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 …

The biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems globally still leaves much to be discovered, not
least in the trematode parasite fauna they support. Echinostome trematode parasites have …

We investigated the prevalence, morphological characters and molecular classifications of
trematode cercariae in freshwater snails randomly collected from 59 sampling localities in …

Aquatic snails serve an important role in the ecosystem. They also play an essential role in
the life cycle of many parasites as hosts and may pose risks to animal and human health. In …

Abstract Echinostoma hortense (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) is one of the intestinal flukes
with medical importance in humans. However, the mitochondrial (mt) genome of this fluke …

A rich fauna of digenetic trematodes has been documented from the Great Barrier Reef
(GBR), yet little is known of the complex life-cycles of these parasites which occur in this …

Abstract The family Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899 exhibits a substantial taxonomic
diversity, morphological criteria adopted by different authors have resulted in its subdivision …

Patagifer Dietz, 1909 is a small genus of echinostomatids, with 12 recognized species,
mostly parasitising threskiornithid birds, distributed worldwide. In the current research, adult …

Nanophyetiasis is the severe zoonotic disease caused by parasitic worms from the genus
Nanophyetus. Humans and carnivorous animals become infected when they ingest raw fish …