1. A new monozoic tapeworm, Parabreviscolex niepini n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), from schizothoracine fishes (Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae) in Tibet, China

   • Bing-Wen Xi
   • Mikuláš Oros
   • Jun Xie

   Original Paper 11 December 2017 Pages: 347 - 354

   

2. Screening of chemical compound libraries identified new anti-Toxoplasma gondii agents

   • Oluyomi Stephen Adeyemi
   • Tatsuki Sugi
   • Kentaro Kato

   Original Paper 19 December 2017 Pages: 355 - 363

   

3. Efficacy of injectable praziquantel for elimination of trematode metacercariae in bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus) and quantification of parasite death by propidium iodide staining

   • Chris Bader
   • Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai
   • Matthew T. Brewer

   Original Paper 20 December 2017 Pages: 365 - 370

   

4. A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with notes on its endogenous development in the montane grass mouse, Akodon montensis Thomas, 1913 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

   • Marcos Tobias de Santana Miglionico
   • Lúcio André Viana
   • Paulo Sergio D’Andrea

   Original Paper Open access 11 December 2017 Pages: 371 - 376

   

5. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Holarrhena antidysenterica (L.) Wall.bark extract and their larvicidal activity against dengue and filariasis vectors

   • Dinesh Kumar
   • Gaurav Kumar
   • Veena Agrawal

   Original Paper 17 December 2017 Pages: 377 - 389

   

6. Antileishmanial activity of a naphthoquinone derivate against promastigote and amastigote stages of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania amazonensis and its mechanism of action against L. amazonensis species

   • Débora Vasconcelos Costa Mendonça
   • Daniela Pagliara Lage
   • Eduardo Antonio Ferraz Coelho

   Original Paper 16 December 2017 Pages: 391 - 403

   

7. Assessment of the role of small mammals in the transmission cycle of tegumentary leishmaniasis and first report of natural infection with Leishmania braziliensis in two sigmodontines in northeastern Argentina

   • María S. Fernández
   • Jimena Fraschina
   • O. Daniel Salomón

   Original Paper 21 December 2017 Pages: 405 - 412

   

8. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis impairs splenic enzymes of the phosphoryl transfer network in naturally infected Rhamdia quelen: effects on energetic homeostasis

   • Matheus D. Baldissera
   • Carine F. Souza
   • Bernardo Baldisserotto

   Original Paper 15 December 2017 Pages: 413 - 418

   

9. Performance of two immunochromatographic tests for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients coinfected with HIV

   • Mauro Roberto Biá da Silva
   • Natália Alberto Alves Brandão
   • Milton Adriano Pelli de Oliveira

   Original Paper 21 December 2017 Pages: 419 - 427

   

10. Resistance to trypanocidal drugs in cattle populations of Zambezia Province, Mozambique

    • Fernando Chanisso Mulandane
    • José Fafetine
    • Luis Neves

    Original Paper 20 December 2017 Pages: 429 - 436

    

11. Application of modified JDP-DGGE-based molecular genotyping method to predict Acanthamoeba genotype and to analyse community diversity in aquatic environments

    • Tsui-Kang Hsu
    • Jung-Sheng Chen
    • Shu-Fen Wu

    Original Paper 17 December 2017 Pages: 437 - 446

    

12. Highly sensitive and specific detection of Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium spp. in human stool samples by the BD MAX™ Enteric Parasite Panel

    • Marijo Parčina
    • Ingrid Reiter-Owona
    • Ralf Ignatius

    Original Paper 19 December 2017 Pages: 447 - 451

13. Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Greece: 13 years of living with the Asian tiger mosquito

    • Ε. Badieritakis
    • D. Papachristos
    • Α. Michaelakis

    Original Paper 23 December 2017 Pages: 453 - 460

    

14. Distribution and reproductive plasticity of Gyrinicola batrachiensis (Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae) in tadpoles of five anuran species

    • Chelcie C. Pierce
    • Ryan P. Shannon
    • Matthew G. Bolek

    Original Paper 26 December 2017 Pages: 461 - 470

    

15. Prevalence and diversity of avian Haemosporida infecting songbirds in southwest Michigan

    • Jamie D. Smith
    • Sharon A. Gill
    • Maarten J. Vonhof

    Original Paper 27 December 2017 Pages: 471 - 489

    

