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Simulating the elimination of sleeping sickness with an agent-based model 63

Pascal Grébaut, Killian Girardin, Valentine Fédérico and François Bousquet

Published online: 23 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016066

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Triloculotrema euzeti n. sp. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the blackspotted smooth-hound Mustelus punctulatus (Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae) from off Tunisia 62

Lobna Boudaya and Lassad Neifar

Published online: 22 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016072

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Host specificity and the structure of helminth parasite communities of fishes in a Neotropical river in Mexico 61

Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado, María Teresa Novelo-Turcotte, Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano, Gabriela Vazquez-Hurtado, Benjamin Quiroz-Martínez, Norman Mercado-Silva and Mario Favila

Published online: 22 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016073

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Polymorphisms in K13, pfcrt, pfmdr1, pfdhfr, and pfdhps in parasites isolated from symptomatic malaria patients in Burkina Faso 60

Anyirékun Fabrice Somé, Hermann Sorgho, Issaka Zongo, Thomas Bazié, Frédéric Nikiéma, Amadé Sawadogo, Moussa Zongo, Yves-Daniel Compaoré and Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo

Published online: 22 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016069

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Relative importance of meteorological and geographical factors in the distribution of Fasciola hepatica infestation in farmed sheep in Qinghai province, China 59

Hongyu Qin, Xiang Gao, Hongbin Wang and Jianhua Xiao

Published online: 21 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016070

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Parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in China 58

Xia-Lin Zheng, Zong-You Huang, Dan Dong, Chun-Hui Guo, Jun Li, Zhen-De Yang, Xiu-Hao Yang and Wen Lu

Published online: 21 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016071

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Assessment of the efficacy of a topical combination of fipronil-permethrin (Frontline Tri-Act^®/Frontect^®) against egg laying and adult emergence of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in dogs 57

Frédéric Beugnet, Lénaïg Halos, Wilfried Lebon and Julian Liebenberg

Published online: 19 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016068

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A description of Echinorhynchus baeri Kostylew, 1928 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from Salmo trutta in Turkey, with notes on synonymy, geographical origins, geological history, molecular profile, and X-ray microanalysis 56

Omar M. Amin, Richard A. Heckmann, R. Paul Evans and Yahya Tepe

Published online: 19 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016067

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The effects of climate factors on scabies. A 14-year population-based study in Taiwan 54

Jui-Ming Liu, Hsiao-Wei Wang, Fung-Wei Chang, Yueh-Ping Liu, Feng-Hsiang Chiu, Yi-Chun Lin, Kuan-Chen Cheng and Ren-Jun Hsu

Published online: 01 December 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016065

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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China 53

Nian Zhang, Shuai Wang, Dong Wang, Chaoying Li, Zhenchao Zhang, Zhijun Yao, Tingting Li, Qing Xie, Shiguo Liu and Haizhu Zhang

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016064

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Subtyping of Cryptosporidium cuniculus and genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in rabbits in two farms in Heilongjiang Province, China 52

Ziyin Yang, Wei Zhao, Yujuan Shen, Weizhe Zhang, Ying Shi, Guangxu Ren, Di Yang, Hong Ling, Fengkun Yang, Aiqin Liu and Jianping Cao

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016063

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A targeted door-to-door strategy for sleeping sickness detection in low-prevalence settings in Côte d’Ivoire 51

Mathurin Koffi, Martial N’Djetchi, Hamidou Ilboudo, Dramane Kaba, Bamoro Coulibaly, Emmanuel N’Gouan, Lingué Kouakou, Bruno Bucheton, Philippe Solano, Fabrice Courtin et al. (2 more)

Published online: 16 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016059

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Studies of Laboulbeniales on Myrmica ants (III): myrmecophilous arthropods as alternative hosts of Rickia wasmannii 50

Walter P. Pfliegler, Ferenc Báthori, Danny Haelewaters and András Tartally

Published online: 16 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016060

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Review of West Nile virus circulation and outbreak risk in Madagascar: Entomological and ornithological perspectives 49

