Morphological and molecular identification of trematode cercariae related with humans and animal health in freshwater snails from a lake and a dam in Myanmar

Identification of freshwater snail species and survey of their trematode infections in Ordos, China

“…Compared with the results of this study, a total of five trematode larvae were found in freshwater snails in Ordos area, namely Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica , Paramphistomum cervi , Cotylurus marcogliesei, and Parastrigea robusta . In 2022, Bawm et al (2022) used freshwater snails in different regions as a whole to detect the infection rate of trematodes, and this study detected the infection rate of trematodes based on freshwater snails in several banner counties in Ordos region at different periods. As compared to the findings of Barton et al (2022) , the Galba pervia were predominant among the freshwater snails collected in the present study and the Galba pervia had the highest prevalence of infection as compared to other snails.…”

“…These trematodes mainly harm the development of local cattle and sheep industry, and freshwater snails play an important role in the life history of these trematodes. Therefore, elimination of the intermediate hosts is one of the most important means of preventing trematode infection in local cattle and sheep ( Bawm et al, 2022 ; King et al, 2015 ; Tookhy et al, 2023 ). Currently, chemical snail elimination, i.e., drug snail elimination, is mostly used internationally, e.g., clonidine is the only commercially available snail elimination drug recommended by the World Health Organisation ( Konan et al, 2022 ).…”

Morphological and molecular identification of lymnaeid snail and trematodes cercariae in different water bodies in Perak, Malaysia

“…Freshwater snails play an important role as intermediate hosts of several trematodes species in the superfamilies such as Paramphistomoidea, Fascioloidea, Clinostomoidea, Diplostomoidea, Echinostomatoidea, Pronocephaloidea and Schistosomatoidea (Bawm et al 2022; Martin & Cabrera, 2018;Islam et al 2013). These trematodes parasites in many tropical and sub-tropical countries cause public health threats and socioeconomic problems (Tookhy et al 2022;Prasopdee et al 2015).…”