Studies on a small collection of planorbid snails from southern south America

Snails belonging to Biomphalaria genus were collected from some regions of Southern South America as follows: Resistencia, province of Chaco, Argentina; Assumpcion, Paraguay; Department of Maldonado of Caneloni, Uruguay; and Pôrto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The material was classified as Bio...

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Published inRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 3; no. 5; pp. 265 - 267
Main Authors Barbosa, Frederico S., Mello, Dalva A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rio de Janeiro Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 1969
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Summary:Snails belonging to Biomphalaria genus were collected from some regions of Southern South America as follows: Resistencia, province of Chaco, Argentina; Assumpcion, Paraguay; Department of Maldonado of Caneloni, Uruguay; and Pôrto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The material was classified as Biomphalaria peregrina (Orbigny) twice from Uruguay and once in Brazil; B. tenagophila (Orbigny), from Argentina and Brazil; and B. straminea (Dunker) in Paraguay. Negative results were obtained from the exposition of the abone refered snail specimens to miracidia of S. mansoni from Pernambuco, Brazil. Caramujos do gênero Biomphalaria (Planorbidae) foram coletados ao sul da América do Sul, nos seguintes locais: Resistência, província do Chaco, Argentina; Assunção, capital do Paraguai; províncias de Maldonado e de Caneloni, Uruguai; e Pôrto Alegre, capital do estad do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. O material foi classificado como se segue: Biomphalaria peregrina (Orbigny)i, duas coletas no Uruguai e uma no Brasil; B. tenagophila (Orbigny), na Argentina e no Brasil; e B. straminea (Dunker), no Paraguai. Resultaram negativas tôdas as tentativas feitas em laboratório para infectar as espécies acima mencionadas com a cêpa de Schistosoma mansoni de Pernambuco.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
0037-8682
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/S0037-86821969000500006