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A. K. Rai R. Chakravorty Jaishree Paul 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2008,24(12):2879-2887
This study was conducted to evaluate the load of three food- and water-borne parasites, namely, Giardia, Entamoeba, and Cryptosporidium on food items that are consumed either raw or in an unprocessed state in the northern parts of India. A two-step diagnostic
method was employed to assess the presence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium, the immunofluorescence assay (IFA) combined with the polymerase chain reactiion (PCR assay), whereas a Tech lab diagnostic
kit in combination with PCR assay was used for accurate detection of Entamoeba histolytica in the samples. The methods for isolation and enrichment of cysts/oocysts from the various food items were tested
and discussed here. Our results showed that the overall spectrum of incidence of the three parasites on food items in decreasing
order were Giardia > Entamoeba > Cryptosporidium. When data were subjected to the chi-square test, the prevalence of all three parasites was found to be independent of the
food items. To determine whether the presence of two types of parasites in a food item is uniform, a Poisson distribution
test was conducted. On comparing the intensity of occurrence of the different parasites in various food items, it was observed
that the occurrence of Giardia and Entamoeba was not of the same order at 5% level of significance only in case of samples of raw meat and milk. This confirmed that a
high number of raw or unpasteurized milk and meat samples are more likely to be contaminated with Giardia than with Entamoeba. Therefore, our observations point to the unhygienic practices of food handlers being a major contributor in the transmission
of parasites to unprocessed food products. 相似文献
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Background
The primary aim of this study was to obtain more knowledge about the occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in young dogs in Norway. 相似文献3.
Cryptosporidium is an important protozoan that causes diarrheal illness in humans and animals. Different species of Cryptosporidium have been reported and it is believed that species characteristics are an important factor to be considered in strategic
planning for control. We therefore analyzed oocysts from human and animal isolates of Cryptosporidium by PCR-RFLP to determine strain variation in Isfahan. In total, 642 human fecal samples from children under five years of
age, imunocompromised patients, and high-risk persons and 480 randomly selected rectal specimens of cows and calves in Isfahan
were examined. Microscopic examination showed that 4.7% (30/642) of human samples and 6.2% (30/480) of animal samples were
infected with Cryptosporidium. After identification of the samples infected with the parasite, oocysts were purified and their DNA was extracted. We used
PCR-RFLP analysis of a 1750-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene to identify Cryptosporidium species. The human samples were infected with Cryptosporidium parvum II, C. muris, C. wrairi, and a new genotype of Cryptosporidium (GenBank accession no. DQ520951). The cattle samples were identified as C. parvum II, C. muris, C. wrairi, C. serpentis, C. baileyi, and a new genotype of Cryptosporidium (GenBank accession no. DQ520952). We also found a new genotype infecting both human and cattle samples (GenBank accession
no. DQ520950). In addition to demonstrating the widespread occurrence of most species of Cryptosporidium, C. parvum, we also observed extensive polymorphism within species. Furthermore, the occurrence of the same species of parasite
in both animal and human samples shows the importance of the animal and human cycle.
Published in Russian in Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, 2007, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 934–939.
The article was translated by the authors. 相似文献
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We investigated the survival of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts during winter in an aquatic environment (approximate temperature measurements between 1 and 7°C) in Norway, using morphology and uptake of dyes as indicators of viability. Previous research has shown that in the terrestrial environment, shear forces caused by freeze and thaw cycles probably cause the parasites to be inactivated. Such forces occurred infrequently in the aquatic environment, as freezing of the water around the parasites was not observed during the study period (although freezing of the water surface did occur). The rate of decline in viability (log10
N
t/N
0) was similar in control and experimental environments for both parasites; no Cryptosporidium oocysts with viable morphology were detected after approximately 20 weeks and no Giardia cysts with apparently viable morphology could be detected after 1 month. These results suggest that infection with these parasites in Norway is not usually from transmission stages that have overwintered in the Norwegian environment. 相似文献
5.
