An ecological field study of the water-rat Nectomys squamipes as a wild reservoir indicator of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in an endemic area

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Gentile, Rosana ^a   Costa Neto, Sócrates F ^a   Gonçalves, Margareth M L ^b   Bonecker, Simone T ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A ^c   Garcia, Juberlan S ^a   Barreto, Magali G M ^a   Soares, Marisa S ^a   D'Andrea, Paulo S ^a   Peralta, José M ^b   Rey, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic methods; Population ecology; Rodents; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33846414732     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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