites, their transmission, host specificity and/or pathogenicity, data which were difficult or even impossible to obtain by other means. Interestingly, many of these experiments remain poorly known as they were often published in obscure or non‐English journals or have been forgotten. Moreover, some of them are incompatible with current ethical rules. Several helmith species have been used by researchers for self‐infections, including tapeworms (as Diphyllobothrium, Spirometra, Taenia), digeneans (as Fasciolopsis, Schistosoma, Plagiorchis) or nematodes (as Ancylostoma, Burgia, Ascaris, Necator, Strongyloides, Tricuris). However, with recent research addressing the possible beneficial impact of intestinal helminths on a range of autoimmune diseases in humans, these studies, although often not complying with current ethical rules, provide valuable information. Here, we critically review cases, in which humans were infected with parasites. THE BLOOD‐SUCKING NEMATODE ASHWORTHIUS SIDEMI: TRANSMISSION FROM WILDLIFE ANIMALS TO COWS B. Moskwa, J. Bień, A. Cybulska, A. Kornacka, K. Goździk, W. Cabaj Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‐818 Warsaw, Poland Ashworthius sidemi, a blood‐sucking nematode of the Trichostrongylidae family, is a primary parasite of Asiatic cervides, particularly sika deer (Cervus nippon). The introduction of this host species in Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and France has also allowed the parasite to spread throughout the area and the neighboring countries. Sika deer were first introduced to Poland in 1895 near Pszczyna, Silesia, and then again in 1910, near the Vistula lagoon in the vicinity of Kadyny. The first evidence of A. sidemi in Poland was reported in 1997 in European bison from the Bieszczady Mountain. Further studies revealed that A. sidemi infections are common in bison, red, roe and fallow deer. Additionally, the possibility has been suggested that infections may be transmitted between wildlife animals and livestock, particularly sheep and cows, which may be grazed on the same pastures. The main interest of the study was to confirm this hypothesis. Until now, the V4 PARASITOLOGICAL MEETING 2 Parasites in the Heart of Europe May 25 – 30, 2014 presence of A. sidemi in the abomasum and duodena in wildlife animals was confirmed during post mortem microscopic examination only. To facilitate an easier and more reliable diagnostic tool, a simple PCR technique was developed to differentiate A. sidemi. The study was performed on faecal samples collected from European bison immobilized in the summer of 2012 in the Bieszczady Mountains (Poland) and from cattle fed on pastures exposed to infected wildlife in the Białowieża Primeval Forest buffer zone and Strzałowo Forest District (Mazurian Lake area). Faecal samples were cultured on Petri dishes and were incubated at 25oC for 7‐ 14 days. DNA of L3 larvae was identified to the A. sidemi level according to Ljunggren and Goździk (2008) and Moskwa (in press). The amplified genomic DNA samples were analysed on 1.5% agarose gels and visualized using the Kodak 1DTM Electrophoretic Documentation and Analysis System. The presence of DNA of L3 A. sidemi larvae was confirmed in both bison and cattle faecal samples. On the basis of our knowledge this is the first report on A. sidemi in cattle. A DNA segment of approximately 406 bp was excised from agarose gel and purified. The DNA was sequenced in both directions by Genomed (Warsaw, Poland). The sequences were edited using Vector NTI AdvanceTM, version 10 (Invitrogen, USA). BLAST searches were performed in order to compare the sequence with those in GenBank. The obtained sequences matched sequences already published in GenBank, showing very high similarities with the isolate from European bison (accession number EF467325). Histopathological changes observed in the walls of the abomasa and duodena of infected wildlife caused by a strong parasite presence may also become an important health problem for farm animals. Therefore further studies are needed to monitor the current spread of A. sidemi in wildlife and domestic animals. This research was supported by National Science Centre. Grant No. N308 585740 PROTEOMIC STUDIES OF THE MODEL CESTODE SPECIES HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES D. Mlocicki1, J. Bien1, R. Salamatin2, A. Przybek2 W. Stefanski Institute of Parasitology PAS, Twarda 51/55 Street, 00‐818 Warsaw, Poland1; Department of General Biology and Parasitology, Medical University of Warsaw, Chalubnskiego 5 Street, 02‐004 Warsaw, Poland2 Proteomic research along the cestode life‐cycle has never been performed before, and nothing is known about the protein profiles of the oncosphere, the cysticercoid and the adult Hymenolepis diminuta, which is one the most common model species used in experimental cestodiasis. We have greater understanding of H. diminuta biology than of practically any other cestode. There are, however, fields in its biology that remain unknown; one of the serious blanks in our knowledge