Freshwater ecosystems provide a dynamic environment that supports a remarkable diversity of trematodes, parasitic flatworms with complex multi‐host life cycles. These organisms play a significant role ...

Trematode parasites, a diverse group of parasitic flatworms, represent a significant concern in freshwater ecosystems and aquaculture. These parasites often utilise complex life cycles involving ...

The first intermediate host of Cephalouterina dicamptodoni is the hydrobiid snail, Bythinella hemphilli Pilsbry, which lives in the high mountain streams of Oregon. Simple saccular sporocysts produce ...

Predators can have important impacts on host–parasite dynamics. For many directly transmitted parasites, predators can reduce transmission by removing the most heavily infected individuals from the ...

The trematode has a complex life cycle that involves three host species, he said. In addition to the infectious stage in snails and the cyst stage in frogs, the parasites rely on predators including ...

In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recently ...