International Journal for Parasitology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal for Parasitology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Searching for common patterns in parasite ecology: species and host contributions to beta-diversity in helminths of South African ungulates and fleas of South American rodents49
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Tangled communities: links between predation and parasitism through trophically transmitted digeneans in aquatic communities39
NcROP24 loss attenuates Neospora caninum virulence and alters rhoptry organization38
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) derived from Leishmania and bacteria increase gene expression of antimicrobial peptides and gut surface proteins in sand flies35
How do trematode clones differ by fitness-related traits and interact within a host?32
Bat microfilariae in the cityscape: a transmission tale between bats, mites, and bat flies32
Detection of Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies in pigs using an oral fluid-based commercial ELISA: Advantages and limitations31
Parasite exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface29
In vitro cultivation methods for coccidian parasite research28
Tissue stages of Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) in Ficedula flycatchers with evidence for phenotypic variation in Haemoproteus balmorali and implications for haemosporidian taxonom26
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Is parasite taxonomy really in trouble? A quantitative analysis23
GRA47 is important for the morphology and permeability of the parasitophorous vacuole in Toxoplasma gondii23
Inertia of parasite infection versus host biomass fluctuation23
Callunene, mitophagy, and flagellum removal in trypanosomatids22
The oceanic pleuston community as a potentially crucial life-cycle pathway for pelagic fish-infecting parasitic worms22
The miRNAome of the honey bee parasite, Varroa destructor, shows sex-specific expression of miRNA clusters across life stages22
DNA N-glycosylases Ogg1 and EndoIII as components of base excision repair in Plasmodium falciparum organelles21
Development of a ptp2-LAMP assay for the specific and sensitive detection of Nosema apis and its comparison with ptp3-LAMP for the detection of Nosema ceranae, in a region endemic for both microsporid20
The key glycolytic enzyme phosphofructokinase is involved in Eimeria tenella resistance to maduramycin19
Plasmodium DDI1 is a potential therapeutic target and important chromatin-associated protein19
Positive correlation of prevalence of Angiostongylis cantonensis in Parmarion martensi (semi-slug) with higher human neuroangiostrongyliasis (rat lungworm disease) caseloads in east Hawai‘i Island19
Gyrodactylidae from Fundulus heteroclitus (Fundulidae, Cyprinodontiformes) in South Carolina, USA, and insights on the historical ecology of the gyrodactylids of Fundulidae18
Vaccination of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) with nanoparticle-based Toxoplasma gondii antigens: new hope for captive susceptible species18
One of us survived: persistence of a syringophilid mite after Passenger Pigeon extinction18
Sharing is caring? Barcoding suggests co-introduction of dactylogyrid monogeneans with Nile tilapia and transfer towards native tilapias in sub-Saharan Africa17
Compositional and phylogenetic nestedness of host assemblages exploited by generalist ectoparasites across their geographic ranges: drivers and associations with ectoparasite traits17
Updates on subgenus Ixodes in the Mediterranean region: validity of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926, reinstatement of Ixodes tatei Arthur, 1959, and a new species closely related to Ixodes gibbosus Nutta17
Dirofilaria spp. infection in cats from the Mediterranean basin: diagnosis and epidemiology16
HpBoRB, a helminth-derived CCP domain protein which binds RELMβ16
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Innovating stomach fluke identification: an integrative approach combining Micro-CT imaging and molecular tools13
RNA interference as a tool for functional genomics in parasitic helminths13
Rich but morphologically problematic: an integrative approach to taxonomic resolution of the genus Neospirorchis (Trematoda: Schistosomatoidea)13
A study of the epidemiology of Anoplocephala perfoliata infection in horses and the oribatid mite vector in southern England13
Complete mitochondrial exploration of Echinococcus multilocularis from French alveolar echinococcosis patients13
Portable near-infrared spectroscopy: A rapid and accurate blood test for diagnosis of Haemonchus contortus infection and for targeted selective treatment of sheep13
Comparative genomic analysis of necrophagous and parasitic subspecies of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) provides important insight into their divergent biologies13
Evidence for a constitutive cost of host resistance on body fat growth in ewe lambs from lines selected for resistance or susceptibility to experimental infections with Haemonchus contortus13
Evolutionary history as the main driver of cohesive groups’ hierarchical organization in flea-mammal interaction networks12
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Defining the minimal enzymatic requirements for fatty acid scavenging from lysophosphatidylcholine by erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum12
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GI-NemaTracker – A farm system-level mathematical model to predict the consequences of gastrointestinal parasite control strategies in sheep12
Insight into Hyalomma anatolicum biology by comparative genomics analyses11
Parasite β-diversity along a stream: effect of distance and environment11
Functional validation of the truncated UNC-63 acetylcholine receptor subunit in levamisole resistance11
An intimate view of Leishmania infantum chromosome ends reveals less conserved subtelomeric regions and variations in the telomeric repeat11
