{"title":"Overview of national and local efforts to eliminate malaria in Thailand.","authors":"Manop Saeung, Natapong Jupatanakul, Jeffrey Hii, Kanutcharee Thanispong, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap, Sylvie Manguin","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Success in the national control of malaria during the past decades has led to the reorientation of Thailand's program toward the elimination of this disease. The country established and implemented a National Malaria Elimination Strategy, resulting in a substantial decline in cases. Although the reduction varied, Sisaket Province stands out as a success. In accordance with the national strategy, the province adopted a 1-3-7 surveillance strategy and engaged in multisectoral collaboration, positioning itself to achieve malaria-free status and advancing to the prevention of re-establishment (PoR) phase. Scaling up this approach and applying the lessons learned from the success in Sisaket Province, as a solid foundation, could prove beneficial at both the national and international levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"52-65"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855275","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.009
Caroline Keroack, Raúl Oscar Cosentino, Thaise Lara Teixeira, Lianne Lansink, Stephen D Larcombe, Brittney Davidge, Lucia Serra, Christopher de Graffenried, Luisa M Figueiredo, Omar S Harb, Megan L Povelones
{"title":"Scientists swarm into Woods Hole for the 10th Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting.","authors":"Caroline Keroack, Raúl Oscar Cosentino, Thaise Lara Teixeira, Lianne Lansink, Stephen D Larcombe, Brittney Davidge, Lucia Serra, Christopher de Graffenried, Luisa M Figueiredo, Omar S Harb, Megan L Povelones","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1057-1062"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591049","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.007
Sebastian Stockmaier
{"title":"A Tinbergian approach to study antiparasite behaviors.","authors":"Sebastian Stockmaier","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antiparasite behaviors are widespread in nature. However, despite significant research advances, a standardized approach to study them is missing. Here, I propose adapting Niko Tinbergen's four levels of analysis framework to study antiparasite behaviors. I highlight its integrative potential to understand fitness benefits, evolutionary history, functional mechanisms, and developmental processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1085-1088"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142547691","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.011
Robert Poulin
{"title":"Evolution of parasitological knowledge: can the past inform the future?","authors":"Robert Poulin","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growth of scientific knowledge is often likened to the evolution and diversification of life: new disciplines branch off older ones, and subsequently prosper or decline in a manner reminiscent of the expansion or extinction of diverse lineages of organisms. Based on a parallel between evolutionary diversification and knowledge growth, I examine the expansion of subdisciplines within 'ecological and evolutionary parasitology'. Bibliometric data are used to map the rise and fall of subdisciplines over time, capturing historical trends over the past several decades. This historical overview is followed by a critical consideration of its practical applications for decision-making, ranging from rational funding allocation among subdisciplines to whether the collective planning of future research directions is a desirable option.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1089-1096"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564351","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":"The Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein.","authors":"Mirko Singer, Sachie Kanatani, Stefano Garcia Castillo, Friedrich Frischknecht, Photini Sinnis","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is one of the most studied proteins of the malaria parasite. It is the target of the only licensed malaria vaccines and is essential for sporozoite formation and infectivity. Yet, the mechanisms by which CSP functions and its interactions with other proteins are only beginning to be understood. Here we review the current state of knowledge of CSP structure and function, as sporozoites develop in the mosquito and establish infection in the mammalian host, and outline outstanding questions that need to be addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1124-1134"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688987","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.012
Michael J Smout, Thewarach Laha, Sujittra Chaiyadet, Paul J Brindley, Alex Loukas
{"title":"Mechanistic insights into liver-fluke-induced bile-duct cancer.","authors":"Michael J Smout, Thewarach Laha, Sujittra Chaiyadet, Paul J Brindley, Alex Loukas","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Liver fluke infection is a major risk for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). It has been established that the Asian liver flukes, Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini secrete growth factors, digestive enzymes, and extracellular vesicles (EVs) which contribute to abnormal cell development in the bile ducts where the worms reside. These secretions - combined with aberrant inflammation and repeated cycles of chronic wounding at the site of parasite attachment and grazing on the epithelium - promote biliary hyperplasia and fibrosis and ultimately malignant transformation. Application of post-genomic and gene-editing tools to the study of liver fluke immunobiology and pathogenesis has accelerated the discovery of essential virulence factors to which targeted therapies and diagnostics can be directed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1183-1196"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629182","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.013
Rohit Beniwal, Govindarajan Renu, Philip S Paulraj
{"title":"Leptotrombidium deliense (Asian rodent chigger).","authors":"Rohit Beniwal, Govindarajan Renu, Philip S Paulraj","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1199-1200"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606448","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.020
Amanda O Shaver, Erik C Andersen
{"title":"Integrating metabolomics into the diagnosis and investigation of anthelmintic resistance.","authors":"Amanda O Shaver, Erik C Andersen","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anthelmintic resistance (AR) in parasitic nematodes poses a global health problem in livestock and domestic animals and is an emerging problem in humans. Consequently, we must understand the mechanisms of AR, including target-site resistance (TSR), in which mutations affect drug binding, and non-target site resistance (NTSR), which involves alterations in drug metabolism and detoxification processes. Because much of the focus has been on TSR, NTSR has received less attention. Here, we describe how metabolomics approaches using Caenorhabditis elegans offer the ability to disentangle nematode drug metabolism, identify metabolic changes associated with resistance, uncover novel biomarkers, and enhance diagnostic methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1097-1106"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688983","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 : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.006
Marinela Contreras, Isidro Sobrino, José de la Fuente
{"title":"Paratransgenic quantum vaccinology.","authors":"Marinela Contreras, Isidro Sobrino, José de la Fuente","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tick vaccines are an environmentally friendly intervention for the prevention and control of tick-borne diseases affecting humans and animals worldwide. From our perspective, the challenges in tick vaccinology have encouraged the implementation of new interventions. In this opinion article we propose paratransgenic quantum vaccinology as a new approach that integrates platform trends in biotechnology, such as omics datasets combined with big data analytics, machine learning, and paratransgenesis with a systems biology perspective. This innovative approach allows the identification of protective epitopes in tick- and/or pathogen-derived proteins for the design of chimeric vaccine candidate antigens which can be produced by commensal/symbiotic microorganisms eliciting a protective response in the host.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1107-1114"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142508803","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}