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 Welcome to Parasites & Vectors

Parasites & Vectors expands upon the scope of two former BioMed Central publications, Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease and Filaria Journal, both of which ceased publication in December 2007. Authors working in the areas covered by these journals are encouraged to submit their work to Parasites & Vectors. The full archives of these two journals remain available from the Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease and Filaria Journal websites and PubMed Central.


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Composition and structure of the parasite faunas of cod, Gadus morhua L. (Teleostei: Gadidae), in the North East Atlantic
Diana Perdiguero-Alonso, Francisco E. Montero, Juan Antonio Raga, Aneta Kostadinova
Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:23 (18 July 2008)
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A comparative study on parasites of Gadus morrhua in six regions of the North East Atlantic provides new data on parasite infection levels and the structure of the regional parasite faunas in cod with respect to the higher-level taxonomic groupings, host specificity and zoogeographical distribution of the parasites. Image: Sampling regions and higher level taxonomic structure of cod parasite faunas.



Research    
Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber
George Poinar Jr.
Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:22 (15 July 2008)
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The present study provides fossil evidence that Neotropical sand flies were vectors of trypanosomatids in the mid-Tertiary. Lutzomyia adiketis and Paleoleishmania neotropicum are described from Dominican amber.Image:Sand fly vector in Dominican amber



Research    
A monoclonal antibody marker for the exclusion-zone filaments of Trypanosoma brucei
Mélanie Bonhivers, Nicolas Landrein, Marion Decossas, Derrick R Robinson
Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:21 (10 July 2008)
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A monoclonal antibody was made to uncharacterised components of Trypanosoma brucei flagella. Novel immuno-electron microscopy reveals that this antibody binds to fibres physically linking the cytoskeleton to the mitochondrion membrane. Image:An immuno-electron micrograph illustrating the labelling pattern of cytoplasmic fibres in the “TAC” of T. brucei cells.



Research    
Different serological cross-reactivity of Trypanosoma rangeli forms in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected patients sera
Milene H de Moraes, Alessandra A Guarneri, Fabiana P Girardi, Juliana B Rodrigues, Iriane Eger, Kevin M Tyler, Mário Steindel, Edmundo C Grisard
Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:20 (8 July 2008)
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The use of Trypanosoma rangeli trypomastigotes as antigens in serodiagnosis may avoid misdiagnosis of Chagas disease. Image:Trypanosoma rangeli blood trypomastigotes in experimentally infected mice.



Short report    
A 15N stable isotope semen label to detect mating in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis Patton
Michelle EH Helinski, Rebecca C Hood, Doris Gludovacz, Leo Mayr, Bart GJ Knols
Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:19 (1 July 2008)
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The use of the stable isotope nitrogen-15 as a semen-label to study mating in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis is described. Image: Spermatozoa of An. arabiensis.



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