• DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104233
Corpus ID: 211045997

First molecular identification of the tapeworm Mesocestoides litteratus from an Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus).

@article{Berrilli2020FirstMI,
  title={First molecular identification of the tapeworm Mesocestoides litteratus from an Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus).},
  author={Emanuele Berrilli and Giulia Simbula},
  journal={Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases},
  year={2020},
  pages={
          104233
        }
}

• Emanuele Berrilli, Giulia Simbula
• Published 2020
• Biology, Medicine
• Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases

The cyclophyllidean cestodes of the genus Mesocestoides are parasites infecting a variety of carnivorous vertebrates. The complete life cycle of these tapeworms is not clear yet, but some reptiles, amphibians, birds and micro-mammals have been indicated as intermediate hosts. Although Mesocestoides spp. are considered endemic in Europe, infections by the metacestode form, the tetrathyridium, are reported less commonly than are infections by adult worms. In the present study, a peritoneal… Expand

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