Frontiers in Parasitology

Volume 3 - 2024

Original Research

Published on 26 Apr 2024

Identification of potent schistosomicidal compounds predicted as type II-kinase inhibitors against Schistosoma mansoni c-Jun N-terminal kinase SMJNK

Bernardo P. Moreira
Sandra G. Gava
Simone Haeberlein
Sophie Gueye
Ester S. S. Santos
Michael H. W. Weber
Tigran M. Abramyan
Christoph G. Grevelding
Marina M. Mourão
Franco H. Falcone

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1394407

1,529 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Apr 2024

In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activities of the ethanol extract of Erythrina sigmoidea stem bark used for the treatment of malaria in the Western Region of Cameroon

Tientcheu Noutong Jemimah Sandra
Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia
Yamssi Cedric
Gamago Nkadeu Guy-Armand
Mounvera Abdel Azizi
Ngouyamsa Nsapkain Aboubakar Sidiki
Tako Djimefo Alex Kevin
Vincent Khan Payne
Haibo Hu

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1359442

1,612 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2024

Immunomodulatory properties of Leishmania tarentolae extracellular vesicles containing the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2

Ana Catalina Medina
Hamlet Acevedo Ospina
Albert Descoteaux

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1306478

1,320 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2024

Genetic variation of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein in parasite isolates from Homabay County in Kenya

Michael Maina
Sebastian Musundi
Josiah Kuja
Harrison Waweru
Daniel Kiboi
Bernard N. Kanoi
Jesse Gitaka

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1346017

1,856 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 26 Mar 2024

EhVps35, a retromer component, is involved in the recycling of the EhADH and Gal/GalNac virulent proteins of Entamoeba histolytica

Joselin Díaz-Valdez
Rosario Javier-Reyna
Sarita Montaño
Daniel Talamás-Lara
Esther Orozco

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1356601

1,572 views
2 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 26 Mar 2024

Toward the elimination of NTDs: application of cost-effective and sensitive molecular environmental surveillance tools—a pilot study

Juliet Hodgson
Gideon Twieku
Gerard Quarcoo
Emmanuel Armah
Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana
Samuel Armoo

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1340161

911 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Mar 2024

Field testing of recombinant subunit vaccines against Teladorsagia circumcincta in lambing ewes demonstrates a lack of efficacy in the face of a multi-species parasite challenge

Alasdair J. Nisbet
Tom N. McNeilly
Daniel R. G. Price
Yvonne Bartley
Margaret Oliver
Dave McBean
Leigh Andrews
Gillian Mitchell
Rachael Duncan
Sarah Brocklehurst

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1360029

781 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Mar 2024

Development of a rapid and highly sensitive nucleic acid-based diagnostic test for schistosomes, leveraging on identical multi-repeat sequences

Ombeni Ally
Bernard N. Kanoi
Shwetha Kamath
Clement Shiluli
Eric M. Ndombi
Maurice Odiere
Gerald Misinzo
Steven Ger Nyanjom
Chunduri Kiran Kumar
Lucy Ochola

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1361493

1,949 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Mar 2024

Purification and transcriptomic characterization of proliferative cells of Mesocestoides corti selectively affected by irradiation

Alicia Costábile
María Fernanda Domínguez
Inés Guarnaschelli
Matías Preza
Uriel Koziol
Estela Castillo
José F. Tort

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1362199

1,357 views
1 citation

Mini Review

Published on 13 Feb 2024

TRP drop, TRP drop: a steady patter of anti-schistosomal target illumination

Daniel J. Sprague
Claudia M. Rohr
Jonathan S. Marchant

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1349623

960 views

Perspective

Published on 13 Feb 2024

Usefulness of polymerase chain reaction tests in Chagas disease studies

Norma Bautista-Lopez
Momar Ndao

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1292143

1,981 views

Volume 2 - 2023

Review

Published on 28 Feb 2024

Antiparasitic activity of the iron-containing milk protein lactoferrin and its potential derivatives against human intestinal and blood parasites

Namrata Anand

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2023.1330398

2,044 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 11 Jan 2024

Manipulation of mitochondrial poly(A) polymerase family proteins in Trypanosoma brucei impacts mRNA termini processing

Clara M. Smoniewski
Poorya Mirzavand Borujeni
Marshall Hampton
Austin Petersen
Sean P. Faacks
Reza Salavati
Sara L. Zimmer

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2023.1298561

1,495 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 11 Jan 2024

Pathogen presence, prevalence, and diversity in Ixodes scapularis and mammal hosts at their expanding northern range limits

Kirsten E. Crandall
Jeremy T. Kerr
Virginie Millien

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2023.1272790

984 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Dec 2023

Reticulocyte Binding Protein Homologue 5 is a target of balancing selection in the Plasmodium falciparum population of Papua New Guinea

Myo T. Naung
Elijah Martin
Wilson Wong
Zahra Razook
Digjaya Utama
Andrew J. Guy
Shannon Takala Harrison
Alan F. Cowman
Enmoore Lin
Benson Kiniboro

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2023.1288867

1,591 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Nov 2023

Limited value of current and new in silico predicted oocyst-specific proteins of Toxoplasma gondii for source-attributing serology

Nadia-María López-Ureña
Rafael Calero-Bernal
Bretislav Koudela
Simona Cherchi
Alessia Possenti
Fabio Tosini
Sandra Klein
Carmen San Juan-Casero
Silvia Jara-Herrera
Pikka Jokelainen

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2023.1292322

1,332 views
1 citation

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Volume 3 - 2024

Identification of potent schistosomicidal compounds predicted as type II-kinase inhibitors against Schistosoma mansoni c-Jun N-terminal kinase SMJNK

In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activities of the ethanol extract of Erythrina sigmoidea stem bark used for the treatment of malaria in the Western Region of Cameroon

Immunomodulatory properties of Leishmania tarentolae extracellular vesicles containing the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2

Genetic variation of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein in parasite isolates from Homabay County in Kenya

EhVps35, a retromer component, is involved in the recycling of the EhADH and Gal/GalNac virulent proteins of Entamoeba histolytica

Toward the elimination of NTDs: application of cost-effective and sensitive molecular environmental surveillance tools—a pilot study

Field testing of recombinant subunit vaccines against Teladorsagia circumcincta in lambing ewes demonstrates a lack of efficacy in the face of a multi-species parasite challenge

Development of a rapid and highly sensitive nucleic acid-based diagnostic test for schistosomes, leveraging on identical multi-repeat sequences

Purification and transcriptomic characterization of proliferative cells of Mesocestoides corti selectively affected by irradiation

TRP drop, TRP drop: a steady patter of anti-schistosomal target illumination

Usefulness of polymerase chain reaction tests in Chagas disease studies

Volume 2 - 2023

Antiparasitic activity of the iron-containing milk protein lactoferrin and its potential derivatives against human intestinal and blood parasites

Manipulation of mitochondrial poly(A) polymerase family proteins in Trypanosoma brucei impacts mRNA termini processing

Pathogen presence, prevalence, and diversity in Ixodes scapularis and mammal hosts at their expanding northern range limits

Reticulocyte Binding Protein Homologue 5 is a target of balancing selection in the Plasmodium falciparum population of Papua New Guinea

Limited value of current and new in silico predicted oocyst-specific proteins of Toxoplasma gondii for source-attributing serology