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🧪 Trypanosoma evansi infection in Tunisia: current situation
Infection à Trypanosoma evansi en Tunisie : situation actuelle
مرض الدباب (الجُفَار) في تونس: الوضع الراهن
doi.org/10.1051/para...
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🧪 Trypanosoma evansi infection in Tunisia: current situation
Infection à Trypanosoma evansi en Tunisie : situation actuelle
مرض الدباب (الجُفَار) في تونس: الوضع الراهن
doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 4d
They began as aquarium pets. Now they swim free — and share parasites with wild crustaceans.
This new study uncovers a seasonal exchange of microsporidian infections between native and non-native hosts.
🧪🦀🦠 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 4d
They began as aquarium pets. Now they swim free — and share parasites with wild crustaceans.
This new study uncovers a seasonal exchange of microsporidian infections between native and non-native hosts.
🧪🦀🦠 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 4d
مرض الدباب (الجُفَار) في تونس: الوضع الراهن

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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 4d
New paper today: 🧪
Trypanosoma evansi infection in Tunisia: current situation
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Dromedaries in Tataouine, South Tunisia around a drinking source. Note the presence of small “islands” of humidity and organic matter from animal faeces, representing a suitable microhabitat for the development of larvae of different blood-sucking flies.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 4d
مرض الدباب (الجُفَار) في تونس: الوضع الراهن

🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Giuliano Cecchi @giulianocecchi.bsky.social · 4d
#ReadingNow | New paper on vector-borne animal #trypanosomosis in #Tunisia

#YearOfCamelids

📑 Read paper: doi.org/10.1051/para...
👉 COMBAT project: doi.org/10.12688/ope...
👉 DIMCAT project: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
🗺️ Tsetse atlas: doi.org/10.4060/cd20...

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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 4d
New paper today: 🧪
Trypanosoma evansi infection in Tunisia: current situation
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Dromedaries in Tataouine, South Tunisia around a drinking source. Note the presence of small “islands” of humidity and organic matter from animal faeces, representing a suitable microhabitat for the development of larvae of different blood-sucking flies.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 7d
Canine ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne disease with zoonotic potential, is hard to diagnose. A new rapid ELISA test shows high accuracy in detecting Ehrlichia canis antibodies in dogs—helping vets catch infections earlier. 🧪
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Example of IFAT-negative result obtained on a negative sample observed at 100× by using the IFAT kit FLUO Ehrlichia canis (Agrolabo S.p.A.). Example of IFAT-positive result obtained on a positive sample observed at 100× by using the IFAT kit FLUO Ehrlichia canis (Agrolabo S.p.A.).
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 7d
🧪 Sheep babesiosis, caused by Babesia ovis, can pass from mother tick to offspring. Experiments show transmission persists for 4 tick generations—still causing severe disease. Key step for vaccine/pathogenesis research.
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Schematic representation of the first two generations (F0–F1) in the experimental transovarial transmission of B. ovis by R. bursa. The process led to the development of F2 larvae infected only with B. ovis, and the generation of virulent B. ovis (Alacakaya) stabilate.
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Plasmodium cynomolgi, a malaria parasite that infects both humans and macaques in SE Asia, shows gene changes but antifolate drugs may still work.
Monitoring is key to track emerging resistance.🧪
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(A) The homologous PcyDHFR protein structure of wild-type (light grey), human (pale cyan), and macaque (pale green) were aligned and shown in a ribbon structure. The mutations in protein were highlighted in the navy and red spheres for human and macaque samples, respectively. (B) Superimposition of four shared mutations between human and macaque P. cynomolgi. (C) The mutations in disordered protein residues from macaque isolates are shown as red ball and stick. Dashed lines represented a two-flexible loop structure, which is not well defined in the PvDHFR template crystal structure [15], and seven amino acid insertions in a sequence of PcyDHFR protein.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 7d
🧪 Sheep babesiosis, caused by Babesia ovis, can pass from mother tick to offspring. Experiments show transmission persists for 4 tick generations—still causing severe disease. Key step for vaccine/pathogenesis research.
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Schematic representation of the first two generations (F0–F1) in the experimental transovarial transmission of B. ovis by R. bursa. The process led to the development of F2 larvae infected only with B. ovis, and the generation of virulent B. ovis (Alacakaya) stabilate.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 7d
Canine ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne disease with zoonotic potential, is hard to diagnose. A new rapid ELISA test shows high accuracy in detecting Ehrlichia canis antibodies in dogs—helping vets catch infections earlier. 🧪
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Example of IFAT-negative result obtained on a negative sample observed at 100× by using the IFAT kit FLUO Ehrlichia canis (Agrolabo S.p.A.). Example of IFAT-positive result obtained on a positive sample observed at 100× by using the IFAT kit FLUO Ehrlichia canis (Agrolabo S.p.A.).
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 7d
Plasmodium cynomolgi, a malaria parasite that infects both humans and macaques in SE Asia, shows gene changes but antifolate drugs may still work.
Monitoring is key to track emerging resistance.🧪
doi.org/10.1051/para...
(A) The homologous PcyDHFR protein structure of wild-type (light grey), human (pale cyan), and macaque (pale green) were aligned and shown in a ribbon structure. The mutations in protein were highlighted in the navy and red spheres for human and macaque samples, respectively. (B) Superimposition of four shared mutations between human and macaque P. cynomolgi. (C) The mutations in disordered protein residues from macaque isolates are shown as red ball and stick. Dashed lines represented a two-flexible loop structure, which is not well defined in the PvDHFR template crystal structure [15], and seven amino acid insertions in a sequence of PcyDHFR protein.
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Jean-Lou Justine @jean-lou-justine.bsky.social · 7d
Guess what? 🧪 We found parasites inside this invasive land flatworm.
Which ones? You’ll be surprised… Stay tuned!

