The chemotactic swimming behavior of bird schistosome miracidia in the presence of compatible and incompatible snail hosts

No effective method has yet been developed to prevent the threat posed by the emerging disease—cercarial dermatitis (swimmer’s itch), caused by infective cercariae of bird schistosomes (Digenea: Schistosomatidae). In our previous studies, the New Zealand mud snail—Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 185...

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Main Authors: Anna Marszewska, Anna Cichy, Jana Bulantová, Petr Horák, Elżbieta Żbikowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9487.pdf