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An efficient method for breeding Biomphalaria tenagophila (Taim lineage/RS) was developed over a 5-year-period (2005-2010). Special facilities were provided which consisted of four cement tanks (9.4 x 0.6 x 0.22 m), with their bottom covered with a layer of sterilized red earth and calcium carbonate.
Rosa, Florence Mara +7 more
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Susceptibility of Argentinean Biomphalaria tenagophila and Biomphalaria straminea to infection by Schistosoma mansoni and the possibility of geographic expansion of mansoni schistosomiasis [PDF]
Human migration and the presence of natural vectors (mollusks) of Schistosoma mansoni are the primary causes of the expansion of mansoni schistosomiasis into southern areas of South America. Water conditions are favorable for the expansion of this disease because of the extensive hydrographic network, which includes the basins of the Paraná and Uruguay
Simoes, Luciana Franceschi +6 more
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Com o objetivo de conhecer a distribuição dos planorbídeos na sexta Região Administrativa do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, com sede na cidade de Ribeirão Preto, foram realizadas, durante sete meses, coletas de moluscos em ambientes hídricos de toda área ...
Jorge Faria Vaz +5 more
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[Competitive behavior of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria tenagophila--laboratory studies].
Observation about cohabitation among B. glabrata and B. tenagophila revealed a greater vulnerability of B. tenagophila population during the process of competition when its density was severely decreased in 12 trials, moderate in 2 trials. It was higher than B. glabrata in only one trial.
M B, dos Santos +3 more
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Biomphalaria tenagophila feeding behavior [PDF]
Santos, Mairy Barbosa Loureiro dos +1 more
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Lectins/carbohydrate binding can be involved in the Schistosoma mansoni recognition and activation of the Biomphalaria hemocytes. Therefore, expression of lectin ligands on Biomphalaria hemocytes would be associated with snail resistance against S ...
RL Martins-Souza +5 more
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Lectin-carbohydrate binding may be involved in the recognition of Schistosoma mansoni sporocysts by haemocytes of Biomphalaria; therefore, we tested if this interaction is associated with snail resistance against Schistosoma infection.
Raquel Lopes Martins-Souza +6 more
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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 +2 more
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Os conhecimentos sobre a distribuição geográfica das espécies dos caramujos transmissores de Schistosoma mansoni são importantes para o controle e vigilância epidemiológica da esquistossomose mansônica. O estudo da situação no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil,
Horacio Manuel Santana Teles
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Biomphalaria molluscs (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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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