Parasitology Research - Editor Highlights
Parasitology Research publishes outstanding research to highlight advances in the field. Our Editors would like to share a selection of recent article highlights.
Managing host-parasite interactions in humans and wildlife in times of global change
Konstans Wells & Robin Flynn
Zoonotic giardiasis: an update
Weilong Cai, Una Ryan, Lihua Xiao & Yaoyu Feng
Short tail stories: the hirudin-like factors HLF6 and HLF7 of the Asian medicinal leech, Hirudinaria manillensis
Christian Müller, Chantal Eickelmann, Dana Sponholz & Jan-Peter Hildebrandt
The role of Acanthamoeba spp. in biofilm communities: a systematic review
Larissa Fagundes Pinto, Brenda Nazaré Gomes Andriolo, Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima & Denise Freitas
Molecular detection of Wolbachia endosymbiont in reptiles and their ectoparasites
Ranju Ravindran Santhakumari Manoj, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan & Domenico Otranto
Molecular detection of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in school children at the Thai-Myanmar border
Chantira Sutthikornchai, Supaluk Popruk, Aongart Mahittikorn, Dumrongkiet Arthan, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Chirawat Paratthakonkun, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xiao
Genetic diversity and transmission patterns of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto among domestic ungulates of Sardinia, Italy
Naunain Mehmood, Giorgia Dessì, Fahad Ahmed, Gaelle Joanny, Claudia Tamponi, Maria Grazia Cappai, Antonio Varcasia & Antonio Scala
Parasite counts or parasite incidences? Testing differences with four analyses of infracommunity modelling for seven parasite–host associations
Boris R. Krasnov, Andrea Spickett, Kerstin Junker, Sergei V. Bugmyrin, Evgeny P. Ieshko, Lubov A. Bespyatova, Michal Stanko, Irina S. Khokhlova & Sonja Matthee
Haematological and biochemical abnormalities in hunting dogs infected with Acanthocheilonema reconditum, associated risk factors, and a European overview
Laura Pacifico, Nicola Ferrari, Claudia Romeo, Francesco Buono, Paolo Varuzza, Giovanni Sgroi, Benedetto Neola, Jesse Buch, Melissa Beall, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Vincenzo Veneziano & Diego Piantedosi
Trematodes coupled with neonicotinoids: effects on blood cell profiles of a model amphibian
M.J. Gavel, S.D. Young, N. Blais, M.R. Forbes & Stacey A. Robinson
Meat-borne parasites in the Arab world: a review in a One Health perspective
Sameh Abuseir
Effectiveness and tolerability of a squalane and dimethicone-based treatment for head lice Leticia Martínez de Murguía Fernández, Gemma Puig Algora, Marta Bajona Roig & Gabriela Bacchini
The effect of analyst training on fecal egg counting variability
Jennifer L. Cain, Kerri T. Peters, Parul Suri, Amber Roher, Matthew H. Rutledge & Martin K. Nielsen
Vector-borne pathogens in dogs of different regions of Iran and Pakistan
Roberta Iatta, Alireza Sazmand, Viet-Linh Nguyen, Farzad Nemati, Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz, Zahra Bahiraei, Salman Zafari, Anna Giannico, Grazia Greco, Filipe Dantas-Torres & Domenico Otranto
Human serum activates the tegument of female schistosomes and supports recovery from Praziquantel
Franziska Winkelmann, Marcus Frank, Anne Rabes, Nicole Koslowski, Cindy Schulz, Miriam Bischofsberger, Emil C. Reisinger & Martina Sombetzki
Apicomplexan co-infections impair with phagocytic activity in avian macrophages Runhui Zhang, Wanpeng Zheng, Arwid Daugschies & Berit Bangoura
Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees Lucas Lannutti, Anabela Mira, Marina Basualdo, Graciela Rodriguez, Silvio Erler, Victoria Silva, Sebastian Gisder, Elke Genersch, Mónica Florin-Christensen & Leonhard Schnittger
Plasmodium falciparum parasites exit the infected erythrocyte after haemolysis with saponin and streptolysin O Katharina A. Quadt, Xanthoula Smyrnakou, Friedrich Frischknecht, Guido Böse & Markus Ganter
Endoparasites infecting exotic captive amphibian pet and zoo animals (Anura, Caudata) in Germany Malek J. Hallinger, Anja Taubert & Carlos Hermosilla
Contribution of hospitals to the occurrence of enteric protists in urban wastewater Wen Jiang, Dawn M. Roellig, Na Li, Lin Wang, Yaqiong Guo, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xiao
The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study in the world’s most productive platinum mining region Johannes H. Erasmus, Victor Wepener, Milen Nachev, Sonja Zimmermann, Wynand Malherbe, Bernd Sures & Nico J. Smit
Nine years of mosquito monitoring in Germany, 2011–2019, with an updated inventory of German culicid species Doreen Werner, Stefan Kowalczyk & Helge Kampen
Parasitemia and its daily variation in canine leishmaniasis Simona Di Pietro, Chiara Crinò, Annastella Falcone, Rosalia Crupi, Francesco Francaviglia, Fabrizio Vitale & Elisabetta Giudice
Update on Acanthamoeba phylogeny Daniele Corsaro
Comparative genomics: how has it advanced our knowledge of cryptosporidiosis epidemiology? Yingying Fan, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xia
COVID-19 and parasitology Wanderley de Souza