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PLK:Δgra9 Live Attenuated Strain Induces Protective Immunity Against Acute and Chronic Toxoplasmosis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the obligate intracellular protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, which threatens a range of warm-blooded mammals including humans.
Jixu Li, Jixu Li, Jixu Li, Eloiza May Galon, Huanping Guo, Mingming Liu, Yongchang Li, Shengwei Ji, Iqra Zafar, Yang Gao, Weiqing Zheng, Weiqing Zheng, Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, Byamukama Benedicto, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Tatsunori Masatani, Xuenan Xuan   +19 more
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Culture of Protozoan Parasites [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2002
SUMMARY The in vitro culture of protozoan parasites involves highly complex procedures, which are subject to many variables. These parasites have very complex life cycles and, depending on the life cycle stage, may require different culture parameters.
Govinda S, Visvesvara, Lynne S, Garcia
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Evolution of apoptosis-like programmed cell death in unicellular protozoan parasites [PDF]

, 2011
Apoptosis-like programmed cell death (PCD) has recently been described in multiple taxa of unicellular protists, including the protozoan parasites Plasmodium, Trypanosoma and Leishmania.
Sarah E Reece, Szymon Kaczanowski, Reece, Sarah E., Kaczanowski Szymon, Kaczanowski, S., Reece, S.E., Reece Sarah E, Mohammed Sajid, Sajid Mohammed, Sajid, M., Reece, Sarah, Sajid, Mohammed, Kaczanowski, Szymon   +12 more
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Babesia microti Confers Macrophage-Based Cross-Protective Immunity Against Murine Malaria

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
Malaria and babesiosis, the two primary intraerythrocytic protozoan diseases of humans, have been reported in multiple cases of co-infection in endemic regions.
Artemis Efstratiou, Eloiza May S. Galon, Guanbo Wang, Kousuke Umeda, Daisuke Kondoh, Mohamad Alaa Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa Terkawi, Aiko Kume, Mingming Liu, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Huanping Guo, Yang Gao, Seung-Hun Lee, Jixu Li, Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ikuo Igarashi, Xuenan Xuan   +18 more
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Molecular detection and characterization of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, Theileria species and Anaplasma marginale isolated from cattle in Kenya

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Infections with Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, Theileria species and Anaplasma marginale are endemic in Kenya yet there is a lack of adequate information on their genotypes.
Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Gabriel Oluga Aboge, Mohamad Alaa Terkawi, Tatsunori Masatani, Shinuo Cao, Ketsarin Kamyingkird, Charoonluk Jirapattharasate, Mo Zhou, Guanbo Wang, Mingming Liu, Aiko Iguchi, Patrick Vudriko, Adrian Patalinghug Ybanez, Hisashi Inokuma, Rika Shirafuji-Umemiya, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xuenan Xuan   +16 more
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Phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes of Babesia sp. Mymensingh and its naming as Babesia naoakii n. sp.

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The recently discovered Babesia sp. Mymensingh, which causes clinical bovine babesiosis, has a wide geographical distribution. We investigated the phylogenetic position of Babesia sp.
Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Davaajav Otgonsuren, Enkhbaatar Batmagnai, Believe Ahedor, Hemal Kothalawala, Singarayar Caniciyas Vimalakumar, Seekkuge Susil Priyantha Silva, Junya Yamagishi, Naoaki Yokoyama   +9 more
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Epidemiology of parasitic protozoan infections in Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) on St Kilda [PDF]

, 2006
The feral Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) population on Hirta, St Kilda, is host to a diverse component parasite community, but previous parasitological studies of the population have only focussed on the metazoan species.
B. H. CRAIG, L. E. B. KRUUK, Pilkington, J. G., Pemberton, J. M., Kruuk, L. E. B., J. M. PEMBERTON, J. G. PILKINGTON, Craig, B. H.   +7 more
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Role of the chemokine receptor CCR5-dependent host defense system in Neospora caninum infections

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Neospora caninum, a Toxoplasma gondii-like obligate intracellular parasite, causes abortion in cattle and neurological signs in canines. To understand neosporosis better, studies on host cell migration and host immune responses during the ...
Chisa Abe, Sachi Tanaka, Maki Nishimura, Fumiaki Ihara, Xuenan Xuan, Yoshifumi Nishikawa   +5 more
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Cryopreservation of protozoan parasites [PDF]

Cryobiology, 2004
Conventional methods for the propagation and preservation of parasites in vivo or in vitro have some limitations, including the need for labor, initial isolation and loss of strains, bacterial, and fungal contamination, and changes in the original biological and metabolic characteristics.
Miyake, Yuko, Karanis, Panagiotis, Uga, Shoji   +2 more
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Development and evaluation of specific polymerase chain reaction assays for detecting Theileria equi genotypes

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Theileria equi causes equine piroplasmosis, an economically significant disease that affects horses and other equids worldwide. Based on 18S ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA sequences), T.
Believe Ahedor, Davaajav Otgonsuren, Atambekova Zhyldyz, Azirwan Guswanto, Noel Muthoni Mumbi Ngigi, Maria Fátima Rodríguez Valinotti, Hemal Kothalawala, Nizanantha Kalaichelvan, Seekkuge Susil Priyantha Silva, Hemali Kothalawala, Tomás Javier Acosta, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Naoaki Yokoyama   +12 more
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