Adaptation of Lymnaea fuscus and Radix balthica to Fasciola hepatica through the experimental infection of several successive snail generations

Autor: Daniel Rondelaud, Amal Titi, Philippe Vignoles, Abdeslam Mekroud, Gilles Dreyfuss
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1756-3305
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-296
Popis: Abstract Background High prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection (>70%) was noted during several outbreaks before the 2000s in several French farms where Galba truncatula is lacking. Other lymnaeids such as Lymnaea fuscus, L. glabra and/or Radix balthica are living in meadows around these farms but only juvenile snails can sustain complete larval development of F. hepatica while older snails were resistant. The low prevalence of infection (
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