Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Definitive and Intermediate Hosts, Madagascar, 2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe assessed the prevalence of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, in rats and snails in Toamasina, Madagascar, using molecular techniques.
Lanto A. Maminirina +4 more
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A new pathogen transmission mechanism in the ocean: the case of sea otter exposure to the land-parasite Toxoplasma gondii. [PDF]
, 2013 Toxoplasma gondii is a land-derived parasite that infects humans and marine mammals. Infections are a significant cause of mortality for endangered southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis), but the transmission mechanism is poorly understood.
Mazzillo, Fernanda FM +2 more
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Differential spatial repositioning of activated genes in Biomphalaria glabrata snails infected with Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]
, 2014 Copyright @ 2014 Arican-Goktas et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and
A Zarjou +48 more
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Inhibition of PI3K/Akt signaling suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma through the Snail/GSK-3/beta-catenin pathway [PDF]
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2020 Background/Aims Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a poor prognosis due to the lack of effective systemic therapies. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a pivotal event in tumor progression, during which cancer cells ...
Seulki Lee +7 more
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Density-Dependent Prophylaxis in Freshwater Snails Driven by Oxylipin Chemical Cues
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 While animal aggregations can benefit the fitness of group members, the behaviour may also lead to higher risks of parasite infection as group density increases.
Olwyn C. Friesen +7 more
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Insects, 2021 Classic biological control of pest non-marine molluscs has a long history of disastrous outcomes, and despite claims to the contrary, few advances have been made to ensure that contemporary biocontrol efforts targeting molluscs are safe and effective ...
Carl C. Christensen +3 more
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Imported Schistosomiasis, China, 2010–2018
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 China has made remarkable progress in reducing schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma japonicum over the past 7 decades but now faces a severe threat from imported schistosomiasis.
Si-Min Dai +6 more
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Animals, 2021 The hygienic practices on farms should reduce pathogenic microorganisms while simultaneously not harming the animals themselves; they must also not degrade the products’ quality. We assessed the effect of covering feed tables with paint containing silver
Tomasz Niemiec +6 more
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Hydrolyzation of snail (Achatina fulica) meat with rice water as novel probiotic supplements for animal feed [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: Snail meat and digestive tract hydrolyzate fermented with a consortium of preserved rice water microorganisms could serve as new sources of probiotics.
Ujang Suryadi +2 more
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Ants as shell collectors: notes on land snail shells found around ant nests [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2009 We investigated the shell collecting activities of harvester ants (Messor spp.) in semi-arid grasslands and shrubs in Turkey. We found eleven species of snails in the area, two of them were not collected by ants.
Barna Páll-Gergely, Péter Sólymos
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