Parasitology Research - Editor Highlights
Parasitology Research publishes outstanding research to highlight advances in the field. Our Editors would like to share a selection of recent article highlights.
Managing host-parasite interactions in humans and wildlife in times of global change (this opens in a new tab)
Konstans Wells & Robin Flynn
Zoonotic giardiasis: an update (this opens in a new tab)
Weilong Cai, Una Ryan, Lihua Xiao & Yaoyu Feng
Short tail stories: the hirudin-like factors HLF6 and HLF7 of the Asian medicinal leech, Hirudinaria manillensis (this opens in a new tab)
Christian Müller, Chantal Eickelmann, Dana Sponholz & Jan-Peter Hildebrandt
The role of Acanthamoeba spp. in biofilm communities: a systematic review (this opens in a new tab)
Larissa Fagundes Pinto, Brenda Nazaré Gomes Andriolo, Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima & Denise Freitas
Molecular detection of Wolbachia endosymbiont in reptiles and their ectoparasites (this opens in a new tab)
Ranju Ravindran Santhakumari Manoj, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan & Domenico Otranto
Molecular detection of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in school children at the Thai-Myanmar border (this opens in a new tab)
Chantira Sutthikornchai, Supaluk Popruk, Aongart Mahittikorn, Dumrongkiet Arthan, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Chirawat Paratthakonkun, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xiao
Genetic diversity and transmission patterns of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto among domestic ungulates of Sardinia, Italy (this opens in a new tab)
Naunain Mehmood, Giorgia Dessì, Fahad Ahmed, Gaelle Joanny, Claudia Tamponi, Maria Grazia Cappai, Antonio Varcasia & Antonio Scala
Parasite counts or parasite incidences? Testing differences with four analyses of infracommunity modelling for seven parasite–host associations (this opens in a new tab)
Boris R. Krasnov, Andrea Spickett, Kerstin Junker, Sergei V. Bugmyrin, Evgeny P. Ieshko, Lubov A. Bespyatova, Michal Stanko, Irina S. Khokhlova & Sonja Matthee
Haematological and biochemical abnormalities in hunting dogs infected with Acanthocheilonema reconditum, associated risk factors, and a European overview (this opens in a new tab)
Laura Pacifico, Nicola Ferrari, Claudia Romeo, Francesco Buono, Paolo Varuzza, Giovanni Sgroi, Benedetto Neola, Jesse Buch, Melissa Beall, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Vincenzo Veneziano & Diego Piantedosi
Trematodes coupled with neonicotinoids: effects on blood cell profiles of a model amphibian (this opens in a new tab)
M.J. Gavel, S.D. Young, N. Blais, M.R. Forbes & Stacey A. Robinson
Meat-borne parasites in the Arab world: a review in a One Health perspective (this opens in a new tab)
Sameh Abuseir
Effectiveness and tolerability of a squalane and dimethicone-based treatment for head lice (this opens in a new tab) Leticia Martínez de Murguía Fernández, Gemma Puig Algora, Marta Bajona Roig & Gabriela Bacchini
The effect of analyst training on fecal egg counting variability (this opens in a new tab)
Jennifer L. Cain, Kerri T. Peters, Parul Suri, Amber Roher, Matthew H. Rutledge & Martin K. Nielsen
Vector-borne pathogens in dogs of different regions of Iran and Pakistan (this opens in a new tab)
Roberta Iatta, Alireza Sazmand, Viet-Linh Nguyen, Farzad Nemati, Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz, Zahra Bahiraei, Salman Zafari, Anna Giannico, Grazia Greco, Filipe Dantas-Torres & Domenico Otranto
Human serum activates the tegument of female schistosomes and supports recovery from Praziquantel (this opens in a new tab)
Franziska Winkelmann, Marcus Frank, Anne Rabes, Nicole Koslowski, Cindy Schulz, Miriam Bischofsberger, Emil C. Reisinger & Martina Sombetzki
Apicomplexan co-infections impair with phagocytic activity in avian macrophages (this opens in a new tab) Runhui Zhang, Wanpeng Zheng, Arwid Daugschies & Berit Bangoura
Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees (this opens in a new tab) Lucas Lannutti, Anabela Mira, Marina Basualdo, Graciela Rodriguez, Silvio Erler, Victoria Silva, Sebastian Gisder, Elke Genersch, Mónica Florin-Christensen & Leonhard Schnittger
Plasmodium falciparum parasites exit the infected erythrocyte after haemolysis with saponin and streptolysin O (this opens in a new tab) Katharina A. Quadt, Xanthoula Smyrnakou, Friedrich Frischknecht, Guido Böse & Markus Ganter
Endoparasites infecting exotic captive amphibian pet and zoo animals (Anura, Caudata) in Germany (this opens in a new tab) Malek J. Hallinger, Anja Taubert & Carlos Hermosilla
Contribution of hospitals to the occurrence of enteric protists in urban wastewater (this opens in a new tab) Wen Jiang, Dawn M. Roellig, Na Li, Lin Wang, Yaqiong Guo, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xiao
The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study in the world’s most productive platinum mining region (this opens in a new tab) Johannes H. Erasmus, Victor Wepener, Milen Nachev, Sonja Zimmermann, Wynand Malherbe, Bernd Sures & Nico J. Smit
Nine years of mosquito monitoring in Germany, 2011–2019, with an updated inventory of German culicid species (this opens in a new tab) Doreen Werner, Stefan Kowalczyk & Helge Kampen
Parasitemia and its daily variation in canine leishmaniasis (this opens in a new tab) Simona Di Pietro, Chiara Crinò, Annastella Falcone, Rosalia Crupi, Francesco Francaviglia, Fabrizio Vitale & Elisabetta Giudice
Update on Acanthamoeba phylogeny (this opens in a new tab) Daniele Corsaro
Comparative genomics: how has it advanced our knowledge of cryptosporidiosis epidemiology? (this opens in a new tab) Yingying Fan, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xia
COVID-19 and parasitology (this opens in a new tab) Wanderley de Souza