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Adaptation of Lymnaea fuscus and Radix balthica to Fasciola hepatica through the experimental infection of several successive snail generations

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, July 2014
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Title
Adaptation of Lymnaea fuscus and Radix balthica to Fasciola hepatica through the experimental infection of several successive snail generations
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Parasites & Vectors, July 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-7-296
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Daniel Rondelaud, Amal Titi, Philippe Vignoles, Abdeslam Mekroud, Gilles Dreyfuss

Abstract

High prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection (>70%) was noted during several outbreaks before the 2000s in several French farms where Galba truncatula is lacking. Other lymnaeids such as Lymnaea fuscus, L. glabra and/or Radix balthica are living in meadows around these farms but only juvenile snails can sustain complete larval development of F. hepatica while older snails were resistant. The low prevalence of infection (<20%) and limited cercarial production (<50 cercariae per infected snail) noted with these juveniles could not explain the high values noted in these cattle herds. As paramphistomosis due to Calicophoron daubneyi was not still noted in these farms, the existence of another mode of infection was hypothesized. Experimental infection of several successive generations of L. glabra, originating from eggs laid by their parents already infected with this parasite resulted in a progressive increase in prevalence of snail infection and the number of shed cercariae. The aim of this paper was to determine if this mode of snail infection was specific to L. glabra, or it might occur in other lymnaeid species such as L. fuscus and R. balthica.

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Unknown 30 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 23%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 13%
Student > Master 4 13%
Professor 3 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 5 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 37%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 7 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 4 13%
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#13,429,828
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#2,450
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#110,668
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#12
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