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Aquatic Snails as a Vector of Diseases to the Human in Iran
Iran is the second largest country in the Middle East with an area of about 1,650,000 km2 divided among 30 Provinces. It is bounded to the north by...
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Socio-environmental impacts of non-native and transplanted aquatic mollusc species in South America: What do we really know?
The impacts of biological invasions remain poorly known for some habitats, regions and taxa. To date, there has been no comprehensive effort to...
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How Equids Cope with Macroparasites
In this chapter, we review exposure risk dynamics and co** mechanisms that equids employ against macroparasites, with a focus on gastrointestinal...
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DNA barcode identification of a tropical liver fluke (Fasciola gigantica) in cattle from Ilorin, Northcentral Nigeria
Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease caused by liver flukes. It affects both domesticated and undomesticated ruminants. It causes reduced livestock...
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Expansion of the Range of the Black Sea Snail Lithoglyphus naticoides (C. Pfieffer, 1828) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lithoglyphidae) and Associated Trematode Species in the Upper Volga Basin
The Black Sea snail Lithoglyphus naticoides (C. Pfieffer, 1828) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lithoglyphidae) was first recorded in the Uglich Reservoir in...
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Record of Some Digeneans, Infecting Freshwater Fishes, Snails, and Amphibians in India, Using 28S Ribosomal DNA Marker
Eleven species of digenetic trematodes are recorded herein in an attempt to chart the trematode biodiversity in Kakraiya Lake of District Barabanki,...
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The role of invasive alien species in the emergence and spread of zoonoses
The role of invasive alien species in the transmission dynamics of zoonotic pathogens is often overlooked, despite the rapid escalation in biological...
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Selection of suitable reference genes for normalization of RT-qPCR in three tissues of Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) infected with eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi)
BackgroundThe Northern bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus ) is an economically important, and popular game bird in North America. Northern bobwhites have...
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Helminth Community Structure of Some Freshwater Fishes of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin: Patterns and Processes
Freshwater fishes are usually infected with a wide array of parasites. In particular, the helminth parasite fauna of these hosts consists of larval...
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Parasites as an Inseparable Part of Antarctic and Subantarctic Marine Biodiversity
The biodiversity of parasites of marine invertebrates and vertebrates in the Antarctic and Subantarctic is high. Parasitic organisms are represented...
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Accidental associates are not symbionts: the absence of a non-parasitic endosymbiotic community inside the common periwinkle Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
One of the most thoroughly studied marine snails in the world is the North Atlantic periwinkle Littorina littorea . In 2013, Buckland-Nicks et al....
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Checklist of Syngnathidae Parasites in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
AbstractFor the first time data on parasite diversity of Syngnathidae fishes inhabiting the Black and the Sea of Azov, the rivers flowing into these...
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Internal Parasites and Their Impact on the Health and Conservation of Neotropical Vertebrates
Parasites are indicators of the health of ecosystems and their hosts due to their role in ecological and evolutionary processes. Wild animals are...
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Contextualizing the lake ecosystem syndromes and research development activities in Chilika Lake (Odisha coast, India): a bibliometric overview (1970–2021)
Chilika Lagoon is traditionally known as a productive study site for various areas of knowledge. It is also well-known for its successful ecological...
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Untangling the effects of size, habitat and invertebrate biodiversity on parasite prevalence in the Caribbean spiny lobster
The spiny lobster Panulirus argus is an important benthic mesopredator and a major fishing resource across the Wider Caribbean region. This species...
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The Use of Glyphosate in Regions of Argentina and Colombia and Its Socio-Environmental Impacts
The massive use of agrochemicals has made possible to increase food production on a global scale; however, it has also caused multiple impacts on the...
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The effect of the egg-predator Carcinonemertes conanobrieni on the reproductive performance of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus
BackgroundThe Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus is heavily fished throughout its Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico distribution, suggesting...
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Nutritional effects of invasive macrophyte detritus on Schistosoma mansoni infections in snail intermediate hosts
Schistosomes are parasitic flatworms that cycle between humans and freshwater snails, infecting more than 200 million humans. Many...
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Pathways linking nutrient enrichment, habitat structure, and parasitism to host–resource interactions
Human activities simultaneously alter nutrient levels, habitat structure, and levels of parasitism. These activities likely have individual and joint...
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Cranial Phenomena
Frontal-parietal pores, 75% of which have been interpreted as porotic hyperostosis, appear actually to represent trans-cortical circulation and are...