title: [Diversity of trematode larvae in gastropod molluscs in water bodies of Belarus].
abstract: The analysis of literary data and own investigations of gastropod molluscs on existence of cercariae of trematodes in Belarus was carried out. 13 856 specimens of 11 species and 2 species complexes of freshwater gastropod molluscs were examined on infection with cercariae of trematodes in 2010 by the authors of this article. Total infestation was 13.1% and infection of some molluscs species varied from 0.4% (Dnieper River, Gomel region) to 66.7% (Lukomskoe reservoir, Vitebsk region). The cercariae of 90 trematode species were found. The majority (51 species) at the adult stage parasitize birds. The cercariae of 14 trematode species have medical significance.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Akimova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Shimalova
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Bychkova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D002094:Republic of Belarus; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*