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. 2013 Jul 30:2:e01115.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.01115.

On the trail of a tropical disease

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado  1
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On the trail of a tropical disease

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado. Elife. .

Abstract

Learning more about the cells that enable parasitic worms called schistosomes to reproduce inside snails could lead to new treatments that prevent these parasites from being transmitted to humans.

Keywords: Other; Schistosoma mansoni; neoblasts; schistosomiasis; stem cells; trematode development.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests:The author declares that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A cryosection of a Schistosoma mansoni daughter sporocyst within a snail intermediate host, six weeks post-infection. The section is stained with: phalloidin (magenta) to show the musculature in both the snail and schistosome; POPO-1 (blue) to label germinal cells in the sporocyst; and lectin PSA (green) to reveal secretory glands within the developing parasite embryo. The image is a maximum intensity projection of confocal sections.
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