Tropilaelaps
mercedesae is a serious ectoparasite of Apis
mellifera in China. The aim of this study was to investigate the infestation rates and intensity of T. mercedesae in A. mellifera in China, and to explore the relative importance of climate, district, management practices and beekeeper characteristics
that are assumed to be associated with the intensity of T. mercedesae. Of the 410 participating apiaries, 379 apiaries were included in analyses of seasonal infestation rates and 352 apiaries
were included in multivariable regression analysis. The highest infestation rate (86.3%) of T. mercedesae was encountered in autumn, followed by summer (66.5%), spring (17.2%) and winter (14.8%). In autumn, 28.9% (93) of the infested
apiaries were in the north (including the northeast and northwest of China), 71.1% (229) were in the central and south (including
east, southeast and southwest China), and 306 apiaries (82.9%) were co-infested by both T. mercedesae and Varroa. Multivariable regression analysis showed that geographical location, season, royal jelly collection and Varroa infestation were the factors that influence the intensity of T. mercedesae. The influence of beekeeper’s education, time of beekeeping, operation size, and hive migration on the intensity of T. mercedesa was not statistically significant. This study provided information about the establishment of the linkage of the environment
and the parasite and could lead to better timing and methods of control. 相似文献
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Debierre-Grockiego F Hippe D Schwarz RT Lüder CG 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2007,12(4):781-790
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite able to both promote and inhibit apoptosis. T. gondii renders infected cells resistant to programmed cell death induced by multiple apoptotic triggers. On the other hand, increased
apoptosis of immune cells after in vivo infection with T. gondii may suppress the immune response to the parasite. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins dominate the surface
of T. gondii tachyzoites and GPIs are involved in the pathogenicity of protozoan parasites. In this report, we determine if GPIs are responsible
for inhibition or induction of host cell apoptosis. We show here that T. gondii GPIs fail to block apoptosis that was triggered in human-derived cells via extrinsic or intrinsic apoptotic pathways. Furthermore,
characteristics of apoptosis, e.g. caspase-3/7 activity, phosphatidylserine exposition at the cell surface or DNA strand breaks,
were not observed in the presence of T. gondii GPIs. These results indicate that T. gondii GPIs are not involved in survival or in apoptosis of host cells. This absence of effect on apoptosis could be a feature common
to GPIs of other parasites. 相似文献
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Miguella P Mark-Carew Yasin Khan Susan E Wade Stephanie Schaaf Hussni O Mohammed 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》2010,52(1):44
Background
The primary aims of this study were to determine the incidence of Giardia infections in dairy herds on farms in the New York City Watershed region and to evaluate risk factors associated with infections. Because co-infections of Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. are common in this population, we also evaluated the effect of herd infection status on Giardia infections. 相似文献8.
Background
Co-evolutionary arms races between parasites and hosts are considered to be of immense importance in the evolution of living organisms, potentially leading to highly dynamic life-history changes. The outcome of such arms races is in many cases thought to be determined by frequency dependent selection, which relies on genetic variation in host susceptibility and parasite virulence, and also genotype-specific interactions between host and parasite. Empirical evidence for these two prerequisites is scarce, however, especially for invertebrate hosts. We addressed this topic by analysing the interaction between natural isolates of the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and the pathogenic soil bacterium Serratia marcescens. 相似文献9.
Much research has focused on effects of plant parasites on host-plant physiology and growth, but little is known about effects of host physiological condition on parasite growth. Using the parasitic dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium vaginatum subsp. cryptopodum (Viscaceae) and its host Pinus ponderosa, we investigated whether changes in host physiological condition influenced mistletoe shoot development in northern Arizona forests. We conducted two studies in two consecutive years and used forest thinning (i.e., competitive release) to manipulate host physiological condition. We removed dwarf mistletoe shoots in April, before the onset of the growing season, and measured the amount of regrowth in the first season after forest thinning (Study I: n=38 trees; Study II: n=35 trees). Thinning increased tree uptake of water and carbon in both studies, but had no effect on leaf N concentration or δ13C. Mistletoe shoot growth was greater on trees with high uptake of water and carbon in thinned stands than trees with low uptake in unthinned stands. These findings show that increased resource uptake by host trees increases resources to these heterotrophic dwarf mistletoes, and links mistletoe performance to changes in host physiological condition. 相似文献
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In natural host populations, parasitism is considered to be omnipresent and to play an important role in shaping host life
history and population dynamics. Here, we study parasitism in natural populations of the zooplankton host Daphnia magna investigating their individual and population level effects during a 2-year field study. Our results revealed a rich and
highly prevalent community of parasites, with eight endoparasite species (four microsporidia, one amoeba, two bacteria and
one nematode) and six epibionts (belonging to five different taxa: Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyceae, Ciliata, Fungi and Rotifera).
