Antonio Laverde

Versatile natural molluscicides against the snail Biomphalaria glabrata Say, 1818 (Pulmonata: Planorbidae), the principal vector of Schistosoma mansoni on the american continent

Schistosomiasis is a millennium-old disease that affects approximately 235 million people. Considering that most of the population affected by schistosomiasis faces varying levels of poverty, finding plant-derived compounds that can help control or eradicate this disease would be worthwhile, especially if the plants ar...