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Proceedings and Reviews
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Research
Parasite-induced aggression and impaired contest ability in a fish host
V N Mikheev, A F Pasternak, J Taskinen, E T Valtonen
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:17 (15 March 2010)
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Juvenile rainbow trout infected with the eye fluke Diplostomum spathaceum became more aggressive but lost contests against uninfected conspecifics, which should facilitate the parasites' transmission to the definitive hosts. Image: Experimental tanks where infected and uninfected fish were kept. Upper right – Diplostomum sp. cercaria
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Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide
Daniel P Bray, Graziella B Alves, Maria E Dorval, Reginaldo P Brazil, J GC Hamilton
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:16 (11 March 2010)
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Two potential strategies for improving control of Lutzomyia
longipalpis using synthetic sex pheromone are trialled in Brazil: the first applying pheromone in conjunction with insecticide-spraying of animal houses, the second using coloured sticky traps. Image: Spraying of chicken sheds with insecticide.
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Review
The development of drugs for treatment of sleeping sickness: a historical review
Dietmar Steverding
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:15 (10 March 2010)
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This review article outlines the development of anti-sleeping sickness drugs from the discovery of the first bioactive lead compounds to the identification of more modern chemotherapeutic agents. Image: Paul Ehrlich, pioneer in the development of drugs against trypanosomes.
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Scientometric analysis of the world-wide research efforts concerning Leishmaniasis
K Al-Mutawakel, C Scutaru, A Shami, M Sakr, D A Groneberg, D Quarcoo
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:14 (4 March 2010)
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The total worldwide research output regarding leishmaniasis was analyzed for the period between 1957 and 2006 using computer-based scientometric methods. Image: Density equalizing mapping showing the distribution of leishmaniasis-related articles. A country's territory is re-seized according to the number of published items.
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Simplified molecular detection of Leishmania parasites in various clinical samples from patients with leishmaniasis
Claire M Mugasa, Thierry Laurent, Gerard J Schoone, Frank L Basiye, Alfarazdeg A Saad, Sayda el Safi, Piet A Kager, Henk DFH Schallig
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:13 (2 March 2010)
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Oligochromatography, a simple read-out system to detect amplification products, can be used in the diagnosis of leishmaniasis and may bring molecular diagnostics one step closer to being applied in resource-poor laboratories.
Image: NASBA-OC strips
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