PARASITE

Journal de la Société Française de Parasitologie

Vol. 15, No. 3

September 2008

Foreword

DEI-CAS E. & DUPOUY-CAMET J.

Apicomplexa

MORRISON D.A. Prospects for elucidating the phylogeny of the Apicomplexa.

SOLDATI-FAVRE D. Molecular dissection of host cell invasion by the Apicomplexans: the glideosome.

BOUGDOUR A., SAUTEL C.F., CANNELLA D., BRAUN L. & HAKIMI M.A. Toxoplasma gondii gene expression is under the control of regulatory pathways acting through chromatin structure.

HEUSSLER V.T. & STANWAY R.R. Cellular and molecular interactions between the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and Theileria and their host cells.

GRELLIER P., DEPOIX D., SCHREVEL J. & FLORENT I. Discovery of new targets for antimalarial chemotherapy.

Kinetoplastida

STEVENS J.R. Kinetoplastid phylogenetics, with special reference to the evolution of parasitic trypanosomes.

GIBSON W. Molecular epidemiology of African trypanosomiasis: the contributions of David George Godfrey OBE to the biochemical characterization of trypanosomes.

VOLF P., HOSTOMSKA J. & ROHOUSOVA I. Molecular crosstalks in Leishmania-sandflyhost relationships.

Ectoparasites, vectors and control strategies

GERN L. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis: life in the wilds.

MUMCUOGLU K.Y. & GILEAD L. Treatment of scabies infestations.

HAMILTON J.G.C. Sandfly pheromones. Their biology and potential for use in control programs.

OTRANTO D. & COLWELL D.D. Biodiversity and extinction versus control of Oestrid causing myiasis in Mediterranean area.

Intestinal, urinary and liver parasites

BURET A.G. Pathophysiology of enteric infections with Giardia duodenalis.

MIRELMAN D., ANBAR M. & BRACHA R. Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica epigenetically silenced in several genes are virulence-attenuated.

GARGALA G. Drug treatment and novel drug target against Cryptosporidium.

DREYFUSS G. & RONDELAUD D. Biodiversity of flukes.

BREHM K. & SPILIOTIS M. The influence of host hormones and cytokines on Echinococcus multilocularis signalling and development.

Blood and tissue metazoan parasites

GOTTSTEIN B. & PIARROUX R. Current trends in tissue-affecting helminths.

HORAK P., MIKE S L., RUDOLFOVA J. & KOLAROVA L. Penetration of Trichobilharzia cercariae into mammals: dangerous or negligible event?.

BOUCHUT A., ROGER E., GOURBAL B., GRUNAU C., COUSTAU C. & MITTA G. The compatibility polymorphism in invertebrate host/trematodes interactions: research of molecular determinants.

CURTIS R.H.C. Plant-nematode interactions: environmental signals detected by the nematode's chemosensory organs control changes in the surface cuticle and behaviour.

Systematics, evolution and phylogeny of parasites

CLARK C.G. Cryptic diversity in intestinal protists.

MCDOUGALL C., HUI J.H.L., MONTEIRO A., TAKAHASHI T. & FERRIER D.E.K. Annelids in evolutionary developmental biology and comparative genomics.

BLEIDORN C. Lophotrochozoan relationships and parasites. A snap-shot.

LITTLEWOOD D.T.J. Platyhelminth systematics and the emergence of new characters.

BAIN O., CASIRAGHI M., MARTIN C. & UNI S. The Nematoda Filarioidea: critical analysis linking molecular and traditional approaches.

Emergent and nosocomial parasitic or fungal infections

THELLIER M. & BRETON J. Enterocytozoon bieneusi in human and animals, focus on laboratory identification and molecular epidemiology.

NEVEZ G., CHABE M., RABODONIRINA M., VIRMAUX M., DEI-CAS E., HAUSER P.M. & TOTET A. Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii infections.

DARDE M.L. Toxoplasma gondii, "new" genotypes and virulence.

CHALMERS R.M. Cryptosporidium: from laboratory diagnosis to surveillance and outbreaks.

Parasite immunology

RENIA L. Protective immunity against malaria liver stage after vaccination with live parasites.

FAVEEUW C., MALLEVAEY T. & TROTTEIN F. Role of natural killer T lymphocytes during helminthic infection.

SCHULTHESS J., FOUREAU D., DARCHE S., MERESSE B., KASPER L., CERF-BENSUSSAN N. & BUZONI-GATEL D. Mucosal immunity in Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Parasites of fishes, other ectothermic vertebrates and marine mammals

BOLEK M.G. & JANOVY J. Jr. Alternative life cycle strategies of Megalodiscus temperatus in tadpoles and metamorphosed anurans.

YERA H., NICOULAUD J. & DUPOUY-CAMET J. Use of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA PCR and sequencing for molecular identification of Diphyllobothrium isolates potentially infective for humans.

MATTIUCCI S., PAOLETTI M., WEBB S.C., SARDELLA N., TIMI J.T., BERLAND B. & NASCETTI G. Genetic relationships among species of Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 and Phocascaris Höst, 1932 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from pinnipeds inferred from mitochondrial cox2 sequences, and congruence with allozyme data.

SITJA-BOBADILLA A. Fish immune response to Myxozoan parasites.

DEZFULI B.S., LUI A., BOLDRINI P., PIRONI F. & GIARI L. The inflammatory response of fish to helminth parasites.

SURES B. Environmental parasitology. Interactions between parasites and pollutants in the aquatic environment.

Population genetic structure and molecular epidemiology

CRISCIONE C.D. Parasite co-structure: broad and local scale approaches.

MCCOY K.D. The population genetic structure of vectors and our understanding of disease epidemiology.

GIRAUD T., ENJALBERT J., FOURNIER E., DELMOTTE F. & DUTECH C. Population genetics of fungal diseases of plants.

PRUGNOLLE F. & DE MEEUS T. The impact of clonality on parasite population genetic structure.

Innovative epidemiology

GRACZYK T.K. & CONN D.B. Molecular markers and sentinel organisms for environmental monitoring.

DANSON F.M., ARMITAGE R.P. & MARSTON C.G. Spatial and temporal modelling for parasite transmission studies and risk assessment.

GIRAUDOUX P., RAOUL F., PLEYDELL D. & CRAIG P.S. Multidisciplinary studies, systems approaches and parasite eco-epidemiology: something old, something new.

HEINZMANN D. & TORGERSON P.R. Evaluating parasite densities and estimation of parameters in transmission systems.

Innovative strategies in diagnosis

BERRY A., BENOIT-VICAL F., FABRE R., CASSAING S. & MAGNAVAL J.F. PCR-based methods to the diagnosis of imported malaria.

Ethical, historical and epistemological issues in parasitology

BOURY D. & DEI-CAS E. Current bioethical issues in parasitology.

DELAPORTE F. Manson's triple error.

CABARET J. & DENEGRI G. The scientific research programmes of Lakatos and applications in parasitology.

Innovative prevention and therapeutic strategies

CABARET J. Pro and cons of targeted selective treatment against digestive-tract strongyles of ruminants.

BOUSSINESQ M. Onchocerciasis control: biological research is still needed.

TUIKUE NDAM N. & DELORON P. Towards a vaccine against pregnancy-associated malaria.

CROFT S.L. Kinetoplastida: new therapeutic strategies.