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Biology, 2021 Until the beginning of the 21st century, the famous medicinal leech was thought to be represented by only one species, Hirudo medicinalis. However, recent publications have demonstrated that under that name, at least five different species of medicinal ...
Andrés Arias +5 more
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Predictive Distribution Modeling of the Medicinal Leech <i>Hirudo verbana</i> Carena, 1820 (Hirudinea, Hirudinidae) in Sicily: Implications for Conservation. [PDF]
Ecol EvolA predictive distribution model for Hirudo verbana in Sicily was developed using 1980–2024 occurrence data and environmental variables. The species is associated with densely vegetated, high‐elevation lentic habitats and avoids human‐disturbed areas.
Liuzzo M, Utevsky S, Marrone F.
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Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2014 Although the European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis L. 1758) is one of the best-known members of the Hirudinea due to its use in phlebotomy, this species has been confused with the Mediterranean taxon H. verbana Carena 1820.
U. Kutschera, Joy Elliott
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Protein Science, Volume 32, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Hirudin from Hirudo medicinalis is a bivalent α‐Thrombin (αT) inhibitor, targeting the enzyme active site and exosite‐I, and is currently used in anticoagulant therapy along with its simplified analogue hirulog. Haemadin, a small protein (57 amino acids) isolated from the land‐living leech Haemadipsa sylvestris, selectively inhibits αT with a ...
Laura Acquasaliente +4 more
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Acta Herpetologica, 2008 The authors describe a case of parasitism on Rana iberica by two species of leeches, Batracobdella sp. and Hirudo medicinalis, in a mountainous area of north-western Spain. Conservation implications of high parasite load on small and isolated populations
César Ayres, Julian Comesaña Iglesias
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, 2015 Hirudo medicinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Remarks: This species was reported from Krupac (Blanchard 1905) and Pošćenska and Plavsko Lake (Sket 1968). However, as this species was in the past confused with Hirudo verbana, all former records from the Balkan area are questionable. Distribution: North, central and southwestern Europe.
Grosser, Clemens +2 more
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Origin and fate of hematopoietic stem precursor cells in the leech Hirudo medicinalis [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2016 The hematopoietic process by which blood cells are formed has been intensely studied for over a century using several model systems. An increasing amount of evidence shows that hematopoiesis, angiogenesis, immune response and the regulating these ...
A Grimaldi
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Application of Leech Therapy After Replantation of Severed Distal Fingers
Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Objective: Prevention and treatment of venous crisis after reconstructive microsurgery is complicated and every clinician has concern about it. We present our clinical experience with blood-sucking leech therapy for replantation of severed fingers ...
ShiZhuang +7 more
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External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2004 Background Medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, has been used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, to relieve venous congestion and to improve the microrevascularization of flaps.
Tuncer Serdar +7 more
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BMC Genomics, 2022 Background Leeches are classic annelids that have a huge diversity and are closely related to people, especially medicinal leeches. Medicinal leeches have been widely utilized in medicine based on the pharmacological activities of their bioactive ...
Lei Tong +9 more
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