BACKGROUND Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic public health concern that causes human severe eosinophilic meningitis in Southeast Asia and China. As a medically important intermediate host of A. cantonensis, Bellamya lithophaga (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) is often confused with other morphologically similar sibling species of genus Bellamya, such as B. aeruginosa and B. purificata in the p...

background: angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic public health concern that causes human severe eosinophilic meningitis in southeast asia and china. as a medically important intermediate host of a. cantonensis , bellamya lithophaga (gastrop-oda: viviparidae) is often confused with other morphologically similar sibling spe-cies of genus bellamya , such as b. aeruginosa and b. purificata in ...

This research has been carried out to investigating of some biological aspects of date mussels, Lithophaga lithophaga distributing in Gulf of Antalya, in February 2015 – January 2016. The samples were used to determine length and live weight frequency distributions (nonlinear regression using the allometric function), size (length, breadth, thickness) – size relationship (linear regression). Th...

The concentrations of zinc, copper, cadmium and lead in surface water, sediments and two native snail species, Bellamya bengalensis and Melanoides tuberculata from Latipada reservoir were determined. The concentrations of cadmium and lead in surface water were higher than the WHO recommended limits for drinking water standards; where as those of zinc and copper were within the permissible limit...

Bellamya is a widely distributed freshwater snail genus in China; however, its genetic diversity is completely unknown. Sixty-five novel microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from a microsatellite-enriched library of Bellamya aeruginosa genomic DNA. Most of the 65 loci were successfully amplified. We found high polymorphic information content values for these loci, ranging from 0....

limited studies have been done on nematodes of bellamya bengalensis (fresh water snails) in the world. following, our clinical observations on eye disease in a fish ponds, which were contained bellamaya bengallensis snails, present study was made to determine of nematodes fauna of bellamya bengalensis and evaluation of their medical and veterinary importance in khouzestan province. for this pur...

limited studies have been made on the cercariae from freshwater snails in iran. this study was conducted to determine the cercariae fauna of bellamya (viviparus) bengalensis and evaluation of their zoonotic importance in khuzestan province, south-west of iran. for this purpose, 1143 bellamya snails were collected from ahoudasht region in central areas of the province during 2002-2003. bellamya ...