Trichobilharzia Explained

Trichobilharzia is a genus of trematodes in the family Schistosomatidae. They are worldwide distributed parasites of anatid birds and causative agents of human cercarial dermatitis.^[1]

Species

• Trichobilharzia ocellata (La Valette, 1855)^[2]
• Trichobilharzia regenti Horák, Kolářová & Dvořák, 1998^[3]
• Trichobilharzia franki Müller & Kimmig, 1994 ^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Macháček. Tomáš. Turjanicová. Libuše. Bulantová. Jana. Hrdý. Jiří. Horák. Petr. Mikeš. Libor. 2018-12-01. Cercarial dermatitis: a systematic follow-up study of human cases with implications for diagnostics. Parasitology Research. en. 117. 12. 3881–3895. 10.1007/s00436-018-6095-0. 30302587. 52945883. 1432-1955.
2. La Valette-St. George, Adolf Johann Hubert Freiherr von (1855). Symbolae ad Trematodum Evolutions Historiam. Dissertatio Inauguralis quam Consensu et Auctoritate Amplissimi Philosophorum Ordinis in Alma Litterarum Universitate Friderica Guilelma pro Summis in Philosophia Honoribus Rite Capessendis die XIV. M. Aprilis A. MDCCCLV. Berolini: Typis Ernesti Kuehn.
3. Horák. P.. Kolářová. L.. Dvořák. J.. Trichobilharzia regenti n. sp. (Schistosomatidae, Bilharziellinae), a new nasal schistosome from Europe. Parasite. 5. 4. 2014. 349–357. 1252-607X. 10.1051/parasite/1998054349. 9879557. free.
4. Müller V, Kimmig P. 1994. [''Trichobilharzia franki'' n. sp.–the cause of swimmer’s dermatitis in southwest German dredged lakes]. Applied Parasitology, 35, 12–31.
5. Ashrafi. Keyhan. Sharifdini. Meysam. Darjani. Abbas. Brant. Sara V.. Migratory routes, domesticated birds and cercarial dermatitis: the distribution of Trichobilharzia franki in Northern Iran. Parasite. 28. 2021. 4. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2020073. 33433322. 7802520. free.