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Volume contents Volume 53 (2004)
Parasitology International 53 (2004) 365 – 367 www.elsevier.com/locate/parint
Volume contents Volume 53 (2004) Publisher’s note
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Research articles Observations on clinical efficacy of albendazole emulsion in 264 cases of hepatic cystic echinococcosis J. Chai, Menghebat, J. Wei, S. Deyu, L. Bin, S. Jincao, F. Chen, L. Xiong, M. Yiding, W. Xiuling, Dolikun, Guliber, W. Yanchun, G. Fanghua and X. Shuhua (PR China)
3
Description and surface topography of the cercaria of Austrobilharzia sp.(Digenea:Schistosomatidae) J. Abdul-Salam and B.S. Sreelatha (Kuwait)
11
Detection and significance of the potentially pathogenic amoeboflagellate Naegleria italica in Australia B.S. Robinson, P.T. Monis, M. Henderson, S. Gelonese and A. Ferrante (Australia)
23
Disseminated lethal Encephalitozoon cuniculi (genotype III) infections in cotton-top tamarins (Oedipomidas oedipus)—a case report J. Reetz, M. Wiedemann, A. Aue, U. Wittstatt, A. Ochs, A. Thomschke, H. Manke, M. Schwebs and H. Rinder (Germany)
29
In vitro and in vivo interaction of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin with various target cells: an immunocytochemical analysis J. Pacheco, M. Shibayama, R. Campos, D.L. Beck, E. Houpt, W.A. Petri, Jr. and V. Tsutsumi (Mexico, USA)
35
A quantitative assay method of Toxoplasma gondii HSP70 mRNA by quantitative competitive-reverse transcriptase-PCR L.-X. Piao, F. Aosai, M. Chen, H. Fang, H.-S. Mun, K. Norose and A. Yano (Japan)
49
Relative frequencies of polymorphisms of variation in Block 2 repeats and 5 V recombinant types of Plasmodium falciparum msp1 alleles N. Sakihama, T. Matsuo, T. Mitamura, T. Horii, M. Kimura, M. Kawabata and K. Tanabe (Japan)
59
Molecular taxonomic position of the elephant schistosome, Bivitellobilharzia nairi, newly discovered in Sri Lanka T. Agatsuma, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, V.Y. Kuruwita, M. Iwagami and R.C. Rajapakse (Japan, Sri Lanka)
69
Identification of Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein RBP-2 homologue a and b (Pf RBP-2-Ha and -Hb) sequences that specifically bind to erythrocytes M. Ocampo, R. Vera, L.E. Rodrı´guez, H. Curtidor, J. Sua´rez, J. Garcı´a, A. Puentes, R. Lo´pez, J. Valbuena, D. Tovar, C. Reyes, S. Vega and M.E. Patarroyo (Colombia)
77
Relationship between intermediate host taxon and infection by nematodes of the genus Rhabdochona R. Hirasawa, M. Urabe and M. Yuma (Japan)
89
Instructions to Authors
99
Research articles Progress in the prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis L. Savioli, M. Albonico, D. Engels and A. Montresor (Switzerland, Italy)
103
The prevalence and control of schistosomiasis in Poyang Lake region, China H. Chen and D. Lin (PR China)
115
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Contents
The schistosomiasis problem in the Philippines: a review B.L. Blas, M.I. Rosales, I.L. Lipayon, K. Yasuraoka, H. Matsuda and M. Hayashi (Philippines)
127
Schistosomiasis mekongi: from discovery to control H. Ohmae, M. Sinuon, M. Kirinoki, J. Matsumoto, Y. Chigusa, D. Socheat and H. Matsuda (Japan, Cambodia)
135
Immunoregulation and World Health Assembly resolution 54.19: why does treatment control morbidity? D.G. Colley and W. Evan Secor (USA)
143
