A metalloprotease produced by larval Schistosoma mansoni facilitates infection establishment and maintenance in the snail host by interfering with immune cell function

• Jacob R. Hambrook ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob R. Hambrook, Alèthe L. Kaboré

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-5855

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• Alèthe L. Kaboré ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob R. Hambrook, Alèthe L. Kaboré

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-0228

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• Emmanuel A. Pila,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Patrick C. Hanington

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: pch1@ualberta.ca

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3964-5012

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