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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and variables associated with seropositivity in donkeys in eastern China 66

Qing-Feng Meng, Dan Li, Gui-Zhe Yao, Yang Zou, Wei Cong and Xiao-Feng Shan

Published online: 11 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018066

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Ultrastructure of mature spermatozoa of three Bucephalidae (Prosorhynchus longisaccatus, Rhipidocotyle khalili and Bucephalus margaritae) and phylogenetic implications 65

Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Bernard Marchand, Cheikh Tidiane Bâ, Jean-Lou Justine, Rodney A. Bray and Yann Quilichini

Published online: 07 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018065

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Six new dactylogyrid species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei, Cichliformes) from the Lower Congo Basin 64

Michiel W.P. Jorissen, Antoine Pariselle, Tine Huyse, Emmanuel J. Vreven, Jos Snoeks, Eva Decru, Thomas Kusters, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Fidel Muterezi Bukinga, Tom Artois and Maarten P.M. Vanhove

Published online: 07 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018059

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Treatment of canine sarcoptic mange with afoxolaner (NexGard^®) and afoxolaner plus milbemycin oxime (NexGard Spectra^®) chewable tablets: efficacy under field conditions in Portugal and Germany 63

Verena Hampel, Martin Knaus, Jürgen Schäfer, Frederic Beugnet and Steffen Rehbein

Published online: 05 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018064

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Recombinant α- and β-tubulin from Echinococcus granulosus: expression, purification and polymerization 62

Congshan Liu, Jiaqing Yao, Jianhai Yin, Jian Xue and Haobing Zhang

Published online: 05 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018063

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Identification and partial characterization of a novel serpin from Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea) 61

Pavel Roudnický, Jiří Vorel, Jana Ilgová, Michal Benovics, Adam Norek, Lucie Jedličková, Libor Mikeš, David Potěšil, Zbyněk Zdráhal, Jan Dvořák et al. (2 more)

Published online: 05 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018062

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Molecular characterization and protective efficacy of the microneme 2 protein from Eimeria tenella 60

Ming Yan, Xiaoxia Cui, Qiping Zhao, Shunhai Zhu, Bing Huang, Lu Wang, Huanzhi Zhao, Guiling Liu, Zhihang Li, Hongyu Han and Hui Dong

Published online: 26 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018061

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Molecular characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi samples derived from Triatoma vitticeps and Panstrongylus geniculatus of the Atlantic rainforest, southeast Brazil 59

Maria Augusta Dario, Tassiane Emanuelle Servare Andrade, Claudiney Biral dos Santos, Blima Fux, Adeilton Alves Brandão and Aloísio Falqueto

Published online: 26 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018060

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A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water 58

Susumu Ohtsuka, Jun Nishikawa and Geoffrey A. Boxshall

Published online: 26 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018057

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Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto: silencing of thioredoxin peroxidase impairs the differentiation of protoscoleces into metacestodes 57

Hui Wang, Jun Li, Chuanshan Zhang, Baoping Guo, Qin Wei, Liang Li, Ning Yang, Donald Peter McManus, Xiaoli Gao, Wenbao Zhang and Hao Wen

Published online: 26 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018055

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Redescription of the Siamese shield leech Placobdelloides siamensis with new host species and geographic range 56

Krittiya Chiangkul, Poramad Trivalairat and Watchariya Purivirojkul

Published online: 26 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018056

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New species of Paracolpenteron n. gen. and Ancyrocephalus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) inhabiting the urinary bladder and gills of the Maya needlefish Strongylura hubbsi (Beloniformes, Belonidae) from Chiapas, Mexico 55

Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, Juan M. Caspeta-Mandujano and Carlos Ramírez-Martínez

Published online: 16 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018053

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Effectiveness of the new integrated strategy to control the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis 54

Chunyan Qian, Yuefeng Zhang, Xinyan Zhang, Chao Yuan, Zhichao Gao, Hong Yuan and Jiang Zhong

Published online: 16 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018058

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Metazoan parasite communities of two deep-sea elasmobranchs: the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, and the largenose catshark, Apristurus nasutus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean 53

Juan F. Espínola-Novelo, Rubén Escribano and Marcelo E. Oliva

Published online: 20 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018054

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First report on the sero-epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in German roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) 52

Mike Heddergott, Peter Steinbach, Daniel Pohl and Alain C. Frantz

Published online: 25 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018052

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Three new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with a key to species of Cucullanus from Anguilliformes 51

