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- Title
A HISTORY OF FIELD PARASITOLOGY STUDIES ORIGINATING FROM THE REELFOOT LAKE REGION OF TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.
- Authors
Turner, Hugh M.
- Abstract
Field parasitology studies began in the Reelfoot Lake region 130 years ago with the collection of an unattached turtle leech taken from a small creek near its point of entry into the Lake. Most of the early studies involved public health workers investigating malaria and the mosquitoes that vector its etiological agents. Later, traditional natural history field studies, primarily involving helminth parasites, became ascendant and were joined by recent comparative molecular studies. Ninety reports of parasitology research, authored or coauthored by 72 investigastors and published in 19 different journals, have originated from the Lake region. Included in these reports, were descriptions of 62 new helminth species recovered from hosts inhabiting the region. Six of these new species carry the specific names reelfooti or reelfootensis. Additionally, distribution records for 228 parasite species-including nine protozoans, 162 helminths, four leeches, and 53 arthropods-were reported for the region. Neglected areas of research include the parasites of aquatic macroinvertebrates and aquatic birds.
- Subjects
REELFOOT Lake (Tenn.); TENNESSEE; PARASITOLOGICAL research; LEECHES; LAKES; HELMINTHIASIS; FIELD research
- Publication
Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 2011, Vol 86, Issue 2, p73
- ISSN
0040-313X
- Publication type
Article