Echinostomatidae
"Echinostomatidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of flukes (TREMATODA) characterized by a collar of spines at their anterior end. The body is elongated and is covered with spines, and the two suckers are usually close together. (Noble et al., Parasitology: the Biology of Animal Parasites, 6th ed, p183)
| Descriptor ID |
D004450
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.715.360
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Echinostomatidae" by people in Profiles.
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Calhoun DM, Curtis J, Hassan C, Johnson PTJ. Putting infection on the map: Using heatmaps to characterise within- and between-host distributions of trematode metacercariae. J Helminthol. 2023 Nov 10; 97:e84.
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Stutz WE, Calhoun DM, Johnson PTJ. Resistance and tolerance: A hierarchical framework to compare individual versus family-level host contributions in an experimental amphibian-trematode system. Exp Parasitol. 2019 Apr; 199:80-91.
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Johnson PT, Rohr JR, Hoverman JT, Kellermanns E, Bowerman J, Lunde KB. Living fast and dying of infection: host life history drives interspecific variation in infection and disease risk. Ecol Lett. 2012 Mar; 15(3):235-42.