Purpose Echinococcosis remains a major neglected zoonosis with limited therapeutic options. Thymol and carvacrol have emerged as experimental anti-echinococcal candidates, yet their mechanistic basis, translational relevance, and major limitations including the absence of clinical evidence remain incompletely defined. This review critically evaluates available evidence on their anti-echinococcal activity, examines proposed mec...

Purpose Ligulosis caused by Ligula intestinalis adversely affects the fisheries carried out in the lakes and ponds, causing economic losses in the fish industry. In this study, it was aimed to reveal the molecular characterization of L. intestinalis isolates obtained from woodfish ( Acanthobrama marmid ) in Keban Dam Lake in Elazig province of Turkey by using mt-CO1 gene sequences and to determine the genetic differences and h...

Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease with a cosmopolital distribution. It is caused by the larval stages (metacestodes) of the parasite Echinococcus granulosus which infects different animal species. In this report, we present a case of E. granulosus infection in a mule and molecular characterization of the cyst. For this purpose parasite material was collected from the liver of a necropsied mule. DNA was isolated and P...