ITS2 variability of Biomphalaria (Mollusca, Planorbidae) species from the Paranapanema Valley (São Paulo State, Brazil): diversity patterns, population structure, and phylogenetic relationships [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2007 The ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) has been shown to be a useful genetic marker for species identification and phylogenetic reconstruction in the genus of freshwater snails Biomphalaria (Preston 1910).
Roseli Tuan, Priscila dos Santos
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The life cycle of Zygocotyle lunata (Trematoda, Paramphistomoidea) in the subtropical region of South America [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 The life cycle of the trematode Zygocotyle lunata (Diesing, 1836) is studied, beginning with cercariae from naturally infected Biomphalaria peregrina (d’Orbigny, 1835) and B.
Margarita Ostrowski de Núñez +2 more
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Mollusk communities differ between microenvironments within a shallow lake in the Pampean Region, Argentina [PDF]
Ecología Austral, 2018 The aim of this study is to compare the faunistic mollusk composition at a local scale, in different sites within a shallow lake, and to evaluate the relation between abundance and richness of mollusks and the environmental variables.
Eleonor Tietze +2 more
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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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Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae and Physidae of Ecuador (Mollusca: Basommatophora)
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004 In the course of a trip to Ecuador I had the opportunity of collecting topotypic specimens of the following nominal species of pulmonate molluscs: Biomphalaria cousini Paraense, 1966; Planorbis equatorius Cousin, 1887; P.
W Lobato Paraense
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Cercariae (Digenea: Strigeidae, Diplostomidae) in Biomphalaria straminea (Planorbidae) from a rice field in Northeastern Argentina [PDF]
, 2017 The rice fields can provide habitats for many species of aquatic invertebrates, as insects, molluscs, crustaceans; and vertebrates, as fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds, which may act as hosts in the life cycles of digenean parasites. In this context,
Fernández, María Virginia +1 more
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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 +3 more
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Biomphalaria molluscs (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 The present study was aimed at characterising Biomphalaria species using both morphological and molecular (PCR-RFLP) approaches. The specimens were collected in 15 localities in 12 municipalities of the southern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul ...
Michele Soares Pepe +7 more
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Holocene continental molluscan fauna (Pampean region, Argentina) [PDF]
, 2014 In this study the molluscan fauna recovered from six archaeological sites of the Interserrana Bonaerense area is analyzed. Three geographical sectors were studied in this area: I) Middle river basin of Quequén Grande river; II) Southwest of the ...
Aguirre, Marina Laura +2 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002 In Colombia, five Biomphalaria planorbid species are known: B. kuhniana, B. straminea, B. peregrina, B. canonica and B. oligoza(var. B. philippiana). Among them, B. straminea is intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni and B.
Luz E Velásquez +3 more
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