Several of the endoparasites were associated with a severe overall fecundity reduction of the hosts, while such effects were
not seen for epibionts. In particular, infections by Pasteuria ramosa, White Fat Cell Disease and Flabelliforma magnivora were strongly associated with a reduction in overall D. magna fecundity. Across the sampling period, average population fecundity of D. magna was negatively associated with overall infection intensity and total endoparasite richness. Population density of D. magna was negatively correlated to overall endoparasite prevalence and positively correlated with epibiont richness. Finally, the
reduction in host fecundity caused by different parasite species was negatively correlated to both parasite prevalence and
the length of the time period during which the parasite persisted in the host population. Consistent with epidemiological
models, these results indicate that parasite mediated host damages influence the population dynamics of both hosts and parasites. 相似文献
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The biomagnification of methylmercury (MeHg) amongst trophic levels results in high levels of this compound in many freshwater
fish species. The role of parasites in MeHg cycling and trophic transfer in freshwater systems is largely unknown. This study
examined the potential for metacercariae of Apophallus brevis to accumulate and biomagnify MeHg from their second intermediate host, yellow perch, Perca flavescens. Contrary to our prediction that MeHg levels would be higher in parasites than in the host muscle tissue in which they are
embedded, we found that concentrations were similar. The lack of increase in MeHg levels from host to parasite may be due
to limited assimilation of host muscle tissue or, in part, to low parasite metabolism. Parasite load did not reduce fish growth
and subsequently alter MeHg concentrations. This study suggests that relationships between larval parasites and their hosts
do not conform to typical patterns of MeHg biomagnification seen in aquatic systems. 相似文献
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Inquilines, workerless social parasites, frequently show advanced adaptations to their parasitic life style that indicate
a long co-evolutionary history with their host. Ectatomma parasiticum, the first inquiline described in the poneromorph group, usurps established colonies of E. tuberculatum and produces only sexuals. In laboratory colonies, parasites were specifically attacked by the host workers, showing a failure
in their social integration. Social interactions were frequent between parasites and their hosts, especially antennation,
interpreted as attempts to promote colonial odor transfer. Inquilines destroyed eggs laid by the other queens (67 out of 209
eggs laid), including conspecific parasites, which is unusual. Such partial integration into the host colony and potential
parasite virulence argue for a recent evolution of social parasitism in E. tuberculatum. 相似文献
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Arabidopsis thaliana and Cuscuta spec. represent a compatible host–parasite combination. Cuscuta produces a haustorium that penetrates the host tissue. In early stages of development the searching hyphae on the tip of
the haustorial cone are connected to the host tissue by interspecific plasmodesmata. Ten days after infection, translocation
of the fluorescent dyes, Texas Red (TR) and 5,6-carboxyfluorescein (CF), demonstrates the existence of a continuous connection
between xylem and phloem of the host and parasite. Cuscuta becomes the dominant sink in this host–parasite system. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing genes encoding the green fluorescent protein (GFP; 27 kDa) or a GFP–ubiquitin fusion (36 kDa), respectively,
under the companion cell (CC)-specific AtSUC2 promoter were used to monitor the transfer of these proteins from the host sieve elements to those of Cuscuta. Although GFP is transferred unimpedly to the parasite, the GFP–ubiquitin fusion could not be detected in Cuscuta. A translocation of the GFP–ubiquitin fusion protein was found to be restricted to the phloem of the host, although a functional
symplastic pathway exists between the host and parasite, as demonstrated by the transport of CF. These results indicate a
peripheral size exclusion limit (SEL) between 27 and 36 kDa for the symplastic connections between host and Cuscuta sieve elements. Forty-six accessions of A.
