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Initial stage of crusted scabies and possible diagnostic characteristics: A case series.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000113
Wanchen Li, Lin Song, Tao Guo, Yaliu Wu, Xiaoli Li, Hongfeng Li, Jianjun Li, Simiao Li

Scabies is a neglected tropical disease caused by the ectoparasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis (S. scabiei). Common scabies, the most prevalent clinical subtype of scabies, is characterized by pruritus, multiple skin lesions and low mite burden. In contrast, crusted scabies, an extremely contagious variant, is characterized by hyperkeratosis and high mite burden, with or without pruritus. Scabies can be diagnosed based on clinical manifestations, with confirmation obtained through microscopic identification of diagnostic features of S. scabiei. However, owing to the diversity and non-specific nature of its clinical manifestations and insufficient knowledge regarding early-stage clinical manifestations, the diagnosis of crusted scabies continues to be delayed. Herein, we present three cases of scabies with varying degrees of crusting and mite burden. Three patients with physical and microscopic results suggesting scabies were selected for this study. Case 1 had mild crusting and low mite burden, case 2 had severe crusting and high mite burden and case 3 had mild crusting and high mite burden. In this case report, 'the initial stage of crusted scabies' refers to the progression from common to crusted scabies. The discussion regarding the diagnostic characteristics of the initial stage of crusted scabies is expected to aid the early diagnosis of crusted scabies.

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Phylogeography of Pennella (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) indicates interoceanic dispersal mediated by cetacean and fish hosts.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000101
Sofía Ten, Rachel Vanessa Pool, Juan Antonio Raga, Andrew D Sweet, Francisco Javier Aznar

Copepods of the genus Pennella parasitize a wide range of marine animals, including cetaceans, teleosts, and cephalopods worldwide. Their taxonomy is unclear, as there is incongruence between morphological and genetic data and incomplete species coverage. This study provides new morphological and genetic (COI) data from 23 specimens of Pennella cf. filosa (syn. P. balaenoptera) from western Mediterranean whales and a swordfish. First, their position in the phylogeny of Pennella was assessed and species delimitation revisited using all available Pennella COI sequences (n = 189), obtained from Mediterranean and north Pacific specimens from 18 host species (including multiple cetaceans and teleosts). Second, it was investigated whether the geographic location, degree of host vagility, or host taxonomic identity help explain genetic differentiation. Five distinct haplotype groups with varying genetic divergence were distinguished. Although the presence of sibling species cannot be ruled out, species delimitation methods could not find interspecific genetic differences, leaving the taxonomy of the genus unresolved. The observed genetic differentiation could not be attributed to geography or host type. This suggests that members of the genus Pennella show low specificity for definitive hosts and interoceanic dispersal mediated by some vagile definitive hosts. The use of more genetic markers for addressing these questions in the future is encouraged.

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Factors influencing a common but neglected blood parasite prevalence in breeding populations of passerines.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000095
Ashwin Kumar Saravana Bhavan Venkatachalam, Anna Kadlecová, Anna Kapustová, Magdalena Kulich Fialová, Jana Brzoňová, Miroslav Šálek, Milena Svobodová
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Helminth parasites of Galápagos mammals: a new cestode of the genus Raillietina from the endemic rice rat Nesoryzomys swarthi and a summary of parasites from both endemic and invasive rodents.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000083
Scott L Gardner, Emma K Chesley, Michael C Friedle, Altangerel T Dursahinhan

In this first report of endoparasites from endemic land-mammals of the Galápagos Islands, we describe a new species of cestode of the genus Raillietina (Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae) from a species of Nesoryzomys and summarize the extent of helminth parasitism in both oryzomyine endemics and introduced species of Rattus. Up to the current time, no helminth parasites have been reported from rodents of the Galápagos, and little work has yet been done describing and synthesizing Galápagos parasite diversity. In historical times, several species of autochthonous rodents have occupied the islands including: Nesoryzomys narboroughi Heller 1904, N. fernandinae Hutterer and Hirsch 1979, N. swarthi Orr, 1938, and Aegialomys galapagoensis (Waterhouse, 1839). Colonization of the islands by humans brought 3 known species of synanthropic rodents: Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, and Mus musculus which are suspected to have caused the extinction of at least 3 other oryzomyines in historical times.

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Unraveling the host range of Plasmodium huffi: morphological, histopathological and molecular characterization in red-legged seriemas from Brazil.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/S003118202500006X
Lis Marques de Carvalho E Vieira, Sabrina Epiphanio, Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes, Juliana Mariotti Guerra, José Luiz Catão Dias, Maria Andreína Pacheco, Ananias A Escalante, Érika Martins Braga

Avian Plasmodium parasites can be pathogenic to their vertebrate hosts. Although cases of anaemia are frequently reported in parasitized birds, the potential damage caused by the parasite during the exoerythrocytic reproduction phase remains poorly investigated. Here, we report 2 individuals of red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) infected with 2 different lineages of Plasmodium huffi, one of them exhibiting potential malarial-compatible tissue lesions in the spleen, liver, brain and lungs, alongside molecular confirmation of parasite presence in the spleen. Previously classified as specific to birds from the order Piciformes, this parasite has shown different associated lineages amplified across diverse host orders in South America (Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Columbiformes, Galliformes, Pelecaniformes and Passeriformes). Those infections, however, were defined as abortive due to the absence of gametocytes visualized in blood smear slides. Herein, we confirm P. huffi as a generalist parasite based on the first morphological characterization in the peripheral blood of a bird outside the Piciformes order. This is also the first morphological and molecular description of a Plasmodium species in Cariamiformes. In addition to the morphological analyses, we have also proposed a novel phylogenetic hypothesis based on the partial cytb gene and the near-complete mitochondrial genome of this parasite. Our findings support that the division of the genus Plasmodium into subgenera is not monophyletic, as P. (Huffia) huffi and its associated lineages cluster more closely with Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) gallinaceum than with Plasmodium (Huffia) elongatum.

