Differences in Brazilian Strains of Schistosoma mansoni Evaluated by Means of Morphometric Analysis of Cercariae of Both Sexes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 839-842

  Machado Silva, José Roberto ^a   Da Silva, Cléber Hooper ^a   Dos Santos Pereira, Mário José ^b   De Oliveira, Regina Maria Figueiredo ^a   Pinto, Roberto Magalhães ^c   Gomes, Delir Corrêa ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Inst Biol Roberto Alcantara Gomes   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cercariae; Morphometrics; Schistosoma mansoni; Strains

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034323459     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000600015     Document Type: Article

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