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Parasite: An international open-access, peer-reviewed, online journal publishing parasitology. 2025 Impact Factor: 2.8 🧪https://www.parasite-journal.org/

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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New paper today: First documented cases of equine leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis in France 🧪🐎 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New paper today: Low genetic polymorphism of the PvMSP1-19 vaccine candidate among Plasmodium vivax isolates along the Thailand–Myanmar border 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New paper today: Low genetic polymorphism of the PvMSP1-19 vaccine candidate among Plasmodium vivax isolates along the Thailand–Myanmar border 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New paper today: First documented cases of equine leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis in France 🧪🐎 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New paper in press: Epidemiological and molecular insights into human lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae) in France: genetic diversity and DNA barcoding 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New paper in press: Molecular characterization of Echinococcus species causing human cystic echinococcosis in Algeria: predominance of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato genotypes across Algerian provinces.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What role do wild small mammals play in the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum around Poyang Lake, China? Molecular screening found S. japonicum in Apodemus agrarius and Rattus losea, highlighting their potential role in schistosomiasis transmission and surveillance.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is widespread in sika deer in China: a survey of 466 faecal samples from four provinces found a 44.4% prevalence and 11 genotypes, including two novel genotypes. BEB6 was the predominant genotype.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How has zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis evolved in Morocco over nearly three decades? An analysis of 58,880 cases (1995–2022) reveals cyclical epidemic peaks and persistent hotspots, with Zagora identified as a major focus of transmission 🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para... #Parasitology #Epidemiology
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A novel aspartyl protease of Trichinella spiralis promotes larval invasion of intestinal epithelial cells. RNAi and specific antibodies significantly reduced invasion, highlighting TsEasp as a key factor in T. spiralis host invasion.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Avian trypanosomes in Thai bulbuls: an integrative study combining morphology and molecular analyses. Molecular screening revealed substantially more infections than microscopy and uncovered mixed infections involving multiple trypanosome strains and/or species.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New paper in press: Gastrointestinal parasites and molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia sp. in ruminants and other domestic animals in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Avian trypanosomes in Thai bulbuls: an integrative study combining morphology and molecular analyses. Molecular screening revealed substantially more infections than microscopy and uncovered mixed infections involving multiple trypanosome strains and/or species.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How has zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis evolved in Morocco over nearly three decades? An analysis of 58,880 cases (1995–2022) reveals cyclical epidemic peaks and persistent hotspots, with Zagora identified as a major focus of transmission 🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para... #Parasitology #Epidemiology
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is widespread in sika deer in China: a survey of 466 faecal samples from four provinces found a 44.4% prevalence and 11 genotypes, including two novel genotypes. BEB6 was the predominant genotype.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What role do wild small mammals play in the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum around Poyang Lake, China? Molecular screening found S. japonicum in Apodemus agrarius and Rattus losea, highlighting their potential role in schistosomiasis transmission and surveillance.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A novel aspartyl protease of Trichinella spiralis promotes larval invasion of intestinal epithelial cells. RNAi and specific antibodies significantly reduced invasion, highlighting TsEasp as a key factor in T. spiralis host invasion.🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New paper in press: Molecular characterization of Echinococcus species causing human cystic echinococcosis in Algeria: predominance of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato genotypes across Algerian provinces.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New paper in press: Proteomic identification of Acanthamoeba castellanii excretory–secretory proteins associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule enlargement: a candidate role for C-type lysozyme 🧪🦠 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What shaped the colonisation of the veterinary vector Culicoides imicola across the South-West Indian Ocean? 🦟🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para... Phylogeographic analyses reveal low genetic structure and suggest multiple colonisation pathways, with animal trade likely playing an important role.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What shaped the colonisation of the veterinary vector Culicoides imicola across the South-West Indian Ocean? 🦟🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para... Phylogeographic analyses reveal low genetic structure and suggest multiple colonisation pathways, with animal trade likely playing an important role.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper: Colonisation history of a vector species of veterinary interest: phylogeography of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Indian Ocean revealing low genetic structure 🧪🦟 www.parasite-journal.org/articles/par...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper: Molecular characterization of a novel Trichinella spiralis aspartyl protease and its role in the larval invasion of host intestinal epithelial cells 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper: Species composition of small mammal communities and prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum in the Poyang Lake region, China 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper: Species composition of small mammal communities and prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum in the Poyang Lake region, China 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper: Molecular characterization of a novel Trichinella spiralis aspartyl protease and its role in the larval invasion of host intestinal epithelial cells 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper: Colonisation history of a vector species of veterinary interest: phylogeography of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Indian Ocean revealing low genetic structure 🧪🦟 www.parasite-journal.org/articles/par...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New paper in press: Low genetic polymorphism of the PvMSP1-19 vaccine candidate among Plasmodium vivax isolates along the Thailand–Myanmar border 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