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Pinus sylvestris bark extract reduces the impact of Heligmosomoides bakeri infection on C57BL/6 but not on BALB/c mice (Mus musculus).
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024001148
Berit Marie Blomstrand, Stig Milan Thamsborg, Håvard Steinshamn, Heidi Larsen Enemark, Inga Marie Aasen, Karl-Christian Mahnert, Kristin Marie Sørheim, Francesca Shepherd, Jos Houdijk, Spiridoula Athanasiadou

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) may improve gastrointestinal health by exerting immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and/or antiparasitic effects. Bark extracts from coniferous tree species have previously been shown to reduce the burden of a range of parasite species in the gastrointestinal tract, with condensed tannins as the potential active compounds. In the present study, the impact of an acetone extract of pine bark (Pinus sylvestris) on the resistance, performance and tolerance of genetically diverse mice (Mus musculus) was assessed. Mice able to clear an infection quickly (fast responders, BALB/c) or slowly (slow responders, C57BL/6) were infected orally with 200 infective third-stage larvae (L3) of the parasitic nematode Heligmosomoides bakeri or remained uninfected (dosed with water only). Each infection group of mice was gavaged for 3 consecutive days from day 19 post-infection with either bark extract or dimethyl sulphoxide (5%) as vehicle control. Oral administration of pine bark extract did not have an impact on any of the measured parasitological parameter. It did, however, have a positive impact on the performance of infected, slow-responder mice, through an increase in body weight (BW) and carcase weight and reduced feed intake by BW ratio. Importantly, bark extract administration had a negative impact on the fast responders, by reducing their ability to mediate the impact of parasitism through reducing their performance and tolerance. The results indicate that the impact of PSMs on parasitized hosts is affected by host's genetic susceptibility, with susceptible hosts benefiting more from bark extract administration compared to resistant ones.

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Size, spines, and primes: the drivers of collar spine numbers among echinostome trematodes.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000046
Bronwen Presswell, Priscila M Salloum, Jerusha Bennett, Katherine E Buschang, Robert Poulin
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How patient, infection, and cysticercus characteristics impact the evolution of Taenia solium larva in the human brain: a unique cyst-level analysis.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1017/S003118202400163X
Hongbin Zhang, Meghana G Shamsunder, Pryanka Bawa, Arturo Carpio, W Allen Hauser, Karina Quinde-Herrera, Alex Jaramillo, Elizabeth A Kelvin
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The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024000829
Ellie Lebeau, Jenny C Dunn

Coinfection of a host by more than 1 parasite is more common than single infection in wild environments and can have differing impacts, although coinfections have relatively rarely been quantified. Host immune responses to coinfection can contribute to infection costs but are often harder to predict than those associated with single infection, due to the influence of within-host parasite–parasite interactions on infection virulence. To first quantify coinfection in a common bird species, and then to test for immune-related impacts of coinfection, we investigated the prevalence and immune response to avian haemosporidian (genera: Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon) coinfection in wild blackbirds. Coinfection status was diagnosed using a 1-step multiplex polymerase chain reaction, immune response was quantified through white blood cell counts and heterophil: lymphocyte ratios, and parasitaemia was quantified for each infected sample. We detected high rates of haemosporidian infection and coinfection, although neither impacted immune activity, despite a significantly higher parasitaemia in individuals experiencing double vs single infection. This suggests that immune-related costs of haemosporidian single and coinfection are low in this system. This could be due to long-term host–parasite coevolution, which has decreased infection virulence, or a consequence of reduced costs associated with chronic infections compared to acute infections. Alternatively, our results may obscure immune-related costs associated with specific combinations of coinfecting haemosporidian genera, species or lineages. Future research should investigate interactions that occur between haemosporidian parasites within hosts, as well as the ways in which these interactions and resulting impacts may vary depending on parasite identity.

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Prevalence and diversity of Aphanomyces astaci in cambarid crayfish of Pennsylvania: where native and introduced hosts meet.
IF 2.1 3区 医学 Q2 PARASITOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000022
Adam Petrusek, Michaela Mojžišová, Adéla Mikešová, Radka Piálková, David A Lieb

The crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci (Oomycota: Saprolegniales) is native to North America but expanded with its crayfish hosts to other regions. In most of its invaded range, A. astaci haplotypes are associated with specific American crayfish, probably due to introduction bottlenecks, but haplotype diversity is higher and clear host-specific associations are lacking in its native range. However, little is known about the infection rate and load of this pathogen in North America. We investigated the distribution, prevalence and genetic variation of A. astaci in Pennsylvania (eastern USA), where multiple native and introduced crayfish species (family Cambaridae) occur. We used A. astaci-specific quantitative PCR to screen 533 individuals representing 8 crayfish species (2 Cambarus and 6 Faxonius) from 49 sites. Faxonius limosus, an American species first introduced to Europe and carrier of A. astaci genotype group E, was of particular interest. We confirmed A. astaci infections in 76% of sites in all but 1 host taxon, with the pathogen infection rate and load comparable to established populations of North American crayfish studied in Europe and Japan. Despite the absence of highly infected hosts, we genotyped A. astaci from 14 sites. We only detected 2 mitochondrial haplotypes, but nuclear markers indicated the presence of at least 4 distinct pathogen genotypes, none documented from invaded areas in Europe or Asia. Genotype group E was not detected in F. limosus, possibly due to limited spatial distribution of the original strain. Our results highlight both benefits and limitations of combining multiple pathogen genotyping methods.

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