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Definitive Host Involvement

Definitive Host Involvement is a parasitological concept referring to the stage in a helminth life cycle where the definitive host harbors the adult or sexually mature form of the parasite, thereby enabling the completion of the reproductive phase essential to the organism's transmission and life cycle perpetuation.

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2017–2026

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The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of <i>Schistosoma</i> Weinland, 1858

Anne E. Lockyer, Peter D. Olson, Pia Østergaard et al. · Parasitology · 2003 · 355 citations

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Identification of Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) as the Putative Definitive Host of Sarcocystis neurona

Clara Fenger, David E. Granstrom, John L. Langemeier et al. · Journal of Parasitology · 1995 · 172 citations · Full text

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Echinococcus multilocularis: Epidemiology, surveillance and state-of-the-art diagnostics from a veterinary public health perspective

Franz J. Conraths, Peter Deplazes · Veterinary Parasitology · 2015 · 115 citations · Full text

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Infectivity of Plerocercoids of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Ligulidae) and Fecundity of the Adults in an Experimental Definitive Host, Gallus gallus

Jayne F. Tierney, D. W. T. Crompton · Journal of Parasitology · 1992 · 112 citations

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Exploring the life cycle of Besnoitia besnoiti—Experimental infection of putative definitive and intermediate host species

Walter Basso, Gereon Schares, N.S. Gollnick et al. · Veterinary Parasitology · 2011 · 96 citations

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Authors

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  1. PD
    Peter Deplazes

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 233 citations

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  2. FJ
    Franz J. Conraths

    Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany

    3 publications · 175 citations

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  3. PS
    Philip S. Craig

    University of Salford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  4. DJ
    Dennis J. Richardson

    Quinnipiac University, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  5. WW
    Weiping Wu

    National Institute for Parasitic Diseases, China

    2 publications · 35 citations

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1–5 of 277

Institutions

133

  1. Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

    Greifswald, Germany

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    505 citations

  2. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    513 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    162 citations

  4. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    204 citations

  5. Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    120 citations

  6. University of Salford

    Salford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    104 citations

  7. National Institute for Parasitic Diseases

    Shanghai, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    105 citations

  8. University of Nebraska at Omaha

    Omaha, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    399 citations

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  1. Journal of Parasitology

    10 publications · 393 citations

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  2. Parasites & Vectors

    6 publications · 209 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 107 citations

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  4. Parasitology

    3 publications · 460 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Wildlife Diseases

    3 publications · 66 citations

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