Golden apple snails (GAS)(Pomacea spp.) is one of the major pests that rampantly invaded
many countries and brought a heavy bloom to agricultural cultivation. Their invasion had …

Background Infectious diseases encompass a large spectrum of diseases that threaten
human health, and coinfection is of particular importance because pathogen species can …

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are effective biopesticides used in insect control.
There are several formulations of entomopathogenic nematodes which are commercially …

Since the 1980s, research into entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in Latin America has
produced many remarkable discoveries. In fact, 16 out of the 117 recognized species of …

Indoplanorbis exustus and Radix rubiginosa act as intermediate hosts for veterinary and
medical trematode parasites. Snail control is a strategy used to decrease the number of …

Background Biomphalaria glabrata acts as the intermediate host of schistosomes that
causes human schistosomiasis. Symbiotic bacteria, Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus …

The snail Pseudosuccinea columella participates in the distribution of Fasciola hepatica in
the environment by acting as its intermediate host. Therefore, the control of this lymnaeid is …

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora is an entomopathogenic nematode (EPN) that is mutually
associated with Photorhabdus luminescens, utilized globally for biological control of …

Many studies about fasciolosis control have been carried out, whether acting on the adult
parasite or in Pseudosuccinea columella, compromising the development of the larval …

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) infect and kill insects and have been successfully
used in the biological control of some insect pests. Slugs and snails are known to be …