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Global Change and Parasites
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Global Change and Parasites

A special issue of Parasitologia (ISSN 2673-6772).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 4711

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ágnes Csivincsik

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Institute of Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Kaposvár Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
Interests: epidemiology; wildlife; one health
Dr. Hans-Peter Fuehrer

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Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Interests: mosquitoes and mosquito-borne pathogens; vectors and vector-borne pathogens; Calodium hepaticum; Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium ovale spp.
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Dr. Gábor Nagy

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One Health Working Group, Kaposvár Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
Interests: wildlife parasites; zoonotic diseases; environmental epidemiology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Increasing human activity is changing our world drastically. Climate change, globalization, urbanization, exploitation of the natural environment, wars and consecutive humanitarian catastrophes cause dramatic alterations in the ecosystem. Biological diversity decreases and invasive species begin to occur in new habitats. These processes also influence parasitic lifeforms in all three domains of health: human, animal, and environmental.

Climate change extends the reproductive season of certain parasites, changes in land use can create new habitats, and the increasing population density of animals and humans provides numerous hosts. Extensive use of antiparasitic medicines can contribute to resistance. On the other hand, alternative methods of parasite control generate many new opportunities related to both public health and veterinary medicine.

This Special Issue invites scientific papers presenting the connectedness of global change and parasitic diseases of humans, animals, or plants. Some parasites have a great impact on both animal welfare and human wellbeing. Therefore, a multidisciplinary approach is strongly encouraged from all areas of parasitology.

Dr. Ágnes Csivincsik
Dr. Hans-Peter Fuehrer
Dr. Gábor Nagy
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • global change
  • biodiversity
  • one health
  • veterinary public health
  • zoonoses

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Empirical Anthelmintic Therapy for Patients with Eosinophilia in Nepal: A Prospective Cohort Study
by Karawan Badarni, Prithuja Poudyal, Sudeep Shrestha, Surendra Kumar Madhup, Mohje Azzam, Ami Neuberger, Niv Zmora, Yael Paran, Yuri Gorelik and Eli Schwartz
Parasitologia 2023, 3(2), 160-171; https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia3020017 - 22 Apr 2023
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Eosinophilia is common in low-resource countries and usually implies helminthiasis. Since helminthiasis is a common cause of eosinophilia and its diagnosis is cumbersome, we hypothesized that broad-spectrum anthelmintic therapy may decrease the eosinophil count and eventually cure helminthiasis, whether microbiologic diagnosis is established [...] Read more.
Eosinophilia is common in low-resource countries and usually implies helminthiasis. Since helminthiasis is a common cause of eosinophilia and its diagnosis is cumbersome, we hypothesized that broad-spectrum anthelmintic therapy may decrease the eosinophil count and eventually cure helminthiasis, whether microbiologic diagnosis is established or not. We recruited patients with eosinophilia aged 5 years and older who presented to Dhulikhel hospital, Nepal. Patients were treated with albendazole and ivermectin. A stool sample for microscopy was obtained. Of a total of 113 patients, 106 had a follow-up visit and 56 were classified as responders to treatment (defined as a decrease in eosinophil count to below 500 cells/µL, or an absolute decrease of more than 1000 cells/µL). For all patients, we found an absolute decrease in the eosinophil count and for the responding group (more than 50% of the whole cohort), the eosinophil count decreased substantially. All stool samples were negative. The reason for a lack of response in the remaining patients is unclear. In order to ascertain whether eosinophilia should be an indication for anthelmintic treatment, a randomized controlled study of empirical treatment after a thorough microbiologic workup is needed. Full article
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The Large American Liver Fluke (Fascioloides magna): A Survivor’s Journey through a Constantly Changing World
by Ágnes Csivincsik, Tibor Halász and Gábor Nagy
Parasitologia 2023, 3(4), 300-326; https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia3040031 - 04 Oct 2023
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The large American liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) is considered an invasive trematode parasite in Europe. Its origin dates back before the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction, after which it survived at least three population bottlenecks and successful host switches before it arrived in [...] Read more.
The large American liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) is considered an invasive trematode parasite in Europe. Its origin dates back before the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction, after which it survived at least three population bottlenecks and successful host switches before it arrived in Europe. The authors review the evolutionary history of F. magna, the distribution by its ancient proboscidean hosts, and the probable drivers of the switch to the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). The review collects knowledge on the biology of intermediate hosts, which helps understand the factors that influence the epidemiology of F. magna in aquatic ecosystems. The authors demonstrate the adaptation potential of the parasite using data from both North American and European endemics. Finally, the study calls attention to the epidemiological risk of human-induced global change, with a special interest in the invasive snail species Pseudosuccinea columella. Full article
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