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Invasion with Toxoplasma gondii can promote pneumocystis pneumonia in individuals with HIV/AIDS. 刚地弓形虫的入侵可促进艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的肺囊虫性肺炎。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.018
Ihor H Hryzhak
{"title":"Invasion with Toxoplasma gondii can promote pneumocystis pneumonia in individuals with HIV/AIDS.","authors":"Ihor H Hryzhak","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary pathology is common in HIV-infected individuals, but the possible role of the parasitic protist Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) is not completely known. The present account reports result of a retrospective cohort study. Medical cards of 907 HIV-positive people, which included 120 deceased patients, were analysed. During a three-year follow-up, the pulmonary pathology was diagnosed in 306 patients (33.7 ± 1.6%): pneumocystis pneumonia in 124 (13.7 ± 1.1%), primary pulmonary tuberculosis in 113 (12.5 ± 1.1%), bacterial pneumonia in 58 (6.4 ± 0.8%) toxoplasmosis pneumonia in two (0.2 ± 0.2%), and others. All patients were divided into two cohorts: 531 individuals seropositive for T. gondii and 376 seronegative ones. It has been found out that general lung pathology is more common in patients with seropositivity to T. gondii than in seronegative ones (43.3 ± 2.2% vs. 20.1 ± 2.0%, p < 0.001). The diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia was made ten times more often in the cohort of seropositive patients than in the cohort of seronegative ones (21.9 ± 1.8% vs. 2.1 ± 0.7%, respectively, p < 0.001) and in deceased patients of these cohorts it was 5.5 times more (45.1 ± 5.9% vs. 8.2 ± 3.9, respectively, p < 0.001). In patients with fatal outcome and seropositivity to T. gondii, the incidences of pneumocystis pneumonia increased by 23.2% (p < 0.001) and bacterial pneumonia by 12.4% (p < 0.05), whereas in seronegative individuals only pulmonary tuberculosis increased by 13.1% (p < 0.05) сompared with corresponding whole cohorts. Pearson's contingency coefficient showed the mean strength association between infection with T. gondii and incidence of pneumocystis pneumonia both in whole cohort (C = 0.272) and in patients with fatal outcomes (C = 0.368). In сonclusion, significantly increasing rate of pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with HIV/AIDS and T. gondii infection can be caused by certain synergism between T. gondii and Pneumocystis jirovecii and in some cases overdiagnosis pneumocystis pneumonia due to undiagnosed toxoplasmosis pneumonia.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39198009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
A new myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus allami sp. n. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) from the intestinal wall of Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes) in Arabian Gulf. 一种新的粘虫寄生虫,Myxobolus allami sp。不。 (粘虫纲:粘虫科)来自阿拉伯湾的 Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes) 的肠壁。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.017
Lamjed Mansour, Heba M Abdel-Haleem, Marwa Atwa, Ahmed B Darwish, Saleh Al-Quraishy, Abdel-Azeem S Abdel-Baki
{"title":"A new myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus allami sp. n. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) from the intestinal wall of Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes) in Arabian Gulf.","authors":"Lamjed Mansour,&nbsp;Heba M Abdel-Haleem,&nbsp;Marwa Atwa,&nbsp;Ahmed B Darwish,&nbsp;Saleh Al-Quraishy,&nbsp;Abdel-Azeem S Abdel-Baki","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Myxobolus allami sp. n. is described from the intestinal wall of the silvery black porgy, Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes), off Saudi Arabian coast of Arabian Gulf. Two of 20 examined fish were found to be infected with irregular-shaped plasmodia 3-8 mm long × 2-3 mm wide. Mature myxospores are subspherical to elliptical in the valvular view and oval in the sutural view, and are 11-13 (12) µm long, 7-8 (7.5) µm wide and 10-12 (10.8) µm thick. Spores have relatively thin valves and mostly (~ 72%) end with short caudal appendages of ~3 µm long. The spores also have two polar capsules, which are oval to elliptical and measure 5-7 (5.7) µm in length and 2-3 (2.7) µm in width. Polar filaments are coiled, with three turns. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that caudal appendages originated from the sutural edge at the posterior pole of the myxospore with density similar to that of its valves. The SSU rRNAgene sequence of the present species does not match any available sequences in GenBank. Phylogenetically, this species is sister to Myxobolus khaliji Zhang, Al-Qurausihy et Abdel-Baki, 2014 within a well-supported clade of Myxobolus-Henneguya with species infecting marine fishes. The combination of molecular data and morphological differences between this and other species of Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 lead us to propose that the present form be established as a new species, M. allami. The present study also provides more evidence for the idea that caudal appendages cannot be reliably used to distinguish the species of the genera Myxobolus and Henneguya Thélohan, 1892.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39160526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Toxoplasma gondii ROP17 promotes autophagy via the Bcl-2-Beclin 1 pathway. 弓形虫ROP17通过Bcl-2-Beclin 1途径促进自噬。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.016
