Publications by authors named "B Dezfuli"
Glandular cell products in adult cestode: A new tale of tapeworm interaction with fish innate immune response.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
December 2024
The caryophyllidean tapeworm (Janiszewska, 1953) is indigenous to the Lake Blidinje in the west-central part of Bosnia-Herzegovina where it infects chub (Heckel, 1843). Of 22 chubs examined, 45% were infected with and a total of 912 specimens of this worm were counted. Histopathological and ultrastructural investigations were conducted on interface region between chub intestine and cestode scolex.
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- The study addresses the growing economic impact of parasitic helminths in animal production and highlights the limitations of current deworming agents, including resistance issues and environmental harm.
- A new bioinformatics workflow was developed to streamline the discovery of specific treatment strategies against acanthocephalans, targeting parasites that affect fish aquaculture.
- The workflow successfully identified eleven promising candidate targets and ten potential compounds for treatment, indicating a significant advancement in developing effective and specific anthelminthic treatments.
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- Carnivorous birds, like Hooded Crows and Eurasian Magpies, can host parasites (Sphaerirostris picae) in their intestines, influencing their spread in nature.
- The study examined 29 Hooded Crows and 51 Eurasian Magpies in Northern Italy, finding an infection prevalence of about 10%, with varying intensities in each bird species.
- Results indicated that the parasite damages the intestinal wall at the attachment point, triggering significant immune responses, particularly from macrophages and other immune cells, though it didn't lead to widespread inflammation.
The swimbladder functions as a hydrostatic organ in most bony fishes, including the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. Infection by the nematode Anguillicoloides crassus impairs swimbladder function, significantly compromising the success of the eel spawning migration. Swimbladders from 32 yellow eels taken from Lake Trasimeno (Central Italy) were analysed by histopathology- and electron microscopy-based techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThinlip mullet Chelon ramada is the most abundant mullet species found in the Comacchio lagoons (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy). Histological and ultrastructural sections of the intestine of C. ramada showed that over 83% of 48 mullets were infected with the intestinal parasite Myxobolus mugchelo (Myxozoa).
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