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Molecular xenomonitoring of Schistosoma mansoni infections in Biomphalaria choanomphala at Lake Victoria, East Africa: Assessing roles of abiotic and biotic factors (2025)
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Andrus, P. S., Standley, C. J., Stothard, J. R., & Wade, C. M. (2025). Molecular xenomonitoring of Schistosoma mansoni infections in Biomphalaria choanomphala at Lake Victoria, East Africa: Assessing roles of abiotic and biotic factors. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(1), Article e0012771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012771

Lake Victoria is a well-known hot spot for intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by infection with the trematode Schistosoma mansoni. The snail intermediate hosts of this parasite are Biomphalaria snails, with Biomphalaria choanomphala being the predomi... Read More about Molecular xenomonitoring of Schistosoma mansoni infections in Biomphalaria choanomphala at Lake Victoria, East Africa: Assessing roles of abiotic and biotic factors.

Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection (2024)
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Magero, V. O., Kisara, S., Suleman, M. A., & Wade, C. M. (2024). Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae115

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There is a need for current and more detailed information on the distribution of Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails in East Africa's river systems. B. pfeifferi is arguably the most important snail intermediate host in the transmission of schi... Read More about Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection.

Phylogenetic insights into the terrestrial snails Helicoidei (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) with special emphasis on the Camaenidae (2024)
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Zhang, G., Naggs, F., Andrus, P. S., & Wade, C. M. (2025). Phylogenetic insights into the terrestrial snails Helicoidei (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) with special emphasis on the Camaenidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203(1), Article zlae027. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae027

The superfamily Helicoidei are a widely distributed and diverse infraorder of land snails and slugs. Here, we constructed a phylogenetic tree based on sequences of the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene to investigate the relationships within the Helic... Read More about Phylogenetic insights into the terrestrial snails Helicoidei (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) with special emphasis on the Camaenidae.

Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis (2024)
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Andrus, P. S., Joof, E., & Wade, C. M. (2024). Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis. Acta Parasitologica, 69, 1016–1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00830-1

Purpose: Accurate identification of medically important intermediate host and vector species is crucial for understanding disease transmission and control. Identifying Bulinus snails which act as intermediate host species for the transmission of schi... Read More about Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis.

Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan (2024)
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Usman, M., Dyer, P. S., Brock, M., Wade, C. M., & Khalid, A. N. (2024). Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan. MycoKeys, 102, 285-299. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.102.113310

Members of the lichen-forming fungal genus Oxneriaria are known to occur in cold polar and high altitudinal environments. Two new species, Oxneriaria crittendenii and O. deosaiensis, are now described from the high altitude Deosai Plains, Pakistan, b... Read More about Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan.

Phylogeography of a commercially important reef fish, Lutjanus ehrenbergii, from the coastal waters of the Arabian Peninsula (2024)
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Griffiths, M. H., Wade, C. M., D’Agostino, D., Berumen, M. L., Burt, J. A., DiBattista, J. D., & Feary, D. A. (2024). Phylogeography of a commercially important reef fish, Lutjanus ehrenbergii, from the coastal waters of the Arabian Peninsula. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143(2), Article blad170. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad170

The coastal waters of the Arabian Peninsula include a heterogeneous marine region comprising the Persian/Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman at its northeastern boundary and the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea at its southern and western boundary. Th... Read More about Phylogeography of a commercially important reef fish, Lutjanus ehrenbergii, from the coastal waters of the Arabian Peninsula.

Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of the Chinese land snail Cathaica Möllendorff, 1884 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) in Shandong Province, China (2023)
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Zhang, G., & Wade, C. M. (2023). Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of the Chinese land snail Cathaica Möllendorff, 1884 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) in Shandong Province, China. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140(4), 556-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad067

Cathaica is a genus of bradybaenid land snails occurring in China and is widespread in Shandong Province. Here we re-describe three species, C. pyrrhozona, C. fasciola and C. leei, and describe two new species, Cathaica fohuiensis Zhang sp. nov. and... Read More about Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of the Chinese land snail Cathaica Möllendorff, 1884 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) in Shandong Province, China.

Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shorelines of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria (2023)
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Andrus, P. S., Stothard, J. R., & Wade, C. M. (2023). Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shorelines of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(8), Article e0011506. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011506

Intestinal schistosomiasis is hyperendemic in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Uganda, it is endemic at both Lake Albert (LA) and Lake Victoria (LV) and caused by S. mansoni that uses Biomphalaria snails as obligatory intermediate snail hosts.... Read More about Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shorelines of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria.

Comparing shell size and shape with canonical variate analysis of sympatric Biomphalaria species within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, Uganda (2023)
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Andrus, P. S., Stothard, J. R., Kabatereine, N. B., & Wade, C. M. (2023). Comparing shell size and shape with canonical variate analysis of sympatric Biomphalaria species within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, Uganda. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 199(3), 713-722. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad052

The Great African Lakes in Uganda (Lake Albert and Lake Victoria) are known habitats to several sympatric species of Biomphalaria, intermediate snail hosts of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. However, accurate identification of snails by morph... Read More about Comparing shell size and shape with canonical variate analysis of sympatric Biomphalaria species within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, Uganda.