Min Guo, Jia Sun, Wen-Tao Wang, Hong-Yan Liu, Yue-Hua Liu, Ke-Ru Qin, Jin-Rui Hu, Xin-Yang Li, Hong-Li Liu, Wei Wang, Zhao-Yang Chen, Chun-Fang Wang, Hai-Long Wang
{"title":"Toxoplasma gondii ROP17 promotes autophagy via the Bcl-2-Beclin 1 pathway.","authors":"Min Guo,&nbsp;Jia Sun,&nbsp;Wen-Tao Wang,&nbsp;Hong-Yan Liu,&nbsp;Yue-Hua Liu,&nbsp;Ke-Ru Qin,&nbsp;Jin-Rui Hu,&nbsp;Xin-Yang Li,&nbsp;Hong-Li Liu,&nbsp;Wei Wang,&nbsp;Zhao-Yang Chen,&nbsp;Chun-Fang Wang,&nbsp;Hai-Long Wang","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) secretes a group of serine/threonine kinases from rhoptries, which play vital roles in boosting intracellular infection. Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry organelle protein 17 (ROP17) is one of these important kinase proteins. Nevertheless, its function remains unclear. Here, we showed that ROP17 induced autophagy in vitro and in vivo. The autophagy of small intestine tissues of T. gondii tachyzoite (RH strain)-infected mice was detected by the immunohistochemistry staining of LC3B, Beclin 1 and P62. ROP17 overexpression augmented starvation-induced autophagy in HEK 293T cells as measured by MDC staining, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), fluorescence microscopy and Western blot analysis. Moreover, the interaction of ROP17 and Bcl-2 was confirmed using co-immunoprecipitation analysis, and the data demonstrated that ROP17 had an autophagic role dependent on the Beclin 1-Bcl-2 pathway, which was also revealed in an in vivo model through immunohistochemical staining. Pearson coefficient analysis showed that there existed strong positive correlations between the expression of ROP17 and LC3B, Beclin 1 and phosphorylation of Bcl-2, while strong negative correlations between the expression of ROP17 and p62 and Bcl-2. Collectively, our findings indicate that ROP17 plays a pivotal role in maintaining T. gondii proliferation in host cells via the promotion of autophagy-dependent survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39115864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Morphological and complete mitogenomic characterisation of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus infecting the duck Anas platyrhynchos. 鸭鸭多形棘头虫的形态和完整的有丝分裂学特征。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.015
Huda Sarwar, Wen-Ting Zhao, Caroline Jepkorir Kibet, Jilji Sitko, Pin Nie
{"title":"Morphological and complete mitogenomic characterisation of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus infecting the duck Anas platyrhynchos.","authors":"Huda Sarwar,&nbsp;Wen-Ting Zhao,&nbsp;Caroline Jepkorir Kibet,&nbsp;Jilji Sitko,&nbsp;Pin Nie","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Morphological characteristics of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus (Goeze, 1782), which was collected from the duck Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus in the Czech Republic, are described. The mitochondrial (mt) genome of P. minutus was sequenced, with a total length of 14,149 bp, comprising 36 genes including 12 protein coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and two ribosomal RNA genes (rrnL and rrnS). This genome is similar to the mt genomes of other syndermatan species. All these genes were encoded on the same DNA strand and in the same orientation. The overall nucleotide composition of the P. minutus mt genome was 38.2% T, 27.3% G, 26.2% A, and 8.3% C. The amino acid sequences of 12 PCGs for mt genomes of 28 platyzoans, including P. minutus, were used for phylogenetic analysis, and the resulting topology recovers P. minutus as sister to Southwellina hispida (Van Cleave, 1925), and the two taxa form a sister clade to Centrorhynchus aluconis (Müller, 1780) and Plagiorhynchus transversus (Rudolphi, 1819), which are all species in the Palaeacanthocephala, thus supporting the monophyly of this class.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39252268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
Synopsis of the species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Myxosporea) described between 2014 and 2020. 2014 - 2020年记录的粘虫属(刺胞目、粘虫目、粘孢子目)种概述。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-05-25 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.012
Jorge C Eiras, Cristina F Cruz, Aurelia Saraiva, Edson A Adriano
{"title":"Synopsis of the species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Myxosporea) described between 2014 and 2020.","authors":"Jorge C Eiras,&nbsp;Cristina F Cruz,&nbsp;Aurelia Saraiva,&nbsp;Edson A Adriano","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A synopsis of the species of Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 (Cnidaria, Myxosporea, Myxobolidae) described from 2014 up till now is presented. It includes 122 nominal species described all over the world. For each of the species, the most relevant morphological and morphometric data, as well as data are provided related to the location in the host, type host and type locality. The GenBank accession numbers are provided whenever possible, and the spores were redrawn based on the original descriptions. The bibliography includes all the papers containing the species descriptions.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39252266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 32
