Strigea robusta causes polydactyly and severe forms of Rostand's anomaly P in water frogs.
Anton O SvininIvan V BashinskiySpartak N LitvinchukOleg A ErmakovAlexander Yu IvanovLeonid A NeymarkAleksander A VedernikovVitalij V OsipovGalina P DrobotAlain DuboisPublished in: Parasites & vectors (2020)
The experiments with direct cercariae exposure provide compelling evidence that S. robusta leads to anomaly P in tadpoles of water frogs. The manifestation of anomaly P turned out to be dependent on the stage of development, cercariae dose, and the location of the cysts.
Keyphrases