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Freshwater snails and Schistosomiasis mansoni in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: IV - Sul Fluminense Mesoregion

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
In this paper, the forth of a series dealing with the survey of freshwater gastropods of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the results of collections carried out in the Sul Fluminense Mesoregion from 2000 to 2002 are presented and revealed the occurrence of ...
Silvana C Thiengo, Aline C Mattos, M Fernanda Boaventura, Monica A Fernandez   +3 more
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Schistosomiasis Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among School‐Going Children Aged 5–14 Years in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB), South Africa

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Schistosomiasis, a parasitic waterborne infection, remains a major public health challenge in disadvantaged regions, with schoolchildren (5–14 years) at high risk due to frequent water exposure. The study is aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to schistosomiasis among school‐aged children in Nelson ...
Maryline Vere, Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi, Lucy Ochola, Opeoluwa Oyedele, Takafira Mduluza, Paula Melariri, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +6 more
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Will all scientists working on snails and the diseases they transmit please stand up? [PDF]

, 2012
Copyright © 2012 Adema et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ...
Adema, CM, Knight, M, Bridger, JM, Timothy P Yoshino, Yoshino, TP, Bayne, CJ, Zhang, S-M, Si-Ming Zhang, Coen M Adema, Christopher J Bayne, Loker, ES, Eric S Loker, Joanna M Bridger, Matty Knight   +13 more
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Malacological survey of Biomphalaria snails in municipalities along the Estrada Real in the southeast of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: The increasing practice of ecotourism and rural tourism in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, highlights the importance of studies concerning the occurrence of potential intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá, Adalberto Mitterofhe, Milton Ferreira de Castro, Adilson da Costa Lima, Murilo Gonçalves, Izabella de Oliveira Pinheiro, Corina da Costa Freitas, Ricardo José Paula de Souza e Guimarães, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Elaine Soares Coimbra   +9 more
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Development of an in vitro drug screening assay using Schistosoma haematobium schistosomula [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The development of novel antischistosomal drugs is crucial, as currently no vaccine and only a single drug is available for the treatment of schistosomiasis.
Ingram, K., Katrin Ingram, Marxer Monika, Marxer, Monika, Jennifer Keiser, Ingram Katrin, Keiser Jennifer, Keiser, Jennifer, Marxer, M., Keiser, J., Monika Marxer, Ingram, Katrin   +11 more
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Population genetics and molecular xenomonitoring of Biomphalaria freshwater snails along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, Malawi

Parasites & Vectors
Background Intestinal schistosomiasis was confirmed endemic in Mangochi District, Malawi, in May of 2018 following an unexpected encounter with discreet populations of Biomphalaria spp.
John Archer, Lucas J. Cunningham, Alexandra Juhász, Sam Jones, Amber L. Reed, Shi Min Yeo, Bright Mainga, Priscilla Chammudzi, Donales R. Kapira, David Lally, Gladys Namacha, Peter Makaula, James E. LaCourse, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Bonnie L. Webster, Janelisa Musaya, J. Russell Stothard   +16 more
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Morphological and molecular characterization of invasive Biomphalaria straminea in southern China

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background Schistosomiasis is a common parasitic disease designated as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization. Schistosomiasis mansoni is a form of the disease that is caused by the digenean trematode Schistosoma mansoni ...
Mohamed R. Habib, Shan Lv, Yun-Hai Guo, Wen-Biao Gu, Claire J. Standley, Roberta L. Caldeira, Xiao-Nong Zhou   +6 more
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Biomphalaria pfeifferi

31. Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848) Distribution and year: Kwando River between Lianzulu and Chobe River [SMWN76089, 76366, 76372, 76376, 76382, 76391, 76528, 76538, 76562] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Chobe River, Linyanti Channel [SMWN76306] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Chobe River at Ngoma [SMWN76315] and Ihaha [SMWN76353] 1986 (Brown et al.
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Contribuição ao estudo da biologia de Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981 e de Biomphalaria tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835), em condições de laboratório

Revista de Saúde Pública
Com o objetivo de comparar a duração do período embrionário, a fecundidade e a fertilidade de Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981 com a de B, tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835), exemplares de ambas as espécies foram criados em aquários dotados das mesmas
Maísa Rose Domenico Elmor, Jorge Faria Vaz, Léa Maria Cappelletti Gonçalves   +2 more
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Latex of "Coroa de Cristo" (Euphorbia Splendens): an effective molluscicide

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1986
An aqueous solution of the latex of "coroa de cristo" (Euphorbia splendens var. hislopii) showed molluscicide action (LD90) at a concentration lower than 0.5 ppm on Biomphalaria glabrata and B.
Maurício C. de Vasconcelos, Virgínia T. Schall   +1 more
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