Morphological and molecular description of Allocreadium apokryfi sp. n. (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from native Labeobarbus aeneus (Cyprinidae) in South Africa, including notes on its biology, evolutionary history and an updated key of African Allocreadium. 南非原产于南非Labeobarbus aeneus (Cyprinidae)的Allocreadium apokryfi sp. n. (Digenea: allocreadidae)的形态和分子描述,包括其生物学、进化史和非洲Allocreadium的更新密钥。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-05-25 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.013
Quinton M Dos Santos, Beric M Gilbert, Annemarie Avenant-Oldewage, Jose C Dumbo
{"title":"Morphological and molecular description of Allocreadium apokryfi sp. n. (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from native Labeobarbus aeneus (Cyprinidae) in South Africa, including notes on its biology, evolutionary history and an updated key of African Allocreadium.","authors":"Quinton M Dos Santos,&nbsp;Beric M Gilbert,&nbsp;Annemarie Avenant-Oldewage,&nbsp;Jose C Dumbo","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adult trematodes of Allocreadium Looss, 1900 (Digenea) infect the intestine of mostly freshwater fishes in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. During routine parasitological surveys in the Vaal River system, adult trematodes were collected from the intestine of smallmouth yellowfish, Labeobarbus aeneus (Burchell). The trematodes were confirmed to represent a member of Allocreadium and did not match any existing taxon. Therefore, they are described as a new species, Allocreadium apokryfi sp. n. The morphology of the new species most closely resembles that of Allocreadium aswanense El-Naffar, Saoud et Hassan, 1984, but it differs from it by having a bipartite internal seminal vesicle, wider eggs, a shorter intertesticular distance, an intestinal bifurcation at the ventral sucker level, a ventral sucker that is larger than the oral sucker, and a genital pore near the intestinal bifurcation or the ventral sucker. The surface topology of the new species is notably different from that of other allocreadiids. Papillae were observed in the ventral sucker and surrounding both ventral and oral suckers, but the number and arrangement of the latter were not consistent among specimens. The protruding cirrus of A. apokryfi sp. n. was described using SEM and is the first such observation for the genus. Genetic characterisation showed that the new species was clearly distinct from other Allocreadium spp. using both 18S (nucleotide difference 1.3-9.1%) and 28S (4.7-6.5%) rDNA, forming a well-supported clade in Allocreadium. The presence of A. apokryfi sp. n. in a well-studied river is unexpected, and considering the diet of its host and the scarcity of Allocreadium in Africa, the possible biology of this species is discussed herein.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39252265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8
Echinocephalus inserratus sp. n. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the stingray Pastinachus ater (Dasyatidae) and new records of congeneric and some other nematode larvae from teleost fishes off New Caledonia. 新喀里多尼亚海域硬骨鱼属棘头线虫属(刺头线虫科)和同属线虫幼虫的新记录。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-05-25 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.014
Frantisek Moravec, Jean-Lou Justine
{"title":"Echinocephalus inserratus sp. n. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the stingray Pastinachus ater (Dasyatidae) and new records of congeneric and some other nematode larvae from teleost fishes off New Caledonia.","authors":"Frantisek Moravec,&nbsp;Jean-Lou Justine","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on light and electron microscopical studies, a new nematode parasite, Echinocephalus inserratus sp. n. (Spirurida: Gnathostomatidae), is described from the spiral valve of the broad cowtail stingray Pastinachus ater (Macleay) (Dasyatidae, Myliobatiformes) from off New Caledonia. The new species is morphologically and biometrically most similar to Echinocephalus overstreeti Deardorff et Ko, 1983, differing from it mainly in the absence of serrations on the posterior parts of pseudolabia and on interlabia, and in having a longer gubernaculum (150-299 µm long). Morphologically unidentifiable, mostly encapsulated larvae of Echinocephalus spp. were recorded from the following six species of teleost fishes collected in New Caledonian waters, serving as paratenic hosts: Perciformes: Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål) (Sparidae) and Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes) (Nemipteridae); Tetraodontiformes: Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous), Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch et Schneider) (both Balistidae), Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin) (Tetraodontidae) and Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus) (Monacanthidae). Co-parasitising larvae of Ascarophis sp. and Hysterothylacium sp. were also collected from P. fuscus. All these findings represent new host and geographical records. A key to valid species of Echinocephalus Molin, 1858 is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39252267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
