Investigation of cryptic diversity and occurrence of echinostome metacercariae infection in Anentome helena (von dem Busch, 1847)

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Nithinan Chomchoei, Chalobol Wongsawad, Nattawadee Nantarat
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018
• Subjects: phylogeny; freshwater snail; echinostomes; biodiversity; anentome; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Chiang
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.244524; https://doaj.org/article/36028a1c6ba04281ad13c7716807c314

Objective: To investigate the parasitic infection of Anentome helena (A. helena) and determine the validity of species boundaries for A. helena by combining molecular phylogeny and morphological approaches. Methods: A total of 325 individuals of A. helena were collected throughout northern Thailand....