A pilot study on molecular diagnosis of Hapalotrema mistroides (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infection in blood samples of live loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Parasites of the family Spirorchiidae cause disease and mortality in marine and freshwater turtles; two species, Hapalotrema mistroides and Neospirorchis sp., are reported in the resident population of loggerhead turtles of the Mediterranean ...
Erica Marchiori +9 more
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Epidemiology of blood flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in sea turtles from Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas, off Italy [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background The Spirorchiidae is a family of blood flukes parasitizing turtles. Spirorchiids may cause a wide range of inflammatory reactions in the vascular system of their host being frequently implicated with stranding and death of sea turtles ...
Mario Santoro +11 more
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Fatal spirorchiidosis in European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Switzerland [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Infections with intravascular digenean trematodes of the Spirorchiidae family (spirorchiidoses) are of great conservation concern both in marine and freshwater turtles due to their pathogenic potential. Between 2014 and 2021, Spirorchis sp.
Katja Schönbächler +7 more
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Quantifying spirorchiid eggs in splenic histological samples from green turtles [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2019 The present study proposes a new methodology for the quantification of parasite eggs in animal tissue. Quantification of parasites are important to understand epidemiology of spirorchiid infections in sea turtles, however different methodologies for ...
D’Azeredo F. +2 more
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Is Amphiorchis (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) an exclusive parasite of sea turtles? [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2019 The side-necked turtle Hydromedusa tectifera commonly inhabits the tributary streams of the Rio de La Plata and occasionally is found in brackish waters within the estuary of the Rio de La Plata.
Palumbo E., Werneck M. R., Diaz J. I.
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2023 : Spirorchidiasis is one of the most common diseases in green turtles. Eggs and the adult form of trematodes are mainly found in the heart, liver, lung, spleen, and gastrointestinal tract.
Reina I.A. Cartagena +7 more
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Cardiovascular flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae) in Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758 from the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background The northern Adriatic Sea represents one of the most important neritic foraging grounds for the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta L. in the Mediterranean Sea.
Erica Marchiori +6 more
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Qualitative and quantitative methods for estimating Spirorchiidiasis burden in sea turtles [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018 Infection by blood flukes Hapalotrema mistroides and Neospirorchis sp. (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) has been recently reported in Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea.
Erica Marchiori +3 more
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A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for Schistosoma mansoni detection in Biomphalaria spp. from schistosomiasis-endemic areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Schistosomiasis a neglected tropical disease endemic in Brazil. It is caused by the trematode Schistosoma mansoni, which is transmitted by snails of the genus Biomphalaria.
Silvia Gonçalves Mesquita +5 more
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First record of a ‘fish’ blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from a marine mammal: Cardicola dhangali n. sp. [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 We describe the first known blood fluke from a marine mammal, the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia: Dugongidae), which represents a new species of aporocotylid, Cardicola dhangali n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae).
Kate Suzanne Hutson +2 more
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