A prospective view of animal and human Fasciolosis

K Cwiklinski, SM O'neill, S Donnelly… - Parasite …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fasciolosis, a food‐borne trematodiasis, results following infection with the parasites,
Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. These trematodes greatly affect the global …

Liver fluke vaccines in ruminants: strategies, progress and future opportunities

H Toet, DM Piedrafita, TW Spithill - International journal for parasitology, 2014 - Elsevier
The development of a vaccine for Fasciola spp. in livestock is a challenge and would be
advanced by harnessing our knowledge of acquired immune mechanisms expressed by …

Whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium

ND Young, AR Jex, B Li, S Liu, L Yang, Z Xiong, Y Li… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by blood flukes (genus
Schistosoma; schistosomes) and affecting 200 million people worldwide. No vaccines are …

Reducing the future threat from (liver) fluke: realistic prospect or quixotic fantasy?

I Fairweather - Veterinary parasitology, 2011 - Elsevier
The liver fluke remains an economically significant parasite of livestock and is emerging as
an important zoonotic infection of humans. The incidence of the disease has increased in …

Recent progress in the development of liver fluke and blood fluke vaccines

DP McManus - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Liver flukes (Fasciola spp., Opisthorchis spp., Clonorchis sinensis) and blood flukes
(Schistosoma spp.) are parasitic helminths causing neglected tropical diseases that result in …

Secreted proteomes of different developmental stages of the gastrointestinal nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

J Sotillo, A Sanchez-Flores, C Cantacessi… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2014 - ASBMB
Hookworms infect more than 700 million people worldwide and cause more morbidity than
most other human parasitic infections. Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (the rat hookworm) has …

The cathepsin-like cysteine peptidases of trematodes of the genus Fasciola

K Cwiklinski, S Donnelly, O Drysdale, H Jewhurst… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fasciolosis caused by trematode parasites of the genus Fasciola is a global disease of
livestock, particularly cattle, sheep, water buffalo and goats. It is also a major human …

Analysis of Stress-Responsive Transcriptome in the Intestine of Asian Seabass (Lates calcarifer) using RNA-Seq

JH Xia, P Liu, F Liu, G Lin, F Sun, R Tu, GH Yue - DNA research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and regulated pathways in response
to stressors using a whole-genome approach is critical to understanding the mechanisms …

A Transcriptomic Analysis of Echinococcus granulosus Larval Stages: Implications for Parasite Biology and Host Adaptation

J Parkinson, JD Wasmuth, G Salinas… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The cestode Echinococcus granulosus-the agent of cystic echinococcosis, a
zoonosis affecting humans and domestic animals worldwide-is an excellent model for the …

The epidemiology and control of liver flukes in cattle and sheep

AK Howell, DJL Williams - Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal …, 2020 - vetfood.theclinics.com
The liver flukes are digenean trematode parasites that cause economically important
disease of domestic livestock. This article discusses 3 of the most important species of liver …