Freshwater snails and Schistosomiasis mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: III - Baixadas Mesoregion
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(suppl.1): 43-46, Oct. 2002. mapas, tab
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RESUMO
In this paper, the third 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 Mesoregion Baixadas from 2000 to 2002 are presented. Twenty-two species, belonging to seven families, were found. As to the snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, the most frequent species was Biomphalaria tenagophila besides some new findings of Biomphalaria straminea. No specimens were found harboring larval forms of S. mansoni although different kinds of cercariae had been observed
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Main subject:
Schistosoma mansoni
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Snails
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Biomphalaria
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Disease Vectors
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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Congress and conference
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fiocruz/BR
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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