Rev. Saúde Pública 2006;13(1):20-25
The susceptibility of the Biomphalaria tenagophila (d’Orbigny, 1835) from Itajubá, Minas Gerais to injection by strain “LE” of the Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon, 1907) from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89101979000100003
Descendents of Biomphalaria tenagophila from Minas Gerais, Brazil were experimentally infected with the Schistosoma mansoni. B. glabrata from Belo Horizonte was used as control. The “LE” strain of S. mansoni used in both cases was isolated in Belo Horizonte. B. tenagophila from Itajubá was shown, for the first time, to be susceptible to the strain of S. mansoni adapted to B. glabrata from Belo Horizonte. A 3.3% infection rate was observed, i.e., 5 of the 149 specimen which survived until the end of the experiment were infected.
The susceptibility of the Biomphalaria tenagophila (d’Orbigny, 1835) from Itajubá, Minas Gerais to injection by strain “LE” of the Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon, 1907) from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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