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• Parasites on the defensive

  Author:Bernard DixonFrom:British Medical Journal (Vol. 308, Issue 6938) Peer-Reviewed

  May 7, 1994495 words Column Ascaris worms inhabit the small intestine of humans and domestic animals. It's an environment rich, both quantitatively and qualitatively, in bacteria so we would expect these parasitic nematodes to have developed...

• Full Toxicity Assessment of Genkwa Flos and the Underlying Mechanism in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

  Authors:Yan Qiao, Yunli Zhao, Qiuli Wu, Lingmei Sun, Qinli Ruan, Yanyan Chen, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 13, 20147,443 words Article 1320LAuthor(s): Yan Qiao 1,2, Yunli Zhao 2, Qiuli Wu 2, Lingmei Sun 2, Qinli Ruan 1, Yanyan Chen 1, Meng Wang 1,*, Jinao Duan 1,*, Dayong Wang 2,* Introduction Genkwa Flos (GF), the dried flower bud from Daphne genkwa...

• An unusual presentation of lacrimal gland dirofilariasis

  Authors:Amit Sethi, Vani Puri, and Natasha DograFrom:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 65, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20171,480 words Article 1240LByline: Amit. Sethi, Vani. Puri, Natasha. Dogra Dirofilariasis is a helminthic infection caused by filarial parasite of the genus Dirofilaria. It is a common zoonotic disease mostly affecting canines and uncommon in...

• Evaluation of Environmental Safety Concentrations of DMSA Coated Fe.sub.2O.sub.3-NPs Using Different Assay Systems in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

  Authors:Qiuli Wu, Yiping Li, Meng Tang, and Dayong WangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 17, 20127,743 words Article 1680LAuthor(s): Qiuli Wu 1 , Yiping Li 1 , Meng Tang 2 , Dayong Wang 1 , * Introduction Iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) hold immense potential in a vast variety of applications such as magnetic resonance imaging,...

• Nematoda of eleven species of ranid frogs (Anura: Ranidae) from Southeast Asia

  Authors:Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, and L. Lee GrismerFrom:Pacific Science (Vol. 71, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20173,347 words Report 1240LAbstract: Eleven species of ranid frogs (N= 42) from Southeast Asia were examined for gastrointestinal helminths: Amolops torrentis, Chalcorana labialis, Hylarana erythraea, Hylarana taipehensis, Indosylvirana milleti,...

• Interspecific variation in climbing by gastropods: implications for transmission of parelaphostrongylus tenuis

  Authors:Karen D. McCoy and Thomas D. NuddsFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 137, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19973,649 words Article Most studies of the gastropod intermediate hosts of the nematode parasite Parelaphostrongylus tenuis used cardboard placed on the ground to collect host specimens. We examined interspecific variation in climbing behavior...

• Bergmann size clines: a simple explanation for their occurrence in ectotherms

  Author:Wayne A. Van VoorhiesFrom:Evolution (Vol. 50, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19964,275 words Article Bergmann's rule suggests that body size within a species increases with increasing distance from the equator. The general observation for this trend is referred to as a Bergamnn size cline. Numerous studies have...

• Effects of Parasitism and Morphology on Squirrelpox Virus Seroprevalence in Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

  Authors:Natasha E. McGowan, Nikki J. Marks, Colin J. McInnes, David Deane, Aaron G. Maule, and Michael ScantleburyFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 8, 20145,580 words Article 1480LAuthor(s): Natasha E. McGowan 1, Nikki J. Marks 1, Colin J. McInnes 2, David Deane 2, Aaron G. Maule 1, Michael Scantlebury 1,* Introduction There is a strong link between infectious disease and biodiversity...

• Diversity of nematomorph and cohabiting nematode parasites in riparian ecosystems around the Kii Peninsula, Japan

  Authors:Takuya Sato, Katsutoshi Watanabe, Satoshi Tamotsu, Akihiko Ichikawa, and Andreas Schmidt-RhaesaFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 90, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20125,458 words Report 1440LNematomorph parasites manipulate terrestrial invertebrate hosts to seek out and enter streams, thereby deriving substantial energy subsidies to stream salmonids. Despite this potential ecological role of nematomorphs,...

• Susceptibility of Caenorhabditis elegans to Burkholderia Infection Depends on Prior Diet and Secreted Bacterial Attractants

  Authors:Vaughn S. Cooper, Wendy A. Carlson, and John J. LiPumaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 4, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 23, 20097,419 words Article 1550LAuthor(s): Vaughn S. Cooper 1,*, Wendy A. Carlson 1, John J. LiPuma 2 Introduction To understand why only some bacteria are prone to cause disease, it is important to study how they interact with the organisms...