Diversity of domestic and imported assemblages of Giardia in Norway and multi-locus sequence typing of domestic assemblage A isolates11
Do specialist and generalist parasites differ in their prevalence and intensity of infection? A test of the niche breadth and trade-off hypotheses10
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Bayesian estimation of the sensitivity and specificity of coprological and serological diagnostic tests for the detection of Ascaris suum infection on pig farms10
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Host specificity of monogenean ectoparasites on fish skin and gills assessed by a metabarcoding approach10
Genomic signatures of selection associated with benzimidazole drug treatments in Haemonchus contortus field populations10
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Effects of Nosema ceranae and Lotmaria passim infections on honey bee foraging behaviour and physiology10
How might Gyrodactylus parasitism modify trade-offs between female preference and susceptibility of males to predation in Trinidadian guppies?9
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Alkyne modified purines for assessment of activation of Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites and growth of pre-erythrocytic and erythrocytic stages in Plasmodium spp.9
Intricate balance of dually-localized catalase modulates infectivity of Leptomonas seymouri (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae)9
Extensive transcriptional differentiation and specialization of a single-host parasite aligns with niche turnover generated by its host’s metamorphosis9
Tracking life cycles of parasites across a broad taxonomic scale in a marine ecosystem9
The effect of gregarine (Apicomplexa) colonisation on the functional response of the amphipod host9
Expanding the known haemosporidian parasite diversity in Eurasian bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies through amplicon sequencing9
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Disentangling transport and trophic effects of animal movement on environmental parasite abundance9
Intrinsic multiplication rate variation of Plasmodium falciparum in clinical isolates prior to elimination in Malaysia9
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Is vision deterioration responsible for changes in the host’s behavior caused by eye flukes?9
The invasive acanthocephalan parasite Pachysentis canicola is associated with a declining endemic island fox population on San Miguel Island8
Recommendations for sustainable control of cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) in Latin America and the Caribbean8
Variability among taxonomists in helminth species discrimination decisions: a noise audit8
Morphological and autofluorescence assessment of oocysts differentiate live from dead coccidian parasites8
Glycan remodelling of live adult Schistosoma mansoni worms by chemical inhibition of α-mannosidases8
Short-term culture adaptation of Toxoplasma gondii archetypal II and III field isolates affects cystogenic capabilities and modifies virulence in mice8
Multiple UDP glycosyltransferases modulate benzimidazole drug sensitivity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in an additive manner8
Life history matters: Differential effects of abomasal parasites on caribou fitness7
Population genetic structure of Dactylogyrus vistulae, a gill parasite of cyprinoid fish in the Western Palearctic7
Effect of parasite infections on fish body condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Monepantel-based anthelmintic combinations to optimize parasite control in cattle7
“Old hosts die hard”: the return of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) and the re-emerging threat of cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis in northern Italy7
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Inhibition of sexual stage-specific proteins results in reduced numbers of sexual stages and oocysts of Cystoisospora suis (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) in vitro7
Exploring dietary differences among developmental stages of triatomines infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in different habitats7
Low parasite infestations in high densities: The paradox of woodpigeons in urban areas7
Primary infection with Cystoisospora suis modulates systemic immunity and the gut microbiota during secondary infection in piglets7
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Enigmatic host-mite relationships: Unraveling the distribution of quill mites on Birds-of-Paradise7
From pathology to phylogeny: Highly rearranged mitochondrial genome of the emerging testudine intranuclear coccidium7
Generalist nematodes dominate the nemabiome of roe deer in sympatry with sheep at a regional level7
Host specificity of coral-associated fauna and its relevance for coral reef biodiversity7
The microRNAome of Strongylus vulgaris larvae and their excretory/secretory products with identification of parasite-derived microRNAs in horse arterial tissue6
The geographic limits and life history of the tropical brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), in Australia with notes on the spread of Ehrlichia canis6
Host whole genome sequence data represent an untapped resource for characterising affiliated parasite diversity6
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Functional characterization of secreted Schistosoma mansoni serpin SmSPI reveals factor XIIa inhibition as evidenced by biochemical and human plasma assays and supported by AI-assisted structural mode6
Mortality associated with Angiostrongylus cantonensis in non-human primates in Europe6
mt-LAF3 is a pseudouridine synthase ortholog required for mitochondrial rRNA and mRNA gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei6
ApicoWplexa 2022: 6th international meeting on apicomplexan parasites in farm animals6
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Co-infecting Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) show different host tissue tropism during exo-erythrocytic development in Fringilla coelebs (Fringillidae)6
