2008 vol 54

Introduction
pp 1-6
The use of recombinant proteins in diagnostic parasitology: possibilities and challenges
Jens G. Mattsson
Abstract: p 9
Molecular epidemiology of giardiasis: facts and problems
Simone M. Cacciò
Abstract: pp 11-12
Two-dimensional electrophoresis – parasite proteome in focus
Anu Näreaho, Katarzyna Goździk and Justyna Bień
Abstract: p 13
New insights into molecular identification of equine cyathostomes: significant scope for improved diagnosis and infection control
Donato Traversa, Thomas R. Klei, Raffaella Iorio, Domenico Otranto and Olivier A. E. Sparagano
Abstract: p 15
Application of flow cytometry for parasitological diagnostics
Luiza Jedlina-Panasiuk, Monika Kozak, Simone M. Cacciò and Tadeusz Graczyk
Abstract: p 17
A nested PCR for Toxoplasma gondii detection from different animal samples
Maria Vitale, Vittoria Currò, Maria La Giglia, Fabrizio Vitale, Katarzyna Goździk and Santo Caracappa
Abstract: p 19
Cryptosporidiosis in humans and animals from Poland: molecular diagnostics and epidemiological implications
Anna Bajer, Małgorzata Bednarska, Simone M. Cacciò, Anna Paziewska, Renata Welc-Falęciak and Edward Siński
Abstract: p 21
A novel Giardia intestinalis assemblage A genotype in red deer (Cervus elaphus), Poland
Piotr Solarczyk, Anna C. Majewska and Mirosława Dabert
Abstract: p 23
Evidence of Neospora caninum antibodies in sera from farmed and free living deer in Poland
Katarzyna Goździk and Władysław Cabaj
Abstract: p 25
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of Neospora caninum DNA in oocytes and embryos of seropositive cows
Bożena Moskwa, Justyna Bień, Katarzyna Goździk and Władysław Cabaj
Abstract: p 27
Diagnosis of Echinococcus infection in humans based on PCR-RFLP analysis
Monika Turkowicz, Danuta Cielecka, Anna Gierczak and Bogdan Michałowicz
Abstract: p 29
The performance of a PCR assay for the detection of Fasciola hepatica DNA in fecal samples
Monika Kozak, Aleksandra Garbacewicz2and Halina Wędrychowicz
Abstract: p 31
Cloning and heterologous expression of a novel cysteine protease from Fasciola hepatica newly excysted juveniles
Erland L. Ljunggren, Luiza Jedlina-Panasiuk and Monika Kozak
Abstract: p 33
Serodiagnosis of bovine lungworm infection using a recombinant protein as the capture antigen
Johan Höglund, Annie Engström, Jens Mattsson, David Morrison and Anna Rydzik
Abstract: p 35
Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi: preliminary analysis of muscle larvae crude extract by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
Justyna Bień, Anu Näreaho and Katarzyna Goździk
Abstract: p 37
An evaluation of the usefulness of the PCR method for Trichinella spiralis DNA detection in faecal samples of experimentally infected mice – preliminary results
Elżbieta Gołąb, Aleksander Masny, Wioletta Rożej, Natalia Wnukowska and Tadeusz Dzbeński
Abstract: p 39
A novel diagnostic PCR for the gastro-intestinal nematode Ashworthius sidemi
Erland L. Ljunggren and Katarzyna Goździk
Abstract: p 41
PCR tools for the diagnosis of nematodes from Toxocara genus
Anna Borecka
Abstract: p 43
New coprological and molecular diagnosis of canine spirocercosis
Donato Traversa, Stefania Avolio, David Modrý, Domenico Otranto, Raffaella Iorio, Itamar Aroch, Giuseppe Cringoli, Angela Di Cesare, Katka Albrechtová, Andrei D. Mihalca and Eran Lavy
Abstract: p 45