thaliana covering the entire range of its genetic diversity, as well as Arabidopsis
halleri, were found to be susceptible towards Cuscuta
reflexa. 相似文献
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Lieke T Gröbe D Blanchard V Grunow D Tauber R Zimmermann-Kordmann M Jacobs T Reutter W 《Glycoconjugate journal》2011,28(1):31-37
The etiologic agent of Chagas’ disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, is widely distributed in South America, affecting millions of people with thousands of deaths every year. Adherence of the
infectious trypomastigote to host cells is mediated by sialic acid. T. cruzi cannot synthesize sialic acids on their own but cleave them from the host cells and link them to glycans on the surface of
the parasites using the trans-sialidase, a GPI-anchored enzyme. The infectivity of the protozoan parasites strongly depends
on the activity of this enzyme. In this report, we investigated whether the transfer of sialic acids from the host to the
parasites can be attenuated using novel sialic acid precursors. The cell line 86-HG-39 was infected with T. cruzi and treated with defined N-acylmannosamine analogues bearing an elongated N-acyl side-chain. By treatment of these cells the number of T.cruzi infected cell was reduced up to 60%. We also showed that the activity of the bacterial sialidase C was reduced with N-glycan
substrates with elongated N-acyl side chains of the terminal sialic acids. The affinity of this sialidase decreased with the length of the N-acyl side-chain. The data presented suggest that N-acyl modified sialic acid precursors can change the transfer of sialic acids leading to modification of infection. Since
the chemotherapy of this disease is inefficient and afflicted by side effects, the need of effective drugs is lasting. These
findings propose a new path to prevent the dissemination of T. cruzi in the human hosts. These compounds or further modified analogues might be a basis for the search of new agents against Chagas’
disease. 相似文献
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Giardia intestinalis is an ancient protist that causes the most commonly reported human diarrheal disease of parasitic origin worldwide. An intriguing
feature of the Giardia cell is the presence of two morphologically similar nuclei, generally considered equivalent, in spite of the fact that their
karyotypes are unknown. We found that within a single cell, the two nuclei differ both in the number and the size of chromosomes
and that representatives of two major genetic groups of G. intestinalis possess different karyotypes. Odd chromosome numbers indicate aneuploidy of Giardia nuclei, and their stable occurrence is suggestive of a long-term asexuality. A semi-open type of Giardia mitosis excludes a chromosome interfusion between the nuclei. Differences in karyotype and DNA content, and cell cycle-dependent
asynchrony are indicative of diversity of the two Giardia nuclei. 相似文献
16.
Pseudomonas
fluorescens-CS2 metabolized ethylbenzene as the sole source of carbon and energy. The involvement of catechol as the hydroxylated intermediate
during the biodegradation of ethylbenzene was established by TLC, HPLC and enzyme analysis. The specific activity of Catechol
2,3-dioxygenase in the cell free extracts of P.
fluorescens-CS2 was determined to be 0.428 μmoles min−1 mg−1 protein. An aqueous-organic, Two-Phase Batch Culture System (TPBCS) was developed to overcome inhibition due to higher substrate
concentrations. In TPBCS, P. fluorescens-CS2 demonstrated ethylbenzene utilization up to 50 mM without substrate inhibition on inclusion of n-decanol as the second phase. The rate of ethylbenzene metabolism in TPBCS was found enhance by fivefold in comparison with
single phase system. Alternatively the alginate, agar and polyacrylamide matrix immobilized P. fluorescens-CS2 cells efficiently degraded ethylebenzene with enhanced efficiency compared to free cell cultures in single and two-phase
systems. The cells entrapped in ployacrylamide and alginate were found to be stable and degradation efficient for a period
of 42 days where as agar-entrapped P. fluorescens was stable and efficient a period of 36 days. This demonstrates that alginate and polyacrylamide matrices are more promising
as compared to agar for cell immobilization. 相似文献
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Maha Bouzid Kevin M Tyler Richard Christen Rachel M Chalmers Kristin Elwin Paul R Hunter 《BMC microbiology》2010,10(1):213
Background
Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that causes diarrheal illness in a wide range of hosts including humans. Two species, C. parvum and C. hominis are of primary public health relevance. Genome sequences of these two species are available and show only 3-5% sequence divergence. We investigated this sequence variability, which could correspond either to sequence gaps in the published genome sequences or to the presence of species-specific genes. Comparative genomic tools were used to identify putative species-specific genes and a subset of these genes was tested by PCR in a collection of Cryptosporidium clinical isolates and reference strains. 相似文献18.
