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Morphological and molecular characterization of invasive Biomphalaria straminea in southern China. [PDF]

open access: yesInfect Dis Poverty, 2018
Background Schistosomiasis is a common parasitic disease designated as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization. Schistosomiasis mansoni is a form of the disease that is caused by the digenean trematode Schistosoma mansoni ...
Habib MR   +6 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Distribution and current infection status of Biomphalaria straminea in Hong Kong. [PDF]

open access: yesParasit Vectors, 2017
Background Schistosomiasis, also generally known as snail fever, is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma. In Hong Kong and mainland China, the freshwater snail Biomphalaria straminea has been introduced and has the ...
Zeng X   +11 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Primeira ocorrência de Biomphalaria straminea no Sul Goiano, Brasil [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 1999
Relata-se a primeira ocorrência do Biomphalaria straminea no Sul do Estado de Goiás, em ambiente natural. Trinta exemplares de Biomphalaria straminea foram coletados em janeiro de 1998, em Cachoeira Dourada de Goiás.
Carlos Henrique Marchiori
doaj   +9 more sources

The morphology, genetic structure, and haplotype distribution of the invasive freshwater snails Biomphalaria straminea and Physa acuta in Guangdong, China. [PDF]

open access: yesTrop Med Health
Background Biomphalaria and Physa (order Gastropoda) serve as vectors and reservoirs for infectious agents that affect both humans and animals. This study provides updated insights into the epidemiology, morphology, phylogeny, and haplotype diversity of ...
He P   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fecundity of Biomphalaria straminea and B. glabrata in the laboratory: a twelve-month comparative study

open access: yesMemorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
In the present comparative study a Biomphalaria straminea sample from Picos (Piauí) showed expressive advantages related to fecundity over a B. glabrata sample from Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) such as: higher egg-mass production in 10 out of 12 months ...
L Rey, O S Pieri
exaly   +3 more sources

Proteomic analysis of digestive tract peptidases and lipases from the invasive gastropod Pomacea canaliculata

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1420-1430, April 2023., 2023
We discovered diverse peptidases and lipases in the intestine of the gastropod Pomacea canalicutala, which could be a useful platform to evaluate natural inhibitors to control this invasive species. Abstract Background The invasive gastropod Pomacea canaliculata has received great attention in the last decades as a result of its negative impact on ...
Sophia Escobar‐Correas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 8, Page 2242-2263, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Schistosoma mansoni, a snail‐borne, blood fluke that infects humans, was introduced into the Americas from Africa during the Trans‐Atlantic slave trade. As this parasite shows strong specificity to the snail intermediate host, we expected that adaptation to South American Biomphalaria spp.
Roy N. Platt II   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

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