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Table 1 Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien mollusks

From: Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien species in China

Species

Common name

Parasites

Reference

Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck

Mediterranean mussel

Cryptosporidium parvum

[111]

Giardia duodenalis

[112]

Toxoplasma gondii

[113]

Dreissena polymorpha

Zebra mussel

Acanthamoeba spp.

[114]

Cryptosporidium spp.

[115]

G. duodenalis

[116]

Pomacea canaliculata

Golden apple snail

A. cantonensis

[19]

Echinostoma revolutum

[24]

Gonathostoma spinigerum

[27]

Achatina fulica Bowditch

Giant African snail

Angiostrongylus costaricensis

[35]

A. cantonensis

[33]

Biomphalaria straminea Dunker

 

Schistosoma mansoni

[36]

A. cantonensis

[117]