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BEHAVIOR

TRANSIENT NATURE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN MICE

Štěpánka Hrdá; Jan Votýpka; Petr Kodym; Jaroslav Flegr

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EFFECT OF TRIAENOPHORUS CRASSUS (CESTODA) INFECTION ON BEHAVIOR AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PREDATION OF THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE HOST CYCLOPS STRENUUS (COPEPODA)

Katja Pulkkinen; Anna F. Pasternak; Tiina Hasu; E. Tellervo Valtonen

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BIOCHEMISTRY-PHYSIOLOGY

IN VITRO CULTIVATION OF SCHIZONTS OF SARCOCYSTIS SPEERI

J. P. Dubey; C. A. Speer; D. S. Lindsay

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DEVELOPMENT

MORTALITY RATE OF ADULT TICKS DUE TO INFECTION BY ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES

Michael Samish; Evgeny Alekseev; Itamar Glazer

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ECOLOGY-EPIDEMIOLOGY

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE MICROHABITAT SPECIFICITY EXHIBITED BY LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA) IN GREEN SUNFISH (LEPOMIS CYANELLUS...

Dennis J. Richardson; Brent B. Nickol

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POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE INTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF THE CICHLID FISH CICHLASOMA SYNSPILUM FROM SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO

Victor M. Vidal-Martínez; Clive R. Kennedy

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ECTOPARASITOLOGY

RHOPALOBDELLA JAPONICA N. GEN., N. SP. (HIRUDINEA, PISCICOLIDAE) FROM DASYATIS AKAJEI (CHONDRICHTHYES: DASYATIDIDAE) IN THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC

Eugene M. Burreson; Graham C. Kearn

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INTRODUCTION OF POTENTIAL HEARTWATER VECTORS AND OTHER EXOTIC TICKS INTO FLORIDA ON IMPORTED REPTILES

Michael J. Burridge; Leigh-Anne Simmons; Sandra A. Allan

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FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY

PREVALENCE OF SARCOCYSTIS SPECIES SPOROCYSTS IN WILD-CAUGHT OPOSSUMS (DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA)

J. P. Dubey

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FUNTIONAL MORPHOLOGY

IMMUNOFLUORESCENT LOCALIZATION OF INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS (IFs) IN HELMINTHS USING ANTI-MAMMALIAN IFs MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

Hiroshi Sato; Haruo Kamiya

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GENETICS-EVOLUTION

INTERGENIC SPACER (IGS) POLYMORPHISM: A NEW GENETIC MARKER FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII STRAINS AND NEOSPORA CANINUM

A. Fazaeli; P. E. Carter; T. H. Pennington

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MORPHOLOGICAL COMPARISONS AND HYPOTHESES ON THE ORIGIN OF POLYPLOIDS IN PARTHENOGENETIC FASCIOLA SP

Kunio Terasaki; Yasutaka Noda; Toshiyuki Shibahara; Tadashi Itagaki

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IMMUNOLOGY

INDUCTION OF PARTIAL PROTECTION AGAINST LEISHMANIA DONOVANI BY PROMASTIGOTE ANTIGENS IN NEGATIVELY CHARGED LIPOSOMES

Farhat Afrin; Khairul Anam; Nahid Ali

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ROLE OF T CELLS AND CYTOKINES IN FATAL AND RESOLVING EXPERIMENTAL BABESIOSIS: PROTECTION IN TNFRp55^−/− MICE INFECTED WITH THE HUMAN BABESIA WA1 PARASITE

Ruth M. Hemmer; David A. Ferrick; Patricia A. Conrad

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INVERTEBRATE-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS

EMERGENCE OF THIRD-STAGE LARVAE OF UMINGMAKSTRONGYLUS PALLIKUUKENSIS FROM THREE GASTROPOD INTERMEDIATE HOST SPECIES

S. J. Kutz; E. P. Hoberg; L. Polley

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LIFE CYCLES-SURVEY

TRANSPORT OF HELMINTHS TO HAWAII VIA THE BROWN ANOLE, ANOLIS SAGREI (POLYCHROTIDAE)

