scholarly journals Melanoides tuberculata as intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924) in Tunisia

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (27) ◽  
pp. 2774-2777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najet Ghouaidia ◽  
Sabah Dhibi ◽  
Hayet Hammami
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata

scholarly journals Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) as an intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Alves Pinto ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Poecilia Reticulata ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
First Report ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Small Intestines

Pleurolophocercous cercariae emerged from naturally infected Melanoides tuberculata from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were used to perform experimental infection of laboratory-reared Poecilia reticulata. Mature metacercariae were obtained from the gills of fishes and force-fed to Mus musculus. The adult parasites which recovered from small intestines of mice were identified as Centrocestus formosanus. This is the first report of M. tuberculata as intermediate host of this heterophyid in Brazil.

Paragonimiasis in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.C. Appleton
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Snail Species ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Suspected Case ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Second Intermediate Host ◽  
Adult Female Patient ◽  
Prosobranch Snail

AbstractNine cases of paragonimiasis have been reported from cats (4), dogs (2) and children (3) in South Africa, with an additional suspected case in an adult female patient. Details of these cases are reviewed. All nine cases, and perhaps the adult case as well, were from the province of KwaZulu-Natal but locality data are only available for six of them. These six cases represent four localities which all lie below 100 m above sea level in the province's lowlands, suggesting that there may be a focus of transmission here. The molluscan first intermediate host must be one of the two prosobranch snail species present in the area,Melanoides tuberculataorTomichia natalensis, and the decapod second intermediate host the common river crabPotamonautes sidneyi. All infected cats and dogs had pulmonary infections, while two human cases for which there is sufficient information had extrapulmonary infections. Transmission appears to be ongoing but the invasive snailTarebia graniferamay be competing with bothM. tuberculataandT. natalensis.If so, this may bring transmission to an end.

scholarly journals Melanoides tuberculata as intermediate host of Philophthalmus gralli in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Alves Pinto ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Gallus Gallus ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Gallus Domesticus ◽  
Gallus Gallus Domesticus ◽  
First Report ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Melanoides tuberculata that naturally harbored trematode larvae were collected at the Pampulha dam, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil), during malacological surveys conducted from 2006 to 2010. From 7,164 specimens of M. tuberculata collected, 25 (0.35%) were infected by cercariae, which have been morphologically characterized as belonging to the Megalurous group, genus Philophthalmus. Excysted metacercariae were used for successful experimental infection of Gallus gallus domesticus, and adult parasites recovered from the nictitating membranes of chickens were identified as Philophthalmus gralli. This is the first report of P. gralli in M. tuberculata in Brazil.

scholarly journals New records of the invasive mollusk Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda, Thiaridae) in the Brazilian Northeast

Check List ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Lourenço da Silva ◽  
Manuella Feitosa Leal ◽  
Orianna dos Santos ◽  
Adriana Josefa da Rocha ◽  
Ana Carolina Landim Pacheco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Environmental Problem ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata ◽  
Digenetic Trematodes ◽  
Multiple Uses ◽  
Brazilian Northeast

Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) was recorded during field surveys of the malacofauna of Território Vale do Guaribas in Piauí state, northeastern Brazil. Individuals were observed every month (June 2017–September 2018) in both lotic and lentic habitats. Considering that M. tuberculata has high reproductive and adaptative capacities besides being an intermediate host of digenetic trematodes, this invasive species is expected to be a threat to native biodiversity. Furthermore, it may become a serious environmental problem considering the multiple uses of the water bodies where it lives.

A checklist of trematodes (Platyhelminthes) transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2799 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUDSON ALVES PINTO ◽  
ALAN LANE DE MELO
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Snail Species ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata ◽  
Collective Group

A list of species of Trematoda (flukes) transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) is presented based on 136 articles published between 1896 and 2010. This snail species has been reported as an intermediate host for flukes belonging to 17 families, 25 genera and 37 species, including 11 trematodes reported as adults from man. The greatest proportion of the associations between M. tuberculata and flukes has been recorded in Asia and Africa; three species are considered to be invasive in the Americas. In addition, another 81 larval trematodes found in M. tuberculata have been described under generic collective group Cercaria Müller, 1773, but have not yet been associated with the respective adult parasites. Studies in which the larvae found in M. tuberculata have only been grouped into eight cercarian groups are also listed.

scholarly journals First report of an outbreak of the oriental eye-fluke, Philophthalmus gralli (Mathis & Leger 1910), in commercially reared ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Zimbabwe

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mukaratirwa ◽  
Thokozani Hove ◽  
Z.M. Cindzi ◽  
D.B. Maononga ◽  
M. Taruvinga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
First Record ◽  
Struthio Camelus ◽  
Melanoides Tuberculata ◽  
Fluke Infection ◽  
Eye Fluke ◽  
Prosobranch Snail

A total of 17 commercially reared ostriches (Struthio camelus) from Msengi farm, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, observed with swollen eyes, severe conjunctivitis and constant lacrimation accompanied by a purulent exudate, were restrained for further clinical examination. Some of the birds were semi-blind with severe loss of body condition. When examined, tiny organisms were observed attached to the nictitating membranes and the conjuctival sacs of both eyes. The organisms were identified as Philophthalmus gralli, the "oriental eye-fluke" and Melanoides tuberculata, a prosobranch snail, was confirmed as the intermediate host through natural and experimental infection. To the best of our knowledge this is the first record of the oriental eye-fluke infection in birds in Zimbabwe and Africa and extends its known geographical range.

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