Molecular evidence supports an African affinity of the Neotropical freshwater gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata, Say 1818, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1460, 2000, Pages 2351-2358

  Campbell, G ^a   Jones, C S ^a   Lockyer, A E ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Brown, D ^a   Noble, L R ^a   Rollinson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African and Neotropical snails; Biomphalaria glabrata; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear ribosomal DNA; Phylogeny; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; HOST; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAIL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034619895     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1291     Document Type: Article

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