Schistosome migration in the definitive host. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Schistosomes are parasitic blood flukes that infect >200 million people around the world. Free-swimming larval stages penetrate the skin, invade a blood vessel, and migrate through the heart and lungs to the vasculature of the liver, where maturation and
Catherine S Nation +3 more
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No evidence for schistosome parasite fitness trade-offs in the intermediate and definitive host [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background The trematode parasite Schistosoma mansoni uses an aquatic snail intermediate and a vertebrate definitive host to complete its life cycle. We previously showed that a key transmission trait—the number of cercariae larvae shed from infected ...
Winka Le Clec’h +3 more
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Differential patterns of definitive host use by two fish acanthocephalans occurring in sympatry: Pomphorhynchus laevis and Pomphorhynchus tereticollis [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 Parasites with complex life-cycles and trophic transmission are expected to show low specificity towards final hosts. However, testing this hypothesis may be hampered by low taxonomic resolution, particularly in helminths.
Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot +3 more
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White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) as the definitive host of Sarcocystis lutrae in the Czech Republic [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 The white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla, has been involved in the life cycle of several Sarcocystis species as the intermediate and definitive host.
Ondřej Máca +2 more
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Molecular Evidence of Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) as a Natural Definitive Host for Several Sarcocystis Species [PDF]
PathogensSarcocystis parasites infect a wide range of animals, including reptiles, birds, and mammals, and have complex two-host prey–predator life cycle. Sarcocysts are mainly found in the muscles of intermediate hosts, and oocysts sporulate in the intestines of
Petras Prakas +5 more
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A novel, non-neuronal acetylcholinesterase of schistosome parasites is essential for definitive host infection [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Schistosomes are long-lived parasitic worms that infect >200 million people globally. The intravascular life stages are known to display acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity internally as well as, somewhat surprisingly, on external tegumental ...
Patrick J. Skelly, Akram A. Da’dara
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Invasive Fascioloides magna infections impact gut microbiota in a definitive host in Europe [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeInvasive parasites that expand their natural range can be a threat to wildlife biodiversity and may pose a health risk to non-adapted, naive host species. The invasive giant liver fluke, Fascioloides magna, native to North America, has extended its range
Ramona Fleischer +8 more
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Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), a new definitive host of the canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Angiostronglyus vasorum is a cardiopulmonary nematode infecting mainly canids such as dogs (Canis familiaris) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Natural infections have also been reported in mustelids and red pandas (Ailurus fulgens fulgens).
Nina Gillis-Germitsch +3 more
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Is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) a competent definitive host for Taenia multiceps? [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Shepherd and stray dogs are thought to represent the primary definitive hosts of Coenurosis by Taenia multiceps, due to their feeding habits which translate into high chances of coming into contact with infected intermediate hosts. Nonetheless,
Antonio Varcasia +8 more
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The Role of Birds of the Family Corvidae in Transmitting Sarcocystis Protozoan Parasites
Animals, 2021 Members of the family Corvidae are ecologically flexible omnivorous birds, particularly adaptive to urban habitats, and living in proximity to humans; these birds may serve as definitive hosts (DH) for Sarcocystis spp., but research about this is lacking.
Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu +5 more
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