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Trematode Infection Prevalence Increases With Snail Richness: Observations From a 4‐Year Study of Snail–Trematode Interactions [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Digenetic trematodes are valuable study organisms for exploring how biodiversity influences disease. In this study, we investigated the relationship between snail richness and trematode infection prevalence using data from a 4‐year study (2019–2022) of ...
Brooke A. McPhail, Carol M. Frost, Simon J. G. Otto, Patrick C. Hanington   +3 more
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Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. We confirmed identification of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematodes as the causative agent of disease among 170 children in northern Bihar, India.
Yugal K. Prasad, Suman Dahal, Barsha Saikia, Bobita Bordoloi, Veena Tandon, Sudeep Ghatani   +5 more
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Cross-sectional study of Fasciola gigantica and other trematode infections of cattle in Edu Local Government Area, Kwara State, north-central Nigeria [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2016
BACKGROUND: Trematode infections of livestock are of global veterinary and public health importance causing serious economic losses. Majority of data on burden of trematode infections in Nigeria are based on abattoir surveys and there are very few data ...
Nusirat Elelu, Abdulganiyu Ambali, G.C. Coles, Mark C. Eisler   +3 more
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Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction Human ocular trematode infections, caused by parasitic flatworms, are a significant public health concern worldwide. It can lead to mild-to-severe consequences if untreated.
Harshi Weerakoon, Kosala Weerakoon, Piyumi Kodithuwakku, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe   +4 more
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Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The relationship between the environment and infection of cattle with trematodes was studied at Arumeru District, Arusha Region, northern Tanzania.
Jahashi Nzalawahe, Ayub A Kassuku, J Russell Stothard, Gerald C Coles, Mark C Eisler   +4 more
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A large‐scale epidemiological investigation on trematode infections in small ruminants in Bangladesh [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022
Background The important trematode species in small ruminants: Paramphistomum sp., Fasciola spp. and Schistosoma spp. seriously affect the productivity of domestic ruminants in endemic areas. Methods In the present study, we identified the potential risk
Anita Rani Dey, Nurjahan Begum, Anisuzzaman, Md Taohidul Islam, Mohammad Zahangir Alam   +4 more
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Prevalence, Distribution and Risk Factors for Trematode Infections in Domesticated Ruminants in the Lake Victoria and Southern Highland Ecological Zones of Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Veterinary Sciences
Trematode infections cause long-term suffering and debilitation, posing a significant threat to global animal health and production and leading to considerable economic losses.
Godlisten Shedrack Materu, Jahashi Nzalawahe, Mita Eva Sengupta, Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Abdul Katakweba, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Safari Kinung’hi   +6 more
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Trematode infection affects shell shape and size in Bulinus tropicus

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Trematodes can increase intraspecific variation in the phenotype of their intermediate snail host. However, the extent of such phenotypic changes remains unclear.
Cyril Hammoud, Annelies Kayenbergh, Julius Tumusiime, Dirk Verschuren, Christian Albrecht, Tine Huyse, Bert Van Bocxlaer   +6 more
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Ileal proteomic changes associated with IL-25-mediated resistance against intestinal trematode infections [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) is an intestinal trematode, which has been extensively used to investigate the factors that determine the rejection of intestinal helminths. In this sense, several studies have shown that IL-25
María Álvarez-Izquierdo, J. Guillermo Esteban, Carla Muñoz-Antoli, Rafael Toledo   +3 more
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Environmental Epidemiology of Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Uganda: Population Dynamics ofBiomphalaria(Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert and Lake Victoria with Observations on Natural Infections with Digenetic Trematodes [PDF]

, 2015
This study documented the population dynamics of Biomphalaria and associated natural infections with digenetic trematodes, along the shores of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, recording local physicochemical factors. Over a two-and-a-half-year study period
Candia Rowel, Fred Besigye, Martha Betson, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Narcis B. Kabatereine, J. Russell Stothard   +5 more
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