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Differences in the number of hemocytes in the snail host Biomphalaria tenagophila, resistant and susceptible to Schistosoma mansoni infection.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 21 Dec 2010
Oliveira A L D, Levada P M, Zanotti-Magalhaes E M, Magalhães L A, Ribeiro-Paes J T
Abstract excerpt
The relationships between schistosomiasis and its intermediate host, mollusks of the genus Biomphalaria, have been a concern for decades. It is known that the vector mollusk shows different susceptibility against parasite infection, whose occurrence depends on the interaction between the forms of trematode larvae and the host defense cells. These cells are called amebocytes or hemocytes and are responsible for...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomphalaria
- Cell Count
- Disease Vectors
- Genetic Variation
- Granulocytes
- Hemocytes
- Hemolymph
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate