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Ascocotyle longa (Digenea: Heterophyidae) infecting dolphins from the Atlantic Ocean
We report for the first time the infection of dolphins with Ascocotyle longa found in the intestines of three different species, Sotalia guianensis , St...
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Molecular evidence of the absence of Metagonimus yokogawai (Katsurada, 1912) in Europe: report of Metagonimus sp. in cyprinoid fish from the River Danube in Hungary
Trematodes of the genus Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) are zoonotic parasites that cause infections in humans, with most cases...
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Morphological and molecular identification of trematode cercariae related with humans and animal health in freshwater snails from a lake and a dam in Myanmar
Freshwater snails play an essential role in the transmission of trematode parasitic flatworms that can infect wild and domestic animals, as well as...
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A regional scale study of parasites in Percichthys trucha, an endemic fish of southern South America: insights on diversity and distribution from two decades of field surveys
The current conservation status of Percichthys trucha (Creole perch) is Least Concern, although the population trend is considered to be decreasing....
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The Systematics of the Trematoda
The platyhelminth class Trematoda comprises two subclasses with largely disparate species diversity, with the small Aspidogastrea with c.80 species...
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Environmental influence on abundance and infection patterns of snail intermediate hosts of liver and intestinal flukes in North and Central Vietnam
Liver and intestinal flukes (LIF) are important groups of foodborne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. Their complex...
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Morphological framework for attachment and locomotion in several Digenea of the families Microphallidae and Heterophyidae
Digenea usually use ventral sucker for sustainable attachment within intestine of their definitive vertebrate host. However, if the ventral sucker is...
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Metagonimiasis
Metagonimiasis caused by Metagonimus spp. is a fish-borne disease and one of the neglected food-borne disease among fish-eating mammals, including...
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Foodborne Helminthiasis
Purpose of ReviewThis review focuses on key foodborne helminths: providing an overview of their lifecycles and major transmission routes to humans,...
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Echinostomes and Other Intestinal Trematode Infections
Intestinal trematodes are among the most common types of parasitic worms. About 76 species belonging to 14 families have been recorded infecting...
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Heterophyiasis
Heterophyiasis is a food-borne trematode infection caused by members of the genus Heterophyes. It is an infection seen primarily in fish-eating...
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Mitogenomic and nuclear ribosomal transcription unit datasets support the synonymy of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis and P. ohirai (Paragonimidae: Platyhelminthes)
The complete mitogenome (mtDNA) of nominal Paragonimus iloktsuenensis (Paragonimidae: Trematoda) and the nuclear ribosomal transcription unit (rTU)...
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Assessing the population structure of trematode Metagonimus suifunensis using three mitochondrial markers
In this work, for the first time, the genetic variability of the Metagonimus suifunensis population in the Russian southern Far East was estimated...
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Nanophyetus Infection
Nanophyetiasis is a fish-borne zoonoses occurring in the Pacific northwest region of North America and parts of Siberia. The disease, caused by a...
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Mitophylogenomics of the zoonotic fluke
Echinostoma malayanum confirms it as a member of the genusArtyfechinostomum Lane, 1915 and illustrates the complexity of Echinostomatidae systematicsThe complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome or mtDNA) of the trematode Echinostoma malayanum Leiper, 1911 was fully determined and annotated. The...
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First report of Crassiphiala sp. (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) as an etiological agent of black spot disease in commercial ornamental fish from Brazil
Ornamental fish are becoming increasingly popular, but the lack of knowledge regarding their various diseases is a major challenge. Skin diseases...
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Morphological and molecular identification of Cryptocotyle lingua metacercariae isolated from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from Danish seas and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) from the English Channel
Trematode larvae (metacercariae) causing black spot disease occur frequently in gills, fins, skin and the superficial muscle layers of marine fish....
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Parasite Taxonomy
Endoparasites have been classically subdivided into unicellular protozoan and multicellular helminth parasites. The protozoal parasites based...
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Epidemiology and Geographical Distribution of Human Trematode Infections
Digenetic trematodes infecting humans are more than 109 species that belong to 49 genera all over the world. According to their habitat in the...
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First report of Euryhelmis parasites (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in Africa: conservation implications for endemic amphibians
In this study, we report, through molecular identification, the first African records of a digenean trematode parasite of the genus Euryhelmis. We...
