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Brachylaima asakawai sp. nov. (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae), a rodent intestinal fluke in Hokkaido, Japan, with a finding of the first and second intermediate hosts.

Parasitology international - 1 Oct 2018

Nakao Minoru, Sasaki Mizuki, Waki Tsukasa, Anders Jason L, Katahira Hirotaka

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In the 1970's and 1980's, an unknown species of the genus Brachylaima (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) had been recorded from the intestines of Rattus norvegicus and Apodemus speciosus in Hokkaido, Japan. The rodent fluke was characteristic in extending a bilateral vitellarium till the level of posterior margin of anterior testis and in keeping almost the same-sized spherical ovary and testes. In this study, the...

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PMID: 29705144
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2018.04.010

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