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- A study collected 47 helminth specimens near Shiraz, Iran, in 1972, finding 14 different species.
- This included 8 digeneans, 4 metacercariae, and 6 nematodes, with only 6 being adults and the remaining 8 in larval stages.
- The most common helminths were metacercariae (61.7%) and nematode larvae (55.32%), with the digenean and nematode adults both showing 34% prevalence.
Article Abstract
Fourty seven specimens of were collected in the vicinity of Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran in 1972. Fourteen helminth species were found, eight digeneans (, and four species of metacercariae) and 6 nematodes ( sp., sp., Onchocercidae gen. sp. and one species of larval nematodes). Of these, only six are adults, while 8 are in their larval stage. The most prevalent helminths were the metacercariae of (61.7%) and the larvae sp. (55.32%). The adults with the highest prevalence are the digenean , and the nematode (34% in both cases).
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