Institute of Parasitology

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Publications by W. Basso

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Latest Publications

2023

  1. Pardo Gil M., Hegglin D., Briner T., Ruetten M., Müller N., Moré G., Frey C.F., Deplazes P., Basso W., (2023) "High prevalence rates of Toxoplasma gondii in cat-hunted small mammals - Evidence for parasite induced behavioural manipulation in the natural environment?", International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 20:108-116. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.01.007
  2. Karimi S., Bahari A., Nourian A., Azami S., Namavari M., Basso W., Sazmand A., Hemphill A. (2023) "Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii infections in one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in central desert of Iran". Parasitol Res. 2023 Jan 19. doi: 10.1007/s00436-023-07783-w.
  3. Meister S.L., Wyss F., Wenker C., Hoby S., Basso W. (2023) "Avian haemosporidian parasites in captive and free-ranging, wild birds from zoological institutions in Switzerland: Molecular characterization and clinical importance" International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 20: 46-55. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.12.005
  4. Borel N., Ciuria S., Flury T., Basso W., Ruetten M. (2023) "Zoonotic potential of guinea pigs: Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis combined with chlamydiosis in a breeding guinea pig herd". Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde. 165(1):59-63. doi: 10.17236/sat00383.

2022

  1. Kauter J., Damek F., Schares G., Blaga R., Schott F., Deplazes P., Sidler X., Basso W. (2022) "Detection of Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies in pigs using an oral fluid-based commercial ELISA: advantages and limitations." International Journal for Parasitology S0020-7519(22)00183-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.11.003.
  2. Gliga D.S., Basso W., Ardüser F., Moore-Jones G., Schares G., Zanolari P., Frey C.F. (2022) "Switzerland-wide Neospora caninum seroprevalence in female cattle and identification of risk factors for infection". Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9:1059697. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1059697.
  3. Basso W., Holenweger F., Schares G., Müller N., Campero L.M., Ardüser F., Moore-Jones G., Frey C.F., Zanolari P. (2022) "Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted foetuses". Food and Waterborne Parasitology 28:e00176. doi: 10.1016/j.fawpar.2022.e00176.
  4. Unterköfler M.S., Eipeldauer I., Merz S., Pantchev N., Hermann J., Brunthaler R., Basso W.*, Hinney B.* (*equally contributing senior authors) (2022) "Strongyloides stercoralis infection in dogs in Austria: two case reports". Parasites & Vectors. 15(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05270-2.
  5. Meister S.L., Wenker C., Wyss F., Zühlke I., Berenguer Veiga I., Basso W. (2022) "Syngamus trachea in free-ranging white stork (Ciconia ciconia) nestlings in Switzerland". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 18:76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.04.007.
  6. Schönbächler K., Olias P., Richard O.K., Origgi F.C., Dervas E., Hoby S., Basso W.*, Berenguer Veiga I.* (*equally contributing senior authors) (2022) "Fatal spirorchiidosis in European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Switzerland. I International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 17:144-151. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.01.004
  7. Frey C.F., Basso W., Zürcher-Giovannini S., Marti I., Borel S., Guthruf S., Gliga D., Lundström-Stadelmann B., Origgi F.C., Ryser-Degiorgis M.P. (2022)"The golden jackal (Canis aureus): A new host for Echinococcus multilocularis and Trichinella britovi in Switzerland". Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkdunde. 164(1):71-78. doi: 10.17236/sat00338.
  8. Haninger T., Basso, W., Fuehrer H.-P., Geyer A., Gumpenberger M., Hittmair K., Joachim A., Lederer K.A., Ludewig, E., Degasperi, B. (2022) Alveolar echinococcosis in a dog in Austria [Alveoläre Echinokokkose bei einem Hund in Österreich] Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift 109, Doc2.
  9. Basso W., Marreros N., Hofmann L., Salvisberg C., Lundström-Stadelmann B., Frey C.F. (2022) "Evaluation of the PrioCHECK™ Trichinella AAD kit to detect Trichinella spiralis, T. britovi, and T. pseudospiralis larvae in pork using the automated digestion method Trichomatic-35". Parasitology International 86:102449.
  10. Dettwiler I., Troell K., Robinson G., Chalmers R.M., Basso W., Rentería-Solís Z.M., Daugschies A., Mühlethaler K., Dale M.I., Basapathi Raghavendra J., Ruf M.T., Poppert S., Meylan M., Olias P. (2022) "TIDE Analysis of Cryptosporidium Infections by gp60 Typing Reveals Obscured Mixed Infections". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(4):686-695.

