Parasitologia, 2023 Sarcocystis aucheniae is a coccidian parasite that produces macroscopic sarcocysts in South American camelid (SAC) muscles and causes a disease known as SAC sarcocystosis.
Sarah Nathaly Wieser +6 more
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Computational vaccine development against protozoa [PDF]
Computational and Structural Biotechnology JournalProtozoan parasites remain a major global health and economic burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Conventional strategies such as chemotherapy and vector control face growing limitations due to resistance, toxicity, and ...
Omar Hashim, Isabelle Dimier-Poisson
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Antibodies to variable surface antigens induce antigenic variation in the intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 The genomes of most protozoa encode families of variant surface antigens. In some parasitic microorganisms, it has been demonstrated that mutually exclusive changes in the expression of these antigens allow parasites to evade the host’s immune response ...
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Diagnostic potential of a multi-antigen ELISA for feline leishmaniosis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Leishmania infantum is a sand fly-transmitted zoonotic protozoan, endemic in the Mediterranean basin and responsible for human, canine (CanL), and feline (FeL) leishmaniosis.
Clara M. Lima +10 more
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Different kinetics of humoral response against individual antigens in the ovine model of Toxoplasma gondii infection and its pathological association [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackgroundToxoplasma gondii is a globally distributed protozoan parasite with major implications for human and animal health. In sheep, infection can cause reproductive failure and represents an important source of zoonotic transmission through ...
Paula Formigo +15 more
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Plant Expression of Hydrophobin Fused K39 Antigen for Visceral Leishmaniasis Immunodiagnosis
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Visceral leishmaniasis is a Neglected Tropical Disease of high mortality caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum. Its transmission cycle is complex, and it has in the domestic dog its main reservoir.
Bruno B. Silva +12 more
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Conserved Candidate Antigens and Nanoparticles to Develop Vaccine against Giardia intestinalis
Vaccines, 2022 Giardia intestinalis (Giardia lambia, Giardia duodenalis) infections in humans may be asymptomatic or symptomatic and associated with diarrhea (without blood), abdominal cramps, bloating, flatulence, and weight loss.
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Parasite Carbohydrate Vaccines
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 Vaccination is an efficient means of combating infectious disease burden globally. However, routine vaccines for the world's major human parasitic diseases do not yet exist. Vaccines based on carbohydrate antigens are a viable option for parasite vaccine
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Development of Nano-ELISA Method for Serological Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis in Mice [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2021 Toxoplasmosis is a widespread parasitic disease caused by a protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Currently, nanotechnology has been used for the diagnosis of many infectious diseases. It could be due to the fact that nanoparticles play an important role
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Duffy blood group system and the malaria adaptation process in humans
Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2011 Malaria is an acute infectious disease caused by the protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. The antigens of the Duffy Blood Group System, in addition to incompatibilities in transfusions and hemolytic disease of the newborn, are of great interest in medicine ...
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