František Moravec and Jean-Lou Justine

Published online: 20 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018050

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Morphological and molecular characterization of Onchocerca fasciata (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) from dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Iran 50

Mohammad Mirzaei, Younes Ghahvei, Emilie Lefoulon, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Domenico Otranto, Coralie Martin and Alireza Sazmand

Published online: 20 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018045

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Taenia solium cysticercosis in West Africa: status update 49

Jihen Melki, Eugène Koffi, Marcel Boka, André Touré, Man-Koumba Soumahoro and Ronan Jambou

Published online: 18 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018048

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Comparison of three commercial multiplex PCR assays for the diagnosis of intestinal protozoa 48

Brice Autier, Sorya Belaz, Romy Razakandrainibe, Jean-Pierre Gangneux and Florence Robert-Gangneux

Published online: 18 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018049

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The description of two new species of Chloromyxum from skates in the Argentine Sea reveals that a limited geographic host distribution causes phylogenetic lineage separation of myxozoans in Chondrichthyes 47

Delfina María Paula Cantatore, Manuel Marcial Irigoitia, Astrid Sibylle Holzer, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Hana Pecková, Ivan Fiala and Juan Tomás Timi

Published online: 12 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018051

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Paradiplozoon yunnanensis n. sp. (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) from Sikukia gudgeri (Cyprinidae, Barbinae) in southwest China 46

Li-xian Fan, Fei-yan Meng, Jun-ping Bai, Wei-jiang Xu and Xu Wang

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018047

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Occurrence and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium in pre-weaned dairy calves in central Sichuan province, China 45

Zhijun Zhong, Jiaming Dan, Guangwen Yan, Rui Tu, Yinan Tian, Suizhong Cao, Liuhong Shen, Junliang Deng, Shumin Yu, Yi Geng et al. (4 more)

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018046

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Prevalence of Sodalis glossinidius and different trypanosome species in Glossina palpalis palpalis caught in the Fontem sleeping sickness focus of the southern Cameroon 44

Sartrien Kanté Tagueu, Oumarou Farikou, Flobert Njiokou and Gustave Simo

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018044

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Molecular survey of coccidian infections of the side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana on San Benito Oeste Island, Mexico 43

Petra Quillfeldt, Tanja Romeike, Juan F. Masello, Gerald Reiner, Hermann Willems and Yuliana Bedolla-Guzmán

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018043

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Efficacy of Interceptor^® G2, a new long-lasting insecticidal net against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae s.s. from Côte d’Ivoire: a semi-field trial 42

Soromane Camara, Ludovic Phamien Ahoua Alou, Alphonsine Amanan Koffi, Yao Cyntia Muriel Clegban, Jean-Paul Kabran, Fernand Mathieu Koffi, Kouakou Koffi and Cédric Pennetier

Published online: 08 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018042

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Human anisakiasis in Italy: a retrospective epidemiological study over two decades 41

Lisa Guardone, Andrea Armani, Daniele Nucera, Francesco Costanzo, Simonetta Mattiucci and Fabrizio Bruschi

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018034

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Blood meal identification in the cryptic species Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii using MALDI-TOF MS 40

Fatalmoudou Tandina, Maureen Laroche, Bernard Davoust, Ogobara K Doumbo and Philippe Parola

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018041

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Rasheedia n. nom. (Nematoda, Physalopteridae) for Bulbocephalus Rasheed, 1966 (a homonym of Bulbocephalus Watson, 1916), with description of Rasheedia heptacanthi n. sp. and R. novaecaledoniensis n. sp. from perciform fishes off New Caledonia 39

František Moravec and Jean-Lou Justine

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018033

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Sicuophora (Syn. Wichtermania) multigranularis from Quasipaa spinosa (Anura): morphological and molecular study, with emphasis on validity of Sicuophora (Armophorea, Clevelandellida) 38

Can Li, Weishan Zhao, Dong Zhang, Runqiu Wang, Guitang Wang, Hong Zou, Wenxiang Li, Shangong Wu and Ming Li

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018035

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Immunization with plasmid DNA expressing Heat Shock Protein 40 confers prophylactic protection against chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection in Kunming mice 37

Zhong-Yuan Li, Jing Lu, Nian-Zhang Zhang, Hany M. Elsheikha, Jun-Ling Hou, Hai-Ting Guo and Xing-Quan Zhu

