A relatively high zoonotic trematode prevalence in Orientogalba ollula and the developmental characteristics of isolated trematodes by experimental infection in the animal model.
Jian LiYijing RenLei YangJiani GuoHaiying ChenJiani LiuHaoqiang TianQingan ZhouWeiyi HuangWei HuXin-Yu FengPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2022)
This study revealed a high prevalence of zoonotic trematodes in O. ollula from Guangxi, China. Existing trematodes infection in animals and human clinical cases, coupled with the wide geographical distribution of O. ollula, necessitate further evaluations of the potential risk of spillover of zoonotic infection from animal to human and vice versa.