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Antigenic diversity is generated by distinct evolutionary mechanisms in African trypanosome species [PDF]

, 2012
Antigenic variation enables pathogens to avoid the host immune response by continual switching of surface proteins. The protozoan blood parasite Trypanosoma brucei causes human African trypanosomiasis ("sleeping sickness") across sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Browne, H., Jackson, Andrew P., Marcello, Lucio, Jackson, A.P., Jackson, A. P., Quail, M. A., Ginger, M. L., Marcello, L., Quail, M.A., Berriman, Matthew, Jackson, Andrew P, Berry, Andrew, Field, M. C., Aslett, Martin, Sanders, Mandy J., McQuillan, J., Barry, J. David, Field, Mark C., Allinson, Harriet C., Browne, Hilary, Hauser, H., Aslett, M., Barry, J.D., Burton, Peter, Allison, Harriet C., Ginger, Michael L., Gilderthorp, Ruth, Berry, A., van Tonder, Andries, Allison, H.C., McQuillan, Jacqueline, Burton, P., Ginger, M.L., Corton, Nicola, Gilderthorp, R., Hertz-Fowler, Christiane, Field, M.C., Field, MarkC., Corton, N., Quail, Michael A., Gamble, John, Brown, R., Otto, Thomas D., Otto, T. D., Barry, J. D., Gamble, J., Hauser, Heidi, Hertz-Fowler, C., Brown, Robert, van Tonder, A., Berriman, M., Ginger, Michael, Vavrova-Anderson, Jana, Vavrova-Anderson, J., Sanders, M.J., Allison, H. C., Hertz-Fowler, Christine, Otto, T.D., Sanders, M. J.   +58 more
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Anti-neurofascin antibodies [PDF]

, 2012
Neurofascin (NF) is a cell-adhesion molecule that is found at the nodes of Ranvier. The 186 kDa isoform of neurofascin (NF186) is expressed on the axon in the exposed node, and the 155 kDa isoform (NF155) is expressed on myelinating glia at the ...
Ng, King Man
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Absence of Anti-Babesia microti antibody in commercial intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundBabesiosis is a worldwide emerging protozoan infection that is associated with a spectrum of disease severity from asymptomatic infection to severe organ damage and death.
Julia Kostka, Anu S Maharjan, Sanjai Kumar, Douglas Hackenyos, Peter J Krause, Kevin Dieckhaus   +5 more
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Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild rodents and marsupials from the Atlantic Forest, state of São Paulo, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects a large spectrum of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Small rodents and marsupials play an important role in the epidemiology of T. gondii because they are sources of infection for domestic and
Solange Maria Gennari, Maria Halina Ogrzewalska, Herbert Sousa Soares, Danilo Gonçalves Saraiva, Adriano Pinter, Fernanda Aparecida Nieri-Bastos, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Matias Pablo Juan Szabó, Jitender Prakash Dubey   +8 more
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Epidemiology of parasitic protozoan infections in Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) on St Kilda [PDF]

, 2006
The feral Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) population on Hirta, St Kilda, is host to a diverse component parasite community, but previous parasitological studies of the population have only focussed on the metazoan species.
B. H. CRAIG, L. E. B. KRUUK, Pilkington, J. G., Pemberton, J. M., Kruuk, L. E. B., J. M. PEMBERTON, J. G. PILKINGTON, Craig, B. H.   +7 more
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Seroprevalence rates of antibodies against Leishmania infantum and other protozoan and rickettsial parasites in dogs Soroprevalência de anticorpos contra Leishmania infantum e outras espécies de protozoários e rickettsia em cães

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2013
Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum, which infects dogs and humans in many regions of Brazil. The present study involved an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) to analyze L. infantum, Ehrlichia spp., Babesia canis, Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infection rates in serum samples from 93 dogs ...
Silvana de Cássia Paulan, Aline Gouveia de Souza Lins, Michely da Silva Tenório, Diogo Tiago da Silva, Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Solange Maria Gennari, Wilma Aparecida Starke Buzetti   +7 more
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Human cryptosporidiosis: detection of specific antibodies in the serum by an indirect immunofluorescence

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1996
Cryptosporidium sp., a coccidian parasite usually found in the faeces of cattle, has been recently implicated as an agent of human intestinal disease, mainly in immunocompromised patients.
Braz Lúcia M.A., Amato Neto Vicente, Ferrari Clara I.L., Palhares Maria C.A., Amato Valdir S., Santos Márcia T.F., Marques Heloísa H.S., Vallada Marcelo, Nakanishi Laura S.S., Andrade Júnior Heitor F.   +9 more
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in zoo and domestic animals in Jiangxi Province, China

Parasite, 2017
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals throughout the world. In the present study, antibodies to T.
Luo Houqiang, Li Kun, Zhang Hui, Gan Ping, Shahzad Muhammad, Wu Xiaoxing, Lan Yanfang, Wang Jiaxiang   +7 more
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The development and applications of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for the detection of illicit drugs in saliva samples [PDF]

, 2002
Anti-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), anti-cocaine and anti-morphine polyclonal antibodies were produced. These antibodies were successfully applied to an ELISA format for the detection of THC, cocaine, and morphine in saliva samples. Monoclonal antibodies
Fanning, Lorna M.
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Prevalence and Toxoplasma gondii Genotypes Circulating in Five Wild Corvid Species from Romania

Pathogens
The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii can potentially infect all warm-blooded animals, including birds, which, due to their high dispersal capabilities, are considered a significant candidate group of sentinel animals that reveal environmental ...
Călin Mircea Gherman, Anamaria Balea, Adriana Györke, Zsuzsa Kalmár, Angela Monica Ionică, Isabelle Villena, Furio Spano, Stéphane de Craeye, Vasile Cozma   +8 more
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