The effects of the experimental infection from a focus of transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in a population of Biomphalaria tenagophila (D'Orbigny, 1835) in the region of "Vale do Ribeira de Iguape", Brazil Efeitos da infecção experimental de um foco de transmissão de Schistosoma mansoni em população de Biomphalaria tenagophila (D'Orbigny, 1835) na região do Vale do Ribeira de Iguape, Brasil
To observe the effects of the parasitic infection on the biology of B. tenagophila, field and laboratory populations of this mollusk from Itariri, in Vale do Ribeira, Brazil, were experimentally infected. Each mollusk received 10 miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni (SJ lineage) and was observed through...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2010-04-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652010000200007 |