First report on the presence of Biomphalaria straminea in the municipality of Jaboticatubas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(suppl.1): 27-29, Oct. 2002. tab
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RESUMO
This is the first report on occurrence of Biomphalaria straminea in the district of Säo José de Almeida (municipality of Jaboticatubas) State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The presence of B. glabrata and B. tenagophila had already been reported in this area. Such municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte and comprises 60 percent of the Tourist Complex of Serra do Cipó. Since the 1950s throughout the 1990s, a schistosomiasis prevalence ranging from 15 to 40 percent has been observed. Although no B. straminea specimen has been found naturally infected in the region, descendants of these snails collected in the area, showed to be experimentally susceptible to Schistosoma mansoni infection reaching rates from 14.6 to 28.6 percent. Even not being found naturally infected, in the State of Minas Gerais, the possibility that the species B. straminea may keep endemicity foci of schistosomiasis should be regarded, as in the Northeastern region of Brazil where the high density of this planorbid and the social-economic and sanitary conditions enable to the transmission
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Asunto principal:
Schistosoma mansoni
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Biomphalaria
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Esquistosomiasis mansoni
Tipo de estudio:
Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Animales
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Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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Congreso y conferencia
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Fiocruz/BR
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