It will be published in Parasite www.parasite-journal.org
Australoplana sanguinea
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 10d
New paper in press: 🧪
Different patterns of Toxoplasma gondii infection epidemiology in the general population, animal contact workers, and blood donors in southeastern China between 2019 and 2023: a cross-sectional study
Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
Figure 2. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii (IgG) by gender and age in the general population, animal contact workers, and blood donors: (a and b, general population; c and d, animal contact workers; e and f, blood donors)
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 11d
🧪 According to GoogleScholar, this 2013 paper has been cited more than 450 times. Congratulations to the authors!

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘅𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗗𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗲): 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Stomoxys calcitrans.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 11d
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 🧪
Molecular analysis of DHFR and DHPS gene mutations in Plasmodium cynomolgi from humans and macaques in Southeast Asia
doi.org/10.1051/para...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_fascicularis_looking_up_to_the_sky_-_side_view_and_contre-jour_portrait_with_smooth_bokeh.jpg This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. (A) An overlay of the PcyDHPS models of 3 variants: wild-type (light grey), human (light orange), and macaque (pale cyan) isolates. The identified mutations in the study are depicted in a red ball and stick; a small box was zoomed in to view mutations in the region of loop-1. The dashed line indicates loop structures, two long insertion residues in P. cynomolgi, and a disordered PfDHPS template. The bound substrates pABA (yellow) and PtPP (green) are displayed in a ball and stick representation, while the cofactor magnesium is represented by an orange sphere. (B) Schematic protein sequence alignment of PcyDHPS against PfDHPS, which identified the two insertion sites in the PcyDHPS protein sequence (yellow) and disordered PfDHPS template structure (soft red) [2]. A dash indicates a gap in sequence alignment.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 11d
🧪 According to GoogleScholar, this 2013 paper has been cited more than 450 times. Congratulations to the authors!

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘅𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗗𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗲): 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Stomoxys calcitrans.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 11d
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 🧪
Molecular analysis of DHFR and DHPS gene mutations in Plasmodium cynomolgi from humans and macaques in Southeast Asia
doi.org/10.1051/para...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_fascicularis_looking_up_to_the_sky_-_side_view_and_contre-jour_portrait_with_smooth_bokeh.jpg This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. (A) An overlay of the PcyDHPS models of 3 variants: wild-type (light grey), human (light orange), and macaque (pale cyan) isolates. The identified mutations in the study are depicted in a red ball and stick; a small box was zoomed in to view mutations in the region of loop-1. The dashed line indicates loop structures, two long insertion residues in P. cynomolgi, and a disordered PfDHPS template. The bound substrates pABA (yellow) and PtPP (green) are displayed in a ball and stick representation, while the cofactor magnesium is represented by an orange sphere. (B) Schematic protein sequence alignment of PcyDHPS against PfDHPS, which identified the two insertion sites in the PcyDHPS protein sequence (yellow) and disordered PfDHPS template structure (soft red) [2]. A dash indicates a gap in sequence alignment.
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 13d
'A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies – Are those that transmit #Leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★' - a @parasitejournal.bsky.social article published by @edpsciences.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen 📄🔓

#VectorBiology #SandFlies #Parasitology
A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies – Are those that transmit leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★ Translated title: Une revue des infections à Leishmania des phlébotomes américains – Ceux qui transmettent la leishmaniose sont-ils anthropophiles ou anthropoportunistes ?
Understanding why Diptera, such as mosquitoes and sand flies, feed on humans is crucial in defining them as vectors of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, and leishmaniasis.
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 13d
'Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on incidence of gastrointestinal #ProtozoalInfections in Mexico and their association with environmental and socioeconomic risk factors' - an @edpsciences.bsky.social @parasitejournal.bsky.social published article 📄🔓

#COVID19Impact #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases
Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on incidence of gastrointestinal protozoal infections in Mexico and their association with environmental and socioeconomic risk factors Translated title: Impact des restrictions liées à la COVID-19 sur l’incidence des infections gastro-intestinales à protozoaires au Mexique et leur association avec les facteurs de risque environnementaux et socio-économiques
Gastrointestinal infections caused by protozoan parasites remain a significant public health concern worldwide, particularly during the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to severe economic and social crisis that highlighted the inadequacy of healthcare services in many countries.
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 13d
'Isolation of #ToxoplasmaGondii from the placenta of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and potential transplacental transmission of the parasite' - a @parasitejournal.bsky.social article published by @edpsciences.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen 📄🔓

#MarineMammals #Parasitology #OneHealth
Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from the placenta of northern fur seals ( Callorhinus ursinus) and potential transplacental transmission of the parasite Translated title: Isolement de Toxoplasma gondii à partir du placenta d’otaries à fourrure du Nord ( Callorhinus ursinus) et potentielle transmission transplacentaire du parasite
Toxoplasma gondii infects almost all warm-blooded animals, including marine mammals.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14d
Babesia ovis is a tick-transmitted apicomplexan parasite that causes ovine babesiosis. In this new paper, its transovarial transmission was investigated in 4 generations.🧪
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Schematic representation of the first two generations (F0–F1) in the experimental transovarial transmission of B. ovis by R. bursa. The process led to the development of F2 larvae infected only with B. ovis, and the generation of virulent B. ovis (Alacakaya) stabilate. Experimental progression from F2 to F4 generation in the transovarial transmission of B. ovis by R. bursa. F2 larvae were cycled through rabbit and sheep hosts to produce infected adult ticks. Molecular screening of 100 F3 adults confirmed B. ovis infection and the absence of T. ovis. Resulting F4 larvae were successfully generated for subsequent transmission experiments.
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