Biomphalaria tenagophila potencial vector of Schistosoma mansoni in the Paraná River basin (Argentina and Paraguay)

Susceptibility and compatibility experiments were carried out with 700 Biomphalaria tenagophila from the Paraná River basin exposed to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Individual infection was performed with 10 miracidia of SJ2 strain from the Paraiba valley (Brazil) originally infective to B. te...

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Main Authors: C Edgardo Borda, María Josefa F Rea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2007-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762007000200011