February 2014

Epidemiological significance of major hemoparasites of ruminants in and around Debre-Zeit, Central Ethiopia

Prevalence of hemoparasites of ruminants (cattle, sheep and goat) in and around Debre-Zeit was determined using diagnostic records from November, 2010 to April, 2011. A total of 384 blood samples collected from ruminants present in Debre-Zeit town and surrounding peasant associated areas were examined by Giemsa stained, thin blood smears and Diff-quick method for hemoparasite. Packed cell volume (PCV) for each sample...

Author(s): Tirualem Sitotaw, Fikru Regassa, Fikre Zeru and Abraha Gebregziabher Kahsay,  

February 2014

Parasitological evaluation of potential candidate vaccines in Schistosoma mansoni-infected mice

This study aims to assess the prophylaxis of different single and combined crude antigens used as candidate vaccines in an experimental model of Schistosoma mansoni infection. Cercarial antigen preparation (CAP), soluble worm antigen preparation (SWAP), soluble egg antigen (SEA) and combined antigens (CAP + SWAP + SEA) against schistosomiasis combined with either Freund’s adjuvant or with Bacillus...

Author(s): Samia E. Etewa, Naglaa F. Abd El-Aal, Sara A. Abdel-Rahman and Mahmoud A. El-Shafey