Overview: from the horse experimentation by Prof. Akira Fujinami to paramyosin S. Kojima (Thailand)
151
A vaccine against Asian schistosomiasis D.P. McManus and P.B. Bartley (Australia)
163
Research on calpain of Schistosoma japonicum as a vaccine candidate N. Ohta, T. Kumagai, H. Maruyama, A. Yoshida, Y. He and R. Zhang (Japan, PR China)
175
Schistosoma mansoni genome project: an update P.T. LoVerde, H. Hirai, J.M. Merrick, N.H. Lee and N. El-Sayed (USA, Japan)
183
Immunogenetic analysis of post-schistosomal liver fibrosis K. Hirayama (Japan)
193
Erratum to ‘‘Fixed-point observation of Oncomelania nosophora in Kofu Basin—establishment of monitoring system of schistosomiasis japonica in Japan’’ [Parasitol. Int. 52 (2003) 395 – 401] N. Nihei, N. Kajihara, M. Kirinoki, Y. Chigusa, Y. Saitoh, R. Shimamura, H. Kaneta and H. Matsuda (Japan)
197
Fixed-point observation of Oncomelania nosophora in Kofu Basin—establishment of monitoring system of schistosomiasis japonica in Japan N. Nihei, N. Kajihara, M. Kirinoki, Y. Chigusa, Y. Saitoh, R. Shimamura, H. Kaneta and H. Matsuda (Japan)
199
Instructions to Authors 207 Research articles A rapid genotyping method for the vivax malaria transmission-blocking vaccine candidates, Pvs25 and Pvs28 T. Tsuboi, O. Kaneko, Y.-M. Cao, M. Tachibana, Y. Yakushijin, T. Nagao, H. Kanbara and M. Torii (Japan, China)
211
Influence of H2 complex and non-H2 genes on progression of cutaneous lesions in mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis M. Terabe, S. Wakana, K. Katakura, T. Onodera, Y. Matsumoto and M. Ito (Japan)
217
Comparison of rDNA sequences from colchicine treated and untreated sporocysts of Phyllodistomum folium and Bucephalus polymorphus (Digenea) V. Stunzˇ˙enas, J.R. Cryan and D.P. Molloy (Lithuania, USA)
223
Two new species of bucephalids (Digenea: Bucephalidae) parasitic in freshwater fishes of Argentina L.I. Lunaschi (Argentina)
229
Molecular cloning and characterization of Trypanosoma vivax alternative oxidase (AOX) gene, a target of the trypanocide ascofuranone T. Suzuki, C.-i. Nihei, Y. Yabu, T. Hashimoto, M. Suzuki, A. Yoshida, K. Nagai, T. Hosokawa, N. Minagawa, S. Suzuki, K. Kita and N. Ohta (Japan)
235
An experimental model for amoebic abscess production in the cheek pouch of the Syrian golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus M.A. Beg, S. Kobayashi, A.S. Hussainy, A. Hamada, E. Okuzawa, R.A. Smego Jr and R. Hussain (Pakistan, Japan)
247
Trichomonas vaginalis: random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic women in India P. Kaul, I. Gupta, R. Sehgal and N. Malla (India)
255
Contents
367
Cross-reactions with Ascaris suum antigens of sera from mice infected with A. suum, Toxocara canis, and Angiostrongylus cantonensis C.-K. Fan and K.-E. Su (Taiwan, ROC)
263
Instructions to Authors
273
Research articles The genes encoding cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit homologues of the microsporidia Encephalitozoon intestinalis and E. cuniculi: molecular characterisation and phylogenetic analysis L. Equinet, E. Bapteste, M. Thellier, M. Ouarzane-Amara, C.P. Vivare`s, I. Desportes-Livage and C. Doerig (UK, France)
277
Anthelmintic efficacy of genistein, the active principle of Flemingia vestita (Fabaceae): alterations in the free amino acid pool and ammonia levels in the fluke, Fasciolopsis buski P.K. Kar, V. Tandon and N. Saha (India)
287
