Cereal crop production is severely affected by seed-borne bacterial diseases across the
world. Locally occurring disease resistance in various crops remains elusive. Here, we have …

As one of the most successful invasive land snail species, Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica
Bowdich, 1822 has achieved wide global distribution, particularly in (sub) tropical regions …

Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is the main pathogen responsible
for eosinophilic meningitis in humans. One of its intermediate snail hosts, Achatina fulica …

The terrestrial slug Deroceras invadens has spread across much of the world over the last
century. What is there to learn about its origin, colonizations and diversity by comparing …

Angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by nematodes of the genus
Angiostrongylus. Distribution of this worm corresponds to the dispersal of its main …

Abstract Native to East Africa, the giant African snail Lissachatina [= Achatina] fulica
(Bowdich, 1822) is a tropical crop pest and one of the world's top 100 invasive species. It is …

Abstract The rapidly spreading Giant African Snail Lissachatina [= Achatina] fulica (Bowdich,
1822) has been introduced to many parts of the world since the 1800s and is one of the …

The metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes eosinophilic meningitis
in a variety of homeothermic hosts including humans. Third-stage infectious larvae develop …

Abstract The giant African snail Lissachatina fulica is potentially useful as an index fossil for
the “Anthropocene” in tropical and subtropical non-marine sediments that also indicates …

The giant African land snail, Achatina fulica, is a pulmonate land snail of the Achatinidae
family. The snail is native of East Africa and has spread to tropical and subtropical areas in …