16. Morphological and molecular characterization of a novel myxosporean parasite Myxobolus bejeranoi n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) from hybrid tilapia in Israel

    • Alena Lövy
    • Margarita Smirnov
    • Tamar Lotan

    Original Paper 28 December 2017 Pages: 491 - 499

    

17. New primers for the detection Leishmania species by multiplex polymerase chain reaction

    • Carolina Cella Conter
    • Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni
    • Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira

    Original Paper 26 December 2017 Pages: 501 - 511

    

18. Exposure to a cyanobacterial toxin increases larval amphibian susceptibility to parasitism

    • Marin Milotic
    • Dino Milotic
    • Janet Koprivnikar

    Original Paper 21 December 2017 Pages: 513 - 520

    

19. GIS-based environmental analysis of fox and canine lungworm distribution: an epidemiological study of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis in red foxes from Slovakia

    • Viktória Čabanová
    • Martina Miterpáková
    • Daniela Valentová

    Original Paper 03 January 2018 Pages: 521 - 530

    

20. Assessment of the antiprotozoal activity of Pulicaria inuloides extracts, an Algerian medicinal plant: leishmanicidal bioguided fractionation

    • Hamza Fadel
    • Ines Sifaoui
    • José E. Piñero

    Original Paper 06 January 2018 Pages: 531 - 537

    

21. Toxoplasma gondii infection and biosecurity levels in fattening pigs and sows: serological and molecular epidemiology in the intensive pig industry (Lombardy, Northern Italy)

    • Alessia Libera Gazzonis
    • Marianna Marangi
    • Maria Teresa Manfredi

    Original Paper 03 January 2018 Pages: 539 - 546

22. Mycophenolic acid induces differentiation of Toxoplasma gondii RH strain tachyzoites into bradyzoites and formation of cyst-like structure in vitro

    • Kitzia N. Castro-Elizalde
    • Pedro Hernández-Contreras
    • Ricardo Mondragón-Flores

    Original Paper 08 January 2018 Pages: 547 - 563

    

23. Evaluation of a semi-automated in vitro feeding system for Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus adults

    • Bettina Böhme
    • Christoph Krull
    • Ard M. Nijhof

    Short Communication Open access 03 January 2018 Pages: 565 - 570

    

24. An apparent Acanthamoeba genotype is the product of a chimeric 18S rDNA artifact

    • Daniele Corsaro
    • Danielle Venditti

    Short Communication 25 November 2017 Pages: 571 - 577

    

25. Multispecies blow fly myiasis combined with hypothermia in a man assumed to be dead

    • Victoria Bernhardt
    • Fabian Finkelmeier
    • Jens Amendt

    Short Communication 23 November 2017 Pages: 579 - 583

    

26. First identification of L. major in a dog in an endemic area of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq: molecular and phylogenetic studies

    • Mariwan M. M. Al-Bajalan
    • Sherko S. Niranji
    • Hirotomo Kato

    Short Communication 03 December 2017 Pages: 585 - 590

    

27. Prevalence of cysticercosis in Estonian pigs and cattle

    • Elisabeth Dorbek-Kolin
    • Tuuli Åhlberg
    • Brian Lassen

    Short Communication 11 December 2017 Pages: 591 - 595

    

28. Lactobacillus rhamnosus reduces parasite load on Toxocara canis experimental infection in mice, but has no effect on the parasite in vitro

    • Débora Liliane Walcher
    • Luis Augusto Xavier Cruz
    • Carlos James Scaini

    Short Communication 14 December 2017 Pages: 597 - 602

29. In vitro efficacy of five essential oils against Pediculus humanus capitis

    • Kerdalidec Candy
    • Patrick Nicolas
    • Rémy Durand

    Short Communication 20 December 2017 Pages: 603 - 609

    

30. N-substituted methyl maleamates as larvicidal compounds against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

    • Laura Harburguer
    • Paula V. Gonzalez
    • Héctor Masuh

    Short Communication 30 December 2017 Pages: 611 - 615

    

31. First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in Croatia

    • Relja Beck
    • Željko Mihaljević
    • Peter Deplazes

    Short Communication 26 December 2017 Pages: 617 - 621

    

32. Triplex real-time PCR for detection of Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim in honey bees

    • Guang Xu
    • Evan Palmer-Young
    • Stephen Rich

    Short Communication 27 December 2017 Pages: 623 - 628