Biomphalaria

Known as: Australorbi, Australorbis, Biomphalarias 
A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
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2008
2008
Expression profiling and binding properties of fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs), plasma proteins from the schistosome snail host Biomphalaria glabrata.
A growing body of evidence suggests an important role for fibrinogen-like proteins in innate immunity in both vertebrates and… (More)
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2008
2008
Controlled Chaos of Polymorphic Mucins in a Metazoan Parasite (Schistosoma mansoni) Interacting with Its Invertebrate Host (Biomphalaria glabrata)
Invertebrates were long thought to possess only a simple, effective and hence non-adaptive defence system against microbial and… (More)
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2006
2006
Inhibition of cholinesterase activity by azinphos-methyl in two freshwater invertebrates: Biomphalaria glabrata and Lumbriculus variegatus.
In this study, some biochemical features and the extent of inhibition induced by the organophosphorous pesticide azinphos-methyl… (More)
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2005
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2005
Are Biomphalaria snails resistant to Schistosoma mansoni?
Among Biomphalaria glabrata/Schistosoma mansoni snail-trematode combinations, it appears that some parasites succeed whilst… (More)
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2004
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2004
Diversification of Ig superfamily genes in an invertebrate.
The freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata possesses a diverse family of fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs), hemolymph… (More)
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2001
Review
2001
Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria: past history and future trends.
Schistosoma mansoni is one of the most abundant infectious agents of humankind. Its widespread distribution is permitted by the… (More)
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2001
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2001
Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with implications regarding its role as host of the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni.
The wide geographic distribution of Schistosoma mansoni, a digenetic trematode and parasite of humans, is determined by the… (More)
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2001
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2001
Killing of Schistosoma mansoni sporocysts by hemocytes from resistant Biomphalaria glabrata: role of reactive oxygen species.
The fate of Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda) sporocysts in its molluscan host Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda) is determined by… (More)
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1997
1997
Anthraquinones in Rheum palmatum and Rumex dentatus (Polygonaceae), and phorbol esters in Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) with molluscicidal activity against the schistosome vector snails Oncomelania…
Hot water extracts of Rheum plamatum and Rheum dentatus (from China) showed molluscicidal activity against the snails Oncomelania… (More)
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1995
1995
Production of Schistosoma mansoni daughter sporocysts from mother sporocysts maintained in synxenic culture with Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cells.
In vitro production of Schistosoma mansoni daughter sporocysts (DS) from miracidium-derived mother sporocysts (MS) was achieved… (More)
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