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SUBMITTER: Marszewska A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224017 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marszewska Anna A Strzała Tomasz T Cichy Anna A Dąbrowska Grażyna B GB Żbikowska Elżbieta E
Parasitology research 20180913 12
Trichobilharzia spp. have been identified as a causative agent of swimmers' itch, a skin disease provoked by contact with these digenean trematodes in water. These parasites have developed a number of strategies to invade vertebrates. Since we have little understanding of the behavior of these parasites inside the human body, the monitoring of their invasion in snail host populations is highly recommended. In our research, lymnaeid snails were collected from several Polish lakes for two vegetati ...[more]