2021

  1. Rüfli I., Gurtner C., Basso W., Vidondo B., Hirsbrunner G., Zanolari P. "Causes of Abortions in South American Camelids in Switzerland-Cases and Questionnaire". (2021) Animals (Basel). Jun 30;11(7):1956. doi: 10.3390/ani11071956.
  2. Meister S.L., Richard O.K., Hoby S., Gurtner C., Basso W. (2021) "Fatal avian malaria in captive Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) in Switzerland” International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 14:97-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.12.007.
  3. Amin O.M., Heckmann R.A., Sist B., Basso W. (2021) “A review of the parasite fauna of the black bellied pangolin Phataginus teradactyla Lin. (Manidae) from Central Africa with the description of Intraproboscis sanghae n. gen., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Gygantorhynchidae)”. Journal of Parasitology, 107(2):222-238. doi: 10.1645/20-126.
  4. Sist B., Basso W., Hemphill A., Cassidy T., Cassidy R., Gudehus M. (2021): “Case report: Intestinal perforation and secondary peritonitis due to Acanthocephala infection in a black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)”. Parasitology International, 80:102182. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102182.
  5. Schreiber N., Basso W., Riond B., Willi B., Torgerson P., Deplazes P. (2021) “Antibody kinetics and exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in cats: a seroepidemiological study”. International Journal for Parasitology. 51(4):291-299. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.09.011.

2020

  1. Basso W., Alvarez Rojas C.A., Buob D., Ruetten M., Deplazes P. (2020) “Sarcocystis infection in red deer (Cervus elaphus) with eosinophilic myositis/fasciitis in Switzerland and involvement of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and hunting dogs in the transmission”. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 13:130-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.09.005.
  2. Campero L.M., Schott F., Gottstein B., Deplazes P., Sidler X., Basso W. (2020) “Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in oral fluid from pigs”. International Journal for Parasitology, 50:349-355. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.11.002.
  3. Basso W., Sollberger E., Schares G., Küker S., Ardüser F., Moore-Jones G., Zanolari P. (2020) “Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in South American camelids in Switzerland and assessment of serological tests for diagnosis”. Parasites & Vectors, 13(1):256. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04128-9.
  4. Schares G., Nascimento D., Bärwald A., Jutras C., Rivard S., Brodeur V., DeNotta S.L., Basso W., Conraths F.J. (2020): “First highly sensitive and specific competitive ELISA for detection of bovine besnoitiosis with potential as a multi-species test”. International Journal for Parasitology. 50:389-401. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.12.010.

2019

  1. Stelzer S., Basso W., Benavides Silván J., Ortega-Mora L.M., Maksimov P., Gethmann J., Conraths F.J., Schares G. (2019). “Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in farm animals: Risk factors and economic impact”. Food and Waterborne Parasitology Apr 3;15:e00037. doi: 10.1016/j.fawpar.2019.e00037.
  2. Garrido-Castañé I., Romero A.O., Espuny J.C., Hentrich B., Basso W. (2019) “Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in beef, dairy and bullfighting cattle in Catalonia (north-eastern Spain): A cross-sectional study”. Parasitology International, 69:71-74. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2018.12.001.
  3. Basso W., Görner D., Globokar M., Keidel A., Pantchev N. (2019) “First autochthonous case of clinical Hepatozoon felis infection in a domestic cat in Central Europe”. Parasitology International, 72:101945. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2019.101945.
  4. Basso W., Grandt L.M., Magnenat A.L., Gottstein B., Campos M. (2019) “Strongyloides stercoralis infection in imported and local dogs in Switzerland: from clinics to molecular genetics”. Parasitology Research, 118:255-266. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-6173-3.
  5. Botta C., Pellegrini G.., Hässig M., Pesch T., Prähauser B., Wunderlin S., Guscetti F., Schneeberger M., Schmitt S., Basso W., Hilbe M., Schuler G., Borel N. (2019). „Bovine Fetal Placenta during pregnancy and the postpartum period”. Veterinary Pathology 56:248-258. doi: 10.1177/0300985818806453.
  6. Schnyder M. Basso W. (2019) „Zecken gefährden jedes Haustier mit Auslauf“ Tierwelt 26, 27. Juni 2019. https://www.tierwelt.ch/news/haustiere/zecken-gefaehrden-jedes-haustier-mit-auslauf
  7. Basso W. Gottstein B. (2019). „Neosporose bei Wiederkäuern“ UFA Revue 4-2019: 130. https://www.ufarevue.ch/nutztiere/parasiten-beim-wiederkaeuer

2018

  1. Basso W. (2018) Chapter “Besnoitiosis” in Coetzer J.A.W., Thomson G.R., Maclachlan N.J. and Penrith M.L. (Eds.) Anipedia, “Infectious Diseases of Livestock”. Part I. www.anipedia.org/publications/besnoitiosis/116.
  2. Kegler K., Nufer U., Alic A., Posthaus H., Olias P., Basso W. (2018) “Fatal infection with emerging apicomplexan parasite Hepatozoon silvestris in a domestic cat”. Parasites & Vectors, 11(1):428. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2992-4.
  3. Schares G., Jutras C., Bärwald A., Basso W., Maksimov A., Schares S., Tuschy M., Conraths F.J., Brodeur V. (2018).  “Besnoitia tarandi in Canadian woodland caribou - Isolation, characterization and suitability for serological tests”. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 8:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.11.005.