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Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

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Digenetic Trematodes

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 766))

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Trematodes of the order Diplostomida are well known as serious pathogens of man, and both farm and wild animals; members of the genus Schistosoma (Schistosomatidae) are responsible for human schistosomiasis affecting more than 200 million people in tropical and subtropical countries, and infections of mammals and birds by animal schistosomes are of great veterinary importance. The order Diplostomida is also rich in species parasitizing other major taxa of vertebrates. The Aporocotylidae are pathogenic in fish and Spirorchiidae in reptiles. All these flukes have two-host life cycles, with asexually reproducing larvae usually in molluscs and occasionally in annelids, and adults usually live in the blood vessels of their vertebrate hosts. Pathology is mostly associated with inflammatory reactions to eggs trapped in various tissues/organs. On the other hand, the representatives of Diplostomidae and Strigeidae have three- or four-host life cycles in which vertebrates often serve not only as definitive, but also as intermediate or paratenic hosts. Pathology is usually associated with migration of metacercariae and mesocercariae within the host tissues. The impact of these trematode infections on both farm and wild animals may be significant.

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Recent research of the authors has been supported by the following institutions and foundations: Charles University in Prague (PRVOUK Nos. P25/LF1/2 and P41/PřF; UNCE No. 204017/2012; SVV Nos. 260026/2014 and 260074/2014), Czech Science Foundation (project No. 13-29577S), and Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of CR (project No. NT 13108–4/2012). We appreciate helpfulness of our colleagues (Dr. J. Bulantová, Prof. I. Dyková, Dr. L. Lichtenbergová, Dr. M. Ondračková, Dr. M. Soldánová) who provided photos of helminths mentioned in our chapter.

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Horák, P., Kolářová, L., Mikeš, L. (2014). Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea. In: Toledo, R., Fried, B. (eds) Digenetic Trematodes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 766. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0915-5_10

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