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Institute of Parasitology
Recent research
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Metacercariae of Ichthyocotylurus erraticus Rudolphi 1809 have historically shown high prevalence and infection intensities in Sevan whitefish Coregonus lavaretus Linnaeus 1758. However, recent data on parasite infection levels in this introduced fish species in Lake Sev...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Pleural effusion associated with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a splenectomised dog.
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth that is increasingly reported in dogs across Europe. While most infections are subclinical, hyperinfection syndrome, marked by excessive larval proliferation and systemic spread, can occur in immunocompromised hosts. An 11-...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Ticks rely on salivary immunomodulators to sustain prolonged blood feeding and transmit pathogens, yet the protein effectors that mediate these processes remain incompletely defined. Here, we characterize three divergent cysteine protease inhibitors—Amacstatins—from the Gulf Coas...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Haem as a maternal factor of ticks
Abstract Background Ticks are obligate blood-feeding parasites that lack de novo haem biosynthesis and must acquire haem from their hosts. Although host haem is essential for tick reproduction, the extent to which individual ticks rely on dietary haemoglobin-derived haem during i...
- BiologyOpen access
Hepatitis-associated virus infections in Austrian equids: A survey of equids sampled across Austria
This study aimed to determine the (sero)prevalence of equine hepacivirus (EqHV), equine parvovirus-hepatitis (EqPV-H), equid hepatitis B virus (EqHBV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV), in equids across Austria and to identify associated risk factors. In a cross-sectional study conduct...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Common pathways and outliers in glucose catabolism across Trypanosomatidae
Glucose catabolism in trypanosomatids differs significantly from that in most other eukaryotes. Here, the first few enzymes of the pathway are all located inside glycosomes, that is, the peroxisome‐like microbodies uniquely present in the Kinetoplastida and Diplonemida of the Eug...