Scratching the Itch: Updated Perspectives on the Schistosomes Responsible for Swimmer’s Itch around the World by Eric S. Loker, Randall J. DeJong, Sara V. Brant

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Different metazoan parasites, different transcriptomic responses, with new insights on parasitic castration by digenetic trematodes in the schistosome vector snail Biomphalaria gla... by Lijun Lu, Lijing Bu, Martina R. Laidemitt, Si-Ming Zhang, Eric S. Loker

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An Overview of Transcriptional Responses of Schistosome-Susceptible (M line) or -Resistant (BS-90) Biomphalaria glabrata Exposed or Not to Schistosoma mansoni Infection by Lijun Lu, Lijing Bu, Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Eric S. Loker

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Compatibility between snails and schistosomes: insights from new genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping by Lijing Bu, Daibin Zhong, Lijun Lu, Eric S. Loker, Guiyun Yan, Si-Ming Zhang

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Virus-derived sequences from the transcriptomes of two snail vectors of schistosomiasis, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus globosus from Kenya by Sijun Liu, Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Eric S. Loker, Bryony C. Bonning

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Transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Schistosoma mansoni following exposure to niclosamide, with evidence for a synergistic effect on snails following exposure t... by Sarah K Buddenborg, Bishoy Kamel, Lijing Bu, Si-Ming Zhang, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker

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Antagonism between parasites within snail hosts impacts the transmission of human schistosomiasis by Martina R Laidemitt, Larissa C Anderson, Helen J Wearing, Martin W Mutuku, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker

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Detecting and identifying Schistosoma infections in snails and aquatic habitats: A systematic review. by Bishoy Kamel, Martina R Laidemitt, Lijun Lu, Caitlin Babbitt, Ola Liota Weinbaum, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker

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A genome sequence for Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the major vector snail for the human-infecting parasite Schistosoma mansoni. by Lijing Bu, Lijun Lu, Martina R Laidemitt, Si-Ming Zhang, Martin Mutuku, Gerald Mkoji, Michelle Steinauer, Eric S Loker

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Bulinus snails in the Lake Victoria Basin in Kenya: Systematics and their role as hosts for schistosomes. by Caitlin R Babbitt, Martina R Laidemitt, Martin W Mutuku, Polycup O Oraro, Sara V Brant, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker

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Phylogenomics and Diversification of the Schistosomatidae Based on Targeted Sequence Capture of Ultra-Conserved Elements by Erika T. Ebbs, Eric S. Loker, Lijing Bu, Sean A. Locke, Vasyl V. Tkach, Ramesh Devkota, Veronica R. Flores, Hudson A. Pinto, Sara V. Brant

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Multi-strain compatibility polymorphism between a parasite and its snail host, a neglected vector of schistosomiasis in Africa by Johannie M. Spaan, Tom Pennance, Martina R. Laidemitt, Nicole Sims, Jewell Roth, Yvonne Lam, Fredrick Rawago, George Ogara, Eric S. Loker, Maurice R. Odiere, Michelle L. Steinauer

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Field-derived Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria pfeifferi in Kenya: a compatible association characterized by lack of strong local adaptation, and presence of some snails able t... by Martin W Mutuku, Celestine K Dweni, Moses Mwangi, Joseph M Kinuthia, Ibrahim N Mwangi, Geoffrey M Maina, Lelo E Agola, Si-Ming Zhang, Rosebella Maranga, Eric S Loker, Gerald M Mkoji

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The genome and transcriptome of the snail Biomphalaria sudanica s.l.: immune gene diversification and highly polymorphic genomic regions in an important African vector of Schistoso... by Tom Pennance, Javier Calvelo, Jacob A. Tennessen, Ryan Burd, Jared Cayton, Stephanie R. Bollmann, Michael S. Blouin, Johannie M. Spaan, Federico G. Hoffmann, George Ogara, Fredrick Rawago, Kennedy Andiego, Boaz Mulonga, Meredith Odhiambo, Eric S. Loker, Martina R. Laidemitt, Lijun Lu, Andrés Iriarte, Maurice R. Odiere, Michelle L. Steinauer

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A bacterial artificial chromosome library for Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate snail host of Schistosoma mansoni by Coen M Adema, Mei-Zhong Luo, Ben Hanelt, Lynn A Hertel, Jennifer J Marshall, Si-Ming Zhang, Randall J DeJong, Hye-Ran Kim, David Kudrna, Rod A Wing, Cari Soderlund, Matty Knight, Fred A Lewis, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Liana K Jannotti-Passos, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Eric S Loker

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