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Leo Shapiro added text to "Life Cycle" on "Opisthorchis felineus".
The adult flukes deposit fully developed eggs that are passed in...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Brief Summary" on "Opisthorchis felineus".
The trematode parasite known as the Cat Liver Fluke (Opisthorchis felineus)...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Distribution" on "Opisthorchis felineus".
The trematode parasite known as the Cat Liver Fluke (Opisthorchis felineus)...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Distribution" on "Capillaria philippinensis".
Capillaria philippinensis is endemic in the Philippines and also occurs in...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Life Cycle" on "Capillaria philippinensis".
Typically, unembryonated Capillaria philippinensis eggs are passed in human stool and...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Brief Summary" on "Capillaria philippinensis".
The nematode worm Capillaria philippinensis (=Paracapillaria philippinensis) causes human intestinal capillariasis,...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Behavior" on "Carios kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941".
Unlike many species of argasid ticks that have fast-feeding larvae, C....
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Distribution" on "Carios kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941".
Carios kelleyi is widely distributed in the United States and Canada...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Risks" on "Carios kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941".
Recent investigations have suggested that the soft tick (Family Argasidae) Carios...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Distribution" on "Philophthalmus gralli".
The geographic distribution of the genus Philophthalmus is presumed to be...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Risks" on "Philophthalmus gralli".
Three species of Philophthalmus trematodes (eye flukes) have been recorded parasitizing...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Life Cycle" on "Philophthalmus gralli".
Fully-embryonated Philophthalmus eggs are shed into the water from the definitive...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Brief Summary" on "Ornithodoros turicata Dugès, 1876".
Unlike the ixodid (hard) ticks, which stay attached to their hosts...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Life Cycle" on "Ornithodoros turicata Dugès, 1876".
Like other argasids, Ornithodoros ticks have multihost life cycles. Argasid ticks...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Risks" on "Ornithodoros turicata Dugès, 1876".
Ornithodoros species are soft ticks (Family Argasidae). Included in this genus...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Morphology" on "Vandelliinae".
Although vandelliine catfishes feed exclusively on blood as adults, the recently...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Brief Summary" on "Vandelliinae".
Some vandelliines are reputed to invade and parasitize the human urethra,...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Trophic Strategy" on "Vandelliinae".
The catfishes in the Neotropical subfamily Vandelliinae (family Trichomycteridae) feed exclusively...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Brief Summary" on "Vandelliinae".
The catfish subfamily Vandelliinae (family Trichomycteridae) is restricted to the Neotropics....
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Life Cycle" on "Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903".
Infection by E. histolytica typically occurs by ingestion of mature cysts...
