Intercontinental distributions, phylogenetic position and life cycles of species of Apharyngostrigea (Digenea, Diplostomoidea) illuminated with morphological …

SA Locke, FB Drago, D López-Hernández… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
When subjected to molecular study, species of digeneans believed to be cosmopolitan are
usually found to consist of complexes of species with narrower distributions. We present …

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for Schistosoma mansoni detection in Biomphalaria spp. from schistosomiasis-endemic areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil

SG Mesquita, FGS Neves, RGC Scholte… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Schistosomiasis a neglected tropical disease endemic in Brazil. It is caused by
the trematode Schistosoma mansoni, which is transmitted by snails of the genus …

[HTML][HTML] The diverse echinostomes from East Africa: With a focus on species that use Biomphalaria and Bulinus as intermediate hosts

MR Laidemitt, SV Brant, MW Mutuku, GM Mkoji… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Echinostomes are a diverse group of digenetic trematodes that are globally distributed. The
diversity of echinostomes in Africa remains largely unknown, particularly in analyses using …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular, morphological and experimental-infection studies of cercariae of five species in the superfamily Diplostomoidea (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting …

D López-Hernández, SA Locke, JCA de Assis… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Trematodes belonging to the superfamily Diplostomoidea have complex life cycles involving
birds, mammals and reptiles as definitive hosts, and gastropods and different groups of …

First evidence of polychaete intermediate hosts for Neospirorchis spp. marine turtle blood flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae)

I de Buron, BL Colon, SV Siegel, J Oberstaller… - International journal for …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Prey-mimetism in cercariae of Apatemon (Digenea, Strigeidae) in freshwater in northern latitudes

A Faltýnková, O Kudlai, C Pantoja, D Jouet… - Parasitology …, 2023 - Springer
Cercariae, the free-living larval stages of trematodes, have adopted an amazing variety of
transmission strategies. One of them is prey-mimetism, ie cercariae mimicking prey to attract …

[HTML][HTML] A multiplex PCR protocol for rapid differential identification of four families of trematodes with medical and veterinary importance transmitted by Biomphalaria …

SG Mesquita, GF Rodrigues-Luiz, JL Reis-Cunha… - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Trematodes have complex life cycles with multiple hosts. Biomphalaria snails commonly act
as the first intermediate hosts of several species that can affect human and animal health …

Alligator wrestling: morphological, molecular, and phylogenetic data on Odhneriotrema incommodum (Leidy, 1856)(Digenea: Clinostomidae) from Alligator …

ET Woodyard, TG Rosser, SA Rush - Parasitology Research, 2017 - Springer
Based on specimens collected from harvested American alligator Alligator mississippiensis
Daudin, 1801 in Mississippi, USA, novel molecular data for both nuclear ribosomal genes …

Molecular evidence of new freshwater turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in the intermediate snail host Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981 in an …

JRM Ciccheto, BHM Stabile, F Fermino… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, two potentially new species of turtle blood flukes (TBFs)(Digenea:
Spirorchiidae) have been recorded from South Brazil. The spirorchiid parasites infect the …