Parasites

"Parasites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.

Descriptor ID

D010271

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.500.714

Concept/Terms

Parasites

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Parasites [B01.050.500.714]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Parasites" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Parasites" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 121 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	2	0	2
1999	0	2	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2006	2	1	3
2007	1	1	2
2008	2	2	4
2009	3	0	3
2010	1	0	1
2012	7	3	10
2013	1	3	4
2014	2	0	2
2015	1	1	2
2016	6	0	6
2017	2	1	3
2018	4	1	5
2019	7	1	8
2020	7	1	8
2021	6	1	7
2022	24	1	25
2023	19	0	19
2024	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Parasites" by people in Profiles.

Inhibition of malaria and babesiosis parasites by putative red blood cell targeting small molecules. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2024; 14:1304839.

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Malaria surveillance reveals parasite relatedness, signatures of selection, and correlates of transmission across Senegal. Nat Commun. 2023 11 10; 14(1):7268.

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IL-17 signalling is critical for controlling subcutaneous adipose tissue dynamics and parasite burden during chronic murine Trypanosoma brucei infection. Nat Commun. 2023 11 03; 14(1):7070.

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Diverse evolutionary pathways challenge the use of collateral sensitivity as a strategy to suppress resistance. Elife. 2023 Sep 22; 12.

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Clarifying the terms parasitemia, parasite density, and parasite count. Transfus Apher Sci. 2023 Dec; 62(6):103788.

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Expert opinion on the identification, risk assessment, and mitigation of microorganisms and parasites relevant to xenotransplantation products from pigs. Xenotransplantation. 2023 Sep-Oct; 30(5):e12815.

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Discovery of Novel Effector Protein Candidates Produced in the Dorsal Gland of Adult Female Root-Knot Nematodes. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2023 Jun; 36(6):372-380.

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From Archeology to the Malaria Parasite, the Exciting Quests of Microscopy. Microsc Microanal. 2023 07 22; 29(Suppl 1):86-87.

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Src- and Abl-family kinases activate spleen tyrosine kinase to maximize phagocytosis and Leishmania infection. J Cell Sci. 2023 07 15; 136(14).

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A PPP-type pseudophosphatase is required for the maintenance of basal complex integrity in Plasmodium falciparum. Nat Commun. 2023 07 03; 14(1):3916.

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