Windell L. Rivera John Anthony D. L. Yason Davin Edric V. Adao 《Primates; journal of primatology》2010,51(1):69-74
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that infects man and animals. This parasite has a global distribution and the disease it causes is
usually characterized by diarrhea. In order to detect the parasite, it is necessary to differentiate it from Entamoeba dispar. E. dispar appears morphologically similar to E. histolytica but does not cause disease and tissue invasion. This study reports on the prevalence of E. histolytica and E. dispar among captive macaques in a primate facility in the Philippines. PCR was used to correctly identify both Entamoeba species. Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was also performed to determine the seroprevalence of amebiasis in the
captive macaques. Based on PCR targeting of the peroxiredoxin gene, of the 96 stool samples collected, 23 (24%) contained
E. histolytica while 32 (33%) contained E. dispar. IFAT revealed 26 (27%) serum samples positive for antibodies against E. histolytica. Sequence analysis of the 18S rRNA gene showed that the 23 E. histolytica isolates were identical to human E. histolytica isolates deposited in the GenBank and not Entamoeba nuttalli as found in macaques in other recent reports. The Philippines is a major exporter of monkeys for biomedical research purposes,
so screening animals before transporting them to other locations lessens the risk of spreading zoonoses to a wider area. This
is the first report of the molecular detection of E. histolytica and E. dispar among macaques in the Philippines. This study complements the limited information available on the animal hosts of E. histolytica in the Philippines. 相似文献
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M. Gomathy M. Thangaraju S. Gunasekaran N. O. Gopal 《Indian journal of microbiology》2007,47(3):259-262
Sporulation in Bacillus megaterium var phosphaticum (PB — 1) was induced using modified nutrient media. This modified medium induced sporulation within 36 h. After spore induction
the spores were kept under refrigerated (5°C) and room temperature (32°C) for five months and survival of spores was studied
at 15 days intervals by plating them in nutrient agar medium. It was observed that there was not much variation in the storage
temperature (5°C & 32°C). The spore cells of Bacillus megaterium var phosphaticum (PB — 1) were observed up to five months of storage under refrigerated (5°C) and room temperature (32°C). Regeneration of
spore cells into vegetative cells was studied in tap water, rice gruel, nutrient broth, sterile lignite and sterile water
at different concentrations of spore inoculum. The multiplication of sporulated Bacillus megaterium var phosphaticum culture was fast and reached its maximum (29.5 × 108 cfu ml−1) in nutrient broth containing 5 per cent inoculum level. 相似文献
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Uddin N Hoessli DC Butt A Kaleem A Iqbal Z Afzal I Muhammad Hammad Zamani Z Shakoori AR 《Molecular biology reports》2012,39(4):4663-4672
The complex life cycle of plasmodial parasites makes the selection of a single subunit protein a less than optimal strategy
to generate an efficient vaccinal protection against malaria. Moreover, the full protection afforded by malarial proteins
carried by intact parasites implies that immune responses against different antigens expressed in different phases of the
cycle are required, but also suggests that native malarial antigens are presented to the host immune system in a manner that
recombinant proteins do not achieve. The malarial apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) represents a suitable vaccine candidate
because AMA1 is expressed on sporozoites and merozoites and allows them to invade hepatocytes and erythrocytes, respectively.
Anti-AMA1 antibodies and cytotoxic T-cells are therefore expected to interfere both with the primary invasion of hepatocytes
by sporozoites and with the later propagation of merozoites in erythrocytes, and thus efficiently counteract parasite development
in its human host. AMA1 bears potential glycosylation sites and the human erythrocytic O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase (OGT) could glycosylate AMA1 through combinatorial metabolism. This hypothesis was tested in silico by developing binding models of AMA1 with human OGT complexed with UDP-GlcNc, and followed by the binding of O-GlcNAc with the hydroxyl group of AMA1 serine and threonine residues. Our results suggests that AMA1 shows potential for
glycosylation at Thr517 and Ser498 and that O-GlcNAc AMA1 may constitute a conformationally more appropriate antigen for developing a protective anti-malarial immune response. 相似文献