Positive phototropism is accelerated in Biomphalaria glabrata snails by infection with Schistosoma mansoni

Hiroki Maeda; Takeshi Hatta; Daigo Tsubokawa; Fusako Mikami; Toshiyuki Nishimaki; Takeshi Nakamura; Anisuzzaman; Makoto Matsubayashi; Motoyuki Ogawa; Clarissa Prazeres da Costa; Naotoshi Tsuji

doi:10.1016/j.parint.2018.06.003

Positive phototropism is accelerated in Biomphalaria glabrata snails by infection with Schistosoma mansoni

Hiroki Maeda, Takeshi Hatta, Daigo Tsubokawa, Fusako Mikami, Toshiyuki Nishimaki, Takeshi Nakamura, Anisuzzaman, Makoto Matsubayashi, Motoyuki Ogawa, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Naotoshi Tsuji

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Abstract

Parasite-induced behavioral changes in their hosts favor to complete the lifecycle of parasites. Schistosome infection is also known to cause physiological changes in infected freshwater snail intermediate hosts. Here, we report, a novel phenomenon in which Schistosoma mansoni, a highly debilitating worm affecting millions of people worldwide, alters the phototropic behavior of Biomphalaria glabrata, the vector snail. S. mansoni-infection enhanced positive phototropism of vector snails and infected snails spent significantly more time in light. Possibly, these behavioral changes help the parasite to be released efficiently from the infected intermediate hosts, and to infect mammalian hosts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	609-611
Number of pages	3
Journal	Parasitology International
Volume	67
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.06.003
State	Published - Oct 2018

Keywords

Biomphalaria glabrata
Host manipulation
Phototropic
Schistosoma mansoni
Snail
Vector

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Positive phototropism is accelerated in Biomphalaria glabrata snails by infection with Schistosoma mansoni

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