Michaël Luciano Tantely, Steven M. Goodman, Tsirinaina Rakotondranaivo and Sébastien Boyer

Published online: 16 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016058

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First record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii in Slovakia 48

Vit Dvorak, Kristyna Hlavackova, Alica Kocisova and Petr Volf

Published online: 16 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016061

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Ultrastructural study of vitellogenesis and oogenesis of Crepidostomum metoecus (Digenea, Allocreadiidae), intestinal parasite of Salmo trutta (Pisces, Teleostei) 47

Samuel Greani, Yann Quilichini and Bernard Marchand

Published online: 15 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016057

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Current decline in the number and size of Galba truncatula and Omphiscola glabra populations, intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica, on the acidic soils of Central France 46

Gilles Dreyfuss, Philippe Vignoles and Daniel Rondelaud

Published online: 24 October 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016055

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Comparison of Toxoplasma gondii IgG avidity Architect and Vidas assays with the estimated date of infection in pregnant women 45

Aurélie Smets, Thomas Fauchier, Grégory Michel, Pierre Marty and Christelle Pomares

Published online: 20 October 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016056

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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in goats in Hunan province, China 44

Fen Li, Shi-Ping Wang, Chang-Jian Wang, Shi-Cheng He, Xiang Wu and Guo-Hua Liu

Published online: 20 October 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016053

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Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs in Henan province, central China 43

Shuai Wang, Nian Zhang, Zhenchao Zhang, Dong Wang, Zhijun Yao, Haizhu Zhang, Jingbo Ma, Bin Zheng, Hongbin Ren and Shiguo Liu

Published online: 14 October 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016054

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Could the domestic cat play a significant role in the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis? A study based on qPCR analysis of cat feces in a rural area in France 42

Jenny Knapp, Benoît Combes, Gérald Umhang, Soufiane Aknouche and Laurence Millon

Published online: 14 October 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016052

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In vitro inhibitory effects of plant-derived by-products against Cryptosporidium parvum 41

Klaus Teichmann, Maxime Kuliberda, Gerd Schatzmayr, Thomas Pacher, Karin Zitterl-Eglseer, Anja Joachim and Franz Hadacek

Published online: 14 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016050

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Nematode parasites of four species of Carangoides (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in New Caledonian waters, with a description of Philometra dispar n. sp. (Philometridae) 40

František Moravec, Delphine Gey and Jean-Lou Justine

Published online: 12 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016049

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Arrested development of abomasal trichostrongylid nematodes in lambs in a steppe environment (North-Eastern Algeria) 39

Salah Meradi, Jacques Cabaret and Bourhane Bentounsi

Published online: 09 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016048

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The Common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) in metropolitan France. Survey on the attitudes and practices of private- and public-sector professionals 38

Frédéric Jourdain, Pascal Delaunay, Jean-Michel Bérenger, Yvon Perrin and Vincent Robert

Published online: 08 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016038

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Dirofilaria immitis in a child from the Russian Federation 37

Nelli Ignatievna Tumolskaya, Edoardo Pozio, Vera Mikhaylovna Rakova, Valentina Georgievna Supriaga, Vladimir Petrovich Sergiev, Evgeny Nikolaevich Morozov, Lola Farmonovna Morozova, Giovanni Rezza and Serguei Kirillovich Litvinov

Published online: 07 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016037

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Gasterophilus (Diptera, Gasterophilidae) infestation of equids in the Kalamaili Nature Reserve, China 36

Heqing Huang, Boru Zhang, Hongjun Chu, Dong Zhang and Kai Li

Published online: 05 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016036

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Sandflies in an urban area of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in midwest Brazil 35

Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval, Elisa Teruya Oshiro, Andreia Fernandes Brilhante, Vânia Lúcia Brandão Nunes, Geucira Cristaldo, Manoel Sebastião Costa Lima Júnior and Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati

Published online: 05 September 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016035

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Distribution of Plasmodium species on the island of Grande Comore on the basis of DNA extracted from rapid diagnostic tests 34

