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Competitive interactions between species of fresh-water snails: I. Laboratory. IC. Comparative survival of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. Straminea kept out of water

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1985
Biomphalaria glabrata and B. straminea were submitted to an out-door laboratory experiment for testing their comparative ability to resist desiccation. Results have shown that B. straminea is significantly higher resistant than B. glabrata.
Fredterico Simões Barbosa, D. P. Pereira da Costa, Francisco Arruda   +2 more
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Criadouros de Biomphalaria, temporários e permanentes, em Jaboatão dos Guararapes, PE Temporary and permanent breeding sites for Biomphalaria in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, PE

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Realizou-se um inquérito malacológico em criadouros, permanentes e temporários, no bairro de Piedade, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, entre novembro de 2006 e novembro de 2007 com o objetivo de conhecer a fauna malacológica dessa localidade, bem ...
Marco Antônio Andrade de Souza, Verônica Santos Barbosa, Tereza Neuma Guedes Wanderlei, Constança Simões Barbosa   +3 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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Ionotropic Receptors Identified within the Tentacle of the Freshwater Snail Biomphalaria glabrata, an Intermediate Host of Schistosoma mansoni. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Biomphalaria glabrata (B. glabrata) is an air-breathing aquatic mollusc found in freshwater habitats across the Western Hemisphere. It is most well-known for its recognized capacity to act as a major intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni, the human ...
Di Liang, Tianfang Wang, Bronwyn A Rotgans, Donald P McManus, Scott F Cummins   +4 more
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Glabralysins, Potential New β-Pore-Forming Toxin Family Members from the Schistosomiasis Vector Snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Genes, 2020
Biomphalaria glabrata is a freshwater Planorbidae snail. In its environment, this mollusk faces numerous microorganisms or pathogens, and has developed sophisticated innate immune mechanisms to survive.
D. Lassalle, G. Tetreau, Silvain Pinaud, R. Galinier, N. Crickmore, B. Gourbal, D. Duval   +6 more
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Competitive interactions between species of freshwater snails. I. Laboratory studies: Ib. Comparative studies of the dispersal and the vagility capabilities of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria straminea

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1984
Experiments reported in the current paper, carried out under semi-field conditions created in the laboratory, have shown that b. straminea has competitive superiority when compared with B. glabrata.
Frederico S. Barbosa, D. P. Pereira da Costa, F. Arruda   +2 more
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Biomphalaria straminea and other planorbids in the Dominican Republic

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1985
In addition to previous records of Biomphalaria glabrata in the Dominican Republic, the southern central communities of Haina Arriba and Boca Chica, in the National District, are reported as new localities for that species; other species collected were ...
W. A. Sodeman Junior, G. E. Rodrick, W. L. Paraense, M. Vargas de Gómez   +3 more
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Diagnóstico da esquistossomose mansônica mediante técnica de imunofluorescência com esporocistos em tecidos de planorbídeos Diagnosis of mansoni schistosomiasis by means of immunofluorescent technique using sporocysts in planorbid tissues

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1981
Propõe-se uma técnica de imunofluorescência para diagnóstico da esquistossomose mansônica, adotando-se tecidos de Biomphalaria glabrata contendo esporocistos secundários de Schistosoma mansoni.
Ana Maria Aparecida Guaraldo, Othon de Carvalho Bastos, Luiz Augusto Magalhães, Humberto de Araújo Rangel   +3 more
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New field observations on the competitive displacement between two species of planorbid snails inhabiting Northeastern Brasil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1981
Observations reported in the present paper have shown that Biomphalaria glabrata is being gradually displaced by B. straminea in coastal areas of two counties on the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, confirming former observations made in the same region ...
F. S. Barbosa, D. P. Pereira da Costa, F. Arruda   +2 more
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Esquistossomose mansônica autóctone no Distrito Federal, Brasil Autochthonous cases of schistosomiasis mansoni in the Federal District, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1979
Sete casos autóctones de esquistossomose mansônica são descritos no Distrito Federal (Brasil). Todos os casos são de crianças cujas idades variavam de 3 a 13 anos e que habitavam área suburbana da cidade de Planaltina.
Frederico Simões Barbosa, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Junior   +1 more
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