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Volume 4 (2008), Issue 7 (July)

1. Simple and sensitive antimalarial drug screening in vitro and in vivo using transgenic luciferase expressing Plasmodium berghei parasites.
   Int J Parasitol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Consequences of protein supplementation for anorexia, expression of immunity and plasma leptin concentrations in parasitized ewes of two breeds.
   Br J Nutr. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Activities of artemether-lumefantrine and amodiaquine-sulfalene-pyrimethamine against sexual-stage parasites in falciparum malaria in children.
   Chemotherapy, 54(3): 201-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Anisakid parasites of the pouting ( Trisopterus luscus) from the Cantabrian Sea coast, Bay of Biscay, Spain.
   J Helminthol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Febrile temperature leads to significant stiffening of Plasmodium falciparum parasitized erythrocytes.
   Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The influence of climatic conditions on long-term changes in the helminth fauna of terrestrial molluscs and the implications for parasite transmission in southern England.
   J Helminthol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A plastid gene phylogeny of the non-photosynthetic parasitic Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) and related genera.
   J Plant Res, 121(4): 365-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. An acanthocephalan parasite boosts the escape performance of its intermediate host facing non-host predators.
   Parasitology, 135(8): 977-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Host-parasite coevolution: Insights from the Daphnia-parasite model system.
   Curr Opin Microbiol, 11(3): 290-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Multiple Displacement Amplification for Malaria Parasite DNA.
    J Parasitol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. MYZOBDELLA PLATENSIS (HIRUNDINIDA: PISCICOLIDAE) IS TRUE PARASITE OF BLUE CRABS (CRUSTACEA: PORTUNIDAE).
    J Parasitol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF ANCIENT PARASITE EGGS RECOVERED FROM KOREAN MUMMIES OF JOSEON DYNASTY.
    J Parasitol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Lipid content and fatty acid composition of the monogenean Neobenedenia girellae and comparison between the parasite and host fish species.
    Parasitology, 135(8): 967-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Mapping of the conserved antigenic domains shared between potato apyrase and parasite ATP diphosphohydrolases: potential application in human parasitic diseases.
    Parasitology, 135(8): 943-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Impact of Herbivore-induced Plant Volatiles on Parasitoid Foraging Success: A Spatial Simulation of the Cotesia rubecula, Pieris rapae, and Brassica oleracea System.
    J Chem Ecol, 34(7): 959-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The impact of herbivore-induced plant volatiles on parasitoid foraging success: a general deterministic model.
    J Chem Ecol, 34(7): 945-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Virgins in the wild: mating status affects the behavior of a parasitoid foraging in the field.
    Oecologia, 156(4): 913-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Parasites of the endangered Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus): correlates with host abundance and lek site characteristics.
    Parasitol Res, 103(3): 709-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Identification, characterization of functional candidate genes for host-parasite interactions in entomopathogenetic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae by suppressive subtractive hybridization.
    Parasitol Res, 103(3): 671-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Diagnosis of vivax malaria using an IgM capture ELISA is a sensitive method, even for low levels of parasitemia.
    Parasitol Res, 103(3): 625-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Identification of Leishmania parasites in clinical samples obtained from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients using PCR-RFLP technique in endemic region, Sanliurfa province, in Turkey.
    Parasitol Res, 103(3): 583-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. A new gnathiid (crustacea: isopoda) parasitizing two species of requiem sharks from lizard island, great barrier reef, australia.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 608-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Helminth Parasites in Chaunus marinus and Cranopis valliceps (Anura: Bufonidae) from Lagunas Yalahau, Yucatan, Mexico.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 672-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Two New Species of African Haemaphysalis Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Carnivore Parasites of the H. (Rhipistoma) leachi Group.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 594-607. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Haemosporidian blood parasites in European birds of prey and owls.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 709-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Patterns of parasite abundance and distribution in island populations of galápagos endemic birds.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 584-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Patterns of Trombiculid Mite (Hannemania dunni) Parasitism among Plethodontid Salamanders in the Western Piedmont of North Carolina.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 631-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Genetic Variation of Fish Parasite Populations in Historically Connected Habitats: Undetected Habitat Fragmentation Effect on Populations of the Nematode Procamallanus fulvidraconis in the Catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco.
    J Parasitol, 94(3): 643-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The placenta is simply a neuroendocrine parasite.