Nasserdine Papa Mze, Ambroise D. Ahouidi, Cyrille K. Diedhiou, Rahamatou Silai, Mouhamadou Diallo, Daouda Ndiaye, Mbacké Sembene and Souleymane Mboup

Published online: 26 August 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016034

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Diversity of apostome ciliates, Chromidina spp. (Oligohymenophorea, Opalinopsidae), parasites of cephalopods of the Mediterranean Sea 33

Dhikra Souidenne, Isabelle Florent, Marc Dellinger, Jean Lou Justine, Mohamed Salah Romdhane, Hidetaka Furuya and Philippe Grellier

Published online: 17 August 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016033

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Prevalence of malaria, prevention measures, and main clinical features in febrile children admitted to the Franceville Regional Hospital, Gabon 32

Sydney Maghendji-Nzondo, Hermann Nzoughe, Guy Joseph Lemamy, Lady Charlene Kouna, Irene Pegha-Moukandja, Faustin Lekoulou, Bertrand Mbatchi, Fousseyni Toure-Ndouo and Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki

Published online: 05 August 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016032

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Molecular characterization of Wolbachia infection in bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) collected from several localities in France 31

Mohammad Akhoundi, Arnaud Cannet, Céline Loubatier, Jean-Michel Berenger, Arezki Izri, Pierre Marty and Pascal Delaunay

Published online: 05 August 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016031

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Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in 2003 and 2013 in Xinxiang city, Henan province, Central China 30

Shuai Wang, Zhijun Yao, Yichen Hou, Dong Wang, Haizhu Zhang, Jingbo Ma, Luwen Zhang and Shiguo Liu

Published online: 26 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016030

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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by qPCR in the feces of a cat that recently ingested infected prey does not necessarily imply oocyst shedding 29

Marie-Lazarine Poulle, Marie-Amélie Forin-Wiart, Émilie Josse-Dupuis, Isabelle Villena and Dominique Aubert

Published online: 22 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016029

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Lack of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in northwest Benin after 10 years of use of artemisinin-based combination therapy 28

Aurore Ogouyèmi-Hounto, Georgia Damien, Awa Bineta Deme, Nicaise T. Ndam, Constance Assohou, Didier Tchonlin, Atika Mama, Virgile Olivier Hounkpe, Jules Doumitou Moutouama, Franck Remoué et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016028

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Inadequate labeling of pork sausages prepared in Corsica causing a trichinellosis outbreak in France 27

Caroline Ruetsch, Pascal Delaunay, Alexis Armengaud, Françoise Peloux-Petiot, Jean Dupouy-Camet, Isabelle Vallée, Bruno Polack, Pascal Boireau and Pierre Marty

Published online: 17 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016027

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Efficacy of afoxolaner in a clinical field study in dogs naturally infested with Sarcoptes scabiei 26

Frédéric Beugnet, Christa de Vos, Julian Liebenberg, Lénaïg Halos, Diane Larsen and Josephus Fourie

Published online: 17 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016026

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Serological study of Neospora caninum infection in dogs in central China 25

Shuai Wang, Zhijun Yao, Nian Zhang, Dong Wang, Jingbo Ma, Shiguo Liu, Bin Zheng, Bin Zhang, Kuo Liu and Haizhu Zhang

Published online: 17 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016025

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Anthelmintic properties of traditional African and Caribbean medicinal plants: identification of extracts with potent activity against Ascaris suum in vitro 24

Andrew R. Williams, Jens Soelberg and Anna K. Jäger

Published online: 14 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016024

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MicroRNA profiling of the intestinal tissue of Kazakh sheep after experimental Echinococcus granulosus infection, using a high-throughput approach 23

Song Jiang, Xin Li, Xuhai Wang, Qian Ban, Wenqiao Hui and Bin Jia

Published online: 27 May 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016023

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Natural Leishmania (Viannia) spp. infections in phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon region reveal new putative transmission cycles of American cutaneous leishmaniasis 22

