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𝙇𝙚𝙪𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙮𝙩𝙤𝙯𝙤𝙤𝙣 species are cosmopolitan blood parasites of birds, with some infections being lethal. This new paper studied their effects on tits.🧪 More details: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 is a neglected tropical disease. This new paper demonstrates that the global schistosomiasis burden has decreased over the past 30 years, but remains high in African regions.🧪 More (27 pages, many Figures, many Tables): doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: The impact of schistosomiasis on the Global Disease Burden: a systematic analysis based on the 2021 Global Burden of Disease study 27 pages, 7 Figures + 6 Supplementary Figures 🧪 www.parasite-journal.org/articles/par...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: Leucocytozoon infections in tits (Aves, Paridae): blood and tissue stages investigated using an integrative approach 🧪 More: www.parasite-journal.org/articles/par...

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𝙇𝙚𝙪𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙮𝙩𝙤𝙯𝙤𝙤𝙣 species are cosmopolitan blood parasites of birds, with some infections being lethal. This new paper studied their effects on tits.🧪 More details: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 is a neglected tropical disease. This new paper demonstrates that the global schistosomiasis burden has decreased over the past 30 years, but remains high in African regions.🧪 More (27 pages, many Figures, many Tables): doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: Leucocytozoon infections in tits (Aves, Paridae): blood and tissue stages investigated using an integrative approach 🧪 More: www.parasite-journal.org/articles/par...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: The impact of schistosomiasis on the Global Disease Burden: a systematic analysis based on the 2021 Global Burden of Disease study 27 pages, 7 Figures + 6 Supplementary Figures 🧪 www.parasite-journal.org/articles/par...

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In this paper, a total of 260 positive samples from Brazilian Amazon were identified by microscopy as Plasmodium vivax. In three samples, forms considered unusual for the species were found and defined as 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗣. 𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘅. [2023🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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This paper addressed the diversity of viviparous monogeneans parasitizing cypriniform fish inhabiting Nearctic watersheds (USA and Canada). Ten new species of Gyrodactylus were described. 🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Orthoptera are infected by about 60 species of gregarines assigned to the genus 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖. This paper confirmed that Gregarina garnhami and G. acridiorum, parasites of Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria, are distinct species [2021🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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This 2021 paper studied sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations in six provinces of Vietnam. A total of 2585 sandflies belonging to five genera and 13 identified species were collected 🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is a reproductive interference, described in sympatric species, where dominant species mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the other species. This 2020 paper reports no satyrization in a population of Aedes aegypti. doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 eggs are deposited on the ground with the faeces of the carnivore definitive hosts. Contaminated soil samples, positive carnivore faeces, or both, were found in 42%, 24% and 6% of the sampled rural gardens, respectively.🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Between 2016 and 2020, the Medical and Veterinary Entomology unit of the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge collected over 230,000 mosquitoes. A checklist of 290 mosquito species in Cambodia was presented [2021🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para... #Entomology Movie: a small part of the list...

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Orthoptera are infected by about 60 species of gregarines assigned to the genus 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖. This paper confirmed that Gregarina garnhami and G. acridiorum, parasites of Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria, are distinct species [2021🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Between 2016 and 2020, the Medical and Veterinary Entomology unit of the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge collected over 230,000 mosquitoes. A checklist of 290 mosquito species in Cambodia was presented [2021🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para... #Entomology Movie: a small part of the list...

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𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 eggs are deposited on the ground with the faeces of the carnivore definitive hosts. Contaminated soil samples, positive carnivore faeces, or both, were found in 42%, 24% and 6% of the sampled rural gardens, respectively.🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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This 2021 paper studied sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations in six provinces of Vietnam. A total of 2585 sandflies belonging to five genera and 13 identified species were collected 🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗲? An integrative study of the monogenean Pseudaxine trachuri [2020🧪] The presence/absence and number of vaginae is a major characteristic for the systematics of the Monogenea. More details: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is a reproductive interference, described in sympatric species, where dominant species mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the other species. This 2020 paper reports no satyrization in a population of Aedes aegypti. doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Application of the omics sciences to the study of Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris [2021🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Workflow for data management using short and long reads to obtain high-quality hybrid genome assembly

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The genus 𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙖 includes a variety of widely distributed species adapted to live in the digestive tracts of humans and a large variety of animals This review paper examined [2021🧪] diversity, geographical distribution, and prevalence of Entamoeba spp. in Brazil doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Molecular characterization and subtype analysis of Blastocystis sp. in captive wildlife in Henan, China 🧪 More details: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Apoptotic proteins in Leishmania donovani: in silico screening, modeling, and validation by knock-out and gene expression analysis #Leishmania 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 🧪 Despite a classic apoptosis pattern, key mammalian apoptotic proteins are not present in Leishmania, such as caspases, cell death receptors... This 2019 review offered tools to identify new Leishmania cell death effectors. doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗔 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 🧪 Gyrodactylus magadiensis lives on the gills of Alcolapia grahami, a fish endemic to Lake Magadi. This alkaline soda lake in the Rift Valley in Kenya has a pH as high as 11, temperatures up to 42 °C. [2019] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Stylopization by Xenos spp. (Xenidae, Strepsiptera) in invasive alien hornet, Vespa velutina, in South Korea Stylopization, the condition caused by these parasites, is known to negatively affect hornet colonies.🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para... #Entomology

