Integrating molecular biomarkers and ectoparasitic infestation to assess water quality [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Innovative molecular and immunological approaches of heterophyiasis infecting some Egyptian marketed fishes [PDF]
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 +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]
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 +4 more
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Centrocestus formosanus em peixes de água doce destinados ao consumo humano em Minas Gerais, Brasil
Centrocestus formosanus infesta as brânquias dos peixes, causando altas morbidades e mortalidades e, por consequência perdas econômicas. Este estudo relata a identificação de metacercárias de C.
Rachel Sordi Relvas +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Comunidades de helmintos parásitos de algunas especies de peces de dos localidades de la Huasteca Hidalguense [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Infecção natural de Poecilia reticulata (Actinopterygii: Poeciliidae) por metacercárias na represa da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil [PDF]
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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Melanoides tuberculata as intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924) in Tunisia
Melanoides tuberculata that naturally harbored trematode larvae were collected at the irrigation system in Ain Soltan’s oasis (southwest of Tunisia), during malacological surveys conducted from January to December 2013.
Ghouaidia Najet, D. Sabah, Hammami Hayet
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Laboratorio de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil *e-mail: aldemelo@icb.ufmg.brReceived May 23 ...
C Paula-Andrade +4 more
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