Transmission potential of human schistosomes can be driven by resource competition among snail intermediate hosts [Ecology]

Predicting and disrupting transmission of human parasites from wildlife hosts or vectors remains challenging because ecological interactions can influence their epidemiological traits. Human schistosomes, parasitic flatworms that cycle between freshwater snails and humans, typify this challenge. Human exposure risk, given water contact, is driven by the production of free-living cercariae...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 4, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David J. Civitello, Teckla Angelo, Karena H. Nguyen, Rachel B. Hartman, Naima C. Starkloff, Moses P. Mahalila, Jenitha Charles, Andres Manrique, Bryan K. Delius, L. M. Bradley, Roger M. Nisbet, Safari Kinung’hi, Jason R. Rohr Tags: Ecology Biological Sciences Source Type: research