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𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 🧪 Despite a classic apoptosis pattern, key mammalian apoptotic proteins are not present in Leishmania, such as caspases, cell death receptors... This 2019 review offered tools to identify new Leishmania cell death effectors. doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗔 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 🧪 Gyrodactylus magadiensis lives on the gills of Alcolapia grahami, a fish endemic to Lake Magadi. This alkaline soda lake in the Rift Valley in Kenya has a pH as high as 11, temperatures up to 42 °C. [2019] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Apoptotic proteins in Leishmania donovani: in silico screening, modeling, and validation by knock-out and gene expression analysis #Leishmania 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Molecular characterization and subtype analysis of Blastocystis sp. in captive wildlife in Henan, China 🧪 More details: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Stylopization by Xenos spp. (Xenidae, Strepsiptera) in invasive alien hornet, Vespa velutina, in South Korea Stylopization, the condition caused by these parasites, is known to negatively affect hornet colonies.🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para... #Entomology

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Molecular data reshape our understanding of the life cycles of three digeneans infecting the bivalve, Donax variabilis: it’s just a facultative host! [2021🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Coquina, Donax spp. from the southeastern US Atlantic coast.

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𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘀: Hyalomma spp. infesting one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the Tunisian Saharan bioclimatic zone [2021🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Hyalomma adult ticks (white arrows) fixed to the sternum (A), the anus (B), and the udder (C) of camels.

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The genus 𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙖 includes a variety of widely distributed species adapted to live in the digestive tracts of humans and a large variety of animals This review paper examined [2021🧪] diversity, geographical distribution, and prevalence of Entamoeba spp. in Brazil doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Molecular data reshape our understanding of the life cycles of three digeneans infecting the bivalve, Donax variabilis: it’s just a facultative host! [2021🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Coquina, Donax spp. from the southeastern US Atlantic coast.

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Parasite biodiversity of fish in coral reefs of the South China Sea is still incompletely explored. This paper described a new species of Neohexostoma (Monogenea: Hexostomatidae) from the gills of the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor (Scombridae).🧪 More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Accounting for One Health: Insights from the social sciences This paper discusses the relationship between One Health (OH) and the social sciences. Using a comparison between 3 narratives of the history of OH, it is argued that OH can be studied as a social phenomenon. doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗕𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 (Acari, Anoplura, Cestoda, Diptera, Hemiptera, Nematoda, Siphonaptera, Trematoda) in France This 2020 paper was a bibliographical survey of bat parasites in France between 1762 and 2018. A total of 113 parasite taxa were identified from 27 host species 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘃𝘂𝗺 𝗻. 𝘀𝗽. 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 This species uses the gastropod Buccinanops deformis as first and second intermediate host with metacercariae encysting within sporocysts [2020 🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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Application of the omics sciences to the study of Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris [2021🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Workflow for data management using short and long reads to obtain high-quality hybrid genome assembly

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𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘀: Hyalomma spp. infesting one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the Tunisian Saharan bioclimatic zone [2021🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Hyalomma adult ticks (white arrows) fixed to the sternum (A), the anus (B), and the udder (C) of camels.

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Frequency of pyrethroid resistance in human head louse treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis [2020 🧪] Basically, this reviews found that most lice are resistant to treatment doi.org/10.1051/para...

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The botfly Gasterophilus intestinalis infestation in lion (Panthera leo) and plains zebra (Equus quagga) in the Serengeti ecosystem [2024 🧪] More details, more photos: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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This paper reported an unusual case of conjunctivitis caused by a trombiculid red mite, Neotrombicula autumnalis. It is likely the patient acquired the infection from her pet cat [2013 🧪] doi.org/10.1051/para... Image: Neotrombicula autumnalis mite in contact with the upper eyelid margin.

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Apoptotic proteins in Leishmania donovani: in silico screening, modeling, and validation by knock-out and gene expression analysis doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘃𝘂𝗺 𝗻. 𝘀𝗽. 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 This species uses the gastropod Buccinanops deformis as first and second intermediate host with metacercariae encysting within sporocysts [2020 🧪] More: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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𝗡𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗲? An integrative study of the monogenean Pseudaxine trachuri [2020🧪] The presence/absence and number of vaginae is a major characteristic for the systematics of the Monogenea. More details: doi.org/10.1051/para...

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