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Biomphalaria

Known as: Australorbi, Australorbis, Biomphalarias 
A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
National Institutes of Health

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Australorbis glabratus

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GastropodaSnails
MicrobiologicalSchistosomaSchistosoma haematobiumSchistosomatidae

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Review
2013
Review
2013
Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter?
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Diversification of Ig Superfamily Genes in an Invertebrate
The freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata possesses a diverse family of fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs), hemolymph… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A phylogeny of planorbid snails, with implications for the evolution of Schistosoma parasites.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
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… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Intermediate host specificity in Schistosoma mansoni.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Studies on the host-parasite relationship between Schistosoma mansoni and the snail Australorbis glabratus.
Summary The host-parasite relationship between Schistosoma mansoni and the snail Australorbis glabratus has been studied in… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Observations on hearts explanted in vitro from the snail Australorbis glabratus.
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Variation in susceptibility of populations of Australorbis glabratus to a strain of Schistosoma mansoni.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
The fate of foreign materials experimentally introduced into the snail Australorbis glabratus.
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
The General Histology and Topographic Microanatomy of Australorbis glabratus.
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