A Laboratory-based Approach to Biological Control of Snails

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 661-662

  Lewis, Fred A ^a   Knight, Matty ^a   Richards, Charles S ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Biomphalaria glabrata; Genetic susceptibility; Resistance; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Snails; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0031219185     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000500019     Document Type: Article

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