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Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus 1758

open access: yes, 2002
Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Hirudo medicinalis Ray, 1710: 3; Linnaeus, 1758: 649; Moquin-Tandon, 1846: 327, pls vii–xi. Sanguisuga medicinalis Savigny, 1822: 114; Moquin-Tandon, 1827: 114, pl. v, gure 2. Sanguisuga o cinalis Savigny, 1822: 330. Hirudo o cinalis Derheims, 1825: 9, 11. Material examined. Specimens of H. medicinalis were
Hechtel, Fred O. P., Sawyer, Roy T.
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Hirudo medicinalis

open access: yes, 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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A comparative behavioral evaluation of the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) under different containing regime

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, in the containers, type of motion in the water recirculating system, and to find the optimal frequency of exchange of water in this system.
M Yousefichahardehi   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Naragh Suburb, Center of Iran; A Natural Habitat of Hirudo medicinalis

open access: yesInternational Archives of Health Sciences, 2014
Aims A very common species of leeches has been named as Hirudo medicinalis. Regarding to the application of leeches in medicine and their fast extinction, this study was performed in aquatic habitats of Kashan aimed to determine the distribution of ...
Dehghani R.1 PhD,   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ras activation in Hirudo medicinalis angiogenic process [PDF]

open access: yesInvertebrate Survival Journal, 2013
In some leeches like Hirudo medicinalis, any kind of stimulation (surgical wound or growth factor injection) provokes the botryoidal tissue response. This peculiar tissue, localized in the loose connective tissue between gut and body wall, is formed by ...
A Grimaldi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Infección nasal por Hirudo medicinalis y breve revisión del tema

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 1997
Se presentan dos casos de infección nasal por Hirudo medicinalis "sanguijuela medicinal". Estos gusanos se obtuvieron de las fosas nasales de dos niños, uno de ellos, del caserio Zapatero, Coñumbuqui, Lamas (San Martín, Perú) y el otro de San Francisco ...
María Beltran   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Origin and fate of hematopoietic stem precursor cells in the leech Hirudo medicinalis [PDF]

open access: yesInvertebrate 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
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Leech Therapy After Replantation of Severed Distal Fingers

open access: yesCentral 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
doaj   +1 more source

External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

The genome of medicinal leech (Whitmania pigra) and comparative genomic study for exploration of bioactive ingredients

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

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