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Domestic dogs carriers of Leishmania infantum, Leishmania tropica and Crithidia fasciculata as potential reservoirs for human visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Iran

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022
Background In recent years, cases of human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) have been reported in some districts of Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, particularly in rural areas.
Mahdi Fakhar, Majid Derakhshani‐nia, Shaban Gohardehi, Mehdi Karamian, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Mehdi Mohebali, Behnaz Akhoundi, Mitra Sharbatkhori   +7 more
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Structural basis of ligand selectivity in FAD/NAD(P)H‐dependent dehydrogenases: insights from trypanothione reductase and type II NADH dehydrogenase

Protein Science, Volume 35, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract FAD/NAD(P)H‐dependent dehydrogenases form a structurally conserved family of redox enzymes that participate in essential metabolic processes across parasites and higher organisms. Among them, trypanothione reductase (TR) is a key component of the redox metabolism of Leishmania species and represents an attractive target for antileishmanial ...
Giulia Chiara Maria Perrone, Serena Spadone, Anna Lucia Francavilla, Sara Morselli, Sabino Todisco, Margherita Ortalli, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza‐Roldan, Valeria Scaglione, Maria Noemi Sgobba, Lorenzo Guerra, Federica Belluti, Stefania Varani, Domenico Otranto, Anna De Grassi, Mariateresa Volpicella, Ciro Leonardo Pierri   +15 more
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Development of a TaqMan qPCR assay for trypanosomatid multi-species detection and quantification in insects

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Trypanosomatid parasites are widely distributed in nature and can have a monoxenous or dixenous life-cycle. These parasites thrive in a wide number of insect orders, some of which have an important economic and environmental value, such as ...
Olga Barranco-Gómez, Jessica Carreira De Paula, Jennifer Solano Parada, Tamara Gómez-Moracho, Ana Vic Marfil, María Zafra, Francisco José Orantes Bermejo, Antonio Osuna, Luis Miguel De Pablos   +8 more
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Microbial Pressure and Social Immunity: Bumble Bees Increase Brood Hygiene After Exposure to a Bacillus thuringiensis‐Based Biopesticide

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
In social insect colonies, diseased or dead brood is identified and removed by workers to prevent the infection of the whole colony. Here, bumble bee larvae exposed to a bacterium (Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. aizawai (strain: ABTS‐1857)) based biopesticide were removed more frequently than wounded or untreated control larvae. This shows that bumble bee
Michelle Scheffler, Karoline Wueppenhorst, Doreen Babin, Abdulrahim T. Alkassab, Silvio Erler   +4 more
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Stunning Intricacies of RNA Editing Complexes RECC, RESC, and REH2C: Functional Organization, Developmental Regulation, and Evolutionary History in Kinetoplastid Protists

WIREs RNA, Volume 17, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
U‐indel RNA editing targets mRNA:gRNA duplexes through three key complexes that collectively govern assembly, specificity, catalysis, and developmental regulation. Modern tools, including artificial intelligence, analyze the organization, dynamics, and evolution of the remarkable holo‐editosome, opening new avenues in RNA biology and therapy.
Suzanne M. McDermott, Julius Lukeš, Laurie K. Read, Reza Salavati, Achim Schnaufer, Sara L. Zimmer, Jason Carnes, Alasdair Ivens, Naghmeh Poorinmohammad, Nicholas J. Savill, Dave Speijer, Ken Stuart, Kristína Záhonová, Poorya Mirzavand Borujeni, Zihao Chen, Cody Goode, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Lars O’Hara, Jorge Cruz‐Reyes   +18 more
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Bulletin No. 091 - The Relation of the Sheep-tick Flagellate (Crithidia melophagia) to the Sheep's Blood

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Evolutionary divergence and functional insights into the heteromeric cis‐prenyltransferase of Paramecium tetraurelia

The FEBS Journal, Volume 293, Issue 6, Page 1681-1707, March 2026.
Heteromeric cis‐prenyltransferases (CPT) are indispensable for dolichol synthesis and protein N‐glycosylation in most eukaryotes. The catalytic subunits are strongly conserved throughout evolution, in contrast to the evolutionarily variable accessory subunits. The POC1 protein from Paramecium tetraurelia is the smallest identified CPT‐accessory subunit
Agnieszka Onysk, Kamil Steczkiewicz, Mariusz Radkiewicz, Paweł Link‐Lenczowski, Przemysław Surowiecki, Karolina Sztompka, Kariona A. Grabińska, Jacek K. Nowak, Liliana Surmacz   +8 more
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Agricultural intensification shapes community composition and parasite prevalence of native but not introduced bumble bees

Basic and Applied Ecology
Bumble bees are important pollinators of crops and native plants, yet face widespread declines linked to agricultural intensification and parasite pressure.
Jenna B. Melanson, Tyler T. Kelly, Susan Waters, Claire Kremen, Lauren C. Ponisio   +4 more
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Integrating the Microbiome Into Infection Ecology and Evolution in Wild Animals

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 5, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Parasites are a ubiquitous force in nature threatening wildlife populations and ecosystems. Interactions between hosts and their parasites are impacted by host‐associated microbiomes, which are essential for host development, physiology and immunity.
Jingdi Li, Ian Will, Luís M. Silva, Tommy J. Travers‐Cook, Paradyse E. Blackwood, Kayla C. King   +5 more
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Multiple Key Hosts and Network Structure Shape Viral Prevalence Across Multispecies Communities of Bees

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2026.
This study develops a quantitative framework that integrates field data, epidemiological models, simulations, and Bayesian inference to identify key viral hosts in multispecies bee communities. By estimating species‐specific R0 values from flower‐visitor networks and viral screening, we show that honeybees, as well as other wild bees, can drive the ...
Patrycja Pluta, Annika L. Hass, Kathrin Czechofsky, Catrin Westphal, Robert J. Paxton   +4 more
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