In an eye with Tyndall, does each dot correspond to an individual cell?

When you observe the presence of Tyndall in an inflamed eye: Does each of the small floating dots correspond to an individual cell or to an aggregate of cells? Does a conventional slit lamp have...

27 February 2021 6,326 2 View

What is the exact mechanism of the antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics?

The antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics has been known for more than 50 years, but it still seems to have an unclear mechanism of action. which bacteria? which concentration? etc etc. ....

27 February 2021 4,450 2 View

How to interpret this FTIR spectrum of pyrolyzed hydrochar?

20 February 2021 2,840 3 View

Which statistical test is best to seperate out treatment effects meta-analysis?

I am doing a meta-analysis and am looking for some guidance on which statistical test will help me do the following. I want to understand the effect size a treatment has on a population. There...

16 February 2021 8,033 3 View

Sample preparation for ceramics i.e. iron silicate (fayalite), iron oxides, alumina, spinel mineral (hercynite)?

Recommendations in preparing ceramics for nanoindentation and in the process minimize introducing stresses from sample preparation i.e. polishing stage.

02 February 2021 6,211 3 View

How do I calculate a trend with 3 time points and 3 different groups with a small sample size in a longitudinal study?

Dear colleagues, I am working on an intervention study with 3 different groups of students. One group represents the intervention group and consists of a seminar with a practical phase and...

24 January 2021 8,051 4 View

Best method of removing au/pd coating from a mounted sample without removing the analysed material?

I have performed some SEM imaging on a conductive mounted sample which I also had to au/pd coat (10 seconds - so relatively thin coat). I would like to remove the coating and perform...

07 January 2021 2,490 4 View

PEI DNA in-vivo transfection concentration?

04 January 2021 6,908 7 View

Can XRD analyse a sample prepared for TEM?

I have samples that have been tested at high temperature (1160 and 1180 degrees) however, there are some phases formed that are not being picked up when using Raman. I am wondering if it would be...

03 January 2021 1,338 3 View

Stochastic optimization software?

Hello, I would like to know any experiences about stochastic optimization software or possibility to prepare it in Python for example. I am looking for an optimization process in Revenue...

26 November 2020 856 3 View

Can anyone suggest a commercial MAT kit to detect Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in animals?

18 January 2021 5,438 2 View

Can anyone tell me the name of these parasites which I got from a marine fish?

I got these parasites from eye and intestine of a marine fish. Thank you.

09 December 2020 7,752 2 View

Someone recommend to use CFSE to stain parasites as Trypanosoma or Leishmania species to detect cells infection?

I have seen that some groups use CSFE to stain some parasite species before infect cells to detect percetage of infected cells. Could I use CSFE to stain Trypanosoma cruzi and measure infection in...

15 August 2020 1,898 2 View

What is the best method to get a good appearance or view or photo for Leishmania parasite????

i need an easiest technique for Fluorescent stain used with Fluorescent Microscope .

14 July 2020 3,551 3 View

How can I hide nodes with posterior probability under 0.5 in BEAST phylogenetic tree visualization?

06 July 2020 1,376 6 View

Hello, Is their anyone working on Parasites G mass, can help us by papers or researchers?

General Parasitology

30 January 2020 2,247 2 View

Does anyone know the origin of this observation about kangaroos?

In his 2007 book Chasing Kangaroos, Tim Flannery rather extensively discusses the idea (treated in the text as something supported by scientific research, rather than an untested hypothesis) that...

09 January 2020 6,973 2 View

Could anyone free for english editing service ??

One of my research article is rejected due to english language from Parasites and Vectors journal?? Is there anyone who able to assist me??

29 December 2019 5,207 8 View

How to induced toxoplasma cyst in vitro?

I am trying to induce toxoplasma cyst formation (both RH and ME49) strains by altering the pH to 8.1 (DMEM, 1%FCS, 1% pen-strep), at 37oC, without CO2. However, the host cells weren't healthy and...

10 November 2019 9,882 1 View

Does anyone have even a guess at what type of organism (phylum/class?) the following electron micrographs might show?

We have obtained some electron micrographs showing what appears to be developmental stages of some type of small eukaryotic organism colonizing/parasitizing the tissues of mammalian hosts....

03 November 2019 2,041 2 View