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Finding a needle in a haystack: larval stages of Didymozoidae (Trematoda: Digenea) parasitizing marine zooplankton
Larval didymozoids (Trematoda: Digenea) were discovered parasitizing the hemocoel of the heteropod Firoloida desmarestia (redia mean intensity = 13)...
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Molecular signatures of the rediae, cercariae and adult stages in the complex life cycles of parasitic flatworms (Digenea: Psilostomatidae)
BackgroundParasitic flatworms (Trematoda: Digenea) represent one of the most remarkable examples of drastic morphological diversity among the stages...
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One-health approach on the future application of snails: a focus on snail-transmitted parasitic diseases
Snails are fascinating molluscs with unique morphological and physiological adaptive features to cope with various environments. They have...
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Fasciolopsiasis
Fasciolopsiasis, endemic to Southeast Asian countries, is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by a trematode, Fasciolopsis buski. This...
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Amphistomiasis
Amphistomes are digenetic trematodes that infect a variety of hosts, including animals and humans. Amphistomiasis is the disease in humans and...
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Clonorchiasis
Clonorchiasis is a fish-borne trematode infection caused by Clonorchis sinensis, also known as Chinese or Oriental liver fluke. Fish-eating mammals...
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A new species of hemiuroidean trematode from Hatcheria macraei (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) and Heleobia hatcheri (Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) in a Patagonian River
A new hemiuroidean species, Genarchella pichileufuensis n. sp. (Derogenidae: Halipeginae), was found in the stomach of the siluriform freshwater...
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Elucidation of Himasthla leptosoma (Creplin, 1829) Dietz, 1909 (Digenea, Himasthlidae) life cycle with insights into species composition of the north Atlantic Himasthla associated with periwinkles Littorina spp
Trematodes of the genus Himasthla are usual parasites of coastal birds in nearshore ecosystems of northern European seas and the Atlantic coast of...
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Identification and expression of a transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) homologue in the tropical liver fluke Fasciola gigantica
Liver flukes, Fasciola spp., are veterinary and medically important parasites infecting numerous species of economically important animals in...
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Germinal development in embryonic rediae of the hemiuroid digenean Bunocotyle progenetica: an ultrastructural study
Embryonic development of reproductive organs in rediae of the digenean Bunocotyle progenetica was studied using transmission electron microscopy. The...
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Bithyniid snails as hosts of Opisthorchiidae and Notocotylidae in the south of Western Siberia, Russia
Opisthorchiasis and related infections are persistent and substantial public health burdens from eastern Europe to southeastern and northern Asia....
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Fasciolosis
First chapter of the present book deals with the introduction of fasciolosis disease, their history, overall status, economic impact on livestocks...
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The life cycle of Philophthalmus aylacostoma n. sp. (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae), a new eye fluke species transmitted by Aylacostoma spp. (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Brazil
Philophthalmus is a cosmopolitan genus of digeneans that includes ocular parasites of birds and mammals. Despite broad distribution and veterinary...
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Introduction to Parasitic Helminthes and Cestoda
Subkingdom Metazoa belongs to the Kingdom Animalia. The members of the metazoa are multicellular animals and consist of tissues, organs and systems....
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Snail Control
Snail control is one of the most efficient methods to reduce fasciolosis. Snails are the intermediate host of fluke Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola...
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Histological and electron microscopic analysis of germinal material in miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni
We performed histological and electron microscopic analysis of miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni in order to examine their germinal elements. In...
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Paramphistome Species in Water Buffaloes and Intermediate Hosts in the Kızılırmak Delta in Samsun Province, Turkey
PurposeThis study was carried out to determine the paramphistome species parasitizing water buffaloes (WBs) grazing in the Kızılırmak Delta in Samsun...
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Meat-borne parasites in the Arab world: a review in a One Health perspective
Meat-borne parasitic zoonoses are generally not well-monitored, and so understanding extent and overall prevalence is problematic. Without sufficient...
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First intermediate hosts of Paragonimus spp. in Vietnam and identification of intramolluscan stages of different Paragonimus species
BackgroundMembers of the genus Paragonimus require at least three hosts in their life-cycles. The obligatory first intermediate hosts are freshwater...
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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....