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are a novel potential reservoir for human visceral leishmaniasis in the Emilia-Romagna region of northeastern Italy6
Development of adult Dirofilaria immitis worms in the Rag2/Il-2rγ mouse model6
Dermacentor reticulatus – a tick on its way from glacial refugia to a panmictic Eurasian population6
Predictors of bovine Schistosoma japonicum infection in rural Sichuan, China6
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Retention and survival of Plasmodium sporozoites in the spleen5
Ubiquitination pathway model for the barber’s pole worm – Haemonchus contortus5
Treatment-refractory giardiasis is predominantly an imported infection from South Asia associated with Giardia sub-assemblage BIII: a five-year study from the Czech Republic5
Wildlife fleas and ticks in Wisconsin, USA: unrecognized vectors of bacterial pathogens5
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The turkey ascarid, Ascaridia dissimilis, as a model genetic system5
Transcriptional changes associated with apoptosis and type I IFN underlie the early interaction between Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites and monocyte-derived macrophages5
Characterisation of PfCZIF1 and PfCZIF2 in Plasmodium falciparum asexual stages5
Different life strategies of closely related louse species in sympatry: specialist and “generalist“ lineages of Polyplax serrata5
Blood-seeking horseflies prefer vessel-imitating temperature gradients on host-mimicking targets: Experimental corroboration of a new explanation of the visual unattractiveness of zebras to tabanids5
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Age-specific patterns of DBLα var diversity can explain why residents of high malaria transmission areas remain susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection throughout life5
Comparative genomics analysis reveals sequence characteristics potentially related to host preference in Cryptosporidium xiaoi5
Genome structure and population genomics of the canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis5
Geographic expansion of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) due to changes in land use and cover in Brazil5
Monocyte epigenetics and innate immunity to malaria: yet another level of complexity?5
Comparative proteomic profiles of Schistosoma japonicum male worms derived from single-sex and bisexual infections5
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Assessing the role of individual foxes in environmental contamination with Echinococcus multilocularis through faecal samples5
Novelty and phylogenetic affinities of a new family of tapeworms (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from endangered sawfish and guitarfish5
Dictyocaulus viviparus bulk tank milk seropositivity is correlated with meteorological variables4
Variations in extracellular vesicle shedding of Cystoisospora suis stages (Apicomplexa: Coccidia)4
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Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae and proliferative kidney disease in Icelandic salmonids – Comparative data from two different time periods4
A dedicated deep learning workflow for automatic Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron daubneyi egg detection using the Kubic FLOTAC microscope4
Mitogenomic analysis of the position of the Azygiidae and constituent genera, with a new species of Azygia4
Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the Whirling disease-resistant Gunnison River Rainbow Trout4
Phylogenomics and host-switching patterns of Philopteridae (Psocodea: Phthiraptera) feather lice4
Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies for specific detection of Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis in beehive samples4
Comparative population genetics of the Antarctic grenadier fish (Macrourus whitsoni) and its parasitic copepod (Lophoura szidati)4
The reciprocal influence of the liver and blood stages of the malaria parasite’s life cycle4
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Trichinella spiralis extracellular vesicles induce anti-inflammatory and regulatory immune responses in vitro4
A quantum leap in the evolution of platyhelminths: Host-switching from turtles to hippopotamuses illustrated from a phylogenetic meta-analysis of polystomes (Monogenea, Polystomatidae)4
Genomic and metagenomic analyses of the domestic mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae identify it as a widespread environmental contaminant and a host of a basal, mite-specific Wolbachia lineage (supergroup 4
Genetic diversity and population structure of Oncomelania hupensis in Sichuan Province, China: implications for schistosomiasis control4
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Microinvertebrate consumption rates of Fasciola hepatica miracidia are not affected by alternate food4
Parvatrema spp. (Digenea, Gymnophallidae) with parthenogenetic metacercariae: diversity, distribution and host specificity in the palaearctic4
Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position, and co-phylogenetic relationships of Karyolysus, a common blood parasite of lizards in the western Mediterranean4
Exo-erythrocytic development of two Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), with description of Haemoproteus dumbbellus, a new blood parasite of bunting birds (Emberizidae)4
Sporogonic development of Hepatozoon felis in naturally infected Rhipicephalus turanicus and Rhipicephalus rutilus ticks and induction of sporocyst excystation by duodenal fluid4
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The unusual kinetics of lactate dehydrogenase of Schistosoma mansoni and their role in the rapid metabolic switch after penetration of the mammalian host4
Modelling the small spatial scale questing abundance of Hyalomma lusitanicum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus4
Protection against anuran lungworm infection may be mediated by innate defenses rather than their microbiome4
