1. Obituary

   • Horst Zahner
   • Johannes Eckert

   Obituary 15 November 2017 Pages: 1 - 2

   

2. Strategies for the control of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks in a world of conventional acaricide and macrocyclic lactone resistance

   • Roger I. Rodriguez-Vivas
   • Nicholas N. Jonsson
   • Chandra Bhushan

   Review Open access 20 November 2017 Pages: 3 - 29

   

3. Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the detection of low burden Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm) in dogs and cats

   • Marco Genchi
   • Carlo Mangia
   • Sofia Loukeri

   Review Open access 09 December 2017 Pages: 31 - 34

4. Prevalence of intestinal parasites in companion dogs with diarrhea in Beijing, China, and genetic characteristics of Giardia and Cryptosporidium species

   • Zhongjia Yu
   • Yang Ruan
   • Yonglan Yu

   Original Paper 18 November 2017 Pages: 35 - 43

   

5. Isopropyl quinoxaline-7-carboxylate 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives induce regulated necrosis-like cell death on Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana

   • Karla Fabiola Chacón-Vargas
   • Sergio Andrade-Ochoa
   • Luvia Enid Sánchez-Torres

   Original Paper 20 November 2017 Pages: 45 - 58

   

6. Seasonal analysis and acaricidal activity of the thymol-type essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum and its major constituents against Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

   • Aldilene Silva Lima
   • Marlise Neves Milhomem
   • Lívio Martins Costa-Junior

   Original Paper 19 November 2017 Pages: 59 - 65

   

7. Feeding on different attractive flowering plants affects the energy reserves of Culex pipiens pallens adults

   • Bao-Ting Yu
   • Yin Hu
   • Jian-Chu Mo

   Original Paper 25 November 2017 Pages: 67 - 73

   

8. Toll-like receptors participate in Naegleria fowleri recognition

   • Moisés Martínez-Castillo
   • Leopoldo Santos-Argumedo
   • Mineko Shibayama

   Original Paper 11 November 2017 Pages: 75 - 87

   

9. Helminth infections in a pair of sympatric congeneric lizard species

   • Thiago Maia-Carneiro
   • Tatiana Motta-Tavares
   • Carlos F. D. Rocha

   Original Paper 11 November 2017 Pages: 89 - 96

   

10. Essential oils of Varronia curassavica accessions have different activity against white spot disease in freshwater fish

    • Daniela Aparecida de Castro Nizio
    • Rodrigo Yudi Fujimoto
    • Arie Fitzgerald Blank

    Original Paper 08 November 2017 Pages: 97 - 105

    

11. Phlebotomine sandflies and factors associated with their abundance in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Attiki, Greece

    • Sofia Boutsini
    • Labrini V. Athanasiou
    • Elias Papadopoulos

    Original Paper 10 November 2017 Pages: 107 - 113

    

12. Immune modulation of Th1, Th2, and T-reg transcriptional factors differing from cytokine levels in Schistosoma japonicum infection

    • Amel Farwa
    • Chao He
    • Hong Zhou

    Original Paper 29 November 2017 Pages: 115 - 126

    

13. Blastocystis subtypes isolated from irritable bowel syndrome patients and co-infection with Helicobacter pylori

    • Ayman A. El-Badry
    • Wegdan M. Abd El Wahab
    • Alaa Aboud

    Original Paper 14 November 2017 Pages: 127 - 137

    

14. Three new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 described from Goodea atripinnis (Pisces: Goodeidae), an endemic freshwater fish from the central highlands of Mexico

    • Adriana García-Vásquez
    • Ismael Guzmán-Valdivieso
    • Miguel Rubio-Godoy

    Original Paper 17 November 2017 Pages: 139 - 150

    

15. The invasive cestode parasite Ligula from salmonids and bullies on the South Island, New Zealand

    • Clément Lagrue
    • Bronwen Presswell
    • Robert Poulin

    Original Paper 25 November 2017 Pages: 151 - 156

    

16. New insights from molecular phylogenetics of amoebophagous fungi (Zoopagomycota, Zoopagales)

    • Daniele Corsaro
    • Martina Köhsler
    • Rolf Michel

    Original Paper 23 November 2017 Pages: 157 - 167

    

17. Molecular detection and genetic characterizations of Cryptosporidium spp. in farmed foxes, minks, and raccoon dogs in northeastern China

    • Ziyin Yang
    • Wei Zhao
    • Aiqin Liu

    Original Paper 25 November 2017 Pages: 169 - 175

18. In vitro and in vivo thermal stress induces proliferation of Blastocystis sp.

    • Gaythri Thergarajan
    • Suresh K. Govind
    • Subha Bhassu

    Original Paper 29 November 2017 Pages: 177 - 187

    

19. Protective effect of aspirin treatment on mouse behavior in the acute phase of experimental infection with Trypanosoma cruzi

    • Arturo Silvero-Isidre
    • Sergio Morínigo-Guayuán
    • Nidia Acosta

    Original Paper 01 December 2017 Pages: 189 - 200

    

