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Hidden highways: fungi associated with glossiphoniid leeches [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeFungi associated with aquatic invertebrates remain poorly characterized, particularly those inhabiting leeches (Hirudinea), which are key components of freshwater ecosystems.
Maciej Grobelski +2 more
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Evaluation of re-used medicinal leeches as a potential source for nosocomial MDR bacterial infections in canines [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceObjectivesLeech therapy is commonly used in medicine as a treatment for venous congestion. Since a concern with reusing leeches is potential spread of infections, it is recommended to discard leeches after use.
Mariajesus Soula +5 more
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Hirudo verbana Microbiota Dynamics: A Key Factor in Hirudotherapy-Related Infections? [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe gastrointestinal microbiota of medicinal leeches is particularly interesting due to their blood-feeding habits, increasing medical use, and risk of pathogen transmission.
Djursun Karasartova +4 more
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Effects of casein blood substitute feed on growth, survival and reproduction of native Iranian medical leech, Hirudo orientalis [PDF]
تغذیه آبزیان, 2021 This study aimed to investigate the effects of casein blood substitute feed on the growth, survival and reproduction of Hirudo orientalis. At first, 100 leeches with an average weight of 3 g were reproduced.
Abbas Torabiyan +2 more
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Succès et déclin d’un agent thérapeutique : la sangsue
Histoire, Médecine et Santé, 2023 The purpose of this article is to question what contributes to the success of certain remedies at a given time. Leeches are an interesting example in this respect.
Nicolas Sueur
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Leech removal is not the primary driver of basking behavior in a freshwater turtle
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Leaving the water to bask (usually in the sun) is a common behavior for many freshwater turtles, with some species also engaging in “nocturnal basking.” Ectoparasite removal is an obvious hypothesis to explain nocturnal basking and has also been proposed
Donald T. McKnight +3 more
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ECOLOGY OF LEECHES AND GASTROPODS OF THE LOWER AK-BUURA RIVER, FERGANA VALLEY,UZBEKISTAN
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2022 This study was conducted on species composition, morphology, ecological characteristics, biotope distribution, ecological groups, biodiversity indicators and zoogeography of leeches and gastropods distributed in the lower Ak-Buura River ...
Khayrulla Solijonov, Farrukh U. Umarov
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Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 The aim of this study is to describe the leech species that are used in some of the alternative medicine clinics in Baghdad Province based on morphometric measurements and colouring pattern of the body. A collection of twenty leeches was
Batool K. Habeeb, Harith Saeed Al-Warid
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 With more than 700 described species, leeches include morphological, physiological, and behavioral diversity and occur in terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems.
Anna J. Phillips +2 more
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Treatment by bloodletting in the past and present [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2016 Introduction. Therapeutic bloodletting has been practiced at least 3000 years as one of the most frequent methods of treatment in general, whose value was not questioned until the 19th century, when it was gradually abandoned in Western medicine,
Čolović Nataša +2 more
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