Degree of host-parasite compatibility between Schistosoma mansoni and their intermediate molluscan hosts in Brazil

Molluscan response to parasite: Biomphalaria and Schistosoma mansoni interaction

Digenetic trematodes use molluscs, almost always a Gastropoda, in their evolutive cycle, as intermediary hosts. The genus Schistosoma, with three main species that infect humans S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. haematobium – shows a prevalence of 200 million patients in various countries worldwide, and 600 million people are still at risk of infection. S. mansoni is the most prevalent species, ...

Multi-parasite host susceptibility and multi-host parasite infectivity: a new approach of the Biomphalaria glabrata/Schistosoma mansoni compatibility polymorphism.

In this study, we analyze the degree of susceptibility/un-susceptibility of five strains of Biomphalaria glabrata from different geographical origins successively challenged with a panel of 4 Schistosoma mansoni strains. A total of 20 homopatric and heteropatric host-parasite combinations were tested with exposure doses of 1, 10, 20, 30 and 50 miracidia per individual host. By doing this, we ch...

Schistosoma mansoni infections in the first three months of life of sympatric intermediate hosts from Brazil.

Spatial distribution of Biomphalaria spp., the intermediate host snails of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil.

Schistosomiasis mansoni remains an important parasitic disease of man, endemic in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South America and the Caribbean. The aetiological agent is the trematode Schistosoma mansoni, whereas aquatic snails of the genus Biomphalaria act as intermediate hosts in the parasite life cycle. In Brazil, the distribution of Biomphalaria spp. is closely associ...

Studies on host-parasite relationship between the Puerto Rican strain of Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria snails.

Immunoelectrophoretic studies on common antigenicities were carried out by using rabbits sera immunized with the Puerto Rican strain of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms or eggs and antigens of several adult Biomphalaria snails and vice versa. As the result, S. mansoni adult worm extracts produced 8 bands both with extracts of Biomphalaria glabrata pigmentation and B. glabrata pigmentado, 3 to 4 ...