Gastropod-Borne Helminths: A Look at the Snail–Parasite Interplay

摘要: More than 300 million people suffer from a range of diseases caused by gastropod-borne helminths, predominantly flatworms and roundworms, whose life cycles are characterized diversified ecology epidemiology. Despite the plethora data on these parasites, very little is known fundamental biology their gastropod intermediate hosts, or interactions occurring at snail–helminth interface. In this article, we focus schistosomes metastrongylids human animal significance, review current knowledge snail–parasite interplay. Future efforts aimed elucidating key elements snail together with an improved understanding interactions, will aid to identify, plan, develop new strategies for disease control focused hosts.