Natural and experimental infection of planorbids from the Island of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
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Planorbid, Biomphalaria sp., Drepanotrema sp., Trematode, Cercariae, Furcocercariae, Infection, Schistosoma mansoni, SchistosomiasisAbstract
Studies on eight localities on the Island of Santa Catarina revealed the presence of three species of the molluscan family Planorbidae: Biomphalaria tenagophila, Drepanotrema cimex and Biomphalaria oligoza, the first one being naturally infected by Cercaria ocellifera, a furcocercaria with morphological characteristics of Cercaria caratinguensis, and by an unknown furcocercaria. Drepanotrema cimex was infected by a furcocercaria with characteristics of C. caratinguensis and by C. macrogranulosa. No natural infection was found in B. oligoza. B. tenagophila showed no susceptibility to the experimental infection by the BH-MG strain of Schistosoma mansoni from Belo Horizonte and maintained at laboratory in B. glabrata snails.Downloads
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1992-08-01
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Espídola, K. S., Machado, M. M., & Hofmann, P. R. P. (1992). Natural and experimental infection of planorbids from the Island of Santa Catarina (Brazil) . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 34(4), 289-294. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28935