Trends in parasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-10DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.005
Samuel C Wassmer, Sanjib Mohanty, Praveen K Sahu, Angelika Hoffmann
{"title":"Cerebral manifestations of falciparum malaria in adults: more than meets the eye.","authors":"Samuel C Wassmer, Sanjib Mohanty, Praveen K Sahu, Angelika Hoffmann","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The application of neuroimaging techniques to patients with Plasmodium falciparum infection has uncovered a wide range of brain changes not only in cerebral malaria but also in noncomatose patients. We propose several hypotheses to unify findings across the spectrum of clinical malaria in adults and highlight the urgent need to evaluate potential long-term effects of cerebral alterations on neurocognition in this understudied age group.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"271-279"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trends in parasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.01.011
Haoues Alout, Maxime Prat, Pierrick Labbé
{"title":"Culex pipiens complex (common house mosquito).","authors":"Haoues Alout, Maxime Prat, Pierrick Labbé","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.01.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"332-333"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trends in parasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.008
Dong-Fang Li, Sen Wang, Carlos E Suarez, Xuenan Xuan, Lan He, Jun-Long Zhao
{"title":"Pushing the frontiers of babesiosis research: in vitro culture and gene editing.","authors":"Dong-Fang Li, Sen Wang, Carlos E Suarez, Xuenan Xuan, Lan He, Jun-Long Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Babesiosis is a tick-borne parasitic disease that poses a significant risk to both animal and human health. A comprehensive understanding of Babesia biology necessitates the application of advanced laboratory techniques. This review explores recent advancements in gene editing technologies of Babesia, emphasizing the foundational importance of in vitro culture systems. We highlight the historical challenges encountered in establishing effective in vitro culture and discuss the need for optimizing these methods to enhance gene editing efficiency. Here, we describe recent progress in Babesia transfection, different gene manipulation systems, and the applications of gene editing. This review aims to provide essential insights and technical guidance for future studies in Babesia genetics, highlighting the transformative potential of gene manipulation in combating this important parasitic disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"317-329"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143634780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trends in parasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-21DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.006
James H Westwood, Sukhmanpreet Kaur
{"title":"Suppressing exudation hides the host from a parasitic plant.","authors":"James H Westwood, Sukhmanpreet Kaur","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some parasitic plants rely on strigolactone (SL) chemical signals exuded from host roots to trigger seed germination and initiate parasitism. Shi et al. demonstrate that disabling SL exporters in a sorghum host effectively reduces witchweed parasitism without compromising host plant growth, providing a promising strategy for crop improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"269-270"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trends in parasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.010
Alice L Herneisen, Sebastian Lourido
{"title":"Finding the brakes on the Toxoplasma life cycle.","authors":"Alice L Herneisen, Sebastian Lourido","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Toxoplasma gondii motility is an all-or-nothing response. Claywell et al. identify negative-feedback loops in cyclic-nucleotide signaling that allow parasites to turn off motility and commit to intracellular replication. Feedback mechanisms and bistability are useful frameworks for describing, modeling, and testing T. gondii motility signaling pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"264-266"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11968206/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions and misconceptions in visualizing parasite life cycles.","authors":"Neil J Morley","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parasite life cycles can be visualized in different ways according to the context of the presentation. Such variability is not always recognized, increasing the risk of misreading visual information. The different approaches to visualizing cycles are conceptualized and potential weaknesses highlighted. Guidelines for the visualization of life cycles are suggested.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143744071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Sanogo, Dongjuan Yuan, Xin Zeng, Yanhua Zhang, Zhongdao Wu
{"title":"Retraction notice to 'Diversity and compatibility of human schistosomes and their intermediate snail hosts' [Trends in Parasitology 34, (2018), 493-510].","authors":"Benjamin Sanogo, Dongjuan Yuan, Xin Zeng, Yanhua Zhang, Zhongdao Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143744073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adnan Hodžić, Georg Gerhard Duscher, Amer Alić, Relja Beck, David Berry
{"title":"Peritrophic matrix: an important determinant of vector competence in hematophagous arthropods.","authors":"Adnan Hodžić, Georg Gerhard Duscher, Amer Alić, Relja Beck, David Berry","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The peritrophic matrix (PM) is a non-cellular, glycan-rich structure that lines the gut epithelium of most invertebrates, including arthropod vectors that transmit diseases of public health and veterinary concern. This semipermeable barrier, functionally analogous to the vertebrate mucosal layer, separates the gut lumen from epithelial cells and provides protection against invading pathogens and their toxins. Beyond its mechanical protective role in the gut, the PM plays a crucial part in arthropod innate immunity. Here, we summarize the most recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms of vector-pathogen interactions in blood-feeding arthropods and discuss the significance of the PM in modulating vector competence. This knowledge could contribute to the development of novel strategies to control vector-borne infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143731664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Hanna J Laukaitis-Yousey, Matthew Butnaru, Stephanie E Mohr, Norbert Perrimon, Joao H F Pedra
{"title":"Decoding arthropod vector immunology through bona fide pathogens.","authors":"Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Hanna J Laukaitis-Yousey, Matthew Butnaru, Stephanie E Mohr, Norbert Perrimon, Joao H F Pedra","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The interrelationship between the microbiota, metabolism, and the arthropod immune system has evolved to maintain physiological equilibrium. Arthropods rely on this delicate balance when encountering fitness challenges. The understanding of life history traits in arthropod vectors has been hampered by technological difficulties compounded by limited scientific knowledge compared to established model organisms. Here, we posit that using emerging technologies to study environmental pathogens that cause greater fitness disadvantages to disease vectors (i.e., bona fide pathogens) in contrast to coevolved microbes will enable meaningful insights into arthropod immunophysiology. We propose a conceptual framework whereby understanding immunophysiology through the lens of bona fide pathogens, as opposed to coevolved microbes, should be useful for the management of vector-borne illnesses.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vavraia culicis.","authors":"Luís M Silva, Tiago G Zeferino, Jacob C Koella","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.02.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}