Similar to other metazoan pathogens, Schistosoma mansoni undergoes transcriptional and developmental regulation during its complex lifecycle and host interactions. DNA methylation as a mechanism ...

Schistosomiasis is a public health problem in many developing countries, and Schistosoma mansoni is the most widespread species of the causative trematode parasite 1. Parasite eggs laid in the ...

It contained eggs from an animal known as Schistosoma mansoni–otherwise known as the blood fluke. Blood flukes are parasitic flatworms. They get their start living in snails, which shed the ...

Serotonin Signaling in Schistosoma mansoni: A Serotonin–Activated G Protein-Coupled Receptor Controls Parasite Movement. PLoS Pathogens , 2014; 10 (1): e1003878 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003878 ...

While several species of blood fluke worms can cause schistosomiasis, the current study focused on Schistosoma mansoni. This species causes the intestinal and hepatic form of the disease ...