Journal of helminthology.J Helminthol.2014 Dec;88(4):417-26. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X13000369. Epub 2013 Jun 4.
Fascioliasis is an important food-borne parasitic disease caused by the two trematode species, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. The phenotypic features of fasciolid adults and eggs infecting buffaloes inhabiting the Central Punjab area, Pakistan, have been studied to characterize fasciolid
The lowland flatlands around the city of Bandar-Anzali, at the Caspian Sea shore, Guilan province, are an endemic area where Fasciola gigantica appears to be the fasciolid species involved and past outbreaks affecting around 15,000 people and the highest human infection rates in Iran have been repor
Highland cattle and Radix labiata, the hosts of Fascioloides magna.
Leontovyč R, Košťáková M, Siegelová V, Melounová K, Pankrác J, Vrbová K, Horák P, Kašný M.
BMC veterinary research.BMC Vet Res.2014 Feb 11;10:41. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-41.
BACKGROUND: Fascioloides magna is a pathogenic fluke introduced to Europe ca 140 years ago. As it is spreading over the continent, new intermediate and definitive hosts might be involved in transmission of the parasite. In Europe, several studies reported potential new intermediate snail hosts (Radi
Recognition sites for nine different restriction endonucleases were mapped on rDNA genes of fasciolid species. Southern blots of digested DNA from individual worms were probed sequentially with three different probes derived from rDNA of ...