Frontiers in Parasitology

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2025

Application of a new highly multiplexed amplicon sequencing tool to evaluate Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance and relatedness in individual and pooled samples from Dschang, Cameroon

Jacob M. Sadler
Alfred Simkin
Valery P. K. Tchuenkam
Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza
Abebe A. Fola
Kevin Wamae
Ashenafi Assefa
Karamoko Niaré
Kyaw Thwai
Samuel J. White

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1509261

3,581 views
5 citations

Case Report

Published on 10 Jan 2025

Unusual cholesterol crystal formation in a rare clinical case report of splenic echinococcal cyst in a patient from Sardinia, Italy

Cinzia Santucciu
Ashkan Hajjafari
Soheil Sadr
Scilla Mastrandrea
Carlo Rettaroli
Luca Simbula
Mariano Scaglione
Salvatore Masala
Angela Peruzzu
Giovanna Masala

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1498099

2,251 views

Mini Review

Published on 10 Dec 2024

Emodepside: the anthelmintic’s mode of action and toxicity

Charity N. Njeshi
Alan P. Robertson
Richard J. Martin

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1508167

6,128 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Oct 2024

Detecting two Schistosoma circulating antigens – CCA and CAA – in urine and serum to improve diagnosis of human schistosomiasis

Pytsje T. Hoekstra
Claudia J. de Dood
Theresia Abdoel
Stan Hilt
Angela van Diepen
Katja Polman
Peter Kremsner
Lisette van Lieshout
Andrea Kreidenweiss
Ayola Akim Adegnika

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1460331

5,915 views
4 citations

Mini Review

Published on 02 Oct 2024

Praziquantel resistance in schistosomes: a brief report

Gabriela Eastham
Dane Fausnacht
Matthew H. Becker
Alan Gillen
William Moore

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1471451

9,180 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2024

Metabolic changes that allow Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin-resistant parasites to tolerate oxidative stress

Alejandro David Bonive-Boscan
Héctor Acosta
Ascanio Rojas

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1461641

2,972 views
3 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 02 Sep 2024

Schistosomiasis endemicity and its role in sexually transmitted infections – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kwame Kumi Asare
Philip Afful
Godwin Kwami Abotsi
Czarina Owusua Adu-Gyamfi
George Benyem
Gnatoulma Katawa
Kathrin Arndts
Manuel Ritter

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1451149

4,607 views
3 citations

Review

Published on 27 Aug 2024

Evolution of dirofilariasis diagnostic techniques from traditional morphological analysis to molecular-based techniques: a comprehensive review

A.M.M.T.B. Aththanayaka
B.S.W.M.T.B. Dayananda
H.A.K. Ranasinghe
L.D. Amarasinghe

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1427449

6,810 views
7 citations

Review

Published on 06 Aug 2024

Understanding the Cryptosporidium species and their challenges to animal health and livestock species for informed development of new, specific treatment strategies

Hannah Rideout
Alasdair J. C. Cook
Anthony D. Whetton

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1448076

11,757 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2024

Malaria and associated factors among under-five children in Borena pastoral communities, southern Ethiopia

Alqeer Aliyo
Wako Golicha
Anteneh Fikrie

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1438218

4,884 views
2 citations

Mini Review

Published on 01 Jul 2024

From laboratory to clinical practice: an update of the immunological and molecular tools for neurocysticercosis diagnosis

Luz M. Toribio
Javier A. Bustos
Hector H. Garcia

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1394089

5,202 views
7 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 27 Jun 2024

Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931, a sole extant species of the genus Nuttalliella – a scoping review

Maphuti Betty Ledwaba
Dikeledi Petunia Malatji

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1401351

3,874 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 May 2024

Transcriptome analysis reveals molecular targets of erythrocyte invasion phenotype diversity in natural Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Cameroon

Ines A. Ngoh
Karim Mane
Jarra Manneh
Fatoumata Bojang
Aminata S. Jawara
Theresia N. Akenji
Damian N. Anong
Umberto D’Alessandro
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1370615

3,857 views

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2024

Next step towards point-of-care molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): evaluation of an instrument-free LAMP procedure

Kim J. M. van Bergen
Eric A.T. Brienen
Bodo S. Randrianasolo
Charles E. Ramarokoto
Peter Leutscher
Eyrun F. Kjetland
Angela van Diepen
Floris Dekker
Vittorio Saggiomo
Aldrik H. Velders

Frontiers in Parasitology

doi 10.3389/fpara.2024.1297310

4,445 views
5 citations

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

3,737 views
6 citations

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

3,837 views
5 citations

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

3,010 views
1 citation

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

4,892 views
5 citations

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

2,945 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

2,212 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

2,142 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

4,238 views
3 citations

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

3,206 views
1 citation

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

4,812 views
2 citations

25 Publications

volumes

Application of a new highly multiplexed amplicon sequencing tool to evaluate Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance and relatedness in individual and pooled samples from Dschang, Cameroon

Unusual cholesterol crystal formation in a rare clinical case report of splenic echinococcal cyst in a patient from Sardinia, Italy

Emodepside: the anthelmintic’s mode of action and toxicity

Detecting two Schistosoma circulating antigens – CCA and CAA – in urine and serum to improve diagnosis of human schistosomiasis

Praziquantel resistance in schistosomes: a brief report

Metabolic changes that allow Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin-resistant parasites to tolerate oxidative stress

Schistosomiasis endemicity and its role in sexually transmitted infections – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Evolution of dirofilariasis diagnostic techniques from traditional morphological analysis to molecular-based techniques: a comprehensive review

Understanding the Cryptosporidium species and their challenges to animal health and livestock species for informed development of new, specific treatment strategies

Malaria and associated factors among under-five children in Borena pastoral communities, southern Ethiopia

From laboratory to clinical practice: an update of the immunological and molecular tools for neurocysticercosis diagnosis

Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931, a sole extant species of the genus Nuttalliella – a scoping review

Transcriptome analysis reveals molecular targets of erythrocyte invasion phenotype diversity in natural Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Cameroon

Next step towards point-of-care molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): evaluation of an instrument-free LAMP procedure

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

Usefulness of polymerase chain reaction tests in Chagas disease studies