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Effects of Nonschistosome Larval Trematodes on Biomphalaria Snails

Rafael ToledoMaría TrelisCarla Muñoz-antoliJosé-guillermo Esteban

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Larvabiologymedia_common.quotation_subjectfungiIntermediate hostBiomphalariaZoologySnailbiology.organism_classificationCompetition (biology)Echinostomatoideabiology.animalparasitic diseasesDiplostomoideamedia_commonPronocephaloidea

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This chapter examines the most salient literature on the development of nonschistosome larval digeneans in Biomphalaria spp. (members of the ­superfamilies Clinostomoidea, Diplostomoidea, Echinostomatoidea, Paramphistomoidea, and Pronocephaloidea). For this purpose, the general biology of the nonschistosome trematode species that use Biomphalaria spp. as ­intermediate hosts are ­analyzed. Thereafter, the main features of these parasitic infections are studied with ­particular emphasis on topics such as the effect of the infections on the snail, the antagonism and/or competition between different digenean species in the snail, the ­immunology of the infection, and the genomic and proteomic aspects of these host–parasite interactions.

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2010-09-09
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7028-2_6