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Schistosomiasis is one of the most important helminthic parasitic infections in the world, with over 700 million people at risk of infection. Species of Schistosoma have a complex life cycle involving the infection of freshwater snails before infecting their mammalian definitive host. Taking about 130,000 lives per annum, S. mansoni is the major cause of intestinal schistosomiasis worldwide. Within Biomphalaria glabrata snails, asexual replication of the parasite gives rise to cercariae larvae. Cercariae actively penetrate the host's ski