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Characterization of a trypanosome from large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea), cage-cultured in seawater, in China (2025)
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A significant outbreak of trypanosomosis occurred in farmed large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) in Southeast China resulting in daily mortality rates, over 70 days, of up to 1 % with cumulative losses nearing 60 %. Despite the severity of the... Read More about Characterization of a trypanosome from large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea), cage-cultured in seawater, in China.

First outbreak of trypanosomiasis in farmed blood parrot cichlids (Vieja melanura♀ × Amphilophus citrinellus♂) from southern China (2024)
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Outbreaks of fish trypanosomiasis are regularly reported in cultured groupers (Epinephelus spp.), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and many other species of Cyprinidae, but only rarely reported in ornamental fish. This study reports a trypano... Read More about First outbreak of trypanosomiasis in farmed blood parrot cichlids (Vieja melanura♀ × Amphilophus citrinellus♂) from southern China.

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) can be experimentally infected with both marine and freshwater fish trypanosomes. (2022)
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Trypanosomes are haemoflagellates found in vertebrate species and many of them can cause death in infected hosts including fish and humans. With the development of high-density farming in marine and freshwater fish aquaculture systems, severe disease... Read More about Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) can be experimentally infected with both marine and freshwater fish trypanosomes..

A new species of mammalian trypanosome, Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) bubalisi sp. nov., found in the freshwater leech Hirudinaria manillensis (2021)
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Leeches have long been considered potential vectors for the aquatic lineage of trypanosomes, while bloodsucking insects are generally considered as the vectors for the terrestrial lineage of trypanosomes. The freshwater leech, Hirudinaria manillensis... Read More about A new species of mammalian trypanosome, Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) bubalisi sp. nov., found in the freshwater leech Hirudinaria manillensis.