Variation of snail's abundance in two water bodies harboring strains of Pseudosuccinea columella resistant and susceptible to Fasciola hepatica miracidial infection, in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 725-727

  Gutiérrez, Alfredo ^a   Hernandez, Dagmar F ^b   Sánchez, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cuba; Diversity; Fasciola hepatica; Freshwater snails; Lymnaeidae; Pseudosuccinea columella; Resistance; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FOSSARIA CUBENSIS; GASTROPODA; HEMISINUS CUBANIANUS; LYMNAEIDAE; PHYSELLA CUBENSIS; PSEUDOSUCCINEA COLUMELLA; TAREBIA GRANIFERA; THIARIDAE;

EID: 31544450555     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000700007     Document Type: Article

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