Adelson Alcimar Almeida de Souza, Thiago Vasconcelos dos Santos, Yara Lúcia Lins Jennings, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Iorlando da Rocha Barata, Maria das Graças Soares Silva, José Aprígio Nunes Lima, Jeffrey Shaw, Ralph Lainson and Fernando Tobias Silveira

Published online: 27 May 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016022

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Lectin histochemistry of Kudoa septempunctata genotype ST3-infected muscle of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) 21

Jaeyoun Kang, Changnam Park, Yeounghwan Jang, Meejung Ahn and Taekyun Shin

Published online: 11 May 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016021

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An updated checklist of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Madagascar 20

Michaël Luciano Tantely, Gilbert Le Goff, Sébastien Boyer and Didier Fontenille

Published online: 21 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016018

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Efficacy of ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a retrospective analysis 19

Mesut Bulakci, Mehmet Ilhan, Suleyman Bademler, Erdem Yilmaz, Mine Gulluoglu, Adem Bayraktar, Murat Asik and Recep Guloglu

Published online: 21 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016019

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Effects of Kudoa septempunctata genotype ST3 isolate from Korea on ddY suckling mice 18

Yeounghwan Jang, Meejung Ahn, Hyojin Bang and Bongjo Kang

Published online: 11 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016020

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Epitope analysis and protection by a ROP19 DNA vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii 17

Jian Zhou, Lin Wang, Gang Lu, Aihua Zhou, Meiyan Zhu, Qihang Li, Zhilin Wang, Miradel Arken, Ao Wang and Shenyi He

Published online: 07 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016017

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Seasonal changes in infection with trematode species utilizing jellyfish as hosts: evidence of transmission to definitive host fish via medusivory 16

Yusuke Kondo, Susumu Ohtsuka, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Shoma Okada, Nanako O. Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Takeshi Shimazu and Jun Nishikawa

Published online: 07 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016016

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Do advanced glycation end-products play a role in malaria susceptibility? 15

Karim Traoré, Charles Arama, Maurice Médebielle, Ogobara Doumbo and Stéphane Picot

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016015

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Efficacy of oral afoxolaner for the treatment of canine generalised demodicosis 14

Frédéric Beugnet, Lénaïg Halos, Diane Larsen and Christa de Vos

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016014

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Review

Giardia duodenalis genetic assemblages and hosts 13

Martin F. Heyworth

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016013

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Recombinant Toxoplasma gondii phosphoglycerate mutase 2 confers protective immunity against toxoplasmosis in BALB/c mice 12

Hai-Long Wang, Li-Min Wen, Yan-Jiang Pei, Fen Wang, Li-Tian Yin, Ji-Zhong Bai, Rui Guo, Chun-Fang Wang and Guo-Rong Yin

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016012

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Meningoencephalitis due to the amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri in ruminants in Algeria 11

Mohamed Seghir Benterki, Ammar Ayachi, Omar Bennoune, Estelle Régoudis and Michel Pélandakis

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016011

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Sero-epidemiological survey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Tunisia 10

Fares Wasfi, Stuart Dowall, Tayssir Ghabbari, Andrew Bosworth, Mohamed Chakroun, Anitha Varghese, Hanene Tiouiri, Mounir Ben Jemaa, Abir Znazen, Roger Hewson et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016010

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Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana 9

Jessica M. Weirich, François Catzeflis and F. Agustín Jiménez

Published online: 08 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016009

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Two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from groupers (Serranidae) off Tunisia, with a key to Philometra species infecting serranid gonads 8

František Moravec, Amira Chaabane, Jean-Lou Justine and Lassad Neifar

Published online: 08 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016008

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Chewing lice of genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera, Ricinidae) deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, with description of a new species 7

Miroslav Valan, Oldrich Sychra and Ivan Literak

Published online: 22 February 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016007

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A review of the proposed role of neutrophils in rodent amebic liver abscess models 6

Rafael Campos-Rodríguez, Manuel Gutiérrez-Meza, Rosa Adriana Jarillo-Luna, María Elisa Drago-Serrano, Edgar Abarca-Rojano, Javier Ventura-Juárez, Luz María Cárdenas-Jaramillo and Judith Pacheco-Yepez