    J Neuroendocrinol, 20(6): 700-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Evidence of a continuous endoplasmic reticulum in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
    Eukaryot Cell, 7(7): 1222-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The genetic architecture of susceptibility to parasites.
    BMC Evol Biol, 8: 187. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Effects of malathion on embryonic development and latent susceptibility to trematode parasites in ranid tadpoles.
    Environ Toxicol Chem. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. The oomycete response gene LURP1 is required for defense against Hyaloperonospora parasitica in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Plant J, 55(1): 53-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Characterization of midgut trypsinogen-like cDNA and enzymatic activity in Plutella xylostella parasitized by Cotesia vestalis or Diadegma semiclausum.
    Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Redescription of Cardiosporidium cionae (Van Gaver and Stephan, 1907) (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida), a plasmodial parasite of ascidian haemocytes.
    Eur J Protistol, 44(3): 181-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Experimental studies on Echinococcus multilocularis in Japan, focusing on biohazardous stages of the parasite.
    Exp Parasitol, 119(4): 534-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Echinococcus multilocularis: the parasite-host interplay.
    Exp Parasitol, 119(4): 447-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Temperature-dependent parasitic relationship between Legionella pneumophila and a free-living amoeba (Acanthamoeba castellanii).
    Appl Environ Microbiol, 74(14): 4585-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Development of a denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography method for detection of protist parasites of metazoans.
    Appl Environ Microbiol, 74(14): 4336-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Detection and discovery of crustacean parasites in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) by using 18S rRNA gene-targeted denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography.
    Appl Environ Microbiol, 74(14): 4346-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Disruption of ERK signalling in Biomphalaria glabrata defence cells by Schistosoma mansoni: Implications for parasite survival in the snail host.
    Dev Comp Immunol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Biosynthetic considerations could assist the structure elucidation of host plant produced rhizosphere signalling compounds (strigolactones) for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and parasitic plants.
    Plant Physiol Biochem, 46(7): 617-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Cytoplasmic lipid droplets are translocated into the lumen of the Chlamydia trachomatis parasitophorous vacuole.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(27): 9379-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral myositis.
    Clin Microbiol Rev, 21(3): 473-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Experimental reduction of ultraviolet wavelengths reflected from parasitic eggs affects rejection behaviour in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla.
    J Exp Biol, 211: 2519-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. The role of the antennae during courtship behaviour in the parasitic wasp Trichopria drosophilae.
    J Exp Biol, 211: 2486-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Protective immunity in human filariasis: a role for parasite-specific IgA responses.
    J Infect Dis, 198(3): 434-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Parasites lead to evolution of robustness against gene loss in host signaling networks.
    Mol Syst Biol, 4: 202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Electrophoretic analysis of sequence variability in three mitochondrial DNA regions for ascaridoid parasites of human and animal health significance.
    Electrophoresis, 29(13): 2912-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Long-distance transport of mRNA via parenchyma cells and phloem across the host-parasite junction in Cuscuta.
    New Phytol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Unhealthy herds: Some epidemiological consequences of host heterogeneity in predator-host-parasite systems.
    J Theor Biol, 253(3): 500-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Persistently infected horses are reservoirs for intrastadial tick-borne transmission of the apicomplexan parasite Babesia equi.
    Infect Immun, 76(8): 3525-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Detection of Trypanosoma brucei parasites in blood samples using real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 61(4): 440-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Blood meal identification and parasite detection in laboratory-fed and field-captured Lutzomyia longipalpis by PCR using FTA databasing paper.
    Acta Trop. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Clinical efficacy assessment of the albendazole-ivermectin combination in lambs parasitized with resistant nematodes.
    Vet Parasitol, 155(3): 249-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Native parasitoids and their potential to control the invasive leafminer, Cameraria ohridella DESCH. & DIM. (Lep.: Gracillariidae).
    Bull Entomol Res, 98(4): 379-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Olfactory conditioning in mate searching by the parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).
    Bull Entomol Res, 98(4): 371-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Parasitism of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines by Binodoxys communis: the role of aphid defensive behaviour and parasitoid reproductive performance.
    Bull Entomol Res, 98(4): 361-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Influence of host size variation on the development of a koinobiont aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus ambiguus Haliday (Braconidae, Hymenoptera).
    Bull Entomol Res, 98(4): 389-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Immunodominant, protective response to the parasite Toxoplasma gondii requires antigen processing in the endoplasmic reticulum.
