Louis H. Du Preez - Publications

Life in cold blood: Exploring the cryptic diversity of species of Haemogregarina in Southern Africa's terrapins.

Journal: International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife

Published: September 19, 2025

An overview of DNA barcoding of biodiversity in South Africa.

Journal: PloS one

Published: February 27, 2025

Role of Trachemys scripta elegans in polystome (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) spillover and spillback following the trade of freshwater turtles in southern Europe and North America.

Journal: Parasite (Paris, France)

Published: July 26, 2024

Larger Common River Frogs (Amietia delalandii) have Fewer and Shorter Tissue Microplastic Fibres than Smaller Frogs.

Journal: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

Published: October 16, 2023

New species of Polystomoides (Monogenoidea: Polystomatidae) parasitizing the urinary bladder of a freshwater turtle in Brazil.

Journal: Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Published: May 04, 2023

Cosmocerca goroensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from South Africa and its phylogenetic relationships with other cosmocercids based on partial 28S sequences.

Journal: Systematic parasitology

Published: March 26, 2023

Taxonomic re-evaluation of African anuran trypanosomes with the redescription and molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma (Trypanosoma) nelspruitense Laveran, 1904 and Trypanosoma (Haematomonas) grandicolor Pienaar, 1962.

Journal: Parasitology

Published: March 08, 2023

Infection patterns of helminth community in black rockcod Notothenia coriiceps in West Antarctica over a 6-year term.

Journal: Parasitology research

Published: October 07, 2022

A quantum leap in the evolution of platyhelminths: Host-switching from turtles to hippopotamuses illustrated from a phylogenetic meta-analysis of polystomes (Monogenea, Polystomatidae).

Journal: International journal for parasitology

Published: September 20, 2022

Barcoding and traditional health practitioner perspectives are informative to monitor and conserve frogs and reptiles traded for traditional medicine in urban South Africa.

Journal: Molecular ecology resources

Published: September 09, 2022

Revision of the systematics of the Polystomoidinae (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) with redefinition of Polystomoides Ward, 1917 and Uteropolystomoides Tinsley, 2017.

Journal: Parasite (Paris, France)

Published: August 25, 2022

Metapolystoma ohlerianum n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis (Anura: Mantellidae).

Journal: Acta parasitologica

Published: July 13, 2022