Leech (English Wikipedia)

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Chiangkul, Krittiya; Trivalairat, Poramad; Purivirojkul, Watchariya (2018). "Redescription of the Siamese shield leech Placobdelloides siamensis with new host species and geographic range". Parasite. 25: 56. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018056. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6254108. PMID 30474597.
Sket, Boris; Trontelj, Peter (2008). "Global diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in freshwater". Hydrobiologia. 595 (1): 129–137. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9010-8. S2CID 46339662.
Fogden, S.; Proctor, J. (1985). "Notes on the Feeding of Land Leeches (Haemadipsa zeylanica Moore and H. picta Moore) in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak". Biotropica. 17 (2): 172–174. Bibcode:1985Biotr..17..172F. doi:10.2307/2388511. JSTOR 2388511.
Meyer, Marvin C. (July 1940). "A Revision of the Leeches (Piscicolidae) Living on Fresh-Water Fishes of North America". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 59 (3): 354–376. doi:10.2307/3222552. JSTOR 3222552.
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Phillips, Anna J.; Dornburg, Alex; Zapfe, Katerina L.; et al. (2019). "Phylogenomic Analysis of a Putative Missing Link Sparks Reinterpretation of Leech Evolution". Genome Biology and Evolution. 11 (11): 3082–3093. doi:10.1093/gbe/evz120. ISSN 1759-6653. PMC 6598468. PMID 31214691.
Prevec, Rosemary; Nel, André; Day, Michael O.; et al. (30 October 2022). "South African Lagerstätte reveals middle Permian Gondwanan lakeshore ecosystem in exquisite detail". Communications Biology. 5 (1): 1154. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04132-y. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 9618562. PMID 36310243.
Braddy, Simon J.; Gass, Kenneth C.; Tessler, Michael (2023). "Not the first leech: An unusual worm from the early Silurian of Wisconsin". Journal of Paleontology. 97 (4): 799–804. Bibcode:2023JPal...97..799B. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.47.
Mikulic, D. G.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Kluessendorf, J. (1985). "A new exceptionally preserved biota from the Lower Silurian of Wisconsin, U.S.A.". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 311 (1148): 75–85. Bibcode:1985RSPTB.311...75M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1985.0140.
Wendruff, Andrew J.; Babcock, Loren E.; Kluessendorf, Joanne; et al. (15 May 2020). "Paleobiology and taphonomy of exceptionally preserved organisms from the Waukesha Biota (Silurian), Wisconsin, USA". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 546: 109631. Bibcode:2020PPP...54609631W. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109631. ISSN 0031-0182. S2CID 212824469.
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Kuo, Dian-Han; Lai, Yi-Te (4 November 2018). "On the origin of leeches by evolution of development". Development, Growth & Differentiation. 61 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1111/dgd.12573. PMID 30393850. S2CID 53218704.
Castle, W. E. (1900). "The Metamerism of the Hirudinea". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 35 (15): 285–303. doi:10.2307/25129933. ISSN 0199-9818. JSTOR 25129933.
Sawyer, R. T. (1970). "Observations on the Natural History and Behavior of Erpobdella punctata (Leidy) (Annelida: Hirudinea)". The American Midland Naturalist. 83 (1): 65–80. doi:10.2307/2424006. JSTOR 2424006.
Gelder, Stuart R.; Gagnon, Nicole L.; Nelson, Kerri (2002). "Taxonomic Considerations and Distribution of the Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) on the North American Continent". Northeastern Naturalist. 9 (4): 451–468. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0451:TCADOT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3858556. S2CID 85774943.
Dziekońska-Rynko, Janina; Bielecki, Aleksander; Palińska, Katarzyna (2009). "Activity of selected hydrolytic enzymes from leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) with different feeding strategies". Biologia. 64 (2): 370–376. Bibcode:2009Biolg..64..370D. doi:10.2478/s11756-009-0048-0.
Ahl-Khleif, A.; Roth, M.; Menge, C.; et al. (2011). "Tenacity of mammalian viruses in the gut of leeches fed with porcine blood". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60 (6): 787–792. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.027250-0. PMID 21372183.
Nehili, Malika; Ilk, Christoph; Mehlhorn, Heinz; et al. (1994). "Experiments on the possible role of leeches as vectors of animal and human pathogens: a light and electron microscopy study". Parasitology Research. 80 (4): 277–290. doi:10.1007/bf02351867. ISSN 0044-3255. PMID 8073013. S2CID 19770060.
