A schistosome worm pair photographed through a microscope.
A researcher in a blue gown checking specimen trays on a laboratory rack.

As the leading supplier of schistosomiasis reagents, the SRC offers a workspace for collaborators, visiting scholars and students to access life-cycle-stage parasite material and train side-by-side with staff on Schistosoma propagation protocols. Interested in partnering up?

Renowned researchers and projects

Misleading inference of schistosome epidemiology from ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial DNA

Enabuele EE, Platt RN II, Adeyemi EE … Anderson TJC

PLOS Pathogens, October 2026

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A systems-level analysis of global gene expression in resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata in response to Schistosoma mansoni infection

Lekired A, Adema CM, Zhang SM

Frontiers in Immunology, September 2026

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Antibody-mediated functional responses induced by the SchistoShield® schistosomiasis vaccine in disease-naïve and endemic human populations

Kalyanasundaram A, Kifle DW, Davis J … Siddiqui AA

Vaccine, September 2026

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Young snails feeding on lettuce leaves in a shallow tray of water

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The SRC offers infected snails, parasite eggs, the Bge molluscan cell line and other materials free of charge. Recipients pay for shipping and handling.