TY - JOUR AU - Pulido-Murillo, Eduardo AU - Furtado, Luis Fernando AU - Melo, Alan AU - Rabelo, Élida M.L. AU - Pinto, Hudson T1 - Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes Transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata Snails, Peru T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 3 SP - 606 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - trematodes KW - Heterophyidae KW - zoonoses KW - Melanoides tuberculata KW - fishborne disease KW - Peru KW - snails KW - parasites DO - 10.3201/eid2403.172056 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/3/17-2056_article ER - End of Reference