Meir, Rigbi; Levy, Haim; Eldor, Amiram; et al. (1987). "The saliva of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis—II. Inhibition of platelet aggregation and of leukocyte activity and examination of reputed anaesthetic effects". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C. 88 (1): 95–98. doi:10.1016/0742-8413(87)90052-1. PMID 2890494.
Singh (2011). "Efficacy of leech therapy in the management of osteoarthritis (Sandhivata)". Ayu. 32 (2): 213–217. doi:10.4103/0974-8520.92589. PMC 3296343. PMID 22408305.
Laurent, V.; Salzet, B.; Verger-Bocquet, M.; Bernet, F.; Salzet, M. (2000). "Morphine-like substance in leech ganglia. Evidence and immune modulation". European Journal of Biochemistry. 267 (8): 2354–2361. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01239.x. PMID 10759861.
Mory, Robert N.; Mindell, David; Bloom, David A. (2014). "The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis". World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141. hdl:2027.42/42411. PMID 10833259. S2CID 18166996.
Mory, Robert N.; Mindell, David; Bloom, David A. (2014). "The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis". World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141. hdl:2027.42/42411. ISSN 0364-2313. PMID 10833259. S2CID 18166996.
Adams, Stephen L. (1988). "The Medicinal Leech: A Page from the Annelids of Internal Medicine". Annals of Internal Medicine. 109 (5): 399–405. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-109-5-399. PMID 3044211.
Teut, M.; Warning, A. (2008). "Leeches, phytotherapy and physiotherapy in osteo-arthrosis of the knee—a geriatric case study". Forsch Komplementärmed. 15 (5): 269–272. doi:10.1159/000158875. PMID 19001824. S2CID 196365336.
Sig, A. K.; Guney, M.; Uskudar Guclu, A.; et al. (2017). "Medicinal leech therapy—an overall perspective". Integrative Medicine Research. 6 (4): 337–343. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2017.08.001. PMC 5741396. PMID 29296560.
Haycraft, John B. (1883). "IV. On the action of a secretion obtained from the medicinal leech on the coagulation of the blood". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 36 (228–231): 478–487. doi:10.1098/rspl.1883.0135. S2CID 83910684.
Fischer, Karl-Georg; Van de Loo, Andreas; Bohler, Joachim (1999). "Recombinant hirudin (lepirudin) as anticoagulant in intensive care patients treated with continuous hemodialysis". Kidney International. 56 (Suppl. 72): S46–S50. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.56.s72.2.x. PMID 10560805.
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Schnell, Ida Bærholm; Thomsen, Philip Francis; Wilkinson, Nicholas; et al. (2012). "Screening mammal biodiversity using DNA from leeches". Current Biology. 22 (8): R262–R263. Bibcode:2012CBio...22.R262S. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.058. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 22537625.
Schnell, Ida Bærholm; Bohmann, Kristine; Schultze, Sebastian E.; et al. (2018). "Debugging diversity – a pan-continental exploration of the potential of terrestrial blood-feeding leeches as a vertebrate monitoring tool" (PDF). Molecular Ecology Resources. 18 (6): 1282–1298. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12912. PMID 29877042. S2CID 46972335.
Kidd, Karen A.; Graves, Stephanie D.; McKee, Graydon I.; et al. (2020). "Effects of Whole-Lake Additions of Ethynylestradiol on Leech Populations". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 39 (8): 1608–1619. doi:10.1002/etc.4789. PMID 32692460. S2CID 220669536.

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Mory, Robert N.; Mindell, David; Bloom, David A. (2014). "The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis". World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141. hdl:2027.42/42411. PMID 10833259. S2CID 18166996.
Mory, Robert N.; Mindell, David; Bloom, David A. (2014). "The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis". World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141. hdl:2027.42/42411. ISSN 0364-2313. PMID 10833259. S2CID 18166996.

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Fogden, S.; Proctor, J. (1985). "Notes on the Feeding of Land Leeches (Haemadipsa zeylanica Moore and H. picta Moore) in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak". Biotropica. 17 (2): 172–174. Bibcode:1985Biotr..17..172F. doi:10.2307/2388511. JSTOR 2388511.
Braddy, Simon J.; Gass, Kenneth C.; Tessler, Michael (2023). "Not the first leech: An unusual worm from the early Silurian of Wisconsin". Journal of Paleontology. 97 (4): 799–804. Bibcode:2023JPal...97..799B. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.47.
