Trematodes obtained from the thiarid freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) as vector of human infections in Thailand

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Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1): 57-86 (28 Mar 2014)
https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7306

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Abstract
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Introduction
Life cycle of trematodes
Survey of freshwater snails as the first intermediate hosts in Thailand
Freshwater Snails of the Thiaridae in Thailand
- Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
Materials and methods
- Sampling sites
- Collection of snails
- Examination for parasitic infections
- Study of cercarial morphology
Results
- Melanoides tuberculata in Thailand
- Habitat at the study sites in Thailand
- Parasitic infections
- Type 1. Parapleurophocercous cercariae
- Type 2. Pleurophocercous cercariae
- Type 3. Xiphidiocercariae
- Type 4. Megalurous cercariae
- Type 5. Furcocercous cercariae
- Type 6. Echinostome cercariae
- Type 7. Amphistome cercariae
- Type 8. Renicolid cercariae
- Type 9. Cotylomicrocercous cercariae
Discussion
Acknowledgements
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