sarcocystis is a coccidia protozoan develops obligatory in two hosts consisting of the herbivores as an intermediate host (prey) and the carnivores as a host (predator). depend on species, the size of cysts and structure of cyst wall in intermediate hosts are different. the ultrastructure of sarcocystis cysts (sarcocysts) could be a good indication for diagnosis of the parasite species. in the ...

background: toxoplasma gondii , an apicomplexan parasite, is capable of infecting a broad range of intermediate warm-blooded hosts including humans. the parasite seems to be capable of altering the natural behavior of the host to favor its trans-mission in the environment. the aim of this study was to evaluate the course, alter-ations in behavior along with normal kinetics of the abnormally ind...

Resumen: Se colectaron babosas (Veronicellidae) en el Departamento de Morazán, Honduras. La digestión con jugo gástrico artificial mostró la presencia de larvas de tercer estadio morfológicamente semejantes a Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Se les inoculó en ratas (Sigmodon hispidus) con sonda gástrica. Cincuenta días después se obtuvieron los nemátodos adultos y se confirmó el diagnóstico. A pe...

Melanoides tuberculata that naturally harbored trematode larvae were collected at the Pampulha dam, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil), during malacological surveys conducted from 2006 to 2010. From 7,164 specimens of M. tuberculata collected, 25 (0.35%) were infected by cercariae, which have been morphologically characterized as belonging to the Megalurous group, genus Philophthalmus. Excys...

BACKGROUND Although parasitism has been acknowledged as an important selective force in the evolution of host life histories, studies of fitness effects of parasites in wild populations have yielded mixed results. One reason for this may be that most studies only test for a linear relationship between infection intensity and host fitness. If resistance to parasites is costly, however, fitness m...

Örndahl, E. 2003. Quasar Host Galaxies at Intermediate and High Redshifts. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 842. 64 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5642-1 Quasars form one of the most energetic phenomena in the universe, and can be traced out to very large redshifts. By studying the galaxies which host the activ...

We present the results of near–infrared Hband (1.65 μm) imaging of 19 steep spectrum radio quasars (SSRQ) in the redshift range 0.5 < z < 1.0. This sample of SSRQs is matched with our previously studied complete sample of 20 flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQ) with respect to redshift and optical and radio luminosity. We are able to clearly detect the host galaxy in 10 (53 %) SSRQs and marginall...

This study of infection of southern Australian land snails with Brachylaima cribbi metacercariae has shown that all commonly encountered native and introduced snails are susceptible second intermediate hosts. The range of infected snails is extensive with metacercariae-infected snails being present in all districts across southern Australia. C. virgata has the highest average natural metacercar...

The life history of the trematode Pygidiopsis macrostomum Travassos, 1928 is described for the first time. Rediae and cercariae were obtained from naturally infected snails Heleobia australis (d Orbigny), a new first intermediate host. Metacercariae were found encysted in the mesenteries of three naturally infected guppies, Phalloptychus januarius (Hensel), Jenynsia multidentata (Jenyns) (new h...

Intermediate filaments are abundant cytoskeletal components of epithelial tissues. They have been implicated in overall stress protection. A hitherto poorly investigated area of research is the function of intermediate filaments as a barrier to microbial infection. This review summarizes the accumulating knowledge about this interaction. It first emphasizes the unique spatial organization of th...