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Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2025.ABSTRACT The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) can be hunted as a game species. It may also be listed as a “species likely to cause damage” (ESOD – the acronym in French), for public health reasons among others. Conversely, benefits linked to the presence of foxes are also put forward, such as the predation of rodents carrying zoonotic agents.
Emmanuelle Gilot‐Fromont +97 more
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Treating Pox, Pests and Worms: Saints, Sympathy and Materiality in Late‐Medieval English Charms
Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-20, March 2025.Charms were a commonplace form of medical intervention in late‐medieval England, as they allowed afflicted and ailing devotees to seek the aid of saints and biblical figures. Those holy dead who had suffered something on earth were considered particularly adept at posthumously treating the same in their devotees, with the words used to recount their ...
Elizabeth Burrell
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Tapeworm Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Cestoda)--neglected or emerging human parasite? [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND: A total number of 14 valid species of Diphyllobothrium tapeworms have been described in literature to be capable of causing diphyllobothriosis, with D. latum being the major causative agent of all human infections.
Roman Kuchta +3 more
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Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2025.ABSTRACT Parasitic infections threaten the endangered Oreochromis jipe and other ichthyic populations in Lake Jipe, thereby hindering conservation efforts. Initiatives have been made to farm O. jipe as a conservation strategy. To develop effective conservation approaches and ensure the species' survival in its natural habitat and aquaculture systems ...
Finnan O. Ageng'o +8 more
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Intestinal parasites pose a risk to public health globally, causing a high economic burden in developing countries. Most diagnostic methods aimed at detecting these parasites in hospital settings are not sensitive to recovering parasites. Hence, the prevalence of these diseases remains a challenge in areas of poor environmental sanitation and ...
Seth Offei Addo +7 more
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Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Dogs provide security and companionship and enhance the psychological well‐being of humans but also carry potential zoonotic pathogens posing a public health risk. This study was conducted to detect gastrointestinal parasites in dogs and determine their potential risk to human health.
Isaac Anim-Baidoo +8 more
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THE INACTIVATION OF HELMINTH EGGS WITH THE NARROW BANDWIDTH RADIATION OF EXCIMER LAMPS
Российский паразитологический журнал, 2016 Objective of research: to study the inactivation of eggs of Opisthorchis felineus and Diphyllobothrium latum in the water by the narrowband ultraviolet excimer lamp radiation 222 and 282 nm depending on the surface radiation dose.
E. I. Lipatov +2 more
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Epidemiology of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Diphyllobothriasis, Japan, 2001–2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report 958 cases of cestodiasis occurring in Japan during 2001–2016. The predominant pathogen was Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense tapeworm (n = 825), which caused 86.1% of all cases. The other cestode species involved were Taenia spp.
Hiroshi Ikuno +2 more
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Fish Gut Metabarcoding Detects Diets and Parasites Simultaneously
Environmental DNA, Volume 6, Issue 6, November–December 2024.Understanding dietary habits and trophic niches of species is crucial for the conservation and management of species and ecosystems. We applied a multimarker metabarcoding approach to assess the diet and parasites of commercially exploited beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella).
Dilli Prasad Rijal +7 more
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