Genomes of Fasciola hepatica from the Americas Reveal Colonization with Neorickettsia Endobacteria Related to the Agents of Potomac Horse and Human …

SN McNulty, JF Tort, G Rinaldi, K Fischer… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Food borne trematodes (FBTs) are an assemblage of platyhelminth parasites transmitted
through the food chain, four of which are recognized as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) …

A Portrait of the Transcriptome of the Neglected Trematode, Fasciola gigantica—Biological and Biotechnological Implications

ND Young, AR Jex, C Cantacessi, RS Hall… - PLoS neglected …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Fasciola gigantica (Digenea) is an important foodborne trematode that causes liver fluke
disease (fascioliasis) in mammals, including ungulates and humans, mainly in tropical …

Elucidating the transcriptome of Fasciola hepatica—a key to fundamental and biotechnological discoveries for a neglected parasite

ND Young, RS Hall, AR Jex, C Cantacessi… - Biotechnology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Liver flukes of animals are parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) of major
socioeconomic importance in many countries. Key representatives, such as Fasciola …

The Fasciola hepatica genome: gene duplication and polymorphism reveals adaptation to the host environment and the capacity for rapid evolution

K Cwiklinski, JP Dalton, PJ Dufresne, J La Course… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The liver fluke Fasciola hepatica is a major pathogen of livestock
worldwide, causing huge economic losses to agriculture, as well as 2.4 million human …

High-quality reference genome of Fasciola gigantica: Insights into the genomic signatures of transposon-mediated evolution and specific parasitic adaption in tropical …

X Luo, K Cui, Z Wang, Z Li, Z Wu… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica are causative pathogens of fascioliasis, with the
widest latitudinal, longitudinal, and altitudinal distribution; however, among parasites, they …

Isolation and Molecular Analysis of a Novel Neorickettsia Species That Causes Potomac Horse Fever

O Teymournejad, M Lin, H Bekebrede, A Kamr… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Potomac horse fever (PHF), a severe and frequently fatal febrile diarrheal disease, has been
known to be caused only by Neorickettsia risticii, an endosymbiont of digenean trematodes …

Survey of transcripts expressed by the invasive juvenile stage of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica

M Cancela, N Ruétalo, N Dell'Oca, E da Silva… - BMC genomics, 2010 - Springer
Background The common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica is the agent of a zoonosis with
significant economic consequences in livestock production worldwide, and increasing …

Draft Genome of the Liver Fluke Fasciola gigantica

T Pandey, A Ghosh, VN Todur, V Rajendran, P Kalita… - Acs Omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fascioliasis, a neglected foodborne disease caused by liver flukes (genus Fasciola), affects
more than 200 million people worldwide. Despite technological advances, little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Paleobiogeographical origins of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in light of new DNA sequence characteristics of F. nyanzae from hippopotamus

MD Bargues, A Halajian, P Artigas… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fascioliasis is a highly pathogenic disease affecting humans and livestock worldwide. It is
caused by the liver flukes Fasciola hepatica transmitted by Galba/Fossaria lymnaeid snails …

DNA multigene characterization of Fasciola hepatica and Lymnaea neotropica and its fascioliasis transmission capacity in Uruguay, with historical correlation …

MD Bargues, V Gayo, J Sanchis, P Artigas… - PLoS Neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Fascioliasis is a pathogenic disease transmitted by lymnaeid snails and
recently emerging in humans, in part due to effects of climate changes, anthropogenic …