Mikulic, D. G.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Kluessendorf, J. (1985). "A new exceptionally preserved biota from the Lower Silurian of Wisconsin, U.S.A.". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 311 (1148): 75–85. Bibcode:1985RSPTB.311...75M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1985.0140.
Wendruff, Andrew J.; Babcock, Loren E.; Kluessendorf, Joanne; et al. (15 May 2020). "Paleobiology and taphonomy of exceptionally preserved organisms from the Waukesha Biota (Silurian), Wisconsin, USA". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 546: 109631. Bibcode:2020PPP...54609631W. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109631. ISSN 0031-0182. S2CID 212824469.
Dziekońska-Rynko, Janina; Bielecki, Aleksander; Palińska, Katarzyna (2009). "Activity of selected hydrolytic enzymes from leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) with different feeding strategies". Biologia. 64 (2): 370–376. Bibcode:2009Biolg..64..370D. doi:10.2478/s11756-009-0048-0.
Schnell, Ida Bærholm; Thomsen, Philip Francis; Wilkinson, Nicholas; et al. (2012). "Screening mammal biodiversity using DNA from leeches". Current Biology. 22 (8): R262–R263. Bibcode:2012CBio...22.R262S. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.058. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 22537625.

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Fogden, S.; Proctor, J. (1985). "Notes on the Feeding of Land Leeches (Haemadipsa zeylanica Moore and H. picta Moore) in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak". Biotropica. 17 (2): 172–174. Bibcode:1985Biotr..17..172F. doi:10.2307/2388511. JSTOR 2388511.
Meyer, Marvin C. (July 1940). "A Revision of the Leeches (Piscicolidae) Living on Fresh-Water Fishes of North America". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 59 (3): 354–376. doi:10.2307/3222552. JSTOR 3222552.
Castle, W. E. (1900). "The Metamerism of the Hirudinea". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 35 (15): 285–303. doi:10.2307/25129933. ISSN 0199-9818. JSTOR 25129933.
Sawyer, R. T. (1970). "Observations on the Natural History and Behavior of Erpobdella punctata (Leidy) (Annelida: Hirudinea)". The American Midland Naturalist. 83 (1): 65–80. doi:10.2307/2424006. JSTOR 2424006.
Gelder, Stuart R.; Gagnon, Nicole L.; Nelson, Kerri (2002). "Taxonomic Considerations and Distribution of the Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) on the North American Continent". Northeastern Naturalist. 9 (4): 451–468. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0451:TCADOT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3858556. S2CID 85774943.

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Fischer, Karl-Georg; Van de Loo, Andreas; Bohler, Joachim (1999). "Recombinant hirudin (lepirudin) as anticoagulant in intensive care patients treated with continuous hemodialysis". Kidney International. 56 (Suppl. 72): S46–S50. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.56.s72.2.x. PMID 10560805.

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Chiangkul, Krittiya; Trivalairat, Poramad; Purivirojkul, Watchariya (2018). "Redescription of the Siamese shield leech Placobdelloides siamensis with new host species and geographic range". Parasite. 25: 56. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018056. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6254108. PMID 30474597.
Phillips, Anna J.; Dornburg, Alex; Zapfe, Katerina L.; et al. (2019). "Phylogenomic Analysis of a Putative Missing Link Sparks Reinterpretation of Leech Evolution". Genome Biology and Evolution. 11 (11): 3082–3093. doi:10.1093/gbe/evz120. ISSN 1759-6653. PMC 6598468. PMID 31214691.
Prevec, Rosemary; Nel, André; Day, Michael O.; et al. (30 October 2022). "South African Lagerstätte reveals middle Permian Gondwanan lakeshore ecosystem in exquisite detail". Communications Biology. 5 (1): 1154. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04132-y. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 9618562. PMID 36310243.
Kuo, Dian-Han; Lai, Yi-Te (4 November 2018). "On the origin of leeches by evolution of development". Development, Growth & Differentiation. 61 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1111/dgd.12573. PMID 30393850. S2CID 53218704.
Chow, C. K.; Wong, S. S.; Ho, A. C.; Lau, S. K. (2005). "Unilateral epistaxis after swimming in a stream". Hong Kong Medical Journal. 11 (2): 110–112. PMID 15815064. See also: lay summary from Reuters, 11 April 2005.
Ahl-Khleif, A.; Roth, M.; Menge, C.; et al. (2011). "Tenacity of mammalian viruses in the gut of leeches fed with porcine blood". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60 (6): 787–792. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.027250-0. PMID 21372183.
