The prevalence and infection rates of amphistome species in intermediate snail hosts: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to determine the estimates of the prevalence and infection rates of natural and experimental infections of amphistome species in intermediate host snails (IHs) across different continents. A search of peer-reviewed literature on natural and experimental infections of freshwater snails with amphistome species was conducted from four electronic databases from 1984 to 2023. The estimates of the prevalence and/or infection rates were based on 36 eligible peer-reviewed articles, which met the inclusion criteria and reported on natural and experimental infections of amphistome species in freshwater snails. The results showed that a total of 1,67,081 snail species from the peer-reviewed articles were examined for natural infections and 7,659

SUBMITTER: Nyagura I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11216035 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature