Land snails can trap trematode cercariae in their shell: Encapsulation as a general response against parasites?

Terrestrial gastropods are hosts of a wide variety of metazoan parasites and can respond to parasite exposure in various ways. One of these defence mechanisms, the ability to trap parasites in the host shell, was previously thought to apply only against nematodes. During a field survey along an urba...

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Autores principales: Gérard, Claudia, De Tombeur, Youna, Dahirel, Maxime, Ansart, Armelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36656045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36656045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023001

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