The Phylum Platyhelminthes is divided into two groups: cestodes (tapeworms) and trematodes (flukes). Tapeworms live in vertebrate intestines, their larval forms can be found the flesh of animals that these eat. adult tapeworm has no digestive tract instead absorbs nutrients through its body surface. worm's head, or scolex, a mechanism for attaching to host's intestinal wall. Knowledge basic epi...

We investigated the transmission of the fishborne trematodes Centrocestus formosanus and Haplorchis pumilio by Melanoides tuberculata snails in Peru. We report on results of experimental, morphological, and molecular approaches and discuss the potential risk for future human cases, given the existence of food habits in the country involving the ingestion of raw fish.

Ectoparasitic Prototransversotrema steeri Angel infected Acanthopagrus australis (Günther) in western (W. Bay) and southern (S. Bay) Moreton Bay with greatest abundance in winter (June August), and none in summer (December February). This confirms previous observations on seasonality of P. steeri from a small estuary in New South Wales. Transversotrema licinum Manter, which is a new host and ge...

South African clinids are a major component of the temperate intertidal regions that also known to participate in life cycles and transmission several groups parasites. However, knowledge trematode diversity these fishes is incomplete. In this study, two species Clinus Cuvier, super klipfish superciliosus (Linnaeus) bluntnose cottoides Valenciennes, were collected from six localities along coas...

AIM Fascioliasis is a zoonosis infection caused by the liver trematodes (Fasciola spp.) which have been considered to be an important disease in livestock. After several large outbreaks, fascioliasis remains one of the serious health concerns of Iran. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and possible trends of fascioliasis in slaughtered animals in South of Iran based on abattoir...

The Great Barrier Reef holds the richest array of marine life found anywhere in Australia, including a diverse and fascinating parasite fauna. Members of one group, the trematodes, occur as sexually mature adult worms in almost all Great Barrier Reef bony fish species. Although the first reports of these parasites were made 100 years ago, the fauna has been studied systematically for only the l...