Stephen R. Goldberg; Charles R. Bursey

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PREVALENCE AND BIODIVERSITY OF HELMINTH PARASITES IN DONKEYS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Sonja Matthee; Rosina C. Krecek; Susan A. Milne

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EXPERIMENTAL TRICHINELLOSIS IN REINDEER

Antti Oksanen; Leena Oivanen; Eija Eloranta; Taneli Tirkkonen; Kjetil Åsbakk

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PROGENESIS IN PROCTOECES LINTONI (FELLODISTOMIDAE), A PARASITE OF FISSURELLA CRASSA (ARCHAEOGASTROPODA) IN A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT IN THE PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA

Marcelo E. Oliva; Laura G. Huaquin

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LIFE CYCLE AND IDENTIFICATION OF AN EYEFLUKE FROM ISRAEL TRANSMITTED BY MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA (MÜLLER, 1774)

Valentin Radev; Ivan Kanev; Daniel Gold

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MOLECULAR-CELL BIOLOGY

THE INITIATION TRANSLATION FACTOR eIF-4A OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM IS ENCODED BY TWO DISTINCT mRNA FORMS AND SHOWS DNA SEQUENCE POLYMORPHISM DISTINGUISHING GENOTYPE 1 AND 2 ISOLATES

Furio Spano; Andrea Crisanti

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PATHOLOGY

EIMERIA ACERVULINA INFECTION ELEVATES PLASMA AND MUSCLE 3-METHYLHISTIDINE LEVELS IN CHICKENS

R. H. Fetterer; P. C. Allen

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CLONAL DIVERSITY IN THE EXPRESSION AND STABILITY OF THE METASTATIC CAPABILITY OF LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS IN THE GOLDEN HAMSTER

Julia E. Martínez; Liliana Valderrama; Vivian Gama; David A. Leiby; Nancy G. Saravia

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GIARDIA LAMBLIA REARRANGES F-ACTIN AND α-ACTININ IN HUMAN COLONIC AND DUODENAL MONOLAYERS AND REDUCES TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE

Desiree A. Teoh; Dorota Kamieniecki; Gerald Pang; Andre G. Buret

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SYSTEMATICS-PHYLOGENTICS

CONTRACAECUM MULTIPAPILLATUM (NEMATODA: ANISAKIDAE) FROM EGRETTA ALBA (AVES: ARDEIDAE) AND COMMENTS ON OTHER SPECIES OF THIS GENUS IN ARGENTINA

Graciela T. Navone; Jorge A. Etchegoin; Florencia Cremonte

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A NEW SPECIES OF SPROSTONIELLA (MONOGENEA: CAPSALIDAE) FROM CHAETODIPTERUS ZONATUS (OSTEICHTHYES: EPHIPPIDAE) IN CHAMELA BAY, MEXICO

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León; Berenit Mendoza-Garfias

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HELMINTH PARASITES OF THE WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE, CHRYSEMYS PICTA BELLI (GRAY), INCLUDING NEOPOLYSTOMA ELIZABETHAE N. SP. (MONOGENEA: POLYSTOMATIDAE), A PARASITE OF THE CONJUNCTIVAL SAC

Thomas R. Platt

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TWO NEW RHABDITIDA SPECIES (NEMATODA: RHABDITIDAE) PARASITES OF CYCLOCEPHALA SIGNATICOLLIS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) IN ARGENTINA

Guillermo R. Reboredo; Nora B. Camino

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THERAPEUTICS-DIAGNOSTICS

SEQUENCING A SPECIFIC KINETOPLAST DNA FRAGMENT OF LEISHMANIA DONOVANI FOR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AMPLIFICATION IN DIAGNOSIS OF LEISHMANIASIS IN BONE MARROW AND BLOOD SAMPLES

Xiao-su Hu; Wen-tian Yang; Hong-gang Lu; He-ping Yan; Jian-ping Cheng; Ying Ma; Bao-qian Jin; Tao Zhang

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A QUANTITATIVE COMPETITIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE OYSTER PATHOGEN PERKINSUS MARINUS

