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Sex and death : the effects of innate immune factors on the sexual reproduction of malaria parasites [PDF]

, 2013
This work was funded by Fundacao para a Cieˆncia e Tecnologia, Portugal (RSR: SFRH/BD/39960/2007 and JA: SFRH/BD/33206/2007; www.fct.mctes.pt); the Royal Society of London (AG: University Research Fellowship; http://royalsociety.org/); Balliol College ...
Reece, Sarah E., Ramiro, Ricardo S., Carter, Lucy, Alpedrinha, Joao, Gardner, Andy   +4 more
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An update on the occurrence of flies (Diptera: Muscidae, Calliphoridae) and sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of veterinary importance in Malta: First record of Lucilia cuprina and Linognathus africanus

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
To obtain new data on the species diversity, host associations and spatiotemporal occurrence of flies and blood-sucking lice of veterinary importance in Malta, ectoparasites were collected at cattle, sheep and goat, pig farms, as well as dog shelters ...
Sándor Hornok, Sándor Hornok, Andrea M. Cini Bruno, Nóra Takács, Nóra Takács, Gergő Keve, Gergő Keve, Attila D. Sándor, Attila D. Sándor, Attila D. Sándor, Jenő Kontschán, Jenő Kontschán   +11 more
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Increased sensitivity for detecting malaria parasites in human umbilical cord blood using scaled-up DNA preparation. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: All mothers donating umbilical cord blood units to the NHS cord blood bank undergo an assessment for the likelihood of prior exposure to malaria infection.
Fiona Regan, Peter L Chiodini, Hassan Maha, Sutherland Colin J, Regan Fiona, Colin J Sutherland, Polley Spencer D, Chiodini Peter L, Chiodini, Peter L, Sutherland, Colin J, Hassan, Maha, Maha Hassan, Spencer D Polley, Polley, Spencer D, Regan, Fiona   +14 more
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Low prevalence of blood parasites in a long-distance migratory raptor: the importance of the host habitat [PDF]

, 2020
Background The low prevalence of blood parasites in some bird species may be related to the habitats they frequent, the inexistence of the right host-parasite assemblage or the immunological capacity of the host.
Gutiérrez López, Rafael, Gangoso, Laura, Muñoz, Joaquín, López López, Pascual, Figuerola, Jordi, Martínez de la Puente, Josué, Fric, Jakob, Samraoui, Boudjema, Mailleux, Mélanie, Touati, Laïd   +9 more
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The glutathione biosynthetic pathway of Plasmodium is essential for mosquito transmission [PDF]

, 2009
1Infection of red blood cells (RBC) subjects the malaria parasite to oxidative stress. Therefore, efficient antioxidant and redox systems are required to prevent damage by reactive oxygen species. Plasmodium spp.
Vega-Rodríguez Joel, Franke-Fayard Blandine, Coppens Isabelle, Waters Andrew P., Dinglasan, R.R., Andrew P. Waters, Joel Vega-Rodríguez, Rhoel R. Dinglasan, Jacobs-Lorena Marcelo, José F Rodríguez-Orengo, Jacobs-Lorena, M., Rodríguez-Orengo José F., Blandine Franke-Fayard, Chris J. Janse, Vega-Rodriguez, J., Isabelle Coppens, José F. Rodríguez-Orengo, Serrano Adelfa E., Adelfa E. Serrano, Janse, C.J., Serrano, A.E., Rhoel R Dinglasan, Prakash Srinivasan, Waters, A., Adelfa E Serrano, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, Pastrana-Mena Rebecca, Janse Chris J., Chris J Janse, Dinglasan Rhoel R., Rodriguez-Orengo, J.F., Srinivasan, P., Pastrana-Mena, R., Rebecca Pastrana-Mena, Franke-Fayard, B., Andrew P Waters   +35 more
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The pathology and pathogenicity of a novel Haemoproteus spp. infection in wild Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) [PDF]

, 2013
One hundred and thirty four Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) carcases found since 2004 in south west Australia were necropsied. The livers and spleens from ten of the penguins exhibited varying degrees of multifocal, randomly scattered areas of necrosis ...
Miller, R.D., Stephens, N., Krasnec, K.V., K. Campbell, K.V. Krasnec, B.L. Cannell, H.I. Jones, N. Stephens, Cannell, B.L., Campbell, K., R.D. Miller, Jones, H.I.   +11 more
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The malaria secretome: from algorithms to essential function in blood stage infection [PDF]

, 2008
The malaria agent <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> is predicted to export a "secretome" of several hundred proteins to remodel the host erythrocyte.
Kooij Taco, John Adams, Harrison Travis, uvik So Bhattacharjee, Andrew P. Waters, Andy Waters, Waters, A.P., Harrison, T., Travis Harrison, Balu, B., van Ooij Christiaan, Haldar Kasturi, Adamson, J., Liolios Konstantinos, Kooij, T.W.A., N Luisa Hiller, Konstantinos Liolios, Souvik Bhattacharjee, Chris J. Janse, Christiaan van Ooij, Haldar, K., Balu Bharath, Hiller N. Luisa, Christiaan van Ooij, N. Luisa Hiller, Janse, C.J., Pamela Tamez, Ramesar, J., Bharath Balu, Kasturi Haldar, Chris Janse, Waters Andy, Janse Chris, Tamez Pamela, van Ooij, C., Hiller, N.L., Chris J Janse, Jai Ramesar, Tamez, P., Bhattacharjee, S., Ramesar Jai, Liolios, K., Taco Kooij, Adams John, Bhattacharjee Souvik, Andrew P Waters   +45 more
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The Plasmodium falciparum, Nima-related kinase Pfnek-4: a marker for asexual parasites committed to sexual differentiation [PDF]

, 2012
<b>Background</b> Malaria parasites undergo, in the vertebrate host, a developmental switch from asexual replication to sexual differentiation leading to the formation of gametocytes, the only form able to survive in the mosquito vector ...
Sylke Müller, Mueller, Sylke, Garcia Miguel, Tomlins, A., Doerig Christian, Miguel Garcia, Doerig, Christian, Luc Reininger, Garcia, M., Tomlins Andrew, Doerig, C., Andrew Tomlins, Garcia, Miguel, Muller, S., Christian Doerig, Müller Sylke, Tomlins, Andrew, Reininger, Luc, Muller, Sylke, Reininger, L., Reininger Luc   +20 more
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Prion diseases are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion in sheep [PDF]

, 2008
The emergence of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, following on from the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic, led to concerns about the potential risk of iatrogenic transmission of disease by blood transfusion and the introduction of costly ...
Foster, J., Hunter, N., Goldmann, W., Chong, A., Gonzalez, L., Siso, S., Houston, F., McCutcheon, S., Jeffrey, M.   +8 more
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Parasites and blood-meal hosts of the tsetse fly in Tanzania: a metagenomics study [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Tsetse flies can transmit various Trypanosoma spp. that cause trypanosomiasis in humans, wild animals, and domestic animals. Amplicon deep sequencing of the 12S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene can be used to detect mammalian tsetse hosts, and the ...
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