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Wild Rodents as Experimental Intermediate Hosts of Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999 A total of 25 specimens of Cavia porcellus (guinea pig), 5 Dasyprocta agouti (agouti), and 22 Calomys callosus (vesper mice) were inoculated with infective eggs of Lagochilascaris minor.
Julieta Machado Paçô +2 more
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Parasitology, 2023 Polymorphidae is a monophyletic group of acanthocephalans distributed worldwide. Within this family, Hexaglandula corynosoma is a specialist species that uses a single bird species as a definitive host.
Martín García-Varela +4 more
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Helminth associations in white-toothed shrews crocidura russula (insectivora: soricidae) from the albufera natural park, Spain [PDF]
, 2004 The helminths of 218 white-toothed shrews from 29 sites in 2 biotopes in the Albufera Natural Park (Valencia, Spain) were examined from July 1990 to August 1991.
Cabaret, Jacques +3 more
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Radiodiagnostic method for studying swimbladder inflammation caused by Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda:Dracunculoidea) [PDF]
, 1998 The nematode Anguillicola crassus appeared in Europe about 15 yr ago, and has subsequently become recognised as a cause of major pathological lesions in the swimbladder of the European eel Anguilla anguilla. The radiographic method reported in this paper
Beregi, Attila +3 more
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Possible Role of Fish and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts ofDracunculus medinensis, Chad [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Copepods infected with Dracunculus medinensis larvae collected from infected dogs in Chad were fed to 2 species of fish and tadpoles. Although they readily ingested copepods, neither species of fish, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) nor fathead minnow (Pimephalis promelas), were found to harbor Dracunculus larvae when examined 2-3 weeks later ...
Mark L. Eberhard +7 more
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Nematode eel parasite found inside acanthocephalan cysts - a "Trojan horse" strategy?
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background The invasive eel parasite Anguillicoloides crassus (syn. Anguillicola crassus) is considered one of the major causes for the decline of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) panmictic population. It impairs the swim bladder function and reduces
Sebastian Emde +5 more
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Gastropod-Borne Helminths: A Look at the Snail-Parasite Interplay. [PDF]
, 2015 More than 300 million people suffer from a range of diseases caused by gastropod-borne helminths, predominantly flatworms and roundworms, whose life cycles are characterized by a diversified ecology and epidemiology. Despite the plethora of data on these
Cantacessi, Cinzia +4 more
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Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019 Introduction: Canine roundworm T. canis and T. leonina infections were investigated in experimentally infected farm mink (Neovison vison) to describe the pattern of pathological lesions in this paratenic host.
Klockiewicz Maciej +3 more
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The wild world of Guinea Worms: A review of the genus Dracunculus in wildlife
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018 Nematodes are an extremely diverse and speciose group of parasites. Adult dracunculoid nematodes (Superfamily Dracunculoidea) occur in the tissues and serous cavities of mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Christopher A. Cleveland +5 more
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In vitro culture of the zoonotic nematode Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda, Anisakidae)
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Anisakiasis is a foodborne disease caused by the third-stage larvae (L3) of two species belonging to the genus Anisakis: Anisakis pegreffii and Anisakis simplex sensu stricto.
Ivona Mladineo +4 more
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