Filarial nematode
Efficacy of Three-Week Oxytetracycline or Rifampin Monotherapy Compared with a Combination Regimen against the Filarial Nematode Onchocerca ochengi
... Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, is a major cause of visual impairment and dermatitis in sub-Saharan Africa. As O. volvulus contains an obligatory ...
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Tetracycline therapy targets intracellular bacteria in the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis and results in filarial infertility
... of filarial nematodes, but their relationships with, and effects on, their nematode hosts have not previously been ...other filarial intra- cellular ...in filarial growth retardation and ...
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The therapeutic potential of the filarial nematode-derived immunodulator, ES-62 in inflammatory disease
... the filarial nematode-derived immunomodu- latory molecule, ES-62, in this review we shall discuss the potential of exploit- ing the immunomodulatory products of parasitic worms to identify and develop novel ...
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Extensively duplicated and transcriptionally active recent lateral gene transfer from a bacterial Wolbachia endosymbiont to its host filarial nematode Brugia malayi
... Most of the nuwts detected previously in B. malayi are degenerate [4], suggesting that there is no selective pressure to maintain their functionality. However, the methods used to assemble the B. malayi genome would ...
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A novel member of the let 7 microRNA family is associated with developmental transitions in filarial nematode parasites
... model nematode (reviewed recently in [13]), much less is known in parasitic ...the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi [14], the sister species to the human pathogen ...Collectively, filarial ...
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Killing filarial nematode parasites: role of treatment options and host immune response
... Ivermectin, the widely-used antifilarial drug, is a macro- cyclic lactone with broad spectrum activity on filarial parasites. The drug interacts with postsynaptic glutamate- gated chloride channels (GluCl), which ...
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Heterologous expression of the filarial nematode alt gene products reveals their potential to inhibit immune function
... Transgenesis and targeted gene deletion have yet to be established for parasitic helminths, so it is not possible to investigate the biological role of ALT proteins by conven- tional reverse genetics. We reasoned, ...
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Comparative Analysis of the Secretome from a Model Filarial Nematode (Litomosoides sigmodontis) Reveals Maximal Diversity in Gravid Female Parasites
... and filarial nematodes has not been firmly established, al- though roles for the endosymbionts in metabolic supplemen- tation and immune evasion are both supported by gene ex- pression studies ...
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Mansonellosis: current perspectives
... a filarial disease caused by three species of filarial (nematode) parasites (Mansonella perstans, Mansonella streptocerca, and Mansonella ozzardi) that use humans as their main definitive ...modern ...
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Can P glycoprotein and β tubulin polymorphisms be used as genetic markers of resistance in Dirofilaria immitis from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
... The filarial nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, the causa- tive agent of canine heartworm infection, is worldwide the most important filarid to affect domestic ...
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Nematode Asparaginyl-tRNA Synthetase Resolves Intestinal Inflammation in Mice with T-Cell Transfer Colitis
... whole filarial nematode infection in humans with chronic filarial lymphedema (11, 12), where there is an association between Toll- like receptor signaling and the development of chronic lymphatic ...
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Resistance and resilience responses of a range of soil eukaryote and bacterial taxa to fungicide application
... The main aim of this work was to ascertain the impacts of pesticides on soil microbial resistance and resilience responses at different trophic levels using the widely-used, broad-spectrum fungicide azoxystrobin as a ...
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Australasian Bryological Newsletter Number 56
... The earliest published records of nematode galls on mosses are from the beginning of the 20th Century [3, 4, 5] The nematode Whilst examining recently collected specimens of Stonea oleag[r] ...
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Interleukin 1 (IL-1)- and IL-23-Mediated Expansion of Filarial Antigen-Specific Th17 and Th22 Cells in Filarial Lymphedema
... in filarial lymphedema. Since Th17 FIG 2 Filarial lymphedema is associated with higher baseline and antigen-stimulated frequencies of Th17 and Th22 ...
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Some interactions between the clover cyst nematode Heterodera trifolii Goffart and resistant and susceptible white clover Trifolium repens L : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Agricultural Science in Plant Science at Massey University
... Fungal parasitism of eggs of clover cyst nematode Heterodera trifolii Goffart and root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood.. Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Conference on Grassl[r] ...
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Suppression of Meloidogyne hapla by arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) on pyrethrum in Kenya
... influencing nematode penetration and devel- ...the nematode-damaged xylem tissues and alleviated the nematode’s detrimental effects on water and mineral uptake and ...
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Distribution of nematodes in wetland soils with difference distance from the Bohai sea 359–366
... (McSorley 1997). Plant root distribution affects the distribution and the relative abundance of various taxa in the nematode community (Wasilewska 1997, Manlay et al. 2000). In our study, plant parasitic nematodes ...
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A Review of Root Lesion Nematode: Identification and Plant Resistance
... Nematode identification by morphological features always needs advanced microscope, abundant knowledge and veteran experiences of nematode classification, so it is not easy to be operated by a freshman. In ...
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Loiasis in an Expatriate American Child: Diagnostic and Treatment Difficulties
... Loiasis in an Expatriate American Child: Diagnostic and Treatment Difficulties.. Eight filarial nematodes cause disease in man,.[r] ...
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Genomic and Structural Analyses of Root-Knot Nematode and Plant Signaling.
... Like all organisms, plants interact dynamically with their biotic environment, which includes attack by highly adapted pathogens. Amongst the most sophisticated of such pathogens are plant-parasitic nematodes, which ...
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