title: [Intermediary hosts of Dicrocoelium lanceolatum in Lebanon and Syria (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors describe the biological cycle of the Trematoda Dicrocoelium lanceolatum in Lebanon and in Syria: two principal first hosts are the Gastropoda: Theba syriaca and Xerophila vestalis; the second intermediate host is the ant Formica (S.) rufibarbis var. clarorufibarbis very common near fresh water in herbous lands, over 1,000 m of altitude. The last host is the Sheep, the Cow and probably the Goat. A humain case is commented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000469:parasitology; D004011:Dicrocoeliasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004013:Dicrocoelium / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology; D013593:Syria
vernacular_title: Les hôtes intermédiaires du cycle évolutif de la petite douve du foie du mouton au Liban et en Syrie.