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The detection and quantification of a digenean infection in the snail host with special emphasis on Fasciola sp.
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- ZoonoticInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026Article
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- Risk of invasion and disease transmission by the Australasian freshwater snail Orientogalba viridis (Lymnaeidae): a field and experimental study.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Population genetic structure of Indoplanorbis exustus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Thailand and its infection with trematode cercariae.PloS one · 2024Article
- Infection Rates of Fasciola Intermediate Host Snail Species and Their Distribution in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Occurrence of digenean parasites in freshwater snails in the Murrumbidgee catchment area, Australia.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2023Article
- Fasciolosis in the Mediterranean island of Corsica (France): Insights from epidemiological and malacological investigations.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2023Article
- Potential Hybridization ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Current Techniques for Detecting Schistosome Infections in Intermediate Host Snails: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cercarial trematodes in freshwater snails from Bangkok, Thailand: prevalence, morphological and molecular studies and human parasite perspective.Parasitology · 2021Article
- Exposing the Barcoding Void: An Integrative Approach to Study Snail-Borne Parasites in aFrontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- New record of Trichodina unionis (Ciliophora, Trichodinidae) from freshwater gastropods in Bangkok, Thailand.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2019Article
- Fasciola hepatica-Pseudosuccinea columella interaction: effect of increasing parasite doses, successive exposures and geographical origin on the infection outcome of susceptible and naturally-resistant snails from Cuba.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Fasciola and fasciolosis in ruminants in Europe: Identifying research needs.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2018Review
- Assessing S. mansoni prevalence in Biomphalaria snails in the Gombe ecosystem of western Tanzania: the importance of DNA sequence data for clarifying species identification.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
- Is Galba schirazensis (Mollusca, Gastropoda) an intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda, Digenea) in Ecuador?Parasite (Paris, France) · 2017Article
- Assessment of the FasciMol-ELISA in the detection of the trematode Fasciola hepatica in field-collected Galba cubensis: a novel tool for the malacological survey of fasciolosis transmission.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- Seasonal transmission of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato and a lecithodendriid trematode species in Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos snails in northeast Thailand.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2015Article
- Exploring the antigenic features of Fasciola hepatica rediae (Trematoda: Digenea) through the evaluation of different antigenic candidates for further monoclonal antibody generation.Parasitology research · 2014Article
- PCR-RFLP Analysis of 28 SrDNA for Specification of Fasciola gigantica (Cobbold, 1855) in the Infected Lymnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1785) Snails from Northwestern Iran.Iranian journal of parasitology · 2014Article
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Abstract
In this review, ten methods used to study digenean infections in their intermediate hosts were compared to determine which one should be used either in the field or in the lab to establish the prevalence and intensity of infections in snails. Snail crushing and snail dissection allow quick establishing of prevalence in natural or experimental infections, whereas histology is considered as the most accurate approach to assess the intensity of infection. The follow-up of cercarial shedding only gave an idea on cercarial production. Among recently developed techniques, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) brings the most accurate information and shows high sensitivity and specificity levels when compared to blotting techniques. The easiness and relatively low cost of the basic PCR protocol make it interesting to investigate the epidemiology of the liver fluke in a lab with limited financial resources. Nevertheless, if this technique allows a relatively good estimation of the prevalence, information concerning the intensity of infection is best obtained through real time PCR. However, at the time being this technique is too expensive to be used routinely in the field. The choice between classical or new techniques is usually based on a compromise, as each technique has its advantages and drawbacks.
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