Are there 16 species of brown dog ticks? Phylogenies from 60 entire mitochondrial genomes and 162 cox1 sequences reveal 16 species-level clades in the Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus group☆☆4
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microRNA silencing in a whole worm cestode model provides insight into miR-71 function3
Rediscovery of a name-bearing type of Echinococcus multilocularis (Leuckart, 1863) by museum forensics: a cold case revisited3
Shifts in strongylid communities associated with chronic wasting in mountain gorillas3
Abomasal RNA-seq reveals a strong local cellular response in suckling lambs with resistance against Haemonchus contortus3
Genetic parameters for resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep: a meta-analysis3
Molecular characterization of Blastocystis and Entamoeba of muskoxen and sheep in Greenland3
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An efficient method for viable cryopreservation and recovery of hookworms and other gastrointestinal nematodes in the laboratory3
DNA metabarcoding reveals spatial and temporal variation of fish eye fluke communities in lake ecosystems3
Regulatory and coding changes underlying development and host detection in vertebrate-parasitizing blowflies3
German Ixodes inopinatus samples may not actually represent this tick species3
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Dense aquatic vegetation can reduce parasite transmission to amphibians3
Cryptosporidium equi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae): Biological and genetic characterisations3
Northward migration past the nearctic biogeographical divide; neotropical Gyrodactylus spp. infecting Astyanax have crossed the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt3
Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii in cell culture: an alternative to bioassay3
Biased availability of genetic data for parasites: it’s all about the host3
Testing the “niche centroid hypothesis” in flea–mammal networks from the palearctic: species’ centrality across their environmental niches3
Evidence of high-efficiency cross fertilization in Eimeria acervulina revealed using two lines of transgenic parasites3
Morphological constraint obscures richness: a mitochondrial exploration of cryptic richness in Transversotrema (Trematoda: Transversotrematidae)2
Acanthamoeba castellanii trophozoites need oxygen for normal functioning and lipids are their preferred substrate, offering new possibilities for treatment2
In the face of fear: the success of encounters between digenean cercariae and an intermediate target host under predation pressure2
Reclaimed wetlands support rich trematode and host diversity: findings from a four-year survey2
New technologies to study helminth development and host-parasite interactions2
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Bovine sarcocystosis: Sarcocystis species, diagnosis, prevalence, economic and public health considerations, and association of Sarcocystis species with eosinophilic myositis in cattle2
Multinomial logistic regression based on neural networks reveals inherent differences among dairy farms depending on the differential exposure to Fasciola hepatica and Ostertagia ostertagi2
Phylogenetic characterization of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium in Japan: implications for the enigmatic evolutionary history2
Analysis of Oesophagostomum dentatum excretory-secretory molecules and extracellular vesicles uncovers a repertoire of microRNAs shared with A. Suum and T. Suis and ES containing Paz and Piwi domain p2
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Rapid, automated quantification of Haemonchus contortus ova in sheep faecal samples2
A newly characterized dense granule protein (GRA76) is important for the growth and virulence of Toxoplasma gondii2
Unraveling new players in helminth pathology: extracellular vesicles from Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium dendriticum exert different effects on hepatic stellate cells and hepatocytes2
The application of ultrastructure expansion microscopy reveals the apical microtubule architecture of Babesia2
Copper chloride and copper sulphate in combination with nitroxynil against gastrointestinal nematodes of ruminants: A possible hitchhiking synergic effect at low concentrations2
Helminth infections: Enabling the World Health Organization Road Map2
Comparative genomics reveals unique features of two Babesia motasi subspecies: Babesia motasi lintanensis and Babesia motasi hebeiensis2
The development and validation of long-read ITS-1/5.8S/ITS-2 nemabiome metabarcoding for ovine gastrointestinal nematodes using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing2
A novel Toxoplasma gondii thioredoxin (TgTrx1) is important for parasite fitness and virulence2
Shortened egg reappearance periods of equine cyathostomins following ivermectin or moxidectin treatment: morphological and molecular investigation of efficacy and species composition2
Exploring the second intermediate hosts and morphology of human- and cat-specific Opisthorchis viverrini-like populations2
GLOWORM-META: modelling gastrointestinal nematode metapopulation dynamics to inform cattle biosecurity research2
Mining various genomic resources to resolve old alpha-taxonomy questions: A test of the species hypothesis of the Proteocephalus longicollis species complex (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes) from salmonid fi2
Be afraid, be very afraid: how host cues determine attractiveness to parasite infectious stages and the resulting infection loads2
Host brood traits, independent of adult behaviours, reduce Varroa destructor mite reproduction in resistant honeybee populations2
Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway2
Genome assembly variation and its implications for gene discovery in nematodes2
Tracking gastrointestinal nematode risk on cattle farms through pasture contamination mapping2
The sample size matters: evaluating minimum and reasonable values in prevalence studies2
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