Phylogenetic Placement of a Schistosome from an Unusual Marine Snail Host, the False Limpet (Siphonaria lessoni) and Gulls (Larus dominicanus) from Argentina …

SV Brant, ES Loker, L Casalins… - Journal of …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
In the blood fluke family Schistosomatidae, marine snails are well known as intermediate
hosts. Eight families of marine snails have thus far been reported to host schistosomes …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Gastrointestinal helminths and related histopathological lesions in black-necked swans Cygnus melancoryphus from the Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary …

P Oyarzún-Ruiz, P Muñoz, E Paredes… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Black-necked swans are distributed across South America and face conservation problems
in Chile according to data of the State institution SAG. The aim of this study was to identify …

Systematics and life cycles of four avian schistosomatids from Southern Cone of South America

P Oyarzún-Ruiz, R Thomas, A Santodomingo… - Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Relative to the numerous studies focused on mammalian schistosomes, fewer include avian
schistosomatids particularly in the southern hemisphere. This is changing and current …

Putative new genera and species of avian schistosomes potentially involved in human cercarial dermatitis in the Americas, Europe and Africa

HA Pinto, EA Pulido-Murillo, AL de Melo, SV Brant - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
New larval avian schistosomes found in planorbid snails from Brazil and USA were used for
morphological and molecular studies. Eggs with a distinctive long polar filament were found …

A checklist of larval Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) in molluscs from inland waters of Argentina: one hundred years of research

MJ Merlo, M Parietti, MV Fernández, V Flores… - Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
A checklist of larval digeneans parasitising molluscs from inland waters of Argentina is
presented here. Based on the bibliographical survey of 113 scientific articles and nine …