Dominguez, M.F., González-Miguel, J., Carmona, C., Dalton, J.P., Cwiklinski, K., Tort, J., Siles-Lucas, M. Low allelic diversity in vaccine candidates genes from different locations sustain hope for Fasciola hepatica immunization. Veterinary ParasitologyVolume 258, 15 July 2018, Pages 46-52 Read here…
A publication from our Belgian partners who are dissecting host protective immune responses to GI nematodes of cattle in order to inform development of a subunit vaccine for control of this important infectious disease.
Use of a multiple choice questionnaire to assess UK prescribing channels' knowledge of helminthology and best practice surrounding anthelmintic use in livestock and horses. Easton S, Bartley DJ, Hotchkiss E, Hodgkinson JE, Pinchbeck GL, Matthews JB. Prev Vet Med. 2016,…
Guo Z, Gonzales JF, Hernandez JN, McNeilly TN, Corripio-Miyar Y, Frew D, Morrison T, Yu P, Li, RW. Scientific Reports 2016 6:26200. Haemonchus contortus is one of the most economically important parasites affecting small ruminants worldwide. The parasite resides in…
Ernesto Rodríguez, Verónica Noya, Laura Cervi, María Laura Chiribao, Natalie Brossard, Carolina Chiale, Carlos Carmona, Cecilia Giacomini, Teresa Freire ABSTRACT Helminths express various carbohydrate-containing glycoconjugates on their surface, and they release glycan-rich excretion/secretion products that can be very important in their life cycles,…
Gabriela Maggioli, Gualberto Bottini, Tatiana Basika, Pablo Alonzo, Gustavo Salinas, Carlos Carmona ABSTRACT The liver fluke Fasciola hepatica remains an important agent of food-borne trematode disease producing great economic losses due to its negative effect on productivity of livestock grazing in temperate…
Genetic diversity of Dirofilaria spp. isolated from subcutaneous and ocular lesions of human patients in Ukraine. Rossi A, Peix Á, Pavlikovskaya T, Sagach O, Nikolaenko S, Chizh N, Kartashev V, Simón F, Siles-Lucas M. Acta Trop. 2015 Feb;142:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.10.021.…
Surface-displayed glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and galectin from Dirofilaria immitis enhance the activation of the fibrinolytic system of the host. González-Miguel J, Morchón R, Siles-Lucas M, Oleaga A, Simón F. Acta Trop. 2015 May;145:8-16. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.010. Epub 2015 Feb 7. Cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis…
Exosome-transported microRNAs of helminth origin: new tools for allergic and autoimmune diseases therapy? Siles-Lucas M, Morchon R, Simon F, Manzano-Roman R. Parasite Immunol. 2015 Apr;37(4):208-14. doi: 10.1111/pim.12182. Review. Chronic diseases associated with inflammation show fast annual increase in their incidence.…
Human subcutaneous/ocular dirofilariasis in the Russian Federation and Belarus, 1997-2013. Kartashev V, Tverdokhlebova T, Korzan A, Vedenkov A, Simón L, González-Miguel J, Morchón R, Siles-Lucas M, Simón F. Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr;33:209-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.017. Epub 2015 Feb 23. This…