2009/01/01 by M. Dolores Bargues, Patricio Artigas, Messaoud Khoubbane +7 · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Social Sciences · Veterinary · #Education and Teacher Training #Helminth infection and control #Mollusks and Parasites Studies #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024567
openalex publication_date 2009/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/28
This species has been distorting fasciolid specificity/susceptibility and fascioliasis geographical distribution data. Hence, a large body of literature on G. truncatula should be revised. Its existence has henceforth to be considered in research. Genetic data on livestock, archeology and history along the 10,000-year post-domestication period explain its wide spread from the Neolithic Fertile Crescent. It is an efficient biomarker for the follow-up of livestock movements, a crucial aspect in fascioliasis emergence. It offers an outstanding laboratory model for genetic studies on susceptibility/resistance in F. hepatica/lymnaeid interaction, a field of applied research with disease control perspectives.