Macroevolutionary Immunology: A Role for Immunity in the Diversification of Animal Life

by Eric S. Loker
Published 2012-03-01

Can specialized pathogens colonize distantly related hosts? Schistosome evolution as a case study.

by Sara V Brant, Eric S Loker
Published 2005-11-01

Phylogeography and genetics of the globally invasive snail Physa acuta Draparnaud 1805, and its potential to serve as an intermediate host to larval digenetic trematodes

by Erika T. Ebbs, Eric S. Loker, Sara V. Brant
Published 2018-07-01

Modeling schistosomiasis transmission: the importance of snail population structure

by Larissa C. Anderson, Eric S. Loker, Helen J. Wearing
Published 2021-02-01

A somatically diversified defense factor, FREP3, is a determinant of snail resistance to schistosome infection.

by Patrick C Hanington, Michelle A Forys, Eric S Loker
Published 2012-01-01

Genomic and transcriptional analysis of genes containing fibrinogen and IgSF domains in the schistosome vector Biomphalaria glabrata, with emphasis on the differential responses of...

by Lijun Lu, Eric S Loker, Coen M Adema, Si-Ming Zhang, Lijing Bu
Published 2020-10-01

Genome-wide discovery, and computational and transcriptional characterization of an AIG gene family in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, a vector for Schistosoma mansoni

by Lijun Lu, Eric S. Loker, Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Lijing Bu
Published 2020-03-01

Altered Gene Expression in the Schistosome-Transmitting Snail Biomphalaria glabrata following Exposure to Niclosamide, the Active Ingredient in the Widely Used Molluscicide Baylusc...

by Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K Buddenborg, Coen M Adema, John T Sullivan, Eric S Loker
Published 2015-01-01

Cercarial Dermatitis Transmitted by Exotic Marine Snail

by Sara V. Brant, Andrew N. Cohen, David James, Lucia Hui, Albert Hom, Eric S. Loker
Published 2010-09-01

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
Published 2019-12-01

Transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi to Schistosoma mansoni: Investigation of a neglected African snail that supports more S. mansoni transmission than any other snai...

by Sarah K Buddenborg, Lijing Bu, Si-Ming Zhang, Faye D Schilkey, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker
Published 2017-10-01

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
Published 2019-12-01

The in vivo transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni in the prominent vector species Biomphalaria pfeifferi with supporting observations from Biomphalaria glabrata.

by Sarah K Buddenborg, Bishoy Kamel, Ben Hanelt, Lijing Bu, Si-Ming Zhang, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker
Published 2019-09-01

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
Published 2021-03-01

Complete mitochondrial and rDNA complex sequences of important vector species of Biomphalaria, obligatory hosts of the human-infecting blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni

by Si-Ming Zhang, Lijing Bu, Martina R. Laidemitt, Lijun Lu, Martin W. Mutuku, Gerald M. Mkoji, Eric S. Loker
Published 2018-05-01

Will all scientists working on snails and the diseases they transmit please stand up?

by Coen M Adema, Christopher J Bayne, Joanna M Bridger, Matty Knight, Eric S Loker, Timothy P Yoshino, Si-Ming Zhang
Published 2012-01-01

Interactions between natural populations of human and rodent schistosomes in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya: a molecular epidemiological approach.

by Michelle L Steinauer, Ibrahim N Mwangi, Geoffrey M Maina, Joseph M Kinuthia, Martin W Mutuku, Eric L Agola, Ben Mungai, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker
Published 2008-04-01

Non-invasive sampling of schistosomes from humans requires correcting for family structure.

by Michelle L Steinauer, Mark R Christie, Michael S Blouin, Lelo E Agola, Ibrahim N Mwangi, Geoffrey M Maina, Martin W Mutuku, Joseph M Kinuthia, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker
Published 2013-01-01

An outbreak of canine schistosomiasis in Utah: Acquisition of a new snail host (Galba humilis) by Heterobilharzia americana, a pathogenic parasite on the move

by Eric S. Loker, Scott Z. Dolginow, Suzanne Pape, Colin D. Topper, Pilar Alda, Jean P. Pointier, Erika T. Ebbs, Melissa C. Sanchez, Guilherme G. Verocai, Randall J. DeJong, Sara V. Brant, Martina R. Laidemitt
Published 2021-12-01

No apparent reduction in schistosome burden or genetic diversity following four years of school-based mass drug administration in mwea, central kenya, a heavy transmission area.

by Agola E Lelo, David N Mburu, Gabriel N Magoma, Ben N Mungai, Jimmy H Kihara, Ibrahim N Mwangi, Geoffrey M Maina, Joseph M Kinuthia, Martin W Mutuku, Eric S Loker, Gerald M Mkoji, Michelle L Steinauer
Published 2014-10-01