establishment of hymenolepis diminuta life cycle to provide parasite mass production

Establishment of Hymenolepis diminuta Life Cycle to Provide Parasite Mass Production

BACKGROUND The main object of this experimental work was to practise laboratory production both adult and the larval stage of Hymenolepis diminuta with conventional modification to make further studies easier. MATERIALS #ENTITYSTARTX00026; METHOD Adults H. diminuta were collected from urban rats in Tehran, Iran. The beetles became infected using blended gravid segments with flour as bait. Cy...

Studies on Malic Enzyme from Hymenolepis Diminuta

The antioxidant defence mechanisms of parasite and host after chronic Hymenolepis diminuta infestation of the rat.

The aim of the present study was to determine antioxidant defence mechanisms in the rat and Hymenolepis diminuta after long-term infestation. We determined levels of oxidative stress markers, and activity of antioxidant enzymes in the rat small intestine and in particular parts of H. diminuta. Observed changes in antioxidant enzymes activity in H. diminuta and the rat intestine indicate the def...

Establishment Success of the Beetle Tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta Depends on Dose and Host Body Condition

Parasite effects on host fitness and immunology are often intensity-dependent. Unfortunately, only few experimental studies on insect-parasite interactions attempt to control the level of infection, which may contribute substantial variation to the fitness or immunological parameters of interest. The tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta-flour beetle Tenebrio molitor model-has been used extensively for...

Thymus dependence of tapeworm (Hymenolepis diminuta) elimination from mice.

Although normal mice eliminated the lumen-dwelling intestinal cestode Hymenolepis diminuta by day 21 post-cysticercoid inoculation, congenitally thymus-deficient (nude) mice maintained their work burdens. Nude mice grafted with thymus glands or injected with thymus cells eliminated their worms.

Influence of trifluoperazine on tegument membranes in Hymenolepis diminuta.

Using immuno electron microscopy we have identified a number of calmodulin/calmodulin binding proteins distributed at various subcellular sites (Eastlake et al, 1994). Treatment of H. diminuta with trifluoperazine has potential cestocidal properties influencing both tegumental protein release, activity of calmodulindependent enzymes and the uptake of glucose (Branford White & Hipkiss, 1985; Hip...