caa a22 4500 445342692 CHVBK 20180317142818.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-010-2138-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-010-2138-x Parasitological and molecular study of the furcocercariae from Melanoides tuberculata as a probable agent of cercarial dermatitis [Elektronische Daten] [Mehdi Karamian, Jitka Aldhoun, Sharif Maraghi, Gholamreza Hatam, Babak Farhangmehr, Seyed Sadjjadi] Cercarial dermatitis is caused by animal schistosomes in many parts of the world including Iran. Various stages of the parasites have been studied in intermediate and definitive hosts in northern and southwestern Iran; however, no molecular investigation for species identification and classification of these agents has been carried out, so far. In the present study, more than 3,800 aquatic snails were collected from water sources of Khuzestan, southwest Iran. The snails were identified as Lymnaea gedrosiana, Radix auricularia, Melanoides tuberculata, Melanopsis sp. and Physa acuta. They were examined for schistosome cercariae. Two specimens of M. tuberculata were infected with ocellate furcocercariae belonging to the family Schistosomatidae. Molecular studies were carried on these schistosomatid samples. Both samples belong to an unknown schistosome species and genus in sister position to Gigantobilharzia-Dendritobilharzia clade. They differ from other species in their ITS sequence region as well as in their intermediate host specificity—This is one of the first reports on schistosome cercariae from M. tuberculata and the first including molecular data. Due to adaptability and invasiveness of this snail species, this new schistosome species, as a potential causative agent of cercarial dermatitis in humans, needs to be studied further. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Karamian Mehdi Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut Aldhoun Jitka Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, UK aut Maraghi Sharif Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Tropical Diseases, Thalassemia and Haemoglobinopathy Research Center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran aut Hatam Gholamreza Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut Farhangmehr Babak Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut Sadjjadi Seyed Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 108/4(2011-04-01), 955-962 0932-0113 108:4<955 2011 108 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2138-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2138-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karamian Mehdi Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aldhoun Jitka Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maraghi Sharif Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Tropical Diseases, Thalassemia and Haemoglobinopathy Research Center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hatam Gholamreza Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farhangmehr Babak Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sadjjadi Seyed Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box71345-1735, Shiraz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 108/4(2011-04-01), 955-962 0932-0113 108:4<955 2011 108 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer