Abstract:The present study spotted some light on human fascioliasis in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate in the west of the Nile Delta in Egypt, its species, its intermediate host (IMH) snail and tried to answer previous questions about development of Fasciola (F.) species in new snail hosts other than that known for animal fascioliasis in Egypt. The study recorded a percentage of infection by Fasciola eggs reached up to 6.02% in 1810 randomly collected human stool samples from 6 climatically selected sites in this governorat… Show more
“…Radix natalensis (R. natalensis) snails were reported to be naturally infected with cercariae belonging to the genus Fasciola [14,18,27,35,42,45,[47][48][49][50][51]. Results of experimental infection confirmed the susceptibility of this snail species to be infected with F. gigantica [52] and F. hepatica [52,53].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…B. unicolor snails were reported to be naturally infected with cercariae belonging to the genus Eumegacetes (Family Eumegacetidae) [81], and unidentified species of stylet cercariae [14,49,50,82].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…B. truncatus snails were reported to be naturally infected with cercariae of Lepoderma ramlianum [15,21,72,76,83,84], and unidentified species of stylet cercariae [7,14,26,27,[29][30][31][32]34,40,42,49,50,60,83,[85][86][87].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…6. H. acuta snails were reported to be naturally infected with unidentified species of stylet cercariae [14,49,50].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infection with Paramphistomum cervi cercariae were reported by some authors [76,108,109], but these reports are doubtful because the presence of the species Paramphistomum cervi in Egypt is doubtful [95,[110][111][112]. Many authors reported unidentified species of paramphistomoid cercariae from B. truncatus snails [21,26,27,[29][30][31]34,40,42,49,50,60,95].…”
“…Radix natalensis (R. natalensis) snails were reported to be naturally infected with cercariae belonging to the genus Fasciola [14,18,27,35,42,45,[47][48][49][50][51]. Results of experimental infection confirmed the susceptibility of this snail species to be infected with F. gigantica [52] and F. hepatica [52,53].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…B. unicolor snails were reported to be naturally infected with cercariae belonging to the genus Eumegacetes (Family Eumegacetidae) [81], and unidentified species of stylet cercariae [14,49,50,82].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…B. truncatus snails were reported to be naturally infected with cercariae of Lepoderma ramlianum [15,21,72,76,83,84], and unidentified species of stylet cercariae [7,14,26,27,[29][30][31][32]34,40,42,49,50,60,83,[85][86][87].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…6. H. acuta snails were reported to be naturally infected with unidentified species of stylet cercariae [14,49,50].…”
Section: Snail Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infection with Paramphistomum cervi cercariae were reported by some authors [76,108,109], but these reports are doubtful because the presence of the species Paramphistomum cervi in Egypt is doubtful [95,[110][111][112]. Many authors reported unidentified species of paramphistomoid cercariae from B. truncatus snails [21,26,27,[29][30][31]34,40,42,49,50,60,95].…”
Aim:The present study aims to focus on the role of common marine snails (Littorina littorea) as a vector for some trematode parasites.Materials and Methods:A total of 327 marine water L. littorea snails were collected during the summer of 2016 from a Qarun lake in the EL-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. The snails were investigated for infection by trematode parthenitae through induction of cercarial shedding by exposure to light and crushing the snails. The species were stored in Search Laboratory of Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University.Results:Three species of Strigeid littorina cercaria were identified from the infected snails. They are described here and they identified in relation to close-up morphological features and linked to its snail hosts. They give the following names: Cercaria strigeid littorina type 1, C. strigeid littorina type 2, and C. strigeid littorina type 3. The incidence of infection by these cercariae was 33%, 25.7%, and 2.4%, respectively.Conclusion:This study is clarifying the importance of this marine snail as intermediate hosts for new trematode species.
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