One Health: parasites and beyond [PDF]
, 2016 The field of parasitism is broad, encompassing relationships between organisms where one benefits at the expense of another. Traditionally the discipline focuses on eukaryotes, with the study of bacteria and viruses complementary but distinct ...
Chalmers +13 more
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Host Switching of Zoonotic Broad Fish Tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus) to Salmonids, Patagonia [PDF]
, 2019 Diphyllobothriosis is a reemerging zoonotic disease because of global trade and increased popularity of eating raw fish. We present molecular evidence of host switching of a human-infecting broad fish tapeworm, Dibothriocephalus latus, and use of ...
Arbetman, Marina Paula +6 more
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Parasite systematics in the 21st century: opportunities and obstacles
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000 Thanks to the phylogenetic systematics revolution, systematic parasitology is poised to make significant contributions in tropical medicine and public health, biodiversity science, and evolutionary biology.
Daniel R Brooks
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Post-genomic progress in helminth parasitology
Parasitology, 2020 Helminth parasitology is an important discipline, which poses often unique technical challenges. One challenge is that helminth parasites, particularly those in humans, are often difficult to obtain alive and in sufficient quantities for study; another ...
P. McVeigh
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Initial teacher education and rural education: a game for teaching parasitology
Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo, 2021 Rural Education lacks methodologies consistent with its theoretical-epistemological paradigms and only a few studies were developed in a dialogical approach with its needs that would result in educational products for the field itself. In this article we
Ashtari Mota Piancastelli +4 more
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Review of "Mathematical Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Essential Tools for Control and Elimination, Part B" Edited by Maria-Gloria Basáñez and Roy M. Anderson. [PDF]
, 2017 Book detailsBasáñez MG, Anderson RM, Editors: Mathematical Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Essential Tools for Control and Elimination, Part B, Volume 94, Advances in Parasitology, Academic Press; 2016, 430 pages.
Spear, Robert C
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Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats [PDF]
, 2011 The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is prevalent worldwide and can infect a remarkably wide range of hosts despite felids being the only definitive host.
A. P. COX +17 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is a global burden on the wellbeing and productivity of farmed ruminants, and a zoonotic threat to human health. Despite the clear need for accelerated discovery of new drug and vaccine treatments for this pathogen, we
Caoimhe M. Herron +8 more
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30 years of parasitology research analysed by text mining
Parasitology, 2020 Bibliometric methods were used to analyse the major research trends, themes and topics over the last 30 years in the parasitology discipline. The tools used were SciMAT, VOSviewer and SWIFT-Review in conjunction with the parasitology literature contained
J. Ellis +4 more
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Molecular epidemiology of African sleeping sickness [PDF]
, 2009 Human sleeping sickness in Africa, caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp. raises a number of questions. Despite the widespread distribution of the tsetse vectors and animal trypanosomiasis, human disease is only found in discrete foci which periodically give ...
A. TAIT +5 more
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