Nehili, Malika; Ilk, Christoph; Mehlhorn, Heinz; et al. (1994). "Experiments on the possible role of leeches as vectors of animal and human pathogens: a light and electron microscopy study". Parasitology Research. 80 (4): 277–290. doi:10.1007/bf02351867. ISSN 0044-3255. PMID 8073013. S2CID 19770060.
Meir, Rigbi; Levy, Haim; Eldor, Amiram; et al. (1987). "The saliva of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis—II. Inhibition of platelet aggregation and of leukocyte activity and examination of reputed anaesthetic effects". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C. 88 (1): 95–98. doi:10.1016/0742-8413(87)90052-1. PMID 2890494.
Singh (2011). "Efficacy of leech therapy in the management of osteoarthritis (Sandhivata)". Ayu. 32 (2): 213–217. doi:10.4103/0974-8520.92589. PMC 3296343. PMID 22408305.
Laurent, V.; Salzet, B.; Verger-Bocquet, M.; Bernet, F.; Salzet, M. (2000). "Morphine-like substance in leech ganglia. Evidence and immune modulation". European Journal of Biochemistry. 267 (8): 2354–2361. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01239.x. PMID 10759861.
Mory, Robert N.; Mindell, David; Bloom, David A. (2014). "The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis". World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141. hdl:2027.42/42411. PMID 10833259. S2CID 18166996.
Mory, Robert N.; Mindell, David; Bloom, David A. (2014). "The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis". World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141. hdl:2027.42/42411. ISSN 0364-2313. PMID 10833259. S2CID 18166996.
Adams, Stephen L. (1988). "The Medicinal Leech: A Page from the Annelids of Internal Medicine". Annals of Internal Medicine. 109 (5): 399–405. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-109-5-399. PMID 3044211.
Teut, M.; Warning, A. (2008). "Leeches, phytotherapy and physiotherapy in osteo-arthrosis of the knee—a geriatric case study". Forsch Komplementärmed. 15 (5): 269–272. doi:10.1159/000158875. PMID 19001824. S2CID 196365336.
Michalsen, A.; Moebus, S.; Spahn, G.; Esch, T.; Langhorst, J.; Dobos, G.J. (2002). "Leech therapy for symptomatic treatment of knee osteoarthritis: Results and implications of a pilot study". Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 8 (5): 84–88. PMID 12233807.
Sig, A. K.; Guney, M.; Uskudar Guclu, A.; et al. (2017). "Medicinal leech therapy—an overall perspective". Integrative Medicine Research. 6 (4): 337–343. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2017.08.001. PMC 5741396. PMID 29296560.
Abdualkader, A. M.; Ghawi, A. M.; Alaama, M.; Awang, M.; Merzouk, A. (2013). "Leech Therapeutic Applications". Indian Journal of Pharmacological Science. 75 (2 (March–April)): 127–137. PMC 3757849. PMID 24019559.
Fischer, Karl-Georg; Van de Loo, Andreas; Bohler, Joachim (1999). "Recombinant hirudin (lepirudin) as anticoagulant in intensive care patients treated with continuous hemodialysis". Kidney International. 56 (Suppl. 72): S46–S50. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.56.s72.2.x. PMID 10560805.
Sohn, J.; Kang, H.; Rao, K.; Kim, C.; Choi, E.; Chung, B.; Rhee, S. (2001). "Current status of the anticoagulant hirudin: its biotechnological production and clinical practice". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 57 (5–6): 606–613. doi:10.1007/s00253-001-0856-9. PMID 11778867. S2CID 19304703.
Schnell, Ida Bærholm; Thomsen, Philip Francis; Wilkinson, Nicholas; et al. (2012). "Screening mammal biodiversity using DNA from leeches". Current Biology. 22 (8): R262–R263. Bibcode:2012CBio...22.R262S. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.058. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 22537625.
Schnell, Ida Bærholm; Bohmann, Kristine; Schultze, Sebastian E.; et al. (2018). "Debugging diversity – a pan-continental exploration of the potential of terrestrial blood-feeding leeches as a vertebrate monitoring tool" (PDF). Molecular Ecology Resources. 18 (6): 1282–1298. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12912. PMID 29877042. S2CID 46972335.
Kidd, Karen A.; Graves, Stephanie D.; McKee, Graydon I.; et al. (2020). "Effects of Whole-Lake Additions of Ethynylestradiol on Leech Populations". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 39 (8): 1608–1619. doi:10.1002/etc.4789. PMID 32692460. S2CID 220669536.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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