High impact information on Heterophyidae

• Genomic DNAs from 3 species of Metagonimus in the Republic of Korea, M. yokogawai, M. miyatai, and M. takahashii, were amplified by simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction [1].
• Ocellate cercariae, consistent with the description of Cercaria angularis Honer, 1961, developing in rediae in Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) and Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu) (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae) from Denmark, were shown to be larvae of Pygidiopsis ardeae Køie, 1990 (Heterophyidae, Pygidiopsinae) [2].
• Sequence comparisons of 28S ribosomal DNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I of Metagonimus yokogawai, M. takahashii and M. miyatai [3].
• Half-beaked fish, Dermogenus pusillus, collected from Mueang, Hang Dong, Doi Saket and Saraphi Districts, Chiang Mai Province, were examined for their infection status with Stellantchasmus falcatus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) metacercariae [4].
• The cercaria of Galactosomum bearupi Pearson, 1973 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) at Heron and Masthead Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia [5].

Anatomical context of Heterophyidae

• Expression patterns of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the small intestine of mice infected with Metagonimus yokogawai and Metagonimus Miyata type [6].

Associations of Heterophyidae with chemical compounds

• Trematodes of the family Heterophyidae in man and carnivores were studied in Khuzestan, south-west Iran. Eight hundred and eleven stool samples from a population of 3400 in 13 villages in a swampy area located in central Khuzestan were examined by the formalin-ether concentration technique [7].
• The values of serum aspartate transaminase SGOT and serum alanine transaminase SGPT were observed to elevate in pigeons experimentally infected with Heterophyes heterophyes [8].

Gene context of Heterophyidae

• In this study we compared the pathological reactions induced by M. yokogawai and Metagonimus Miyata type using proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) index [6].
• However, the compiled data from infected intermediate and definitive hosts show, that the prevalence of H. heterophyes in the Nile Delta is declining [9].
• Antigenic protein fractions of Metagonimus yokogawai reacting with patient sera [10].
• The egg morphology of the following medically important small flukes from Southeast Asia and Far East were studied: Opisthorchis viverrini, Clonorchis sinensis (Opisthorchiidae), Haplorchis taichui, H. pumilio, H. yokogawai, Stellantchasmus falcatus and Metagonimus sp. (Heterophydiae) [11].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Heterophyidae

• On the other hand, the control group and Metagonimus Miyata type infected group did not make any differences in PCNA indices [6].
• Genomic DNA from Metagonimus yokogawai and Metagonimus Miyata type was amplified by polymerase chain reaction based on the random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique [12].

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