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Dante S. Zarlenga is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology and related fields, with significant contributions to understanding parasite biology and host interactions.

The main fields of study for Dante S. Zarlenga include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields that have been addressed in their research consist of:

  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Animal Science and Zoology

The prominent topics of work explored include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Insects and Parasite Interactions

Several recent papers published by Dante S. Zarlenga are:

  • "Trichinella species and genotypes," published in 2020 in Research in Veterinary Science

Other notable papers related to their research group and associated fields include:

  • "Wild ruminants as reservoirs of domestic livestock gastrointestinal nematodes," 2020, Veterinary Parasitology
  • "A new paraprobiotic-based treatment for control of Haemonchus contortus in sheep," 2020, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • "Divergence at mitochondrial and ribosomal loci indicates the split between Asian and European populations of Trichinella spiralis occurred prior to swine domestication," 2021, Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • "Immune reactivity and host modulatory roles of two novel Haemonchus contortus cathepsin B-like proteases," 2021, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dante S. Zarlenga include:

  • Peter C. Thompson
  • Mariam Bakshi
  • Wenbin Tuo
  • Benjamin M. Rosenthal
  • Eric P. Hoberg

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, particularly:

  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Food and Waterborne Parasitology
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Research in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • The draft genome of the parasitic nematode Trichinella spiralis

    Makedonka Mitreva;Douglas P Jasmer;Dante S Zarlenga;Zhengyuan Wang

  • A multiplex PCR for unequivocal differentiation of all encapsulated and non-encapsulated genotypes of Trichinella

    Dante S. Zarlenga;M.Barry Chute;Anthony Martin;Christian M.O. Kapel

  • New pieces of the Trichinella puzzle.

    Edoardo Pozio;Dante S. Zarlenga

  • Phylogenies Inferred from Mitochondrial Gene Orders—A Cautionary Tale from the Parasitic Flatworms

    Thanh H. Le;David Blair;Takeshi Agatsuma;Pierre-François Humair

  • Cryptosporidium parvum infection in bovine neonates: dynamic clinical, parasitic and immunologic patterns

    R. Fayer;L. Gasbarre;P. Pasquali;A. Canals

  • Recent advances on the taxonomy, systematics and epidemiology of Trichinella

    E. Pozio;D.S. Zarlenga

  • Molecular taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of nematodes belonging to the Trichinella genus

    Edoardo Pozio;Eric Hoberg;Giuseppe La Rosa;Dante S. Zarlenga

  • Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Pig and Mouse Tissues

    L. H. Jauregui;J. Higgins;D. Zarlenga;J. P. Dubey

  • Post-Miocene expansion, colonization, and host switching drove speciation among extant nematodes of the archaic genus Trichinella

    D. S. Zarlenga;B. M. Rosenthal;G. La Rosa;E. Pozio

  • The systematics of the genus Trichinella with a key to species.

    K. D. Murrell;J. Ralph Lichtenfels;Dante S. Zarlenga;E. Pozio

  • Identification of interferon-modulated proliferation-related cDNA sequences

    David A. Kulesh;Diana R. Clive;Dante S. Zarlenga;James J. Greene

  • A multiplex PCR assay for differentiating economically important gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle

    Dante S. Zarlenga;M. Barry Chute;Louis C. Gasbarre;Patricia C. Boyd

  • EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT CHICKEN INTERFERON-GAMMA

    K.D. Song;H.S. Lillehoj;K.D. Choi;D. Zarlenga

  • PCR as a diagnostic and quantitative technique in veterinary parasitology

    Dante S. Zarlenga;James Higgins

  • Developments and hurdles in generating vaccines for controlling helminth parasites of grazing ruminants.

    W.D. Smith;D.S. Zarlenga

  • Molecular cloning and expression of an immunodominant 53-kDa excretory-secretory antigen from Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae

    Zarlenga Ds;Gamble Hr

  • Concentrating, purifying and detecting waterborne parasites

    Dante S. Zarlenga;James M. Trout

  • VARIATIONS IN MICROSATELLITE SEQUENCES PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR POPULATION DIFFERENCES AND MULTIPLE RIBOSOMAL GENE REPEATS WITHIN TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS

    D. S. Zarlenga;R. A. Aschenbrenner;J. R. Lichtenfels

  • Characterization and detection of a newly described Asian taeniid using cloned ribosomal DNA fragments and sequence amplification by the polymerase chain reaction.

    D.S. Zarlenga;D.P. McManus;P.C. Fan;J.H. Cross

  • Cloning and characterization of ribosomal RNA genes from three species of Haemonchus (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) and identification of PCR primers for rapid differentiation.

    D.S. Zarlenga;F. Stringfellow;M. Nobary;J.R. Lichtenfels

  • Comparisons of two polymorphic species of Ostertagia and phylogenetic relationships within the Ostertagiinae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) inferred from ribosomal DNA repeat and mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    Dante S. Zarlenga;Eric P. Hoberg;Frank Stringfellow;J. Ralph Lichtenfels

  • Improved methods for isolating DNA from Ostertagia ostertagi eggs in cattle feces.

    Aaron F. Harmon;Dante S. Zarlenga;Michael B. Hildreth

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis C. Gasbarre
Louis C. Gasbarre United States Department of Agriculture
Edoardo Pozio
Edoardo Pozio Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Joseph F. Urban
Joseph F. Urban United States Department of Agriculture
Dolores E. Hill
Dolores E. Hill United States Department of Agriculture
Makedonka Mitreva
Makedonka Mitreva Washington University in St. Louis
Eric P. Hoberg
Eric P. Hoberg United States Department of Agriculture
Sonia Almería
Sonia Almería United States Food and Drug Administration
Joan K. Lunney
Joan K. Lunney Agricultural Research Service
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
Max Paape
Max Paape Agricultural Research Service

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