    Nat Immunol, 9(8): 937-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Delusions of parasitosis of the eyelids.
    Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg, 24(4): 317-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Parasites of urological importance.
    Urol Int, 81(1): 1-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite molecular genetics: the resolution of Littorina littorea's North American origin.
    Mol Ecol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. The risk of pathogenic intestinal parasite infections in Kisii Municipality, Kenya.
    BMC Public Health, 8: 237. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. IL12B polymorphisms are linked but not associated with Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia: a familial study in Burkina Faso.
    Genes Immun, 9(5): 405-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries.
    Nature, 454(7203): 515-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. The mother of all parasites.
    Future Microbiol, 3: 391-395. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Applying an aggregative dispersive dichotomy (ADD) model to parasitic infections in host populations.
    J Helminthol, 82(3): 187-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Screening for Indian isolates of egg-parasitic fungi for use in biological control of fascioliasis and amphistomiasis in ruminant livestock.
    J Helminthol, 82(3): 271-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Influence of environmental changes in the north-western Atlantic Ocean on a parasite, Echinorhynchus gadi (Acanthocephala) of Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua) occurring off coastal Labrador, Canada.
    J Helminthol, 82(3): 203-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Distinct outcomes of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in hamsters are related to myocardial parasitism, cytokine/chemokine gene expression, and protein expression profile.
    J Infect Dis, 198(4): 614-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Orthologs of macrophage migration inhibitory factor from parasitic nematodes.
    Trends Parasitol, 24(8): 355-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Fine targeting of purine salvage in Cryptosporidium parasites.
    Trends Parasitol, 24(8): 336-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Crotophagisyringophilus n. g. (Acari: Syringophilidae), a new genus of parasitic quill mites.
    Syst Parasitol, 71(1): 75-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. A revision of the species of Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Digenea: Hemiuridae), parasites of mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae).
    Syst Parasitol, 71(1): 53-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Michajlowastasia nom. nov. for the parasitic euglenoid genus Parastasia Michajłow, 1972 (Euglenozoa: Euglenoidina: Astasiidae).
    Syst Parasitol, 71(1): 49-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Effect of homeopathic medicines on helminth parasitism and resistance of Haemonchus contortus infected sheep.
    Homeopathy, 97(3): 145-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND PARASITIC STAGES IN THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE LINED SEA-ANEMONE EDWARDSIELLA LINEATA.
    J Parasitol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Flow cytometric enumeration of parasitaemia and haematologic changes in trypanosoma-infected mice.
    Acta Trop, 107(2): 139-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Ribozyme cleavage of Plasmodium falciparum gyrase A gene transcript affects the parasite growth.
    Parasitol Res, 103(4): 751-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Parasitic loranthus from Loranthaceae rather than Viscaceae potently inhibits fatty acid synthase and reduces body weight in mice.
    J Ethnopharmacol, 118(3): 473-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Decreased overall virulence in coinfected hosts leads to the persistence of virulent parasites.
    Am Nat, 172(2): E67-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. The prevalence of intestinal parasites in the province of Izmir, Turkey.
    Parasitol Res, 103(4): 839-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Molecular markers reveal strong geographic, but not host associated, genetic differentiation in Aphidius transcaspicus, a parasitoid of the aphid genus Hyalopterus.
    Bull Entomol Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. PARASITES OF SMALL GROUND FINCHES FEATHER MITES AND INTERNAL PARASITES IN SMALL GROUND FINCHES (GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA, EMBERIZIDAE) FROM THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (EQUADOR).
    J Parasitol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Parasitization by the wasp Eretmocerus mundus induces transcription of genes related to immune response and symbiotic bacteria proliferation in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.
    BMC Genomics, 9: 342. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Phytophthora parasitica biofilm formation: installation and organization of microcolonies on the surface of a host plant.
    Environ Microbiol, 10(8): 2164-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Glacial bottleneck and postglacial recolonization of a seed parasitic weevil, Curculio hilgendorfi, inferred from mitochondrial DNA variation.
    Mol Ecol, 17(14): 3276-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. The binding of Tritrichomonas foetus to immobilized laminin-1 and its role in the cytotoxicity exerted by the parasite.
    Microbiology, 154: 2283-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. The relevance of molecular markers in the analysis of malaria parasite populations.
    Transbound Emerg Dis, 55(5): 226-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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