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The Zoonotic Helminth Parasite Fasciola hepatica: Virulence-Associated Cathepsin B and Cathepsin L Cysteine Peptidases Secreted by Infective Newly Excysted Juveniles (NEJ)

Animals, 2021
Fasciolosis caused by Fasciola hepatica is a major global disease of livestock and an important neglected helminthiasis of humans. Infection arises when encysted metacercariae are ingested by the mammalian host. Within the intestine, the parasite excysts
Tara Barbour, Krystyna Cwiklinski, Richard Lalor, John Pius Dalton, Carolina De Marco Verissimo   +4 more
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Pulmonary Paragonimiasis in Native Community, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, 2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne infection caused by several species of the Paragonimus fluke. Clinical manifestations can mimic tuberculosis and contribute to diagnostic delay. We report a cluster of paragonimiasis in a community in Ecuador, where active
José C.N. Diaz, Mariella Anselmi, Manuel Calvopiña, Mayra E.P. Vera, Yuvy L.C. Cabrera, Javier J. Perlaza, Luz A.O. Cabezas, Christian O.R. Gaspar, Dora Buonfrate   +8 more
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Planarians, a Neglected Component of Biodiversity in Groundwaters

Diversity, 2021
Underground waters are still one of the most important sources of drinking water for the planet. Moreover, the fauna that inhabits these waters is still little known, even if it could be used as an effective bioindicator.
Benedetta Barzaghi, Davide De Giorgi, Roberta Pennati, Raoul Manenti   +3 more
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From the Atlantic Coast to Lake Tanganyika: Gill-Infecting Flatworms of Freshwater Pellonuline Clupeid Fishes in West and Central Africa, with Description of Eleven New Species and Key to Kapentagyrus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae)

Animals, 2021
Unlike their marine counterparts, tropical freshwater clupeids receive little scientific attention. However, they sustain important fisheries that may be of (inter)national commercial interest.
Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Raquel Hermans, Tom Artois, Nikol Kmentová   +3 more
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Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis)

EDIS, 2022
Learn how to swim safely and avoid this itchy skin rash in this 3-page document written by Emma N. I. Weeks and Katherine Sayler and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology. Updated May 2022 with Heather Stockdale Walden. https:/
Emma N. I. Weeks, Katherine Sayler, Heather Stockdfale Walden   +2 more
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Structural Characterization and Spatial Mapping of Tetrodotoxins in Australian Polyclads

Marine Drugs, 2022
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent marine neurotoxin that occurs in several Australian phyla, including pufferfish, toadfish, gobies, and the blue-ringed octopus.
Justin M. McNab, Matthew T. Briggs, Jane E. Williamson, Peter Hoffmann, Jorge Rodriguez, Peter Karuso   +5 more
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Comparative toxicity assessment of glyphosate and two commercial formulations in the planarian Dugesia japonica

Frontiers in Toxicology, 2023
Introduction: Glyphosate is a widely used, non-selective herbicide. Glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are considered safe for non-target organisms and environmentally benign at currently allowed environmental exposure levels.
S. Grace Fuselier, Danielle Ireland, Nicholas Fu, Christina Rabeler, Eva-Maria S. Collins, Eva-Maria S. Collins, Eva-Maria S. Collins, Eva-Maria S. Collins   +7 more
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Melav2, an elav-like gene, is essential for spermatid differentiation in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano [PDF]

, 2009
Background Failure of sperm differentiation is one of the major causes of male sterility. During spermiogenesis, spermatids undergo a complex metamorphosis, including chromatin condensation and cell elongation. Although the resulting sperm morphology and
Ladurner, P., Ladurner, Peter, De Mulder, K., Schärer, L., Scharer, Lukas, Sekii, K., Salvenmoser, Willi, Salvenmoser, W., Sekii, Kiyono, De Mulder, Katrien   +9 more
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Microstomum (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomorpha, Microstomidae) from the Swedish west coast: two new species and a population description

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2018
Two new species of marine Platyhelminthes, Microstomum laurae sp. nov. and Microstomum edmondi sp. nov. (Macrostomida: Microstomidae) are described from the west coast of Sweden. Microstomum laurae sp. nov.
Sarah Atherton, Ulf Jondelius
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To Be or Not to Be a Flatworm: The Acoel Controversy

PLoS ONE, 2009
Since first described, acoels were considered members of the flatworms (Platyhelminthes). However, no clear synapomorphies among the three large flatworm taxa -- the Catenulida, the Acoelomorpha and the Rhabditophora -- have been characterized to date.
Egger, Bernhard, Steinke, Dirk, Tarui, Hiroshi, De Mulder, Katrien, Arendt, Detlev, Borgonie, Gaëtan, Funayama, Noriko, Gschwentner, Robert, Hartenstein, Volker, Hobmayer, Bert, Hooge, Matthew, Hrouda, Martina, Ishida, Sachiko, Kobayashi, Chiyoko, Kuales, Georg, Nishimura, Osamu, Pfister, Daniela, Rieger, Reinhard, Salvenmoser, Willi, Smith, Julian, Technau, Ulrich, Tyler, Seth, Agata, Kiyokazu, Salzburger, Walter, Ladurner, Peter   +24 more
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