Update on trematode infections in sheep

Praziquantel Treatment in Trematode and Cestode Infections: An Update

Status and emerging issues in the use of praziquantel for treatment of human trematode and cestode infections are briefly reviewed. Since praziquantel was first introduced as a broadspectrum anthelmintic in 1975, innumerable articles describing its successful use in the treatment of the majority of human-infecting trematodes and cestodes have been published. The target trematode and cestode dis...

update on zika virus infections

Update on herpesvirus infections.

The eight human herpesviruses (HHV) have features in common, yet are also distinct (see Tables 1 and 2). Each herpesvirus causes more than one disease by interacting in multiple ways with the host. They have also evolved multiple ways of impairing cellmediated immune responses by downregulating display of HLA molecules on the surface of infected cells. The herpesviruses are divided into three s...

Understanding the net effects of pesticides on amphibian trematode infections.

Anthropogenic factors can have simultaneous positive and negative effects on parasite transmission, and thus it is important to quantify their net effects on disease risk. Net effects will be a product of changes in the survival and traits (e.g., susceptibility, infectivity) of both hosts and parasites. In separate laboratory experiments, we exposed cercariae of the trematode Echinostoma trivol...

the effect of e-64 on the developmental competence of sheep cocs during in vitro maturation

in the present study, the effect of e-64 at different concentrations (0.5, 1, 5 and 10 µm) added to (1) the ivm medium on oocyte nuclear maturation and developmental competence of ovine oocytes, and (2) to the ivc medium on embryonic development of ovine embryos were investigated.