Marine spirorchiid trematodes are associated with morbidity and mortality in sea turtles
worldwide. The intermediate hosts remain unknown, and discovery efforts are hindered by …

Spirorchiid blood fluke infections affect endangered turtle populations globally, and are
reported as a common cause of mortality in Queensland green sea turtles. Both the flukes …

We describe the epizootiology of spirorchiid trematode infections in Hawaiian green turtles
(Chelonia mydas) by quantifying tissue egg burdens in turtles submitted for necropsy and by …

Spirorchiid trematodes are implicated as an important cause of stranding and mortality in
sea turtles worldwide. However, the impact of these parasites on sea turtle health is poorly …

Spirorchiid trematodes or blood flukes of sea turtles have been known to science for nearly
150 years. Like related parasites, such as schistosomes, of mammals, birds, and other taxa …

Blood flukes of the family Spirorchiidae are significant pathogens of both free-ranging and
captive marine turtles. Despite a significant proportion of marine turtle mortality being …

Life cycles of spirorchiids that infect the vascular system of turtles are poorly understood.
Few life cycles of these blood flukes have been elucidated and all intermediate hosts …

Blood flukes of the family Spirorchiidae are important disease agents in marine turtles. The
family is near cosmopolitan in distribution. Twenty-nine marine species across 10 genera …

Infections with intravascular digenean trematodes of the Spirorchiidae family
(spirorchiidoses) are of great conservation concern both in marine and freshwater turtles …

The life cycle of Spirorchis scripta was established in the laboratory using eggs from the
lungs of Chrysemys picta taken from Lullwater Lake on the campus of Emory University …