Nowadays, parasitology is facing a number of crucial challenges, including the urgent request
of effective control tools against arthropod vectors of medical and veterinary importance.
Ticks transmit at least the same am...
Objective: To assess the oxidative stress and antioxidant defense system in the skeletal muscle
of male albino rats subjected to strenuous exercise programme. Methods: Wistar strain albino
rats were subjected to exhausti...
Objective: To carry out a comparative study of the mouthparts and the diet of eight isopod fish
parasites. Methods: A description of the mouthparts, together with their diet nature, was derived
both by direct observation...
Objective: To assess the diagnostic performance in human stool samples of a rapid, qualitative,
solid-phase immunochromatographic test (AlereĀ®) originally developed to detect Giardia
duodenalis antigens in fecal samples...
Tools to fiht ticks: A never-ending story? News from the front of green acaricides and photosensitizers
Nowadays, parasitology is facing a number of crucial challenges, including the urgent request of effective control tools against arthropod vectors of medical and veterinary importance. Ticks transmit at least the same am...
Intense and exhaustive exercise induce oxidative stress in skeletal muscle
Objective: To assess the oxidative stress and antioxidant defense system in the skeletal muscle of male albino rats subjected to strenuous exercise programme. Methods: Wistar strain albino rats were subjected to exhausti...
Acute hypokalemic quadriparesis in dengue illness
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Study of the functional morphology of mouthparts of parasitic isopods of marine fishes
Objective: To carry out a comparative study of the mouthparts and the diet of eight isopod fish parasites. Methods: A description of the mouthparts, together with their diet nature, was derived both by direct observation...
Are species-specifi antigen detection tests needed in the diagnosis of Giardia duodenalis infection?
Objective: To assess the diagnostic performance in human stool samples of a rapid, qualitative, solid-phase immunochromatographic test (AlereĀ®) originally developed to detect Giardia duodenalis antigens in fecal samples...