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Are Melanoides tuberculata and Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda, Thiaridae), suitable first intermediate hosts of Clonorchis sinensis in Vietnam?

Hung Manh NguyenHien Hoang VanLoan Thi HoYulia Viktorovna TatonovaHenry Madsen
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
We confirmed that in the Thac Ba reservoir, Vietnam, the two thiarids, M. tuberculata and T. granifera are not suitable first intermediate hosts of C. sinensis. Only P. manchouricus was found infected by C. sinensis in nature, and was the only species that became infected experimentally.
Keyphrases
  • genetic diversity