Elucidating the life cycle of opossum parasites: DNA sequences reveal the involvement of planorbid snails as intermediate hosts of Rhopalias spp. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279268
Abstract: Echinostomatid digeneans belonging to the genus Rhopalias are intestinal trematodes found mainly in opossums in the New World. The genus comprises seven species, but their life cycles and intermediate hosts have been unknown until now.… read more here.
Keywords: intermediate hosts; life cycle; life; rhopalias ... See more keywords
Diversity of trematodes from the amphibian anomaly P hotspot: Role of planorbid snails
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281740
Abstract: Trematode infection of the second intermediate hosts can lead to changes in their fitness and, as a result, a change in the invasion rate of animal communities. It is especially pronounced during the invasion of… read more here.
Keywords: hotspot; role planorbid; planorbid; trematodes amphibian ... See more keywords