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List of works by Eric S Loker

A Search for Snail-Related Answers to Explain Differences in Response of Schistosoma mansoni to Praziquantel Treatment among Responding and Persistent Hotspot Villages along the Kenyan Shore of Lake Victoria

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

A bacterial artificial chromosome library for Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate snail host of Schistosoma mansoni

scientific article published in September 2006

A genetically distinct Schistosoma from Radix luteola from Nepal related to Schistosoma turkestanicum: A phylogenetic study of schistosome and snail host

scientific article

A molecular approach for identification of paramphistomes from Africa and Asia ⬇️

scientific article published on September 28, 2010

A molecular phylogenetic study of the genus Ribeiroia (Digenea): trematodes known to cause limb malformations in amphibians

scientific article published on October 2005

A molecular survey of biomphalaria in Egypt: is B. glabrata present?

scientific article published on July 2005

A new multiplex PCR assay to distinguish among three cryptic Galba species, intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

A newly-identified lineage of Schistosoma

scientific article

A phylogeny of planorbid snails, with implications for the evolution of Schistosoma parasites

scientific article

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

scientific article

Acceptance of the 2015 Clark P. Read Mentor Award: Mentoring--Perspectives from Both the Mentee and Mentor Sides of the Desk

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

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

scientific article

An Overview of Transcriptional Responses of Schistosome-Susceptible (M line) or -Resistant (BS-90) <i>Biomphalaria glabrata</i> Exposed or Not to <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i> Infection

scientific article published on 12 January 2022

An approach to revealing blood fluke life cycles, taxonomy, and diversity: provision of key reference data including DNA sequence from single life cycle stages

scientific article (publication date: February 2006)

Anserobilharzia gen. n. (Digenea, Schistosomatidae) and redescription of A. brantae (Farr & Blankemeyer, 1956) comb. n. (syn. Trichobilharzia brantae), a parasite of geese (Anseriformes)

scientific article (publication date: 12 June 2013)

Antagonism between parasites within snail hosts impacts the transmission of human schistosomiasis

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Avian Schistosomes from the South American Endemic Gastropod Genus Chilina (Pulmonata: Chilinidae), with a Brief Review of South American Schistosome Species

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

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

scientific article published in November 2005

Cercarial Dermatitis Transmitted by Exotic Marine Snail ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Characterization of immune genes from the schistosome host snail Biomphalaria glabrata that encode peptidoglycan recognition proteins and gram-negative bacteria binding protein

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Comparative mitogenomics of freshwater snails of the genus Bulinus, obligatory vectors of Schistosoma haematobium, causative agent of human urogenital schistosomiasis

scientific article published in 2022

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

scientific article

Control of schistosome-transmitting snails in Kenya by the North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii

scientific article published on September 1991

Corrigendum: Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Differential expression of FREP genes in two strains of Biomphalaria glabrata following exposure to the digenetic trematodes Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei

scientific article

Differential transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda, Mollusca) to bacteria and metazoan parasites, Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei (Digenea, Platyhelminthes).

scientific article

Discovery-based studies of schistosome diversity stimulate new hypotheses about parasite biology ⬇️

scientific article published on July 11, 2013

Diversification of Ig superfamily genes in an invertebrate

scientific article published in July 2004

Diversification, dioecy and dimorphism in schistosomes

scientific article published on 18 September 2006

Echinostoma paraensei: differential gene transcription in the sporocyst stage

scientific article published on 20 January 2005

Evolutionary origins, diversification, and biogeography of liver flukes (Digenea, Fasciolidae)

scientific article (publication date: August 2008)

Expression profiling and binding properties of fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs), plasma proteins from the schistosome snail host Biomphalaria glabrata

scientific article published on June 2008

Fasciola hepatica: identification of molecular markers for resistant and susceptible Pseudosuccinea columella snail hosts

scientific article published in November 2003

Field-derived Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria pfeifferi in Kenya: a compatible association characterized by lack of strong local adaptation, and presence of some snails able to persistently produce cercariae for over a year

scientific article

First report of a natural hybrid between Schistosoma mansoni and S. rodhaini

scientific article

Gastropod Immunobiology ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

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

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Genomic and transcriptional analysis of genes containing fibrinogen and IgSF domains in the schistosome vector Biomphalaria glabrata, with emphasis on the differential responses of snails susceptible or resistant to Schistosoma mansoni

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Genotyping Natural Infections of Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria alexandrina From Damietta, Egypt, with Comparisons to Natural Snail Infections From Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

Identification of protein components of egg masses indicates parental investment in immunoprotection of offspring by Biomphalaria glabrata (gastropoda, mollusca).

