Biomphalaria tenagophila: dynamics of populations of resistant and susceptible strains to Schistosoma mansoni, with or without pressure of the parasite

Resistant (Taim, RS) and susceptible albino (Joinville, SC) Biomphalaria tenagophila populations were kept together, at different proportions, throughout a 18-month-period. Some of the snail groups were submitted to Schistosoma mansoni infection. The targets of this study were (a) to analyze the pop...

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Main Authors: Florence Mara Rosa, Ana Lúcia Brunialti Godard, Deborah Negrão-Correa, Horácio Antonio Rodrigues, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Horácio Manoel Santana Teles, Engels Maciel, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti-Passos, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2006-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000900038