[HTML][HTML] Global prevalence status of avian schistosomes: A systematic review with meta-analysis

EK Lashaki, SH Teshnizi, S Gholami, M Fakhar… - Parasite epidemiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) is a water-borne zoonotic parasitic disease.
Cercariae of the avian schistosomes of several genera are frequently recognized as the …

Scratching the itch: updated perspectives on the schistosomes responsible for swimmer's itch around the world

ES Loker, RJ DeJong, SV Brant - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although most studies of digenetic trematodes of the family Schistosomatidae dwell on
representatives causing human schistosomiasis, the majority of the 130 identified species of …

Two new genera and species of avian schistosomes from Argentina with proposed recommendations and discussion of the polyphyletic genus Gigantobilharzia …

E Lorenti, SV Brant, C Gilardoni, JI Diaz, F Cremonte - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Gigantobilharzia Odhner, 1910 (Schistosomatidae) includes species that parasitize several
orders of birds and families of gastropods from both freshwater and marine environments …

Phylogenomics and diversification of the Schistosomatidae based on targeted sequence capture of ultra-conserved elements

ET Ebbs, ES Loker, L Bu, SA Locke, VV Tkach… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Schistosomatidae Stiles and Hassall 1898 is a medically significant family of digenetic
trematodes (Trematoda: Digenea), members of which infect mammals or birds as definitive …

Diversity of Trichobilharzia in New Zealand with a new species and a redescription, and their likely contribution to cercarial dermatitis

NE Davis, D Blair, SV Brant - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
In response to annual outbreaks of human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) in Lake Wanaka, New
Zealand, ducks and snails were collected and screened for avian schistosomes. During the …

Morphological, Behavioral, and Molecular Characterization of Avian Schistosomes (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) in the Native Snail Chilina dombeyana (Chilinidae) …

P Oyarzún-Ruiz, R Thomas, A Santodomingo… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Avian schistosomes are blood flukes parasitizing aquatic birds and snails, which are
responsible for a zoonotic disease known as cercarial dermatitis, a hypersensitive reaction …

Resolving the paraphyletic turtle blood flukes: Revision of Spirorchiidae Stunkard, 1921 and proposal of Carettacolidae Yamaguti, 1958, Hapalotrematidae (Stunkard …

SA Bullard, HR Dutton - The Journal of Parasitology, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Turtle blood flukes (“spirorchiids”) comprise a paraphyletic assemblage
including the monophyletic Schistosomatidae Stiles and Hassall, 1898 as a crown group …

Annotated checklist and genetic data for parasitic helminths infecting New Zealand marine invertebrates

J Bennett, R Poulin, B Presswell - Invertebrate Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Parasitic helminths with complex life cycles require multiple hosts in a particular order to
complete their life cycles. Although almost all helminths infect invertebrates at some point in …

Swimmer's itch in Canada: a look at the past and a survey of the present to plan for the future

MA Gordy, TP Cobb, PC Hanington - Environmental Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Cercarial dermatitis, colloquially “swimmer's itch”, is a rash contracted in natural
bodies of water, when people are exposed to skin-penetrating, larval flatworm parasites of …

A new schistosome (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) from the nasal tissue of South America black-necked swans, Cygnus melancoryphus (Anatidae) and the endemic …

V Flores, G Viozzi, L Casalins, ES Loker, SV Brant - Zootaxa, 2021 - europepmc.org
To date, 9 species of Schistosomatidae have been found parasitizing the nasal tissues of
mammal and bird hosts in the Eastern Hemisphere, 5 species in Rwanda (Africa), 2 in …