Heather A. Yarnall; Kimberly S. Reece; Nancy A. Stokes; Eugene M. Burreson

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RESEARCH NOTES

DNA Fingerprinting of Cryptosporidium parvum Isolates Using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)

Melissa J. Blears; Nicholas J. Pokorny; Ramon A. Carreno; Shu Chen; Stephanie A. De Grandis; Hung Lee; Jack T. Trevors

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Suppression of Multiple Sclerosis in the Rat during Infection with Trichinella pseudospiralis

Lisa H. Boles; Joel M. Montgomery; Jennifer Morris; Martha A. Mann; George L. Stewart

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Small-Scale Isolation of High Molecular Weight DNA from Leishmania braziliensis

E. Carmelo; J. A. Pérez; A. I. Zurita; J. Piñero; F. de Armas; A. del Castillo; B. Valladares

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Archeological Evidence of Parasitic Infection from the 19th Century Company Town of Fayette, Michigan

Charles T. Faulkner; Sarah E. Cowie; Patrick E. Martin; Susan R. Martin; C. Shane Mayes; Sharon Patton

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The Origin of Lecithodesmus (Digenea: Campulidae) Based on ND3 Gene Comparison

M. Fernández; F. J. Aznar; J. A. Raga; A. Latorre

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Detection of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Bivalve Molluscs Destined for Human Consumption

F. Freire-Santos; A. M. Oteiza-López; C. A. Vergara-Castiblanco; E. Ares-Mazás; E. Álvarez-Suárez; O. García-Martín

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Influence of Host Size and Sex on the Endohelminth Infracommunities of the Red Rockfish Sebastes capensis off Northern Chile

Teresa González; Enzo Acuña

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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Sera of Acutely Infected Mice

J. Hafid; D. Guichard; P. Flori; T. Bourlet; H. Raberin; C. Genin; R. Tran Manh Sung

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Identification and Partial Characterization of Excretory/Secretory Products with Proteolytic Activity in Giardia intestinalis

J. C. Jiménez; G. Uzcanga; A. Zambrano; M. C. Di Prisco; N. R. Lynch

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Immunoblot Analysis of Trypomastigote Excreted–Secreted Antigens as a Tool for the Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Strains and Isolates

Norival Kesper, Jr; Katia A. de Almeida; Anna Maria S. Stolf; Eufrosina S. Umezawa

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Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Placement of a Microsporidian from English Sole (Pleuronectes vetulus) Affected by X-Cell Pseudotumors

J. S. Khattra; S. J. Gresoviac; M. L. Kent; M. S. Myers; R. P. Hedrick; R. H. Devlin

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First Record of an Actinosporean (Myxozoa) in a Marine Polychaete Annelid

M. Køie

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Oxidase Activities in Macrocyclic-Resistant and -Susceptible Haemonchus contortus

A. C. Kotze

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Sarcocystis muris Possesses both Diheteroxenous and Dihomoxenous Characters of Life Cycle

Břetislav Koudela; David Modrý

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Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) Sera from Northern Canada

S. J. Kutz; B. Elkin; A. Gunn; J. P. Dubey

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Growth of the Genital Primordium as a Marker to Describe a Time Course for the Heterogonic Larval Development in Strongyloides stercoralis

P. Mark Lopez; Thomas Nolan; G. A. Schad

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Infection of Immunosuppressed C57BL/6N Adult Mice with a Single Oocyst of Cryptosporidium parvum

Shiguang Yang; Susan K. Benson; Chunwei Du; Mark C. Healey

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Genotyping of Giardia lamblia Isolates from Humans in China and Korea Using Ribosomal DNA Sequences

T-S. Yong; S-J. Park; U-W. Hwang; H-W. Yang; K-W. Lee; D-Y. Min; H-J. Rim; Y. Wang; F. Zheng

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Snail Size as a Determinant of Prepatent Period Duration in Helisoma anceps Infected with Halipegus occidualis (Digenea: Hemiuridae)

Derek A. Zelmer; Gerald W. Esch

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Duration of Infection of Jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) with Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Hocine Ziam; V. S. Pandey

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