The miniature pig: a unique experimental model for Schistosoma japonicum infection K. Watanabe, M. Kikuchi, A. Ohno, R. Taha Mohamed, T. Nara, R. Ubalee, M. Senba, T. Iwasaki, H. Chen, Y. Aoki and K. Hirayama (Japan, PR China)
293
Growth and development of Massaliatrema misgurni (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in mice and its metacercarial morphology F. Ohyama, H. Ushirogawa, N. Furukawa, K. Matoba and T. Okino (Japan)
301
Flight muscle-specific expression of act88F: GFP in transgenic Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) M.L. Allen and B.M. Christensen (USA)
307
Effect of treatment with free and liposomized albendazole on selected immunological parameters and cyst growth in mice infected with Echinococcus multilocularis E. Dvorozˇnˇa´kova´, G. Hrcˇkova´, Z. Borosˇkova´, S. Velebny´ and P. Dubinsky´ (Slovak Republic)
315
Two new blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from Epinephelinae (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Pacific Ocean M.J. Nolan and T.H. Cribb (Australia)
327
Genotypic variation among lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi and its geographic aspects H. Higo, S. Miura, M. Horio, T. Mimori, S. Hamano, T. Agatsuma, T. Yanagi, A. Cruz-Reyes, N. Uyema, A.R. de Arias, V. Matta, H. Akahane, K. Hirayama, T. Takeuchi, I. Tada and K. Himeno (Japan, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Guatemala)
337
Anthelmintic efficacy of Flemingia vestita (Fabaceae): alterations in glucose metabolism of the cestode, Raillietina echinobothrida B. Das, V. Tandon and N. Saha (India)
345
Corrigendum to ‘‘Trichomonas vaginalis: random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic women in India’’ [Parasitology International 53 (2004) 255 – 262] P. Kaul, I. Gupta, R. Sehgal and N. Malla (India)
351
Instructions to Authors
353
Author Index
357
Subject Index
359
Volume Contents
365
Volume contents Volume 53 (2004) Publisher’s note
1
Research articles Observations on clinical efficacy of albendazole emulsion in 264 cases of hepatic cystic echinococcosis J. Chai, Menghebat, J. Wei, S. Deyu, L. Bin, S. Jincao, F. Chen, L. Xiong, M. Yiding, W. Xiuling, Dolikun, Guliber, W. Yanchun, G. Fanghua and X. Shuhua (PR China)
3
Description and surface topography of the cercaria of Austrobilharzia sp.(Digenea:Schistosomatidae) J. Abdul-Salam and B.S. Sreelatha (Kuwait)
11
Detection and significance of the potentially pathogenic amoeboflagellate Naegleria italica in Australia B.S. Robinson, P.T. Monis, M. Henderson, S. Gelonese and A. Ferrante (Australia)
23
Disseminated lethal Encephalitozoon cuniculi (genotype III) infections in cotton-top tamarins (Oedipomidas oedipus)—a case report J. Reetz, M. Wiedemann, A. Aue, U. Wittstatt, A. Ochs, A. Thomschke, H. Manke, M. Schwebs and H. Rinder (Germany)
29
In vitro and in vivo interaction of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin with various target cells: an immunocytochemical analysis J. Pacheco, M. Shibayama, R. Campos, D.L. Beck, E. Houpt, W.A. Petri, Jr. and V. Tsutsumi (Mexico, USA)
35
A quantitative assay method of Toxoplasma gondii HSP70 mRNA by quantitative competitive-reverse transcriptase-PCR L.-X. Piao, F. Aosai, M. Chen, H. Fang, H.-S. Mun, K. Norose and A. Yano (Japan)
49
Relative frequencies of polymorphisms of variation in Block 2 repeats and 5 V recombinant types of Plasmodium falciparum msp1 alleles N. Sakihama, T. Matsuo, T. Mitamura, T. Horii, M. Kimura, M. Kawabata and K. Tanabe (Japan)
