Abstract
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that currently affects more than 200 million people. The Schistosoma mansoni species is the cause of schistosomiasis in the Americas. Our group recently characterized a homologous gene to human TNF alphareceptor (a receptor of TNF- alpha non-death domain type) which is more expressed in the cercarial stage, the form that is infective to the vertebrat…