A new species of Oochoristica (Eucestoda: Cyclophyllidea) parasite of Agama mutabilis (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Egypt.

The morphological and morphometric characterization of Oochoristica mutabili, an anoplocephalid cestode infecting the small intestine of the Egyptian changeable lizard, Agama mutabilis (F: Agamidae) in South Sinai were described by light and scanning electron microscopy as a first description from this host in Egypt. Ten out of fifty six (17.9%) of the examined specimens were infected with Oochoristica.

WITHDRAWN: Comparative study of the karyotypes and electrophoretic patterns of Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncatus and the ova of their corresponding trematode hosts.

The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published, doi:10.1016/j.parint.

Studies on the genus Stylocephalus ellis, 1912 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Stylocephalidae) in beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from El Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

Four species of the genus Stylocephalus Ellis, 1912 were recorded and described from beetles in El Fayoum Governorate; S. longicollis, S. phalloides, S.

Molecular and microscopic techniques for detection of Sarcocystis neurona sporocysts in fecal samples.

Diagnosis of Sarcocystis sp. in the definitive host is generally by microscopic detection of the sporocysts in feces. This method is insensitive and cannot differentiate between species because sporocysts lack specific staining criteria.

Inference of molecular phylogeny of Sarcocystis felis (Sarcocystidae) from cats based on nuclear-encoded ribosomal gene sequences.

The phylogenetic position of four clinical isolates of Sarcocystis felis was assessed using ssurRNA and ITS1 gene sequences in the context of a wide array of other Sarcocystis sp. Phylogenetic reconstructions using neighbour-joining and maximum parsimony methods generated identical tree topologies with strong support values at each node. High ssurRNA sequence similarity (> or =99%) and the resulting phylogeny demonstrated that S.

Molecular polymorphisms associated with Egyptian, European, Chinese and North American Fasciola hepatica.

A new PCR based system was used that had a broad detection capabilty among parasites based on a conserved region of the 18s of the 18s ribosomal DNA genes. Five samples each of Egyptian, European and Chinese F. hepatica of bovine origin were obtained and DNA was isolated.

Spot light survey on fresh-water snails of medical importance in Al Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

In a survey carried out during Summer and Autumn of 2004, for snails of medical importance, nine species were recovered. These were Biomphalaria alexandrina, B. glabrata, B.

Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium parvum isolates obtained from humans.

Fifty stool specimens collected from severe diarrheic patients attending Misr University Hospital, were examined microscopically for protozoan parasites mainly, Cryptosporidium parvum. Stool examination revealed 22 cases with C. parvum, 8 with E.

Laboratory and field studies on oribatid mites as intermediate host of Moniezia expansa infecting Egytptian sheep.

Three species of oribatid mites, Scheloribates zaherii, Zygoribatula tadrosi and Z. sayedi from pure colonies were experimentally exposed to infection by allowing them to feed on stool sheep infected with Moniezia expansa. The mites were followed up to the development of the infective cysticercoids.

Efficacy of Mirazid (Commiphora molmol) against fascioliasis in Egyptian sheep.

The efficacy of Mirazid (Commiphora molmol or Myrrh) was evaluated in sheep naturally infected with fascioliasis. Total doses of one or two capsules (300 mg each) were given for one, two or three successive days on an empty stomach an hour before breakfast. A total dose of 600 mg gave a cure rate of 83.

The pattern of cryptosporidiosis in experimentally immune deficient albino rats.

Thirty clean laboratory bred male albino rats were divided into two groups. G1, twenty rats received corticosteroids (SC. injection of 1.

Anthelminthic efficacy of traditional herbs on Ascaris lumbricoides.

The ascaricidal efficacy of six commonly used traditional herbs. Artemesia santonica, Inula helenium, Cassia abutnsifolla, Albizzia lebbek, Acacia auriculoformis and oil of Apium graveolens, was tested in vitro against the eggs and larvae of Ascaris lumbricoides. Aqueous extracts of 1% Artemesia and 5% of Albizzia and Inula were effective in killing both the infective larvae ill less than 40 days and eggs in 20 days.

A histochemical study on the hydatid cyst and electron microscopy of the hydatid sand of Echinococcus granulosus.

The histochemistry of the hydatid cyst wall of E. granulosus from goat and sheep were studied. The cyst wall contains a carbohydrate-protein substrate complex, collagen and possibly calcium.

Comparative study between elisa IgG, IgM and PCR in diagnosing and studying toxoplasmosis in Qualyobia Governorate, Egypt.

ELISA IgG, IgM antibodies and PCR for toxoplasmosis were performed on 55 women with complicated gestation and their babies. Besides, ELISA IgG and IgM were applied on 27 uncomplicated gestation (mothers & babies) and 152 randomly selected individuals. Seropositivity to specific IgG antibodies was 36.

Mice immunzation using crude Trichinella spiralis antigen.

Four hundred laboratory bred male Swiss strain albino mice, seven to ten weeks old, were experimentally used to determine the effective mode of immunization against T. spiralis infection. In this regard, active immunization using repeated injection of T.