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New insight in lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) as intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda, Digenea) in Belgium and Luxembourg

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
The present study aims to assess the epidemiological role of different lymnaeid snails as intermediate hosts of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Y. Caron   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Alternative life cycle strategies of Megalodiscus temperatus in tadpoles and metamorphosed anurans

open access: yesParasite, 2008
Megalodiscus temperatus (Stafford, 1905) is a common paramphistome trematode of North American amphibians with a two host life cycle and has been reported to infect frogs and rarely tadpoles.
Bolek M.G., Janovy J.
doaj   +1 more source

A Survey of Medically Important Snails of Gahar Lake in Lorestan Province, Iran

open access: yesJournal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2014
Introduction: Some snails play an important role in the transmission of helminthes, mainly trematodes of medical and veterinary importance. There seems to be no information on the freshwater snails of Gahar Lake in Lorestan province of Iran.
Rouhollah Valipour Nouroozi
doaj  

Infection success of Echinoparyphium aconiatum (Trematoda) in its snail host under high temperature: role of host resistance

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
BackgroundExtreme weather events such as summer heat waves become more frequent owing to global climate change and are predicted to alter disease dynamics. This is because high temperatures can reduce host immune function.
Katja Leicht, O. Seppälä
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Overview of Trematodes (Trematoda) of mammals in Uzbekistan

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica
Based on the research and the analysis of literary data, we identified 27 species of trematodes from 19 genera, 12 families and 7 orders, which parasitise mammals in Uzbekistan. The families Brachylaemiidae and Paramphistomatidae, with 6 and 5 species, respectively, showed the highest species diversity.
Shakarboev, Erkinjon B.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Transmission risk assessment of invasive fluke Fascioloides magna using GIS-modelling and multicriteria analysis methods

open access: yesHelminthologia, 2017
The combination of multicriteria analysis (MCA), particularly analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and geographic information system (GIS) were applied for transmission risk assessment of Fascioloides magna (Trematoda; Fasciolidae) in south-western Slovakia.
Juhásová L.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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