Freshwater snails have received much attention for their role as intermediate hosts for
trematodes causing disease in people and animals such as schistosomiasis and various …

The Echinostomatoidea is a large, cosmopolitan group of digeneans currently including nine
families and 105 genera, the vast majority parasitic, as adults, in birds with relatively few …

Among the species of the Echinostomatidae, total 23 (8 genera) are classified as human-
infecting species; Echinostoma revolutum, Echinostoma cinetorchis, Echinostoma …

Background Two thiarid snail species, Melanoides tuberculata and Tarebia granifera have
been reported as first intermediate hosts of the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis; however, their …

Opisthorchiasis and related infections are persistent and substantial public health burdens
from eastern Europe to southeastern and northern Asia. Snails of the family Bithyniidae act …

Five newly obtained nuclear ribosomal transcription unit (rTU) sequences from
Echinostomatidae and Echinochasmidae are presented. The inter-and intrafamilial …

Occurrence of metacercariae of potentially zoonotic trematodes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)
in the musculature of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L. 1758) was monitored in four …

Freshwater snails are promising bioindicators that can be used in ecotoxicological testing
and ecological risk assessments. To screen molecular responses following mollusk …

Hippocrepis hippocrepis is a notocotylid that has been widely reported in capybaras;
however, the molluscs that act as intermediate hosts of this parasite remain unknown …

The morphology of sexual adults is the cornerstone of digenean systematics. In addition, life
cycle data have always been significant. The integration of these approaches …