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The Changeable Cercaria, Cercaria mutabilis (Pl. 107)

open access: yesThe Naturalist's Miscellany
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
George Shaw, Frederick Polydore Nodder
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A Faunistic Survey of Cercariae from Fresh Water Snails: Melanopsis spp. and their Role in Transmission Diseases [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2006
Snail transmitted diseases are one of the major group of helminth parasitic diseases which have been established by trematode parasites. The larvae of trematodes (cercariae) use the snails as host.
A Farahnak, R Vafaie-Darian, I Mobedi
doaj   +2 more sources

Malacological Survey and Spatial Distribution of Intermediate Host Snails in Schistosomiasis Endemic Districts of Rwanda

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Schistosomiasis, due to S. mansoni, is prevalent in Rwanda. However, there is a paucity of information related to the abundance, species, distribution, and infectivity of Schistosoma intermediate host snails.
Joseph Kagabo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Putative Neuropeptides That Alter the Behaviour of Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae

open access: yesBiology, 2022
Elucidating the infectivity of Schistosoma mansoni, one of the main etiological agents of human schistosomiasis, requires an improved understanding of the behavioural mechanisms of cercariae, the non-feeding mammalian infective stage.
Conor E. Fogarty   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land snails can trap trematode cercariae in their shell: Encapsulation as a general response against parasites?

open access: yesParasite, 2023
Terrestrial gastropods are hosts of a wide variety of metazoan parasites and can respond to parasite exposure in various ways. One of these defence mechanisms, the ability to trap parasites in the host shell, was previously thought to apply only against ...
Gérard Claudia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Larval trematodes (Digenea) of the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L.), (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Central Europe: a survey of species and key to their identification

open access: yesParasite, 2007
A survey of cercariae and metacercariae (Trematoda, Digenea) from the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) in Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, South-East Germany, Poland and Slovak Republic) is presented, based on a study of 3,628 snails examined
Faltýnková A.   +2 more
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No Tail No Fail: Life Cycles of the Zoogonidae (Digenea)

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
The Zoogonidae is the only digenean family where known cercariae lack the tail but actively search for the second intermediate host. However, the data on the zoogonid life cycles are scarce. In the present study, we elucidated and verified life cycles of
Georgii Kremnev   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) Under Siege: Main Infectious Diseases and Their Role in Aquaculture and Wild Populations Amidst Environmental Change

open access: yesJournal of Fish Diseases, Volume 48, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT The pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) is a key species for recreational and commercial fisheries in Argentina and holds significant aquaculture potential. It has been introduced to various countries worldwide, including Japan, where intensive aquaculture has developed.
Aarón Torres‐Martínez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Cercariae Infection in Lymnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) in NorthWest of Iran [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary Research Forum, 2011
The pond snail Lymnaea auricularia serves as an intermediate host for many digenian species. In West Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran, the cercariae infection investigation was undertaken in L. auricularia from May to November 2010.
Abbas Imani-Baran   +3 more
doaj  

EKOLOGICAL-FAUNAL ANALYSES OF THE TREMATODES OF WATER-MARSH BIRDS OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY JANDAN LAKE

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2014
In 2000-08 in the Jandar Lake, which is situated on the territories of Azerbaijan and Georgia, the author studied waterfowls of 23 species and found 35 species of trematodes. Trematode fauna was richer in birds with a wider range of food and bigger sizes,
Y. A. Mahmudova
doaj   +1 more source

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