BACKGROUND The parasite Schistosoma japonicum causes schistosomiasis disease, which threatens human life and hampers economic and social development in some Asian countries. An important lesson learned from efforts to reduce the occurrence of schistosomiasis is that the diagnostic approach must be altered as further progress is made towards the control and ultimate elimination of the disease. ...

Schistosomiasis japonica, caused by the human blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum, remains a major public health problem in China, although great success has been achieved. The control efforts during the past half-decade, notably the wide implementation of the new integrated strategy with emphasis on control of the source of S. japonicum infection across the country since 2004, has greatly reduce...

Boswellic acid (BA)-containing extracts such as BSE have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity. In chronic schistosomiasis, the hepatic granuloma and fibrosis induced by egg deposition in the liver is the most serious pathological manifestations. However, little is known regarding the role of BAs in Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum) egg-induced liver granuloma and fibrosis. In orde...

BACKGROUND Schistosoma japonicum causes major public health problems in China and the Philippines; this parasite, which is transmitted by freshwater snails of the species Oncomelania hupensis, causes the disease intestinal schistosomiasis in humans and cattle. Researchers working on Schistosoma in Africa have described the relationship between the parasites and their snail intermediate hosts as...

More than 40 kinds of mammals in China are known to be naturally infected with Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum); Microtus fortis (M. fortis), a species of vole, is the only mammal in which the schistosomes cannot mature or cause significant pathogenic changes. In the current study, we compared the differences in pathology by Hematoxylin-eosin staining and in changes in the T cell subsets wi...

Reciprocal grafting experiments done using soybean plant introduction genotypes indicated that restriction of nodulation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum is determined by the genotype of the root and is dependent on plant growth temperature. Microscopic analyses indicated that the soybean plant introduction genotypes restrict nodulation of B. japonicum at symbiotic stages which occur both before and...

some research indicates that n2 fixation in soybean cannot provide adequate nitrogen for proper yield. therefore, the effect of nitrogen and bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteria on some agronomic characteristics and quality of soybean cultivars was examined based on split plot in a randomized complete blocks design with three replications in 2012 at kerman township. treatments including control (w...

Endangered native plant habitats and populations are rapidly disappearing because of climate and environmental changes. As a representative, the abundance of the first-class endangered wild plant, Cypripedium japonicum, has been rapidly decreasing in Korea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of rhizosphere and endophytic fungi on C. japonicum in its native habitat. A tot...

Concentrations of Ba and Pb measured by LA-ICP-MS make it possible to distinguish the precious corals Corallium rubrum from Mediterranean Sea C. japonicum Pacific Ocean with a high degree confidence. Compared japonicum, coral contains higher (>6 >0.2 ppm, respectively). This chemical fingerprinting technique was developed authors’ group during prior research is successfully tested here on three...

Numerous studies reported the positive effect of soil amendment with biochar on plant development. However, little is known about and its interrelation nitrogen (N) phosphorous (P) additions their impact growth. We carried out greenhouse experiments to understand interactive effects phosphorus supply, as well amendment, symbiotic performance soybean (Glycine max L.) Bradyrhizobium japonicum, gr...