• Commentary: Seeing a worm in the eye - Is it enough?

  Author:Jyotirmay BiswasFrom:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 67, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20191,026 words Report 1250LByline: Jyotirmay. Biswas In this issue of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, authors reported a case of Dirofilaria repens removed from the vitreous cavity of a 53-year-old male from Kerala by digitally assisted...

• Human intraocular filariasis caused by Dirofilaria sp. Nematode, Brazil

  Authors:Domenico Otranto, Daniel G. Diniz, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Maurizio Casiraghi, Izabela N.F. de Almeida, Luciana N.F. de Almeida, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 17, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20111,809 words Report 1360LA case of human intraocular dirofilariasis is reported from northern Brazil. The nematode was morphologically and phylogenetically related to Dirofilaria immitis but distinct from reference sequences, including those of...

• New evidence for the antiquity of the intestinal parasite Trichuris (whipworm) in Europe

  Author:Petra DarkFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 78, Issue 301) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20042,842 words Article The whipworm, Trichuris trichiura L., is one of the most common human intestinal parasites worldwide, yet little is known of its origin and global spread. Archaeological records for this nematode have all been of...

• A broad mutational target explains a fast rate of phenotypic evolution.

  Authors:Fabrice Besnard, Joao Picao-Osorio, Clément Dubois, and Marie-Anne FélixFrom:eLife (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 27, 202020,805 words Article 1480LThe rapid evolution of a trait in a clade of organisms can be explained by the sustained action of natural selection or by a high mutational variance, that is the propensity to change under spontaneous mutation. The...

• A Comparative Study of Fat Storage Quantitation in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Using Label and Label-Free Methods

  Authors:Kelvin Yen, Thuc T. Le, Ankita Bansal, Sri Devi Narasimhan, Ji-Xin Cheng, and Heidi A. TissenbaumFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 16, 20107,997 words Article 1610LThe nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been employed as a model organism to study human obesity due to the conservation of the pathways that regulate energy metabolism. To assay for fat storage in C. elegans, a number...

• Molecular Time-Course and the Metabolic Basis of Entry into Dauer in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Authors:Pan-Young Jeong, Min-Seok Kwon, Hyoe-Jin Joo, and Young-Ki PaikFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 8, 20097,761 words Article 1580LWhen Caenorhabditis elegans senses dauer pheromone (daumone), signaling inadequate growth conditions, it enters the dauer state, which is capable of long-term survival. However, the molecular pathway of dauer entry in...

• First Insights into the Genetic Diversity of the Pinewood Nematode in Its Native Area Using New Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci

  Authors:Sophie Mallez, Chantal Castagnone, Margarida Espada, Paulo Vieira, Jonathan D. Eisenback, Manuel Mota, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 15, 20136,498 words Article 1510LThe pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, native to North America, is the causative agent of pine wilt disease and among the most important invasive forest pests in the East-Asian countries, such as Japan and...

• Root Transcriptome Analysis of Wild Peanut Reveals Candidate Genes for Nematode Resistance

  Authors:Patricia M. Guimaraes, Larissa A. Guimaraes, Carolina V. Morgante, Orzenil B. Silva, Ana Claudia G. Araujo, Andressa C. Q. Martins, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 21, 201510,619 words Report 1720LWild peanut relatives (Arachis spp.) are genetically diverse and were adapted to a range of environments during the evolution course, constituting an important source of allele diversity for resistance to biotic and...

• Sex Differences in Carbohydrate Metabolism Are Linked to Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Authors:Claudia Miersch and Frank DoringFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 11, 20129,115 words Article 1430LThe male and the hermaphrodite forms of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) differ markedly in anatomy, nervous system and behavior at adulthood. Using the male mutants fog-2, him-5, and him-8, we compared...

• Mitochondrial Genome Supports Sibling Species of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae)

  Authors:Hoi-Sen Yong, Sze-Looi Song, Praphathip Eamsobhana, Share-Yuan Goh, Phaik-Eem Lim, Wan-Loo Chow, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 31, 20154,692 words Article 1430LAngiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode that causes abdominal or intestinal angiostrongyliasis in humans. It is endemic to the Americas. Although the mitochondrial genome of the Brazil taxon has...