59
Molecular taxonomic position of the elephant schistosome, Bivitellobilharzia nairi, newly discovered in Sri Lanka T. Agatsuma, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, V.Y. Kuruwita, M. Iwagami and R.C. Rajapakse (Japan, Sri Lanka)
69
Identification of Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein RBP-2 homologue a and b (Pf RBP-2-Ha and -Hb) sequences that specifically bind to erythrocytes M. Ocampo, R. Vera, L.E. Rodrı´guez, H. Curtidor, J. Sua´rez, J. Garcı´a, A. Puentes, R. Lo´pez, J. Valbuena, D. Tovar, C. Reyes, S. Vega and M.E. Patarroyo (Colombia)
77
Relationship between intermediate host taxon and infection by nematodes of the genus Rhabdochona R. Hirasawa, M. Urabe and M. Yuma (Japan)
89
Instructions to Authors
99
Research articles Progress in the prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis L. Savioli, M. Albonico, D. Engels and A. Montresor (Switzerland, Italy)
103
The prevalence and control of schistosomiasis in Poyang Lake region, China H. Chen and D. Lin (PR China)
115
366
Contents
The schistosomiasis problem in the Philippines: a review B.L. Blas, M.I. Rosales, I.L. Lipayon, K. Yasuraoka, H. Matsuda and M. Hayashi (Philippines)
127
Schistosomiasis mekongi: from discovery to control H. Ohmae, M. Sinuon, M. Kirinoki, J. Matsumoto, Y. Chigusa, D. Socheat and H. Matsuda (Japan, Cambodia)
135
Immunoregulation and World Health Assembly resolution 54.19: why does treatment control morbidity? D.G. Colley and W. Evan Secor (USA)
143
Overview: from the horse experimentation by Prof. Akira Fujinami to paramyosin S. Kojima (Thailand)
151
A vaccine against Asian schistosomiasis D.P. McManus and P.B. Bartley (Australia)
163
Research on calpain of Schistosoma japonicum as a vaccine candidate N. Ohta, T. Kumagai, H. Maruyama, A. Yoshida, Y. He and R. Zhang (Japan, PR China)
175
Schistosoma mansoni genome project: an update P.T. LoVerde, H. Hirai, J.M. Merrick, N.H. Lee and N. El-Sayed (USA, Japan)
183
Immunogenetic analysis of post-schistosomal liver fibrosis K. Hirayama (Japan)
193
Erratum to ‘‘Fixed-point observation of Oncomelania nosophora in Kofu Basin—establishment of monitoring system of schistosomiasis japonica in Japan’’ [Parasitol. Int. 52 (2003) 395 – 401] N. Nihei, N. Kajihara, M. Kirinoki, Y. Chigusa, Y. Saitoh, R. Shimamura, H. Kaneta and H. Matsuda (Japan)
197
Fixed-point observation of Oncomelania nosophora in Kofu Basin—establishment of monitoring system of schistosomiasis japonica in Japan N. Nihei, N. Kajihara, M. Kirinoki, Y. Chigusa, Y. Saitoh, R. Shimamura, H. Kaneta and H. Matsuda (Japan)
199
Instructions to Authors 207 Research articles A rapid genotyping method for the vivax malaria transmission-blocking vaccine candidates, Pvs25 and Pvs28 T. Tsuboi, O. Kaneko, Y.-M. Cao, M. Tachibana, Y. Yakushijin, T. Nagao, H. Kanbara and M. Torii (Japan, China)
211
Influence of H2 complex and non-H2 genes on progression of cutaneous lesions in mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis M. Terabe, S. Wakana, K. Katakura, T. Onodera, Y. Matsumoto and M. Ito (Japan)
217
Comparison of rDNA sequences from colchicine treated and untreated sporocysts of Phyllodistomum folium and Bucephalus polymorphus (Digenea) V. Stunzˇ˙enas, J.R. Cryan and D.P. Molloy (Lithuania, USA)
223
Two new species of bucephalids (Digenea: Bucephalidae) parasitic in freshwater fishes of Argentina L.I. Lunaschi (Argentina)
