Important aspects of Biomphalaria snail-schistosome interactions as targets for antischistosome drug

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  El Ansary, Afaf ^a   Al Daihan, Soad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Drug design; Enzymes; Intramolluscan stages; Parasite induced pathology; Schistosomes; Schistosomin; Serotonin; Snail susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; CATALASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LAMINARAN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIOMPHALARIA; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

EID: 33845476273     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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