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Helminth parasites of Xiphophorus birchmanni (Pisces: Poeciliidae) from two localities of the Pánuco River drainage, Mexico [PDF]

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2019
Specimens of Xiphophorus birchmanni (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) (55 individuals) (Sheepshead swordtail) were collected from 2 localities in the Pánuco River drainage from Hidalgo and Veracruz [at Atlatipa (n = 26) and Benito Juárez (n = 29), respectively],
Christian Elizbeth Bautista-Hernández, Griselda Pulido-Flores, Juan Violante-González, Scott Monks   +3 more
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Metacercarial Infection of Wild Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Brazil

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
Fingerlings of Oreochromis niloticus collected in an artificial urban lake from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were evaluated for natural infection with trematodes.
Hudson A. Pinto, Vitor L. T. Mati, Alan L. Melo   +2 more
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The ribosomal transcription units of Haplorchis pumilio and H. taichui and the use of 28S rDNA sequences for phylogenetic identification of common heterophyids in Vietnam. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2017
Background: Heterophyidiasis is now a major public health threat in many tropical countries. Species in the trematode family Heterophyidae infecting humans include Centrocestus formosanus, Haplorchis pumilio, H. taichui, H.
Le TH, Nguyen KT, Nguyen NT, Doan HT, Dung DT, Blair D.   +5 more
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Integrating molecular biomarkers and ectoparasitic infestation to assess water quality [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Fish and their ectoparasites serve as model organisms for evaluating aquatic ecosystem health and can thus function as bioindicators of environmental pollution.
Hamada S. Salem, Rana H. Omar, Ahmed M. El-Naggar, Amira A. Ibrahim, Mohamed I. Mashaly   +4 more
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Innovative molecular and immunological approaches of heterophyiasis infecting some Egyptian marketed fishes [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Heterophyiasis is a highly endemic disease in the Nile Delta, Egypt, where people consume raw or undercooked Oreochromis niloticus and Mugil cephalus. Birds and rats play a crucial role in fish-borne zoonotic trematode transmission since they serve as ...
Olfat A. Mahdy, Reem M. Ramadan, Mai A. Salem   +2 more
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A malacological survey in the Manso Power Plant, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil: new records of freshwater snails, including transmitters of schistosomiasis and exotic species [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of public health concern in Brazil, and the construction of hydroelectric dams, in addition to increasing permanent human settlement and tourism, has created conditions suitable for the establishment of
Monica Ammon Fernandez, Aline Carvalho de Mattos, Elizangela Feitosa da Silva, Sonia Barbosa dos Santos, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo   +4 more
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Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) from Vila do Abraão, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2016
Pleurolophocercous cercariae found in the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) collected in a stream of the Vila do Abraão, Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were used for experimental infection that enabled the ...
R. F. Ximenes, I. C. B. Gonçalves, I. C. Miyahira, H. A. Pinto, A. L. Melo, S. B. Santos   +5 more
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Description of different developmental stages of centrocestus formosanus (nishigori, 1924) (Digenea: Heterophyidae)

Revista Científica, 2010
Descriptions of the different imrnature stages (redia, cercaria, and metacercaria) and adult stage of Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori) are presented. Between 32 and 36 circumoral spines are generally reported for the C.
Luz Elena Hernández, Marcos Díaz, Abul Bashirullah   +2 more
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Comunidades de helmintos parásitos de algunas especies de peces de dos localidades de la Huasteca Hidalguense [PDF]

Revista Biológico Agropecuaria Tuxpan, 2014
En México, los peces son un grupo diverso y es el taxón con la mayor cantidad de estudios parasitológicos, sin embargo aún falta conocimiento en especies de peces endémicas.
Christian Elizbeth Bautista Hernández, Scott Monks, Scott Monks, Griselda Pulido Flores   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Infecção natural de Poecilia reticulata (Actinopterygii: Poeciliidae) por metacercárias na represa da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil [PDF]

Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 2018
Visando ampliar o conhecimento sobre a helmintofauna de Poecilia reticulata, 60 exemplares foram coletados na represa da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, nos meses de março e abril de 2011. Do total de espécimes de P.
Hudson Alves PINTO, Alan Lane de MELO
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