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Journal of Parasitic Diseases OnlineFirst articles

12.04.2024 | Original Article

Prevalence of haemoparasites infection in diseased bovine and canine of Bhatinda district of Punjab, India

Infections caused by tick-borne haemoparasites pose a significant global threat to both human and animal health. Within this category, various haemoparasites species belonging to genera like Anaplasma sp., Babesia sp., Ehrlichia sp., Hepatozoon …

verfasst von:
Deepak Sumbria, Vikrant Sudan, Rabjot Kour

12.04.2024 | Original Article

First report on molecular characterization of Oestrus ovis in sheep from India

The objective of the present study is to characterize the dipteran larvae species infesting the sheep being maintained at SRRC, Mannavanur, by means of COI gene based PCR. During the last week of May 2021, post mortem examination of the skull of …

verfasst von:
G. Nagarajan, K. Kanagarajadurai, K. Pachaiyappan, S. Jegaveera Pandian, P. Thirumurugan, S. M. K. Thirumaran

06.04.2024 | Original Article

Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as potential mechanical vectors of the protozoan cyst and helminthic eggs in Kashmir Himalaya, India

Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are an important group of non-biting flies that are potential mechanical vectors of protozoan and helminthic pathogens. The present study was carried out to isolate and identify protozoan cysts and helminthic …

verfasst von:
Tanveer Ahmad Dar, Altaf Hussain Mir

06.04.2024 | Review Article

Toxoplasmosis in animals and humans: a neglected zoonotic disease in Bangladesh

Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is a zoonotic disease that affects a wide range of warm-blooded animals, including humans. The parasite undergoes both sexual and asexual reproduction in intermediate hosts (humans and animals) and …

verfasst von:
Md. Farhan Hasan, Anas Bin Harun, Delower Hossain, Sabiha Zarin Tasnim Bristi, A. H. M. Musleh Uddin, Md Robiul Karim

05.04.2024 | Original Article

The antimalarial profiling of Mangifera indica’s herbal formulation attenuated biochemical alterations and improved hepatocytes’ histoarchitecture in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice

Plasmodium parasite causes malaria and affects the biochemical, physiological, and histoarchitecture of the hepatocytes and blood. The resultant effect leads to alterations in the metabolic activities of the liver, erythrocytes, as well as the …

verfasst von:
Edet E. Asanga, Akaninyene P. Joseph, Henshaw U. Okoroiwu, Promise E. Nelson, Uwem O. Edet, Bassey O. Edet, Nikita E. Umoafia, Charles Archibong, Imaobong E. Udoh, Chikwado C. Isienyi, Joy G. Ikpeme, Victory B. Akpaja, Obinna M. Nlemadim

02.04.2024 | Original Article

Molecular characterization of cystic echinococcosis cysts isolated from cattle in Shiraz, Iran

Cystic echinococcosis (CE), is one of the common parasitic infections of domestic animals and humans caused by the larval stages of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. This research aimed to identify of CE cysts in cattle isolates from Shiraz …

verfasst von:
Mohammad Zare, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi, Fattaneh Mikaeili, Manouchehr Shirani, Yosef Sharifi, Aref Teimouri

19.03.2024 | Short Communication

Fatal coinfection of blastocystosis and intestinal trichomoniasis in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

A 3-year-old male rhesus macaque was presented at Referral Veterinary Polyclinic-Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, with a chief complaint of chronic diarrhoea and swelling of dependent body parts. The patient's history indicates that the …

verfasst von:
Varun Kumar Sarkar, Ujjwal Kumar De, Pooja Solanki, Harshit Saxena, Shivansh Mehra, Devendra Prasad Pateer, Sudhir Kumar Prajapati

11.03.2024 | Original Article

Correlation between the Fasciola hepatica infection rate (number of parasites in the liver parenchyma) and the antibody titration, detected by ELISA assay

This study aimed to demonstrate the existence of a possible correlation between the level of liver fluke infection in cattle caused by Fasciola hepatica and the titers of anti-parasite antibodies in the blood. 113 blood samples were taken from …

verfasst von:
Samir Djemai, Ouarda Ayadi, Mohammed Tahar Boubezari, Zehaira Romeissa Djafar, Abdeslam Mekroud

11.03.2024 | Original Article

Spatiotemporal and seasonal transmission dynamics of Schistosoma haematobium and snail infectivity in Ase River catchment, Delta State, Nigeria

Bulinus are intermediate snail hosts of Schistosoma haematobium. Despite their vectorial role, the transmission dynamics and infectivity of these intermediate snail hosts remain understudied in the Ase River. This longitudinal study evaluated the …

verfasst von:
E. E. Ito, C. N. Eze, F. O. Nduka

07.03.2024 | Original Article

Seroepidemiological study on coinfection of toxoplasmosis and active tuberculosis in Northern Iran: a case control study

Coinfection of tuberculosis (TB) and human parasitic infections is common in developing countries. There is little information about the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection among TB patients in Iran. In this case–control study …

verfasst von:
Reza Jafari-Shakib, Abbas Sadeghi, Bijan Majidi-Shad, Zahra Atrkar-Roshan, Meysam Sharifdini

01.03.2024 | Original Article

Comparative evaluation of silver nanoparticles and human platelet rich-plasma versus traditional therapy in the treatment of murine chronic toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide parasitic disease infecting about one-third of the human population. At present, licensed medications are incapable of curing human chronic infection. The present work aimed to evaluate for the first time the …

verfasst von:
Shereen M. Ibrahim, Asmaa M. Farouk. Al-Ghandour, Sabah M. A. Mohamed, Heba H. M. Foaad, Enas S. El-Bahaie