"Biomphalaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
| Descriptor ID |
D001700
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.644.400.750.185
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| Concept/Terms |
Biomphalaria- Biomphalaria
- Biomphalarias
- Australorbis
- Australorbi
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biomphalaria" by people in Profiles.
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Ouji Y, Hamasaki M, Misu M, Yoshikawa M, Hamano S. Labeling of miracidium using fluorescent agents to visualize infection of schistosome in intermediate host snails. Parasitol Int. 2025 Feb; 104:102994.
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Nogueira DA, S?fadi T, Lima RR, Mata ASD, Graciano MMC, Bar?ante JMP, Bar?ante TA, Dourado SMP. Spatio-temporal GAMLSS modeling of the incidence of schistosomiasis in the central region of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cad Saude Publica. 2023; 39(6):e00068822.
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Ouji Y, Hamasaki M, Misu M, Kitamura T, Hamano S, Yoshikawa M. Schistosoma mansoni larvae in vitro cultures using Biomphalaria glabrata extracts. Acta Trop. 2022 Nov; 235:106636.
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Takeuchi T, Tamura M, Ishiwata K, Hamasaki M, Hamano S, Arata Y, Hatanaka T. Galectin-2 suppresses nematode development by binding to the invertebrate-specific galactose?1-4fucose glyco-epitope. Glycobiology. 2019 06 01; 29(6):504-512.