A proteomics evaluation of the primary and secondary immune response of Biomphalaria straminea challenged by Schistosoma mansoni.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07341-2
Abstract: Biomphalaria spp. snails are intermediary hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, etiologic agent of intestinal schistosomiasis, one of the most important neglected tropical diseases. Biomphalaria straminea is an important intermediary host that possess a different phenotype to… read more here.
Keywords: immune; straminea; response; primary secondary ... See more keywords
Genome of the ramshorn snail Biomphalaria straminea—an obligate intermediate host of schistosomiasis
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DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac012
Abstract: Abstract Background Schistosomiasis, or bilharzia, is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma. Infection by Schistosoma mansoni in humans results when cercariae emerge into water from freshwater snails in the genus… read more here.
Keywords: straminea; biomphalaria straminea; genome; schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
The potential risk of Schistosoma mansoni transmission by the invasive freshwater snail Biomphalaria straminea in South China
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008310
Abstract: Schistosomes infect more than 200 million people worldwide, and globally, over 700 million people are at risk of infection. The snail Biomphalaria straminea, as one of the intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, consecutively invaded Hong… read more here.
Keywords: straminea; south china; snail biomphalaria; straminea south ... See more keywords