Published online: 15 February 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016006

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First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa 5

Danny Haelewaters, Ingrid A. Minnaar and Susana Clusella-Trullas

Published online: 09 February 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016005

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DNA vaccination with a gene encoding Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry Protein 17 induces partial protective immunity against lethal challenge in mice 4

Hai-Long Wang, Yu-Jing Wang, Yan-Jiang Pei, Ji-Zhong Bai, Li-Tian Yin, Rui Guo and Guo-Rong Yin

Published online: 03 February 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016004

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Gametocyte clearance dynamics following oral artesunate treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Malian children 3

Abdoulaye A. Djimde, Amelia W. Maiga, Dinkorma Ouologuem, Bakary Fofana, Issaka Sagara, Demba Dembele, Sekou Toure, Kassim Sanogo, Souleymane Dama, Bakary Sidibe and Ogobara K. Doumbo

Published online: 02 February 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016003

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Assessment of the prophylactic speed of kill of Frontline Tri-Act^® against ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus) on dogs 2

Frédéric Beugnet, Lénaïg Halos, Julian Liebenberg and Josephus Fourie

Published online: 21 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016002

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Refractory hypoglycaemia in a dog infected with Trypanosoma congolense 1

Jack-Yves Deschamps, Marc Desquesnes, Laetitia Dorso, Sophie Ravel, Géraldine Bossard, Morgane Charbonneau, Annabelle Garand and Françoise A. Roux

Published online: 21 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016001

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Volume 23 (2016)

Special Issue - ISOPS 9 - International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies

Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS IX), Reims, France, June 28th–July 1st, 2016 E1

Can Sergentomyia (Diptera, Psychodidae) play a role in the transmission of mammal-infecting Leishmania? 55

Simulating the elimination of sleeping sickness with an agent-based model 63

Triloculotrema euzeti n. sp. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the blackspotted smooth-hound Mustelus punctulatus (Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae) from off Tunisia 62

Host specificity and the structure of helminth parasite communities of fishes in a Neotropical river in Mexico 61

Polymorphisms in K13, pfcrt, pfmdr1, pfdhfr, and pfdhps in parasites isolated from symptomatic malaria patients in Burkina Faso 60

Relative importance of meteorological and geographical factors in the distribution of Fasciola hepatica infestation in farmed sheep in Qinghai province, China 59

Parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in China 58

Assessment of the efficacy of a topical combination of fipronil-permethrin (Frontline Tri-Act®/Frontect®) against egg laying and adult emergence of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in dogs 57

A description of Echinorhynchus baeri Kostylew, 1928 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from Salmo trutta in Turkey, with notes on synonymy, geographical origins, geological history, molecular profile, and X-ray microanalysis 56

The effects of climate factors on scabies. A 14-year population-based study in Taiwan 54

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China 53

Subtyping of Cryptosporidium cuniculus and genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in rabbits in two farms in Heilongjiang Province, China 52

A targeted door-to-door strategy for sleeping sickness detection in low-prevalence settings in Côte d’Ivoire 51

Studies of Laboulbeniales on Myrmica ants (III): myrmecophilous arthropods as alternative hosts of Rickia wasmannii 50

Review of West Nile virus circulation and outbreak risk in Madagascar: Entomological and ornithological perspectives 49

First record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii in Slovakia 48

Ultrastructural study of vitellogenesis and oogenesis of Crepidostomum metoecus (Digenea, Allocreadiidae), intestinal parasite of Salmo trutta (Pisces, Teleostei) 47

Current decline in the number and size of Galba truncatula and Omphiscola glabra populations, intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica, on the acidic soils of Central France 46

Comparison of Toxoplasma gondii IgG avidity Architect and Vidas assays with the estimated date of infection in pregnant women 45

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in goats in Hunan province, China 44

Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs in Henan province, central China 43

Could the domestic cat play a significant role in the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis? A study based on qPCR analysis of cat feces in a rural area in France 42

