Gastropods as intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus spp. in the Americas: bioecological characteristics and geographical distribution [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020 BACKGROUND Intermediate hosts are key organisms in maintaining parasite life cycles, because they can act as amplifiers in the transmission from natural reservoirs to humans.
Romina Valente +2 more
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Overview of Terrestrial Mollusks as Intermediate Hosts for Helminths and the Diversity of the Latter [PDF]
Российский паразитологический журнал, 2019 The purpose of the research is to analyze and synthesize literature data on terrestrial mollusks, intermediate hosts of helminthes vertebrat.Materials and methods.
Yu. Yu. Masalkova
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Intermediate hosts of Protostrongylus pulmonalis (Frölich, 1802) and P. oryctolagi Baboš, 1955 under natural conditions in France [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Protostrongylus oryctolagi and P. pulmonalis are causative agents of pulmonary protostrongyliasis in Lagomorphs in France. These nematodes need usually one intermediate host for its life cycle, a terrestrial snail.
Célia Lesage +5 more
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COMPOSITION AND INFECTION OF INTERMEDIATE AND DEFINITIVE HOSTS OF ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS (LEUCKART, 1858) IN BASIN OF LAKE BAIKAL (BURYATIA) [PDF]
Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2012 Based the available data and our own researches materials on Echinococcus multilocularis infection of wild animals in the basin of Lake Baikal (Republic of Buryatia) are presented here. E.
O. E. Mazur, A. S. Fomina
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Intermediate insights: tracing trematodes infecting amphibians via their first intermediate snail hosts [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Amphibians are a prime example of the global biodiversity crisis, as they represent the most threatened group of vertebrates. Yet, amphibian macroparasites remain one of the most poorly described groups of parasites, with the majority of ...
Annabell Hüsken +3 more
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Cell ReportsSummary: The spike protein of many sarbecoviruses binds to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor and facilitates viral entry. The diversification of the sarbecovirus spike gene and the mammalian ACE2 gene suggests that sarbecoviruses and ...
Yusuke Kosugi +12 more
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Parasite-induced colour alteration of intermediate hosts increases ingestion by suitable final host species [PDF]
, 2019 Parasites with complex life cycles often alter the phenotypic appearance of their intermediate hosts in order to facilitate ingestion by the final host. However, such manipulation can be costly as it might increase ingestion by less suitable or dead-end ...
Bersau, Nicole +9 more
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In Silico Analysis of Intermediate Hosts and Susceptible Animals of SARS-CoV-2 [PDF]
, 2020 COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 with major symptom of pneumonia is bringing huge disasters to the people around the world. Recent research indicates that the natural host of SARS-CoV-2 may be bats, but its intermediate host is still unclear.
Wu C +10 more
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Zoonotic parasites associated with predation by dogs and cats
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 One of the most common behaviors of cats that have an indoor/outdoor lifestyle is to bring hunted “gifts” to their owners, represented by small mammals, reptiles and birds.
Jairo Alfonso Mendoza Roldan +1 more
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Schistosomatidae from the trematode fauna of aquatic and semi-aquatic birds in Uzbekistan
Biosystems Diversity, 2023 The article discusses the infection of wetland birds in Uzbekistan with the trematodes Schistosomatidae Stiles et Hassall, 1898. The research covered 282 individuals from the main groups of birds represented by the orders Pelecaniformes, Ciconiformes ...
F. Akramova +6 more
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