Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is induced mainly by Echinococcus granulosus and occasionally by Echinococcus multilocularis(alveolaris)and affects the liver predominantly.Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis is similar ...
funded in part by the National Science Foundation(NSF)grant(IOS-1456973);the Netherlands organization for Scientific Research,the Netherlands(NWO-ALW,822.01.012 and ALWOP 2015.075);the China Scholarship Council(CSC)scholarship(no.201506300162);the University of Amsterdam.
Given the limited availability of resources in nature,sexual attractiveness may trade off with immunocompetence,as the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis(ICHH)posits.In invertebrates,a direct link between trade-offs...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170495,22278241);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0901700);a grant from the Institute Guo Qiang,Tsinghua University(2021GQG1016);the Department of Chemical Engineering-iBHE Joint Cooperation Fund.
Nosema ceranae,a parasite that parasitizes and reproduces in the gut of honeybees,has become a serious threat to the global apiculture industry.RNA interference(RNAi)technology can be used to inhibit N.ceranae growth ...
funded by the Education Department of Hainan Province(No.HnjgY,2022–12);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32260127 to C.Y.);Doctoral Start-up Funds of China West Normal University(No.493002 to P.Y.).
In the co-evolutionary system of avian brood parasitism,egg recognition and rejection are common and generally act as effective anti-parasitic adaptations by hosts.Accordingly,most studies have examined the role of pa...
financially supported by the Human Resource Development in Science Project(Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand,SAST);partially supported by Chiang Mai University.
Objective:To investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of the helminth intermediate host,Anentome(A.)helena,populations from northern Thailand and reveal the effect of parasitic infection on snail hos...
supported by Israel Science Foundation(grant 548/23 to BRK and ISK).
We studied spatial variation in the effects of environment and network size on species positions and roles in multiple flea–mammal networks from four biogeographic realms.We asked whether species positions(measured a...
supported by the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China[GRANT 32090023].
Parasite-mediated selection is widely believed to play a crucial role in maintaining the diversity of the major histocompatibility complex(MHC)genes,which is thought to be maintained through heterozygote advantage,rar...
This work was supported by the grants from the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LY22C180001);the College Students’Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(Nos.DKDY2022009,DKDY2022005,and DKDY2022002);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2023YFD1801000).
Eimeria spp.can invade different intestines of chickens.Among them,Eimeria acervulina(E.acervulina,Ea)is the most virulent,and it is characterized by disruption of the intestinal nutrient uptake mechanism,leading to w...
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis(CL)is a neglected tropical skin disease,caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania.In Ethiopia,CL is mainly caused by Leishmania aethiopica and can present in different clinical for...