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Laser-based selective killing of a manipulative parasite reveals partial reversibility of phenotypic alterations in its intermediate host [PDF]

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Various parasites alter their intermediate hostʼs phenotype in ways that increase parasite transmission to definitive hosts. To what extent infected intermediate hosts can recover from such “manipulation” is poorly documented, thus limiting our ...
Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot, Frank Cézilly, Olivier Musset   +2 more
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Gametocytes of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum Interact With and Stimulate Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Cells to Secrete Angiogenetic Factors [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
The gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum, responsible for the transmission of this malaria parasite from humans to mosquitoes, accumulate and mature preferentially in the human bone marrow. In the 10 day long sexual development of P.
Valeria Messina, Mauro Valtieri, Mercedes Rubio, Mario Falchi, Francesca Mancini, Alfredo Mayor, Alfredo Mayor, Pietro Alano, Francesco Silvestrini   +8 more
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Seasonality in Synergism with Multi-Pathogen Presence Leads to Mass Mortalities of the Highly Endangered Pinna nobilis in Greek Coastlines: A Pathophysiological Approach

Microorganisms, 2023
Mortalities of Pinna nobilis populations set at risk the survival of the species from many Mediterranean coastline habitats. In many cases, both Haplosporidium pinnae and Mycobacterium spp. are implicated in mass mortalities of P.
Athanasios Lattos, Konstantinos Feidantsis, Ioannis A. Giantsis, John A. Theodorou, Basile Michaelidis   +4 more
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Orobanchaceae parasite–host interactions [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2020
SummaryParasitic plants in the family Orobanchaceae, such asStriga,OrobancheandPhelipanche, often cause significant damage to agricultural crops. The Orobanchaceae family comprises more than 2000 species in about 100 genera, providing an excellent system for studying the molecular basis of parasitism and its evolution.
J. Musembi Mutuku, Songkui Cui, Satoko Yoshida, Ken Shirasu   +3 more
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Cryptosporidium Lactate Dehydrogenase Is Associated with the Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane and Is a Potential Target for Developing Therapeutics. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2015
The apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum, possesses a bacterial-type lactate dehydrogenase (CpLDH). This is considered to be an essential enzyme, as this parasite lacks the Krebs cycle and cytochrome-based respiration, and mainly-if not solely, relies on
Haili Zhang, Fengguang Guo, Guan Zhu
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Host defense reinforces host–parasite cospeciation [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
Cospeciation occurs when interacting groups, such as hosts and parasites, speciate in tandem, generating congruent phylogenies. Cospeciation can be a neutral process in which parasites speciate merely because they are isolated on diverging host islands. Adaptive evolution may also play a role, but this has seldom been tested.
Dale H, Clayton, Sarah E, Bush, Brad M, Goates, Kevin P, Johnson   +3 more
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Parasite-host coevolution

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1990
Parasite-host coevolution can have many different endpoints, not simply the commensalism of 'conventional wisdom'. Empirical studies and mathematical models are elucidating the conditions under which parasite-host systems can coevolve to intermediate and high levels of parasite virulence - and when they can coevolve to commensalism and mutualism.
C A, Toft, A J, Karter
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Methods to Investigate the Deformability of RBC During Malaria

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Despite a 30% decline in mortality since 2000, malaria still affected 219 million subjects and caused 435,000 deaths in 2017. Red blood cells (RBC) host Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria, of which Plasmodium falciparum is the most pathogenic.
Mallorie Depond, Mallorie Depond, Mallorie Depond, Benoit Henry, Benoit Henry, Benoit Henry, Pierre Buffet, Pierre Buffet, Pierre Buffet, Papa Alioune Ndour, Papa Alioune Ndour, Papa Alioune Ndour   +11 more
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How Safe to Eat Are Raw Bivalves? Host Pathogenic and Public Health Concern Microbes within Mussels, Oysters, and Clams in Greek Markets

Foods, 2021
Raw-bivalves consumption is a wide trend in Mediterranean countries. Despite the unambiguous nutritional value of seafood, raw consumption of bivalves may involve risks that could pose a significant threat to consumers’ health.
Athanasios Lattos, Ilias Chaligiannis, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Ioannis A. Giantsis, Evanthia I. Petridou, George Vafeas, Alexandra Staikou, Basile Michaelidis   +7 more
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Estimating parasite host range [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017
Estimating the number of host species that a parasite can infect (i.e. host range) provides key insights into the evolution of host specialism and is a central concept in disease ecology. Host range is rarely estimated in real systems, however, because variation in species relative abundance and the detection of rare species makes it challenging to ...
Tad Dallas, Shan Huang, Charles Nunn, Andrew W. Park, John M. Drake   +4 more
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