Freshwater snails of the family Lymnaeidae are of a great parasitological importance
because of the very numerous helminth species they transmit, mainly trematodiases of large …

In just over a decade, the use of molecular approaches for the recognition of parasites has
become commonplace. For trematodes, the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal …

Schistosomes are digenean flukes, parasitic of birds, mammals and crocodiles. The family
Schistosomatidae contains species of considerable medical and veterinary importance …

The taxonomic history of members of the 37-collar-spine group within the genus
Echinostoma has been very confused. We obtained DNA sequence data from the nuclear …

The phylum Platyhelminthes is a diverse group of flatworms that includes parasites with
serious impacts on human health, animal husbandry, aquaculture and wildlife management …

The phylogenetic relationships and systematic position of the members of the suborder
Plagiorchiata, one of the derived and most diverse groups of Digenea, have always been …

A wide range of approaches is available to parasitologists to aid in specific parasite
identification and to formulate phylogenetic relationships. This review emphasises the …

Cryptic species of the digeneans, Cercaria batillariae (Heterophyidae) and an undescribed
philophthalmid, were detected using polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment …

Schistosoma mansoni is one of the most abundant infectious agents of humankind. Its
widespread distribution is permitted by the broad geographic range of susceptible species of …

The application of molecular systematics to the parasitic Platyhelminthes (Cestoda, Digenea
and Monogenea) over the last decade has advanced our understanding of their …