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Central nervous system transcriptome of Biomphalaria alexandrina, an intermediate host for schistosomiasis [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objective Globally, more than 200 million people live at risk of the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis (or snail fever). Larval schistosomes require the presence of specific snail species that act as intermediate hosts, supporting their ...
Tamer A. Mansour, Mohamed R. Habib, Laura C. Vicente Rodríguez, Anthony Hernández Vázquez, Julián Maldonado Alers, Alfredo Ghezzi, Roger P. Croll, C. Titus Brown, Mark W. Miller   +8 more
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Orobanche aegyptiaca-chitosan nanocomposite efficacy against the freshwater snail Biomphalaria alexandrina [PDF]

Scientific Reports
As one of the neglected tropical diseases, schistosomiasis is responsible for various social and economic issues in numerous developing countries. The intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni is the Biomphalaria alexandrina snails.
Reda Ramadan Abdel-Khalek, Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar, Salwa Abdel-Hamid Hamdi, Amina M. Ibrahim, Mona Fathi Fol, Nesma Abbas Mostafa   +5 more
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Oxidative stress, histopathological and genotoxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles in Biomphalaria alexandrina snail [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Higher usage of copper oxide nanomaterials in industrial and biomedical fields may cause an increase of these nanoparticles in aquatic environments, which could have a detrimental ecological effect.
Mona Fathi Fol, Fathi A. Abdel-Ghaffar, Hassan Abdel-Malek Hassan, Amina Mohamed Ibrahim   +3 more
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Histopathological, Immunohistochemical, Biochemical, and In Silico Molecular Docking Study of Fungal-Mediated Selenium Oxide Nanoparticles on Biomphalaria alexandrina (Ehrenberg, 1831) Snails [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Daphnia magna and freshwater snails are used as delicate bioindicators of contaminated aquatic habitats. Due to their distinctive characteristics, selenium oxide nanoparticles (SeONPs) have received interest regarding their possible implications on ...
Amina M. Ibrahim, Mahassen Ghazy, Heba El-Sayed, Rehab M. Abd El-Hameed, Rehab G. Khalil, Shereen M. Korany, Abeer S. Aloufi, Olfat A. Hammam, Mostafa Y. Morad   +8 more
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Efficacy of Miltefosine and Artemether on infected Biomphalaria alexandrina snails with Schistosoma mansoni: immunological and histological studies [PDF]

Helminthologia, 2020
Biomphalaria alexandrina snails have received much attention due to their great medical importance as vectors for transmitting Schistosoma mansoni infection to humans.
Abdel-Azeem H. H., Osman G. Y., El Garhy M. F., Al Benasy K. S.   +3 more
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Biochemical characterization and peptide mass fingerprinting of two glutathione transferases from Biomphalaria alexandrina snails (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) [PDF]

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Background The freshwater snails Biomphalaria alexandrina (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) has public health importance of being an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, the parasite species that causes intestinal schistosomiasis in humans.
Abdel-Monem Abdalla, Ghada S. A. Abdel Karim   +1 more
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New scope on the relationship between rotifers and Biomphalaria alexandrina snails. [PDF]

Asian Pac J Trop Biomed, 2013
To investigate the effect of rotifer internalization into snail tissue on the development of schistosomes.Susceptible laboratory-bred Biomphalaria alexandrina (B. alexandrina) snails were exposed to lab-maintained rotifers; Philodina spp., two weeks before and after being infected with Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni) miracidia.
Mossallam SF, Amer EI, Abou-El-Naga IF.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Biomphalaria alexandrina in Egypt: Past, present and future

Journal of Biosciences, 2013
The African species of Biomphalaria appeared as a result of the relatively recent west-to-east trans-Atlantic dispersal of the Biomphalaria glabrata-like taxon. In Egypt, Biomphalaria alexandrina is the intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni. Biomphalaria alexandrina originated in the area between Alexandria and Rosetta and has historically been ...
Iman F Abou-El-Naga
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Impact of the age of Biomphalaria alexandrina snails on Schistosoma mansoni transmission: modulation of the genetic outcome and the internal defence system of the snail [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
Of the approximately 34 identified Biomphalariaspecies,Biomphalaria alexandrinarepresents the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoniin Egypt. Using parasitological and SOD1 enzyme assay, this study aimed to elucidate the impact of the age of B ...
Iman Fathy Abou-El-Naga, Hayam Abd El-Monem Sadaka, Eglal Ibrahim Amer, Iman Hassan Diab, Safaa Ibrahim Abd El-Halim Khedr   +4 more
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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HEMOCYTES OF SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA SNAIL [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016
The internal defense system consists of soluble components of hemolymph and circulating cells known as hemocytes. The circulating hemocytes play a central role in innate immunity. This work aimed to study the hemocytes of both susceptible and resistant B.
RAGHDA MOUSTAFA, MAGDA ABDEL-HAMID, TAHANI FARAG, RANIA HAMZA, BEESSA ABAZA   +4 more
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