Table 1. Characteristics of Schistosoma haematobium tetraspanins.

Aas: aminoacids; bp: base pairs; LEL: large extracellular loop; SEL: small extracellular loop.

TSPs	Length (bp)	Size (# aas)	Weight (kDa)	SEL position	Inner loop position	LEL position	Cytoplasmic tail	Originally identified from [30,31]
Sh-TSP-2	660	219	24.4	31–79	74–80	102–183	213–219	Tegument 120k EVs 15k EVs
Sh-TSP-4	837	278	30.9	36–76	100–108	130–250	272–278	Tegument 120k EVs 15k EVs
Sh-TSP-5	822	273	30.4	31–79	97–109	173–239	265–273	Secretome 120k EVs 15k EVs
Sh-TSP-6	675	224	24.9	36–54	87–95	108–190	212–225	Tegument 15k EVs
Sh-TSP-18	888	295	32.9	32–66	87–95	118–266	283–225	120k EVs 15k EVs
Sh-TSP-23	654	218	24.2	36–56	72–81	103–184	205–218	Tegument 120k EVs 15k EVs