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Paragonimiasis Diagnosed Through Detection of Parasitic Ova in Pleural Effusion: A Clinical Case Report

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
We report a rare case of paragonimiasis initially presenting with trauma. Initial imaging and laboratory findings were predominantly indicative of trauma and nonspecific inflammatory responses, which obscured the clues of parasitic infection. The definitive diagnosis was achieved through comprehensive epidemiological history collection and parasitic ...
Man Luo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and site preferences of heterophyid metacercariae in Tilapia zilli from Ismalia fresh water canal, Egypt

open access: yesParasite, 2010
Factors affecting prevalence and site preferences of heterophyid metacercariae (MC) were investigated in this study. A total of 173 specimens of a freshwater fish, Tilapia zilli were collected during autumn 2008, winter 2009 and summer 2009, from ...
Ibrahim M.M., Soliman M.F.M.
doaj   +1 more source

Clonal amplification of Fasciola hepatica in Galba truncatula: within and between isolate variation of triclabendazole-susceptible and -resistant clones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Fasciola hepatica is of worldwide significance, impacting on the health, welfare and productivity of livestock and regarded by WHO as a re-emerging zoonosis.
Allen, Katherine   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Gene Expression Associated With Behaviour Manipulation in Wood Ants Infected With Larval Lancet Fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 20, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Many ant species show dramatic shifts in behaviour when infected with parasites, but the molecular basis of these behavioural changes is not well understood. An example is the wood ant, Formica aserva, which serves as an intermediate host for the lancet liver fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum.
Chen‐Hua Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential Transmission of Human Fascioliasis Through Traditional Local Foods, in Northern Iran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2006
Ingestion of infective metacercariae, attached to watercress or other various species of water and terrestrial plants, has been implicated as the main source of human contamination by fasciolid flukes.
K Ashrafi   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Synopsis of biological data on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
This synopsis reviews taxonomy, morphology, distribution, life history, commercial hard and soft shell crab fisheries, physiology, diseases, ecology, laboratory culture methodology, and influences of environmental pollutants on the blue crab ...
Millikin, Mark R., Williams, Austin B.
core  

A study of the life history of Microphallus paragrapsi Smith 1983 (Trematoda : Microphallidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Metacercariae of the microphallid trematode Microphallus paragrapsi Smith 1983 were found in the nervous system of the smooth pebble crab Philyra laevis (Bell 1855). Sporocysts of M. paragrapsi were found in the hepatopancreas of the intertidal gastropod
Bell, PJ
core   +2 more sources

Occurrence, ecology and management of Fascioloides magna in Bavaria, southern Germany

open access: yesWildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.
In 2015, red deer infected with American liver fluke were discovered in the Veldenstein Forest area for the first time. This was the first detection of the fluke in a wild deer population in Bavaria. The aim of the study was to determine the American liver fluke prevalence rates in red deer, roe deer and wild boar in the Veldenstein Forest, as well as ...
Andreas König, Christian Ehrmantraut
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of various species of molluscs – second intermediate hosts – in maintaining the circulation of polychostal species of trematodes in the water bodies of the Ukrainian Polissya

open access: yesБіологічні студії
Background. The paper considers the importance of various species of molluscs as second intermediate hosts in the circulation of polyhostal species of trematodes in the Ukrainian Polissya.
Olena Zhytova
doaj   +1 more source

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