Resistance of Biomphalaria occidentalis from Varzea das Flores Dam, Minas Gerais, to Schistosoma mansoni Infection Detected by Low Stringency Polymerase Chain Reaction

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 381-383

  Pereira De Souza, Cecilia ^a   Jannotti Passos, Liana K ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria occidentalis; Minas Gerais; Resistance; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; DNA, HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035316079     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000300017     Document Type: Article

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