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Armando J. Cruz-Laufer @ajcruzlaufer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Happy to have contributed to this study on a new species of gill parasites 🪱 in a collboration of @ucadsenegal.bsky.social with Hasselt University and @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A new parasitological mystery along the coast of South Carolina? Researchers from the College of Charleston and the University of Georgia investigated new hosts and found new parasites 🧪 #openaccess paper: doi.org/10.1051/para... @universityofga.bsky.social
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A new parasitological mystery along the coast of South Carolina? Researchers from the College of Charleston and the University of Georgia investigated new hosts and found new parasites 🧪 #openaccess paper: doi.org/10.1051/para... @universityofga.bsky.social
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New paper: Another host, another mystery: Infection of polychaete Pista palmata (Annelida: Terebellidae) with a new blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) in the coastal Northwest Atlantic Ocean 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
Aporocotylidae sp. 1 ex Pista palmata SC. A) Annelid host P. palmata with ventral view of prostomium (insert). B) Infected individual P. palmata showing numerous sporocysts in hemocoel. C) Whole mount of sporocystogenous sporocysts (acetocarmine). D) Fresh wet mount of cercariogenous sporocysts. Arrows show birth pore.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bothriocestus claviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) in pike in southwestern France (Teleostei: Esocidae): molecular evidence 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bothriocestus claviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) in pike in southwestern France (Teleostei: Esocidae): molecular evidence 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New paper: Another host, another mystery: Infection of polychaete Pista palmata (Annelida: Terebellidae) with a new blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) in the coastal Northwest Atlantic Ocean 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
Aporocotylidae sp. 1 ex Pista palmata SC. A) Annelid host P. palmata with ventral view of prostomium (insert). B) Infected individual P. palmata showing numerous sporocysts in hemocoel. C) Whole mount of sporocystogenous sporocysts (acetocarmine). D) Fresh wet mount of cercariogenous sporocysts. Arrows show birth pore.
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New paper: Epidemiologic survey and genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sika deer (Cervus nippon) in four provinces of China 🧪🦌 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New paper in press: First documented cases of equine leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis in France 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
Figure 1. Clinical presentation of equine cutaneous lesions associated with Leishmania martiniquensis. (A) Solitary ulcerated lesion at the base of the neck (Case 1). (B) Periocular nodular lesion with a sarcoid-like clinical appearance (Case 2). (C) Alopecic and ulcerated periocular nodule (Case 3). (D) Same lesion after clinical resolution following intralesional meglumine antimoniate treatment (Case 3).
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bothriocestus claviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) in pike in southwestern France (Teleostei: Esocidae): molecular evidence 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bothriocestus claviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) in pike in southwestern France (Teleostei: Esocidae): molecular evidence 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New paper in press: 🧪 Lamellodiscus louiseuzeti n. sp. (Monopisthocotyla: Diplectanidae: Lamellodiscinae): a parasite of Chaetodon hoefleri (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) with distinct attachment organ morphology Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Putative nerve elements in live protoscolex in Camicia et al., In vivo double labeling of putative neuronal and excretory structures in Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces and associated membranes obtained by a lipophilic dye doi.org/10.1051/para... Movie:
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Putative nerve elements in live protoscolex in Camicia et al., In vivo double labeling of putative neuronal and excretory structures in Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces and associated membranes obtained by a lipophilic dye doi.org/10.1051/para... Movie:
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Infektionen des Menschen mit Fasciola hepatica in Österreich zwischen 1955 und 2025: Daten aus einem Land mit niedriger Inzidenz 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hommage au professeur Patrick Camerlynck (1934-2026) 🧪 Ses articles publiés dans notre journal: [1990] Mise au point d’un modèle expérimental de culture in vitro des stades asexués de Cryptosporidium sp. doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hommage au professeur Patrick Camerlynck (1934-2026) 🧪 Ses articles publiés dans notre journal: [1972] Infestation mixte de Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) par des formes larvaires de Schistosoma haematobium (Bilharz, 1852) et d’un Echinostomatidae doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New paper in press: Occurrence of brachylaimid trematodes, alive and shell-trapped, in sympatric species of terrestrial gastropods in France 🧪 Soon... www.parasite-journal.org
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 doi.org/10.1051/para... Video on Sand fly midgut dissection 🧪
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New video rules in Bluesky allow now to post longer videos for this paper: 🧪🦟 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New video rules in Bluesky allow now to post longer videos for this paper: 🧪🦟 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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Parasite - The Journal @parasitejournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New video rules in Bluesky allow now to post longer videos for this paper: 🧪🦟 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 doi.org/10.1051/para...
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