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Assessing the microbiota of the snail intermediate host of trematodes, Galba truncatula
BackgroundThe microbiome is known to play key roles in health and disease, including host susceptibility to parasite infections. The freshwater snail
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Environmental influence on abundance and infection patterns of snail intermediate hosts of liver and intestinal flukes in North and Central Vietnam
Liver and intestinal flukes (LIF) are important groups of foodborne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. Their complex...
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A new diagnostic technique for identifying Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in intermediate snail species by examining the buccal cavity
BackgroundAngiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis . The intermediate hosts of A....
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USP30 promotes the progression of breast cancer by stabilising Snail
Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent tumour in women worldwide. USP30 is a deubiquitinase that has been previously reported to promote tumour...
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One Health monitoring reveals invasive freshwater snail species, new records, and undescribed parasite diversity in Zimbabwe
BackgroundSnail-borne trematodes afflict humans, livestock, and wildlife. Recognizing their zoonotic potential and possible hybridization, a One...
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One-health approach on the future application of snails: a focus on snail-transmitted parasitic diseases
Snails are fascinating molluscs with unique morphological and physiological adaptive features to cope with various environments. They have...
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Snail Control
Snail control is one of the most efficient methods to reduce fasciolosis. Snails are the intermediate host of fluke Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola...
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Predicting the potential nationwide distribution of the snail vector, Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi, in the Philippines using the MaxEnt algorithm
Schistosomiasis remains a major public health concern affecting approximately 12 million people in the Philippines due to inadequate information...
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Diversity of trematode cercariae among naturally infected lymnaeid snails from Phayao, Thailand
Lymnaeids are aquatic snails playing an important role in the transmission of many parasitic trematode species of veterinary and medical importance....
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Novel insights into the glucose metabolic alterations of freshwater snails: a pathway to molluscicide innovation and snail control strategies
As ecosystem disruptors and intermediate hosts for various parasites, freshwater snails have significant socioeconomic impacts on human health,...
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A geospatial analysis of local intermediate snail host distributions provides insight into schistosomiasis risk within under-sampled areas of southern Lake Malawi
BackgroundAlong the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, the incidence of schistosomiasis is increasing with snails of the genera Bulinus and Biomphalaria...
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Introducing the land snail Bradybaena pellucida increased infection risk of the avian parasite Postharmostomum commutatum in the Kanto region of Japan
The trematode Postharmostomum commutatum is a parasite of the chicken Gallus gallus domesticus . Its heavy infection can cause inflammation and...
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Japanese Encephalitis Virus-Infected Cells
RNA virus infections have been a leading cause of pandemics. Aided by global warming and increased connectivity, their threat is likely to increase...
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Morphological and molecular identification of lymnaeid snail and trematodes cercariae in different water bodies in Perak, Malaysia
Lymnaeid snails play a crucial role in the transmission of trematode cercariae as an intermediate host that can infect humans, ruminants like...
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Targeting tumor-intrinsic PD-L1 suppresses the progression and aggressiveness of head and neck cancer by inhibiting GSK3β-dependent Snail degradation
PurposePD-L1 is an immune checkpoint protein that allows cells to evade T-cell-mediated immune responses. Herein, we uncover a tumor-intrinsic...
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The global risk of infectious disease emergence from giant land snail invasion and pet trade
BackgroundPathogen outbreaks mostly originate from animals, but some species are more likely to trigger epidemics. The giant land snail ( Lissachatina...
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Modeling schistosomiasis transmission: the importance of snail population structure
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease endemic in 54 countries. A major Schistosoma species, Schistosoma mansoni , is sustained...
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Arms race in a cell: genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic insights into intracellular phage–bacteria interplay in deep-sea snail holobionts
BackgroundDeep-sea animals in hydrothermal vents often form endosymbioses with chemosynthetic bacteria. Endosymbionts serve essential biochemical and...
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Spatial Cluster Change of Schistosoma japonicum Transmission Foci in Indonesia During the Schistosomiasis Elimination Program
PurposeThe Government of Indonesia committed to eliminating schistosomiasis by 2025. Collaboratively snail control became one of the crucial...
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Fine-scale-map** of Schistosoma haematobium infections at the school and community levels and intermediate host snail abundance in the north of Pemba Island: baseline cross-sectional survey findings before the onset of a 3-year intervention study
BackgroundSchistosomiasis elimination has gained renewed priority in the WHO guidance documents published in 2020 and 2022. The SchistoBreak project,...
