The snail Biomphalaria glabrata as a model to interrogate the molecular basis of complex human diseases

Joanna M. Bridger; Paul J. Brindley; Matty Knight

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006552

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The snail Biomphalaria glabrata as a model to interrogate the molecular basis of complex human diseases

Joanna M. Bridger,

Affiliation Institute of Environment, Health, and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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Paul J. Brindley,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America, Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America
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Matty Knight

* E-mail: matty_knight@gwu.edu, mathilde.knight@udc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America, Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America, Division of Science and Mathematics, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7074-6524

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The snail Biomphalaria glabrata as a model to interrogate the molecular basis of complex human diseases

Joanna M. Bridger,
Paul J. Brindley,
Matty Knight

Published: August 9, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006552

About the Authors

Joanna M. Bridger

Affiliation Institute of Environment, Health, and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Paul J. Brindley

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America, Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

Matty Knight

* E-mail: matty_knight@gwu.edu, mathilde.knight@udc.edu

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7074-6524

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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