The parasite's new clothes

Elife. 2016 Apr 15:5:e15957. doi: 10.7554/eLife.15957.

Abstract

A population of stems cells continuously rejuvenates the outer surface of a human parasitic flatworm.

Keywords: Schistosoma mansoni; developmental biology; infectious disease; microbiology; parasitic diseases; stem cells.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Parasites*
  • Schistosoma mansoni*