A Contribution Toward Understanding Trematode Diversity in Freshwater Snails of the Southwestern Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Minu Shilpakar, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Nishan Limbu, Mahendra Maharjan · 2026
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Description
Minu Shilpakar and co-authors catalog the larval flukes living inside freshwater snails in the southwestern Kathmandu Valley, where snail-borne parasites threaten people and livestock but local data are patchy. Over one monsoon season they collected nearly nineteen hundred snails from swamps, ditches, paddies, and canals, covering five species, and coaxed the parasite larvae out with light.
Four snail species carried infections, about three percent overall, with one species clean. Nine larval types were found, including some that can infect humans. Infection peaked in July and August and in grazing swamps, and bigger snails were infected more often. The authors recommend seasonal, habitat-focused surveillance and further work on the animals that complete the parasites' life cycles.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Minu Shilpakar, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Nishan Limbu, Mahendra Maharjan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |