Current Knowledge of Small Flukes (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from South America.
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SUBMITTER: Santos CP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462800 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
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Current Knowledge of Small Flukes (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from South America.
Santos Cláudia Portes CP Borges Juliana Novo JN
The Korean journal of parasitology 20200825 4
Fish-borne heterophyid trematodes are known to have a zoonotic potential, since at least 30 species are able to infect humans worldwide, with a global infection of around 7 million people. In this paper, a 'state-of-the-art' review of the South American heterophyid species is provided, including classical and molecular taxonomy, parasite ecology, host-parasite interaction studies and a list of species and their hosts. There is still a lack of information on human infections in South America with ...[more]
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