Paleo-parasitology may be developed as a new tool to parasite evolution studies. DNA sequences dated thousand years ago, recovered from archaeological material, means the possibility to study parasite-host relationship coevolution through time. Together with tracing parasite-host dispersion throughout the continents, paleo-parasitology points to the interesting field of evolution at the molecul...

Lice infestations on horses caused by the lice Werneckiella (Damalinia) equi and Haematopinus equi are observed worldwide. In this study, the distribution and clinical manifestations of lice on Icelandic horses were examined. Thirty-eight out of 93 animals (40.86%) were identified as infested with W. equi. Sixty-eight animals (73.12%) presented dermatological lesions associated with lice infest...

Späth, G. F. and Beverley, S. M. 2001. A lipophosphoglycan-independent method for isolation of infective Leishmania metacyclic promastigotes by density gradient centrifugation. Experimental Parasitology 99, 97–103. At the end of their growth in the sand fly, Leishmania parasites differentiate into the infective metacyclic promastigote stage, which is transmitted to the mammalian host. Thus, in ...

Rhoads, M. L., Fetterer, R. H., Hill, D. E., and Urban, J. F., Jr. 2000. Trichuris suis: A secretory chymotrypsin/elastase inhibitor with potential as an immunomodulator. Experimental Parasitology 95, 36– 44. A serine protease inhibitor, termed TsCEI, was purified from adultstage Trichuris suis by acid precipitation, affinity chromatography (elastase–agarose), and reverse-phase HPLC. The molecu...

Carvalho, L. J. M., Lenzi, H. L., Pelajo-Machado, M., Oliveira, D. N., Daniel-Ribeiro, C. T., and Ferreira-da-Cruz, M. F. 2000. Plasmodium berghei: Cerebral malaria in CBA mice is not clearly related to plasma TNF levels or intensity of histopathological changes. Experimental Parasitology 95, 1–7. Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection in CBA/ J mice leads to the development of cerebral malaria (CM)...