scientific article

Identification of transcripts generated during the response of resistant Biomphalaria glabrata to Schistosoma mansoni infection using suppression subtractive hybridization

scientific article published in October 2004

In vivo and in vitro knockdown of FREP2 gene expression in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata using RNA interference

scientific article published on 10 January 2006

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

scientific article

Introgressive hybridization of human and rodent schistosome parasites in western Kenya

scientific article published on 3 November 2008

Invertebrate immune systems--not homogeneous, not simple, not well understood

scientific article

Loads of trematodes: discovering hidden diversity of paramphistomoids in Kenyan ruminants

scientific article

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

scientific article published on March 12, 2012

Manganese superoxide dismutase from Biomphalaria glabrata

scientific article published on 2 August 2005

Martin j. Ulmer

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni: a robust, high-throughput method to assess multiple microsatellite markers from individual miracidia

scientific article published on January 2008

Molecular identification of symbionts from the pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata in Brazil

scientific article

Molecular systematics of the avian schistosome genus Trichobilharzia (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) in North America

scientific article (publication date: August 2009)

New Tools for Old Questions: How Strictly Human Are "Human Schistosomes" - And Does It Matter?

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

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

scientific article (publication date: October 2014)

Non-Invasive Sampling of Schistosomes from Humans Requires Correcting for Family Structure ⬇️

scientific article published on September 19, 2013

Origin and diversification of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

scientific article published on October 2005

Pathogen-associated molecular patterns activate expression of genes involved in cell proliferation, immunity and detoxification in the amebocyte-producing organ of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

scientific article published on 21 November 2015

Phylogenetic Placement of a Schistosome from an Unusual Marine Snail Host, the False Limpet (Siphonaria lessoni) and Gulls (Larus dominicanus) from Argentina with a Brief Review of Marine Schistosomes from Snails

scientific article

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. ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 July 2018

Polymorphism associated with the Schistosoma mansoni tetraspanin-2 gene

scientific article

Real-time PCR and sequencing assays for rapid detection and identification of avian schistosomes in environmental samples

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Reduced susceptibility to praziquantel among naturally occurring Kenyan isolates of Schistosoma mansoni

scientific article

Relative compatibility of Schistosoma mansoni with Biomphalaria sudanica and B. pfeifferi from Kenya as assessed by PCR amplification of the S. mansoni ND5 gene in conjunction with traditional methods

scientific article

Representation of an immune responsive gene family encoding fibrinogen-related proteins in the freshwater mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

scientific article published on October 2004

Role for a somatically diversified lectin in resistance of an invertebrate to parasite infection ⬇️

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

Schistosoma mansoni Vector Snails in Antigua and Montserrat, with Snail-Related Considerations Pertinent to a Declaration of Elimination of Human Schistosomiasis

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Schistosoma transmission: scaling-up competence from hosts to ecosystems

scientific article published in 2023

Schistosomes with wings: how host phylogeny and ecology shape the global distribution of Trichobilharzia querquedulae (Schistosomatidae).

scientific article

Schistosomin from the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: expression studies suggest no involvement in trematode-mediated castration

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Scratching the Itch: Updated Perspectives on the Schistosomes Responsible for Swimmer’s Itch around the World

scientific article published on 17 May 2022

Snail-Related Contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program Including Xenomonitoring, Focal Mollusciciding, Biological Control, and Modeling

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Specific identification of Egyptian Biomphalaria species and possible hybrids using the polymerase chain reaction based on nuclear and mitochondrial loci

scientific article

Systematics and Geographical Distribution of Galba Species, a Group of Cryptic and Worldwide Freshwater Snails

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

The FREP gene family in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: additional members, and evidence consistent with alternative splicing and FREP retrosequences. Fibrinogen-related proteins

scientific article

The North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii and the biological control of schistosome-transmitting snails in Kenya: Laboratory and field investigations

scientific article published in 1991

The Schistosoma indicum species group in Nepal: presence of a new lineage of schistosome and use of the Indoplanorbis exustus species complex of snail hosts

scientific article

The diverse echinostomes from East Africa: With a focus on species that use Biomphalaria and Bulinus as intermediate hosts

scholarly article published by Martina R Laidemitt in 2019

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

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

The symbiont Capsaspora owczarzaki, nov. gen. nov. sp., isolated from three strains of the pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata is related to members of the Mesomycetozoea

scientific article

This De-Wormed World? ⬇️

scientific article published on September 13, 2013

Time series analysis of the transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria glabrata throughout the course of intramolluscan development of Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei

scientific article

Towards an understanding of the mechanism of action of praziquantel

scientific article

Transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Schistosoma mansoni following exposure to niclosamide, with evidence for a synergistic effect on snails following exposure to both stressors

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

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

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Two avian schistosome cercariae from Nepal, including a Macrobilharzia-like species from Indoplanorbis exustus

scientific article

Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail.

scientific article published on 16 May 2017

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

scientific article published in 2012

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