229
Molecular cloning and characterization of Trypanosoma vivax alternative oxidase (AOX) gene, a target of the trypanocide ascofuranone T. Suzuki, C.-i. Nihei, Y. Yabu, T. Hashimoto, M. Suzuki, A. Yoshida, K. Nagai, T. Hosokawa, N. Minagawa, S. Suzuki, K. Kita and N. Ohta (Japan)
235
An experimental model for amoebic abscess production in the cheek pouch of the Syrian golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus M.A. Beg, S. Kobayashi, A.S. Hussainy, A. Hamada, E. Okuzawa, R.A. Smego Jr and R. Hussain (Pakistan, Japan)
247
Trichomonas vaginalis: random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic women in India P. Kaul, I. Gupta, R. Sehgal and N. Malla (India)
255
Contents
367
Cross-reactions with Ascaris suum antigens of sera from mice infected with A. suum, Toxocara canis, and Angiostrongylus cantonensis C.-K. Fan and K.-E. Su (Taiwan, ROC)
263
Instructions to Authors
273
Research articles The genes encoding cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit homologues of the microsporidia Encephalitozoon intestinalis and E. cuniculi: molecular characterisation and phylogenetic analysis L. Equinet, E. Bapteste, M. Thellier, M. Ouarzane-Amara, C.P. Vivare`s, I. Desportes-Livage and C. Doerig (UK, France)
277
Anthelmintic efficacy of genistein, the active principle of Flemingia vestita (Fabaceae): alterations in the free amino acid pool and ammonia levels in the fluke, Fasciolopsis buski P.K. Kar, V. Tandon and N. Saha (India)
287
The miniature pig: a unique experimental model for Schistosoma japonicum infection K. Watanabe, M. Kikuchi, A. Ohno, R. Taha Mohamed, T. Nara, R. Ubalee, M. Senba, T. Iwasaki, H. Chen, Y. Aoki and K. Hirayama (Japan, PR China)
293
Growth and development of Massaliatrema misgurni (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in mice and its metacercarial morphology F. Ohyama, H. Ushirogawa, N. Furukawa, K. Matoba and T. Okino (Japan)
301
Flight muscle-specific expression of act88F: GFP in transgenic Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) M.L. Allen and B.M. Christensen (USA)
307
Effect of treatment with free and liposomized albendazole on selected immunological parameters and cyst growth in mice infected with Echinococcus multilocularis E. Dvorozˇnˇa´kova´, G. Hrcˇkova´, Z. Borosˇkova´, S. Velebny´ and P. Dubinsky´ (Slovak Republic)
315
Two new blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from Epinephelinae (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Pacific Ocean M.J. Nolan and T.H. Cribb (Australia)
327
Genotypic variation among lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi and its geographic aspects H. Higo, S. Miura, M. Horio, T. Mimori, S. Hamano, T. Agatsuma, T. Yanagi, A. Cruz-Reyes, N. Uyema, A.R. de Arias, V. Matta, H. Akahane, K. Hirayama, T. Takeuchi, I. Tada and K. Himeno (Japan, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Guatemala)
337
Anthelmintic efficacy of Flemingia vestita (Fabaceae): alterations in glucose metabolism of the cestode, Raillietina echinobothrida B. Das, V. Tandon and N. Saha (India)
345
Corrigendum to ‘‘Trichomonas vaginalis: random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic women in India’’ [Parasitology International 53 (2004) 255 – 262] P. Kaul, I. Gupta, R. Sehgal and N. Malla (India)
351
Instructions to Authors
353
Author Index
357
Subject Index
359
Volume Contents
365