20. Immuno-proteomic analysis of Trichinella spiralis, T. pseudospiralis, and T. papuae extracts recognized by human T. spiralis-infected sera

    • Chalermchai Somboonpatarakun
    • Rutchanee Rodpai
    • Wanchai Maleewong

    Original Paper 30 November 2017 Pages: 201 - 212

    

21. Identification of opossums Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuweid, 1826) as a definitive host of Sarcocystis falcatula-like sporocysts

    • Samira Salim Mello Gallo
    • David Scott Lindsay
    • Francisco Carlos Rodrigues de Oliveira

    Original Paper 01 December 2017 Pages: 213 - 223

    

22. Comparative assessment of recombinant and native immunogenic forms of Fasciola hepatica proteins for serodiagnosis of sheep fasciolosis

    • Kobra Mokhtarian
    • Ahmad Reza Meamar
    • Reza Falak

    Original Paper 04 December 2017 Pages: 225 - 232

    

23. Molecular detection and prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. infections in two types of domestic farm animals in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area (QTPA) in China

    • Xueyong Zhang
    • Yingna Jian
    • Panagiotis Karanis

    Original Paper 03 December 2017 Pages: 233 - 239

    

24. Small but diverse: larval trematode communities in the small freshwater planorbids Gyraulus albus and Segmentina nitida (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Ruhr River, Germany

    • J. Schwelm
    • M. Soldánová
    • C. Selbach

    Original Paper 08 December 2017 Pages: 241 - 255

    

25. Morphometric variation in Periglischrus torrealbai (Acari: Spinturnicidae) on three species of host bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a new record of host species

    • Juliana Cardoso de Almeida
    • Luiz Antonio Costa Gomes
    • Robert D. Owen

    Original Paper 08 December 2017 Pages: 257 - 264

    

26. Silver nanoparticle conjugation affects antiacanthamoebic activities of amphotericin B, nystatin, and fluconazole

    • Ayaz Anwar
    • Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
    • Naveed Ahmed Khan

    Original Paper 07 December 2017 Pages: 265 - 271

    

27. In vivo studies of the effectiveness of novel N-halomethylated and non-halomethylated quaternary ammonium salts in the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis

    • Maritza Fernandez
    • Javier Murillo
    • Sara M. Robledo

    Original Paper 11 December 2017 Pages: 273 - 286

    

28. Prevalence and associated risk factors of Giardia duodenalis infection among school-going children in Nepal

    • Sarmila Tandukar
    • Jeevan B. Sherchand
    • Eiji Haramoto

    Original Paper 07 December 2017 Pages: 287 - 293

29. Gastrointestinal parasites of captive European bison Bison bonasus (L.) with a sign of reduced efficacy of Haemonchus contortus to fenbendazole

    • Anna M. Pyziel
    • Sven Björck
    • Johan Höglund

    Short Communication 31 October 2017 Pages: 295 - 302

    

30. A Kudoa septempunctata antigen induces production of IgE in BALB/c mice

    • Takahiro Ohnishi
    • Aya Kubo
    • Maiko Watanabe

    Short Communication 03 November 2017 Pages: 303 - 306

    

31. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Marshallagia marshalli and phylogenetic implications for the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea

    • Miao-Miao Sun
    • Liang Han
    • Guo-Hua Liu

    Short Communication 07 November 2017 Pages: 307 - 313

    

32. Cryptic species Anopheles daciae (Diptera: Culicidae) found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

    • Hana Blažejová
    • Oldřich Šebesta
    • Ivo Rudolf

    Short Communication 08 November 2017 Pages: 315 - 321

    

33. Absence of haemosporidian parasite infections in the long-lived Cory’s shearwater: evidence from molecular analyses and review of the literature

    • Letizia Campioni
    • Josué Martínez-de la Puente
    • Paulo Catry

    Short Communication 09 November 2017 Pages: 323 - 329

34. Canine Leishmania infantum infection: an imported case in UK after staying in the Canary Islands

    • J. R. S. Dandrieux
    • F. Sacchini
    • Nikola Pantchev

    Short Communication 21 November 2017 Pages: 331 - 334

35. The geographical vector in distribution of genetic diversity for Clonorchis sinensis

    • Daria A. Solodovnik
    • Yulia V. Tatonova
    • Polina V. Burkovskaya

    Short Communication 22 November 2017 Pages: 335 - 338

    

36. First detection and molecular identification of Entamoeba bovis from Japanese cattle

    • Makoto Matsubayashi
    • Yuu Matsuura
    • Kazumi Sasai

    Short Communication 28 November 2017 Pages: 339 - 342

    

37. Correction to: Molecular characterization of Blastocystis sp. in captive wild animals in Qinling Mountains

    • G. H. Zhao
    • X. F. Hu
    • J. K. Song

    Correction 04 December 2017 Pages: 343 - 344

    

38. Correction to: Do habituation, host traits and seasonality have an impact on protist and helminth infections of wild western lowland gorillas?

    • Barbora Pafčo
    • Julio A. Benavides
    • Klára J. Petrželková

    Correction 07 December 2017 Pages: 345 - 345