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Shaking the Tree: Multi-locus Sequence Typing Usurps Current Onchocercid (Filarial Nematode) Phylogeny
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The data support the current hypothesis that the Oswaldofilariinae, Waltonellinae and IcosieLLinae subfamilies separated early from the remaining onchocercids, and Setariinae was recovered as a well separated clade.
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Helminths of guineafowls in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
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South Africa is a new geographic record for D. macrostomum, G. congolense and D. truncata from the Crested guineafowl constitute new host-parasite associations, and S. caudatus are recorded for the first time from Helmeted guineaafowls, as well as from South Africa.
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Description of Pelonia africana n. g., n. sp. (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) from the lungs of Pelomedusa subrufa and Pelusios sinuatus (Chelonia) in South Africa.
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The terrapins Pelomedusa subrufa and Pelusios sinuatus taken from a water reservoir in the Northern Province, South Africa, were examined for pentastome infections and a new monospecific genus, Pelonia africana, is described, characterized by smooth, dorsally convex hooks with sharply bent blades.
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A new type F Wolbachia from Splendidofilariinae (Onchocercidae) supports the recent emergence of this supergroup.
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New species of Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from afrotropical anurans, including molecular evidence and notes on biology.
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The remaining new species are clearly distinct from those previously known from Afrotropical anurans, and some Rhabdias species present characters similar to those observed in the new species, but they all differ in various other characters.
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Rhabdias rhampholeonis n. sp. and Rhabdias mariauxi n. sp. (Nematoda, Rhabdiasoidea), first lung worms from leaf chameleons: description, molecular evidence and notes on biology.
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The helminth community of Helmeted Guineafowls, Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758), in the north of Limpopo Province, South Africa.
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The number of component species and overall abundance did not differ significantly between juvenile and adult hosts, but Cyrnea parroti was significantly more abundant, and the prevalence of Hadjelia truncata was higher in young birds than in adults.
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Review of the genus Mansonella Faust, 1929 sensu lato (Nematoda: Onchocercidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new subspecies.
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The elevation of Sandnema to full genus rank comprising the two species S. sunci and S. digitatum (Chandler, 1929) n.
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History and development of research on wildlife parasites in southern Africa, with emphasis on terrestrial mammals, especially ungulates
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Pentastomid parasites in fish in the Olifants and Incomati River systems, South Africa
During parasitological field surveys of freshwater fish, sebekiid and subtriquetrid pentastome larvae were recovered from the body cavity or swim bladder of several fish species from various…
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