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Biomphalaria - Research News and Information
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Definition of 'Biomphalaria'A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni. Common names: Biomphalaria; Australorbis; Australorbis glabratus |
30 Aug 2008 
The co-evolutionary dynamics that exist in many host-parasite interactions sometimes leads to compatibility polymorphism. This phenomenon is well documented in mollusc/trematodes interactions but its molecular base is unknown. In order to identify ... Read more...
30 Jul 2008 
Schistosomes are endoparasites causing a serious human disease called schistosomiasis. The quantification of parasite genetic diversity is an essential component to understand the schistosomiasis epidemiology and disease transmission patterns. In ... Read more...
29 Jun 2008 Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni) eggs trapped in the host liver elicit a chain of oxidative processes that may be, at least in part, responsible for the pathology and progression of fibrosis associated with schistosomal hepatitis. This study was ... Read more...
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- The compatibiuty polymorphism in invertebrate host/trematodes interactions: research of molecular determinants. 30 Aug 2008
- Cheap, rapid and efficient DNA extraction method to perform multilocus microsatellite genotyping on all Schistosoma mansoni stages. 30 Jul 2008
- Experimental schistosomal hepatitis: protective effect of coenzyme-Q10 against the state of oxidative stress. 29 Jun 2008
- Schistosoma mansoni: human skin ceramides are a chemical cue for host recognition of cercariae. 6 Jun 2008
- Effects of azinphos-methyl exposure on enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defenses in Biomphalaria glabrata and Lumbriculus variegatus. Jun 2008
- Molluscicidal activity of 2-hydroxy-[1,4]naphthoquinone and derivatives. 30 May 2008
- Differences in cysteine protease activity in Schistosoma mansoni-resistant and -susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata and characterization of the hepatopancreas cathepsin B Full-length cDNA. 30 May 2008
- Excystation of the encysted metacercariae of Echinostoma trivolvis and Echinostoma caproni in a trypsin-bile salts-cysteine medium and morphometric analysis of the excysted larvae. 30 May 2008
- Localization of carbohydrate determinants common to Biomphalaria glabrata as well as to sporocysts and miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni. 27 May 2008
- Establishment of the comet assay in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818). 19 May 2008
- Effects of intermediate host genetic background on parasite transmission dynamics: a case study using Schistosoma mansoni. 2 May 2008
- Laboratory assessment of molluscicidal activity of crude aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Dalbergia sissoo plant parts against Biomphalaria pfeifferi. 16 Apr 2008
- Response of Schistosoma mansoni isolates having different drug sensitivity to praziquantel over several life cycle passages with and without therapeutic pressure. 30 Mar 2008
- Fibrinogen-bearing protein genes in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: characterization of two novel genes and expression studies during ontogenesis and trematode infection. 29 Mar 2008
- Schistosoma mansoni: SmE78, a nuclear receptor orthologue of Drosophila ecdysone-induced protein 78. 12 Mar 2008
- Physiological changes and molluscicidal effects of crude latex and Milin on Biomphalaria glabrata. 9 Feb 2008
- Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma mansoni: vaccine potential of recombinant glutathione S-transferase (rFgGST26) against infections in mice. 4 Feb 2008
- Prior selfing and the selfing syndrome in animals: an experimental approach in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi. 30 Jan 2008
- Molecular and functional characterization of a tandem-repeat galectin from the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. 15 Jan 2008
- Schistosoma mansoni: chemoreception through n-acetyl-d-galactosamine-containing receptors in females offers insight into increased severity of schistosomiasis in individuals with blood group A. 8 Jan 2008
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Technical information about 'Biomphalaria'
Definition: A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
Descriptor UI: D001700
Alternative terms: Biomphalaria; Australorbis; Australorbis glabratus;
Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathogenicity; physiology; radiation effects; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;
Tree Number: B01.500.644.400.750.185;
Online Note: use BIOMPHALARIA to search AUSTRALORBIS GLABRATUS 1972-78
History Note: 72; AUSTRALORBIS GLABRATUS was see under BIOMPHALARIA 1972-78
Technical Notes: freshwater snail; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted