Long-term controlled field experiment on the competition between two species of Biomphalaria (Mollusca, Basommatophora), the snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni in Northeastern Brazil Estudo experimental de campo sobre a competição entre duas espécies de Biomphalaria (Mollusca, Basommatophora), vetores do Schistosoma mansoni no Nordeste do Brasil

A long-term controlled field experiment on the interactions of the populations of Biomphalaria glabrata (target population) and B. straminea (competitor) was carried out in the county of Alhandra, state of Paraíba, Brazil, during the period 1980 through 1989. Results obtained in the current paper sh...

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Main Authors: Constança S. Barbosa, Frederico S. Barbosa, Francisco Arruda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1993-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1993000200008