Helminths are masterful immunoregulators. A characteristic feature of helminth infection is a
Th2-dominated immune response, but stimulation of immunoregulatory cell populations …

This review summarizes the research progress made over the past decade in the field of
gastropod immunity resulting from investigations of the interaction between the snail …

The study of host-parasite interactions has increased considerably in the last decades, with
many studies focusing on the identification of parasite molecules (ie surface or …

Discoveries made over the past ten years have provided evidence that invertebrate
antiparasitic responses may be primed in a sustainable manner, leading to the failure of a …

Relatively little is known about the filarial proteins that interact with the human host. Although
the filarial genome has recently been completed, protein profiles have been limited to only a …

Schistosomes are the causative agents of schistosomiasis, one of the most prevalent and
serious of the parasitic diseases that currently infects∼ 200 million people worldwide …

Background Trichinella spiralis is a foodborne parasitic nematode which is a serious risk to
meat safety. Development of anti-Trichinella vaccine is needed to control Trichinella …

Schistosomiasis, a devastating disease caused by parasitic flatworms of the genus
Schistosoma, affects over 260 million people worldwide especially in tropical and sub …

Over their 500 million year history, gastropods have radiated into marine, freshwater and
terrestrial environments and adopted life styles ranging from herbivory to carnivory to …

Although interest in Acanthocephala seems to have reached only a small community of
researchers worldwide, we show in this opinion article that this group of parasites is …