title: Descriptions of strigea cercariae from the Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa.
abstract: Freshwater snails are known to serve as first intermediate hosts for various parasitic diseases  such as schistosomosis, amphistomosis and fasciolosis. Two freshwater snail species, Lymnaea  natalensis, Krauss 1848 and Bulinus tropicus, Krauss 1848 were sampled from five localities in  Gauteng and one locality in the North West Province from 2007 to 2010. These snails were  collected in order to study their cercarial sheddings. They were found to be infected with three  different types of strigea cercariae, of which the morphology was studied using standard light  and scanning electron microscopy techniques.
authors: Department of Biology, University of Limpopo, Medunsa campus. Esmey.Moema@ul.ac.za.
authors: Esmey B E
authors: EB
authors: Moema
authors: Pieter H
authors: PH
authors: King
authors: Chantelle
authors: C
authors: Baker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002033:Bulinus / Q000469:parasitology*; D058487:Cercaria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005618:Fresh Water; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000469:parasitology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000662:veterinary; D013019:South Africa; D014200:Trematoda / Q000648:ultrastructure*