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Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis [PDF]

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010
Background Lymnaeidae snails play a prominent role in the transmission of helminths, mainly trematodes of medical and veterinary importance (e.g., Fasciola liver flukes).
Pointier Jean-Pierre, Jarne Philippe, David Patrice, Renaud François, Durand Patrick, Escobar Juan S, Correa Ana C, Hurtrez-Boussès Sylvie   +7 more
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Contamination of Vector Snails with the Larval Stages of Trematodes in Selected Areas in Northern Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: Identification of freshwater snails and possible trematodes transmission sites are essential to continue monitoring the potential for disease outbreaks in areas with a history of parasitic infections.
Mojgan Aryaiepour, Allah Bedasht Mansoorian, Mohammad Bagher Molai Rad, Soheila Rouhani, Majid Pirestani, Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Ahmad Daryani, Tina Asadi, Mohammad Bagher Rokni, Shahabeddin Sarvi   +9 more
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Trematode Cercariae from Lymnaea gedrosiana in the Caspian Sea Littoral in Iran: a one health concern [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionLymnaea gedrosiana snails are hosts to a variety of trematode cercaria of public and veterinary health importance. In Guilan Province, Iran, a region with a high level of fish and bird farming and wetlands important for migratory birds ...
Aida Vafae Eslahi, Armin Aligolzadeh, Majid Pirestani, Zahra Gharibi, Amir Abdoli, Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi, Behzad Bijani, Milad Badri, Jennifer K. Ketzis   +8 more
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Parasitological and molecular characterization of the avian schistosomatid cercariae infecting lymnaeidae snails in Phayao, Northern Thailand [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2021
Background and Aim: Cercarial dermatitis or swimmer's itch is an allergic skin reaction caused by penetrating cercaria of animal blood flukes. It is considered as a zoonotic water-borne skin condition that is found globally.
Ornampai Japa, Chittakun Suwancharoen, Thanakon Bunsong, Chorpaka Phuangsri   +3 more
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The genome sequence of the pond mud snail, Omphiscola glabra (O.F.Müller, 1774) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Omphiscola glabra (pond mud snail; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Lymnaeidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 744.78 megabases.
Katarzyna Ruta, Helen R Taylor
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Risk of invasion and disease transmission by the Australasian freshwater snail Orientogalba viridis (Lymnaeidae): a field and experimental study [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Biological invasions pose risks to the normal functioning of ecosystems by altering the structure and composition of several communities. Molluscs stand out as an extensively studied group given their long history of introduction by either ...
Antonio A. Vázquez, Elodie Chapuis, Jorge Sánchez, Pilar Alda, Dominique Faugère, Mónica Sánchez, Léa Souq, Joaquín López-Soriano, Sergio Quiñonero-Salgado, Nicolás Bonel, Jean-Pierre Pointier, Annia Alba, Sylvie Hurtrez-Boussès   +12 more
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The genus Bilharziella vs. other bird schistosomes in snail hosts from one of the major recreational lakes in Poland

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2021
Bird schistosomes are commonly established as the causative agent of swimmer's itch − a hyper-sensitive skin reaction to the penetration of their infective larvae.
Stanicka Anna, Migdalski Łukasz, Zając Kamila Stefania, Cichy Anna, Lachowska-Cierlik Dorota, Żbikowska Elżbieta   +5 more
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Ocorrência de Lymnaea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae), hospedeiro intermediário da Fasciola hepatica, para o Estado da Paraíba, Brasil Occurrence of Lymnaea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae), first intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica, for the state of Paraíba, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1998
Foi registrada a ocorrência de Lymnaea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae), primeiro hospedeiro intermediário da Fasciola hepatica, para o Estado da Paraíba, Brasil, associado a macrófitas aquáticas.The occurrence of Lymnaea Columella (Gastropoda ...
Francisco José Pegado Abílio, Takako Watanabe   +1 more
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Distribution of Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata), intermediate snail hosts of Fasciola hepatica in Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
An extensive malacological survey was carried out between 2005-2009 in order to clarify the exact number of lymnaeid species which may be intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica in Venezuela. Four species were discovered during this survey, including two
JP Pointier, O Noya, B Alarcón de Noya, A Théron   +3 more
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Lymnaea columella in northern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1983
The occurrence of a mollusc of the family Lymnaeidae is recorded for the first time in Brazil north of parallel 15ºS, as a result of the finding of Lymnaea columella in Manus and Benjamin Constant, state of Amazonas.
W. Lobato Paraense
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