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018040

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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in blood donors in mainland China: a systematic review and meta-analysis 36

Taiwu Wang, Yifang Han, Zuanqin Pan, Hengzhong Wang, Meng Yuan and Hong Lin

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018037

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Descriptions of acanthocephalans, Cathayacanthus spinitruncatus (Rhadinorhynchidae) male and Pararhadinorhynchus magnus n. sp. (Diplosentidae), from marine fish of Vietnam, with notes on Heterosentis holospinus (Arhythmacanthidae) 35

Nguyen Van Ha, Omar M. Amin, Ha Duy Ngo and Richard A. Heckmann

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018032

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Molecular characterization and new genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in minks (Neovison vison) in China 34

Wei Cong, Si-Yuan Qin and Qing-Feng Meng

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018038

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High-dose ivermectin in malaria and other parasitic diseases: a new step in the development of a neglected drug 33

Olivier Chosidow, Charlotte Bernigaud and Giao Do-Pham

Published online: 16 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018039

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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa 32

Carine Brouat, Christophe Amidi Diagne, Khadija Ismaïl, Abdelkrim Aroussi, Ambroise Dalecky, Khalilou Bâ, Mamadou Kane, Youssoupha Niang, Mamoudou Diallo, Aliou Sow et al. (4 more)

Published online: 16 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018036

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Analysis of Dipylidium caninum tapeworms from dogs and cats, or their respective fleas - Part 2. Distinct canine and feline host association with two different Dipylidium caninum genotypes 31

Frédéric Beugnet, Michel Labuschagne, Christa de Vos, Dionne Crafford and Josephus Fourie

Published online: 28 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018029

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Analysis of Dipylidium caninum tapeworms from dogs and cats, or their respective fleas - Part 1. Molecular characterization of Dipylidium caninum: genetic analysis supporting two distinct species adapted to dogs and cats 30

Michel Labuschagne, Frédéric Beugnet, Steffen Rehbein, Jacques Guillot, Josephus Fourie and Dionne Crafford

Published online: 28 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018028

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Balantidium grimi n. sp. (Ciliophora, Litostomatea), a new species inhabiting the rectum of the frog Quasipaa spinosa from Lishui, China 29

Weishan Zhao, Can Li, Dong Zhang, Runqiu Wang, Yingzhen Zheng, Hong Zou, Wenxiang Li, Shangong Wu, Guitang Wang and Ming Li

Published online: 28 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018031

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The Golden jackal (Canis aureus) as an indicator animal for Trichinella britovi in Iran 28

Aliakbar Shamsian, Edoardo Pozio, Abdolmajid Fata, Zahra Navi and Elham Moghaddas

Published online: 10 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018030

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Molecular identification and characterization of Sarcocystis spp. in horsemeat and beef marketed in Japan 27

Rie Murata, Jun Suzuki, Ayako Hyuga, Takayuki Shinkai and Kenji Sadamasu

Published online: 08 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018026

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Metallopeptidases of Toxoplasma gondii: in silico identification and gene expression 26

Sandie Escotte-Binet, Antoine Huguenin, Dominique Aubert, Anne-Pascaline Martin, Matthieu Kaltenbach, Isabelle Florent and Isabelle Villena

Published online: 08 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018025

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Cystic echinococcosis in a domestic cat (Felis catus) in Italy 25

Piero Bonelli, Gabriella Masu, Silvia Dei Giudici, Davide Pintus, Angela Peruzzu, Toni Piseddu, Cinzia Santucciu, Assunta Cossu, Nicola Demurtas and Giovanna Masala

Published online: 04 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018027

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Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies: A sword of Damocles in the path toward malaria elimination 24

Manel Ouji, Jean-Michel Augereau, Lucie Paloque and Françoise Benoit-Vical

Published online: 20 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018021

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A national retrospective survey of anisakidosis in France (2010-2014): decreasing incidence, female predominance, and emerging allergic potential 23

Hélène Yera, Émilie Fréalle, Emmanuel Dutoit and Jean Dupouy-Camet

Published online: 11 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018016

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Angiostrongylus costaricensis infection in Martinique, Lesser Antilles, from 2000 to 2017 22

Céline Dard, Duc Nguyen, Charline Miossec, Katia de Meuron, Dorothée Harrois, Loïc Epelboin, André Cabié and Nicole Desbois-Nogard