Ribeiroia
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ribeiroia-266-9869526
title:
Ribeiroia
text:
Ribeiroia is a genus of trematode parasites that sequentially infect freshwater snails in the family Planorbidae as first intermediate hosts, fish and larval amphibians as second intermediate hosts, and birds and mammals as definitive hosts. In North America, infection by Ribeiroia has been linked to amphibians with limb malformations. The connection between parasitic infection and limb malformations has generated questions about (a) whether parasite-induced malformations in amphibians are incre
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of flukes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribeiroia
date created:
date modified:
2023-09-24T19:55:13Z
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