Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae, Cercaria capricornia VII and Cercaria capricornia VIII (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae), are described from the nassariid gastropods Nassarius dorsatus and Nassarius olivaceus collected from the intertidal zone in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Australia. Morphological analysis of these new cercariae was augmented with DNA sequence data from the l...

The genetic population structures of the freshwater snail Bulinus globosus and its trematode parasite Schistosoma haematobium from 8 river sites in the Zimbabwean highveld were compared using randomly amplified DNA (RAPD) markers. There was significant variability between snail populations collected at different sites, but schistosome populations only showed differentiation at a wider geographi...

A soluble material has been isolated from schistosome eggs which in minute quantities without the addition of adjuvant induces sensitization to a delayed hypersensitivity type of granuloma forming around intact schistosome eggs. This material is secreted by intact eggs and is found in high concentration in the fluid released during the hatching process. When adsorbed to bentonite particles this...

The clumping parameter related to the distribution of schistosome parasites is obtained by fitting a negative binomial distribution to data collected from patients in a village in Brazil; the natural uninfected and parasite-induced snail host mortality rates are obtained from laboratory data. These values are used in a schistosomiasis model proposed earlier by the authors, and a disease transmi...

background: adult worms of orientobilharzia turkestanicum live in the portal veins, or intestinal veins of cattle, sheep, goat and many other mammals caus-ing orientobilharziasis. orientobilharziasis causes significant economic losses to livestock industry of iran. however, there is limited information about genotypes of o. turkestanicum in iran. methods: in this study, 30 isolates of o. turkes...

The ability of the cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni to penetrate the tails of mice was shown to remain constant throughout their lives. However, their capacity to establish themselves and then reach maturity decreased as they aged. The abdominal route of penetration produced consistently higher maturation rates than the tail route. Significantly different maturation rates were obtained by modif...