Surmounting evidence supports that infectious agents play a critical role in sha** fish
physiology, behaviour, and survival. The exclusion of disease-causing agents from fisheries …

Cercarial dermatitis (CD), or “Swimmer's itch” as it is also known, is a waterborne illness
caused by a blood fluke from the family Schistosomatidae. It occurs when cercariae of …

Higher systematics within the Digenea, Carus 1863 have been relatively stable since a
phylogenetic analysis of partial nuclear ribosomal markers (rDNA) led to the erection of the …

Abstract The Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 is a large, globally distributed family of digeneans
parasitic in intestines of their definitive hosts. Diplostomum and Tylodelphys spp. are broadly …

Background Digenean trematodes are parasitic platyhelminths that use several hosts in their
life cycles and are thereby embedded in various ecosystems affected by local environmental …

Background Snail-borne trematodes afflict humans, livestock, and wildlife. Recognizing their
zoonotic potential and possible hybridization, a One Health approach is essential for …

Controlling pathogens within the aquaculture systems is important to prevent their impact on
both human health and wild native populations. It is not uncommon for aquaculture ponds to …

Despite over 100 years of digenean trematode parasite species descriptions, from a wide
diversity of vertebrate and invertebrate host species, our ability to recognize the diversity of …

The biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems globally still leaves much to be discovered, not
least in the trematode parasite fauna they support. Echinostome trematode parasites have …

Reliable data on the diversity of the genus Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae)
parasitising freshwater fishes in South Africa, as well as in Africa, is almost non-existent …