Transmission control of schistosomiasis mansoni by introduction of a resistant strain of Biomphalaria tenagophila in areas where transmission is maintained by this species

Acta Tropica

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech ^a,e   Rosa, Florence M ^b   Maciel, Engels ^c   Negrão Correa, Deborah A ^b   Carvalho, Omar S ^a   Caldeira, Roberta L ^a   Jannotti Passos, Liana K ^a   Moreira, Luciano A ^a   Oliveira, Guilherme C ^a   Teles, Horácio M S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Chácara Santa Inês ^*  (Brazil)

^d SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^e Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria tenagophila; Resistance; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis control; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCACIDE;

BREEDING; PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; CROSS BREEDING; HABITAT; HEMOLYMPH; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHAGOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 57049085651     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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