Cercaria
"Cercaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The free-swimming larval forms of parasites found in an intermediate host.
| Descriptor ID |
D058487
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B05.500.500.150 G07.345.500.550.500.500.150
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cercaria" by people in Profiles.
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Hobart BK, Moss WE, McDevitt-Galles T, Stewart Merrill TE, Johnson PTJ. It's a worm-eat-worm world: Consumption of parasite free-living stages protects hosts and benefits predators. J Anim Ecol. 2022 01; 91(1):35-45.
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Calhoun DM, Esfahani E, Locke SA, Moser WE, Johnson PTJ. How parasite exposure and time interact to determine Australapatemon burti (Trematoda: Digenea) infections in second intermediate hosts (Erpobdella microstoma) (Hirudinea: Erpodellidae). Exp Parasitol. 2020 Dec; 219:108002.
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LaFonte BE, Raffel TR, Monk IN, Johnson PT. Quantifying larval trematode infections in hosts: A comparison of method validity and implications for infection success. Exp Parasitol. 2015 Jul; 154:155-62.
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Preston DL, Orlofske SA, Lambden JP, Johnson PT. Biomass and productivity of trematode parasites in pond ecosystems. J Anim Ecol. 2013 May; 82(3):509-17.