Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes Transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata Snails, Peru

Abstract

We investigated the transmission of the fishborne trematodes Centrocestus formosanus and Haplorchis pumilio by Melanoides tuberculata snails in Peru. We report on results of experimental, morphological, and molecular approaches and discuss the potential risk for future human cases, given the existence of food habits in the country involving the ingestion of raw fish.

Keywords

• trematodes
• Heterophyidae
• zoonoses
• Melanoides tuberculata
• fishborne disease
• Peru