Susceptibility of Biomphalaria glabrata to infection with Echinostoma paraensei: correlation with the effect of parasite secretory-excretory products on host hemocyte spreading.

Abstract excerpt

Susceptibility of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata to infection with the digenetic trematode Echinostoma paraensei was correlated with the ability of secretory-excretory products (SEP) derived from sporocysts of this parasite to interfere with the spreading behavior of host hemocytes in an in vitr...

Topics

• Animals
• Biomphalaria
• Disease Susceptibility
• Echinostomiasis
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Helminth Proteins
• Hemocytes
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Phagocytosis
• Time Factors