The South-American distribution and southernmost record of Biomphalaria peregrina—a potential intermediate host of schistosomiasis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Schistosomiasis remains a major parasitic disease, endemic in large parts of South America. Five neotropical species of Biomphalaria have been found to act as intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in natural populations, while others have been shown ...
Alejandra Rumi +2 more
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Characterization of Biomphalaria orbignyi, Biomphalaria peregrina and Biomphalaria oligoza by polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme digestion of the internal transcribed spacer region of the RNA ribosomal gene [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000 The correct identification of Biomphalaria oligoza, B. orbignyi and B. peregrina species is difficult due to the morphological similarities among them. B. peregrina is widely distributed in South America and is considered a potential intermediate host of
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Resistência de Biomphalaria peregrina de Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, a infecção com três cepas de Schistosoma mansoni Resistance of Biomphalaria peregrina from Santa Rita do Sapucaí, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to infection with strain of Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1988 Descendentes do planorbídeo Biomphalaria peregrina, coletados em Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brasil, foram expostos a miracídios de três cepas de Schistosoma mansoni: "LE" de Belo Horizonte, MG; "SJ" de São José dos Campos, SP e "AL" do Estado ...
Cecília Pereira de Souza +2 more
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Effects of droughts on the larval digenean assemblage that parasitizes the snail Biomphalaria peregrina (Planorbidae): a 4-year study in a temporary pond from Argentina [PDF]
Parasitology Research, 2021 Temporary ponds are ecologically valuable habitats and useful sites for studies of diversity, ecology, evolution, and climate change. Organisms inhabiting these environments have developed strategies to ensure their survival.
Etchegoin, Jorge Alejandro +2 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 [PDF]
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 +9 more
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Characterization of South American Snails of the Genus Biomphalaria (Basommatophora: Planorbidae) and Schistosoma mansoni (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) in Molluscs by PCR-RFLP. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2016 The identification of snails of the genus Biomphalaria can be done using morphological characteristics which depends on the size of the snails and skill and knowledge of researcher.
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Use of indicator kriging to investigate schistosomiasis in minas gerais state, Brazil. [PDF]
J Trop Med, 2012 Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are composed of useful tools to map and to model the spatial distribution of events that have geographic importance as schistosomiasis. This paper is a review of the use the indicator kriging, implemented on the Georeferenced Information Processing System (SPRING) to make inferences about the prevalence of ...
Guimarães RJ +7 more
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Freshwater snails and Schistosomiasis mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: II - Centro Fluminense Mesoregion [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002 During the course of a survey carried out from 2000 to 2001 in the Centro Fluminense Mesoregion of the State of Rio de Janeiro 22 molluscan species were found. Many of the records are new due to the dearth of previous studies.
Silvana C Thiengo +4 more
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Mollusks (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) of the Multiple-Use Reserve Martín García Island, Río de la Plata River: biodiversity and ecology Moluscos (Gastropoda e Bivalvia) da Reserva Natural de Usos Múltiplos Ilha Martín García, Rio de La Plata: biodiversidade e ecologia [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2012 The Island of Martin Garcia is located in the Upper Río de la Plata, to the south of mouth the Uruguay River. The aim of the present study was to analyse the biodiversity of the island freshwater mollusks and their relationships to environmental ...
II César, SM Martín, A Rumi, M Tassara
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Selective foraging by non-native rainbow trout on invertebrates in Patagonian streams in Argentina. [PDF]
Zool Stud, 2015 Background It is well known that fish predation alters ecosystem processes by top-down effects. Salmonids are described as aggressive, visually and size-selective predators. Thus, prey selection by the non-native rainbow trout was examined on a seasonal
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