New species of Guidus Ivanov, 2006 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from Bathyraja magellanica (Philippi) from the Patagonian Continental Shelf of Argentina. Guidus Ivanov, 2006来自阿根廷巴塔哥尼亚大陆架麦哲伦大蠊(Philippi)的新种(类群:phyllobothri总科)。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-04-30 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.011
Adriana Menoret, Veronica A Ivanov
{"title":"New species of Guidus Ivanov, 2006 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from Bathyraja magellanica (Philippi) from the Patagonian Continental Shelf of Argentina.","authors":"Adriana Menoret,&nbsp;Veronica A Ivanov","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Specimens representing two new species of Guidus Ivanov, 2006 were collected from the Magellan skate (Bathyraja magellanica [Philippi]) in the Patagonian Continental Shelf of Argentina, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Guidus francoi sp. n. and Guidus magellanicus sp. n. differ from their congeners by a particular combination of features, including type of bothridia, worm length, number of testes, and distribution of vitelline follicles. Guidus francoi sp. n. is distinguished from G. magellanicus sp. n. by having fewer proglottids, fewer testes and a higher ratio between the cirrus sac length and the proglottid width. The microthrix pattern of species of Guidus from the Southwestern Atlantic is described, based on specimens of G. francoi sp. n., Guidus magellanicus sp. n., and newly collected specimens of Guidus argentinense Ivanov, 2006. These three species share the presence of wide aristate gladiate spinitriches on the proximal bothridial surface, narrow gladiate spinitriches on the bothridial rim, and filitriches on the distal bothridial surface. The diagnosis of Guidus is revised to include several features exhibited by the new species (i.e., presence of bothridial indentations and bothridial stalks, distribution of vitelline follicles, and eggs grouped in cocoons). The discovery of G. francoi sp. n. and G. magellanicus sp. n. from B. magellanica increases the number of species of Guidus collected from batoids in the Southwestern Atlantic from one to three. The specificity exhibited by the species herein described reinforces the tight association between rays in the genera Guidus and Bathyraja.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39016197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Endoparasite prevalence and infection risk factors among cats in an animal shelter in Estonia. 爱沙尼亚动物收容所猫体内寄生虫流行率和感染风险因素。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-04-20 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.010
Ants Tull, Epp Moks, Urmas Saarma
{"title":"Endoparasite prevalence and infection risk factors among cats in an animal shelter in Estonia.","authors":"Ants Tull,&nbsp;Epp Moks,&nbsp;Urmas Saarma","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cats are important hosts for different zoonotic parasites that can be hazardous to human health. To date, few studies have attempted to identify the factors affecting parasitic infections in shelter animals. This study aims to analyse the presence of endoparasites in shelter cats in Tartu, Estonia, and identify factors affecting endoparasite prevalence and intensity. The risk factors considered were age, location (urban vs rural cats) and time spent in shelter. In total, 290 faecal samples were collected from cats at an animal shelter in 2015-2016 and investigated for endoparasites using the concentration flotation technique. In total, 138 shelter cats (47.6%) were infected with endoparasites and their overall prevalence was: Toxocara cati (36.6%), Cystoisospora spp. (12.4%), Taeniidae gen. sp. (4.1%), Toxoplasma gondii/Hammondia hammondi (3.4%), Eucoleus aerophilus (2.1%), Cryptosporidium spp. (2.1%), Ancylostoma sp. (0.7%) and Giardia sp. (0.7%). Coinfections occurred in 38 cats (13.1%) most frequently of T. cati and Cystoisospora spp. (4.5%), Cystoisospora spp. and T. gondii/H. hammondi (2.1%). Where species identification of cestode and nematode samples was not possible according to morphology, genetic analysis of the mitochondrial cox1 gene was carried out. DNA was successfully analysed for 6 out of 13 samples that required genetic identification, revealing Ancylostoma tubaeforme in one nematode sample and Hydatigera taeniaeformis in five cestode samples. Cats from rural areas had significantly higher endoparasite prevalence than cats from urban areas. Helminth prevalence decreased to some extent due to anthelmintic treatment in cats available for adoption (held ≥15 days in the shelter), whereas the prevalence of infection with protists increased significantly in these animals. It is important to note that the analysis revealed lower infection intensity for quarantine cats (held 1-14 days in the shelter) compared with cats available for adoption. The relatively high prevalence of endoparasites (including zoonotic) in shelter cats ready for adoption suggests that current anthelminthic procedures require improvements.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38941288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Life-history studies on infrapopulations of Mazocraes alosae (Monogenea) parasitising Alosa immaculata (Actinopterygii) in the northern Black and Azov Seas. 黑海北部和亚速海地区寄生无斑阿洛萨(Actinopterygii)的单属阿洛萨(Mazocraes)生活史研究。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-04-16 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.009
Mariana P Plaksina, David I Gibson, Evgenija V Dmitrieva
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