1 Parasitology Lab, Section for Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Adamstuen-Campus, Oslo, Norway, 2 Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 3 Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Animal Sciences, University of ...

[1] This study was financially supported by Adnan Menderes University Research Fund (BAP-Project Number VTF-04002) [2] This study was approved by Adnan Menderes University Ethics Committee with no. B.30.2.ADU.0.00.00/124­ HEK/2005/0011 * Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Adnan Menderes, 09016, Aydin TURKEY ** Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, U...

The Molecular Parasitology conference was first held at the Marine Biological laboratory, Woods Hole, USA 25 years ago. Since that first meeting, the conference has evolved and expanded but has remained the showcase for the latest research developments in molecular parasitology. In this perspective, I reflect on the scientific discoveries focussed on African trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei spp...

BACKGROUND We attempted to determine the prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. infection in Mashhad, northeast of Iran, via blood smear parasitology. METHODS The prevalence was investigated by examination of blood smear parasitology, using blood samples collected from 254 dogs (51 strays and 203 privately owned-dogs). RESULTS Two stray dogs (2/51; 3.92%) and two privately-owned dogs (2/203; 0.98%) ...

BACKGROUND The basis for correctly assessing the burden of parasitic infections and the effects of interventions relies on a somewhat shaky foundation as long as we do not know how reliable the reported laboratory findings are. Thus virtual microscopy, successfully introduced as a histopathology tool, has been adapted for medical parasitology. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Specimens containi...