Gallegostrongylus, Rodentocaulus and Stefanskostrongylus. Three species,
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis and A. vasorum, have attracted most attention …

The cestode fauna in shrews of the genus Sorex from the European region consists of
seventeen species. Twelve cestode species have broad Palearctic distributions, three …

Insectivores (Eulypotiphla) are a substantial component of Russian forest ecosystems. The
parasites of these animals also form an important part of natural biocenoses and act as one …

Background As the genomes of more metazoan species are sequenced, reports of
horizontal transposon transfers (HTT) have increased. Our understanding of the …

Gyrodactylus sprostonae Ling, 1962 is a highly invasive parasite reported across freshwater
environments of the northern hemisphere. The taxon was originally described from …

Transposable elements (TEs) are dynamic elements present in all eukaryotic genomes.
They can “jump” and amplify within the genome and promote segmental genome …

Background and Aim Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus), a widely distributed small
mammal in the South Asian region, can carry helminths of zoonotic importance. The aim of …

The aim of this study was to assess the taxonomic diversity and prevalence of shrew
cestodes on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Paramushir Island on the basis of current …

Neoskrjabinolepis (Neoskrjabinolepidoides) nuda n. sp. is described from the shrews Sorex
unguiculatus (type-host), S. gracillimus, S. isodon and S. caecutiens on Sakhalin Island …

A taxonomic review was performed on cestodes of the genus Neoskrjabinolepis Spassky,
1947 that parasitize different species of Sorex shrews in different regions of the northern …