In vitro inhibitory effects of plant-derived by-products against Cryptosporidium parvum 41

Nematode parasites of four species of Carangoides (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in New Caledonian waters, with a description of Philometra dispar n. sp. (Philometridae) 40

Arrested development of abomasal trichostrongylid nematodes in lambs in a steppe environment (North-Eastern Algeria) 39

The Common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) in metropolitan France. Survey on the attitudes and practices of private- and public-sector professionals 38

Dirofilaria immitis in a child from the Russian Federation 37

Gasterophilus (Diptera, Gasterophilidae) infestation of equids in the Kalamaili Nature Reserve, China 36

Sandflies in an urban area of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in midwest Brazil 35

Distribution of Plasmodium species on the island of Grande Comore on the basis of DNA extracted from rapid diagnostic tests 34

Diversity of apostome ciliates, Chromidina spp. (Oligohymenophorea, Opalinopsidae), parasites of cephalopods of the Mediterranean Sea 33

Prevalence of malaria, prevention measures, and main clinical features in febrile children admitted to the Franceville Regional Hospital, Gabon 32

Molecular characterization of Wolbachia infection in bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) collected from several localities in France 31

Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in 2003 and 2013 in Xinxiang city, Henan province, Central China 30

Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by qPCR in the feces of a cat that recently ingested infected prey does not necessarily imply oocyst shedding 29

Lack of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in northwest Benin after 10 years of use of artemisinin-based combination therapy 28

Inadequate labeling of pork sausages prepared in Corsica causing a trichinellosis outbreak in France 27

Efficacy of afoxolaner in a clinical field study in dogs naturally infested with Sarcoptes scabiei 26

Serological study of Neospora caninum infection in dogs in central China 25

Anthelmintic properties of traditional African and Caribbean medicinal plants: identification of extracts with potent activity against Ascaris suum in vitro 24

MicroRNA profiling of the intestinal tissue of Kazakh sheep after experimental Echinococcus granulosus infection, using a high-throughput approach 23

Natural Leishmania (Viannia) spp. infections in phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon region reveal new putative transmission cycles of American cutaneous leishmaniasis 22

Lectin histochemistry of Kudoa septempunctata genotype ST3-infected muscle of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) 21

An updated checklist of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Madagascar 20

Efficacy of ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a retrospective analysis 19

Effects of Kudoa septempunctata genotype ST3 isolate from Korea on ddY suckling mice 18

Epitope analysis and protection by a ROP19 DNA vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii 17

Seasonal changes in infection with trematode species utilizing jellyfish as hosts: evidence of transmission to definitive host fish via medusivory 16

Do advanced glycation end-products play a role in malaria susceptibility? 15

Efficacy of oral afoxolaner for the treatment of canine generalised demodicosis 14

Giardia duodenalis genetic assemblages and hosts 13

Recombinant Toxoplasma gondii phosphoglycerate mutase 2 confers protective immunity against toxoplasmosis in BALB/c mice 12

Meningoencephalitis due to the amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri in ruminants in Algeria 11

Sero-epidemiological survey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Tunisia 10

Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana 9

Two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from groupers (Serranidae) off Tunisia, with a key to Philometra species infecting serranid gonads 8

Chewing lice of genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera, Ricinidae) deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, with description of a new species 7

A review of the proposed role of neutrophils in rodent amebic liver abscess models 6

First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa 5

DNA vaccination with a gene encoding Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry Protein 17 induces partial protective immunity against lethal challenge in mice 4

Gametocyte clearance dynamics following oral artesunate treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Malian children 3

Assessment of the prophylactic speed of kill of Frontline Tri-Act® against ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus) on dogs 2

Refractory hypoglycaemia in a dog infected with Trypanosoma congolense 1

Assessment of the efficacy of a topical combination of fipronil-permethrin (Frontline Tri-Act^®/Frontect^®) against egg laying and adult emergence of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in dogs 57

Assessment of the prophylactic speed of kill of Frontline Tri-Act^® against ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus) on dogs 2