Biomphalaria tenagophila: dynamics of populations of resistant and susceptible strains to Schistosoma mansoni, with or without pressure of the parasite

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 101 Suppl 1; no. suppl 1; pp. 247 - 251
• Main Authors: Rosa, Florence Mara, Godard, Ana Lúcia Brunialti, Negrão-Correa, Deborah, Rodrigues, Horácio Antonio, Carvalho, Omar Dos Santos, Caldeira, Roberta Lima, Teles, Horácio Manoel Santana, Maciel, Engels, Jannotti-Passos, Liana Konovaloff, Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 01.10.2006; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
• Subjects: Animals; Biomphalaria - genetics; Biomphalaria - parasitology; Biomphalaria tenagophila; Breeding - methods; Crosses, Genetic; Disease Vectors; dynamics of populations; Genes, Dominant - genetics; Host-Parasite Interactions - genetics; PARASITOLOGY; Population Dynamics; resistant and susceptible strains; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma mansoni - physiology; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Schistosoma mansoni; Biomphalaria tenagophila; resistant and susceptible strains; dynamics of populations

Resistant (Taim, RS) and susceptible albino (Joinville, SC) Biomphalaria tenagophila populations were kept together, at different proportions, throughout a 18-month-period. Some of the snail groups were submitted to Schistosoma mansoni infection. The targets of this study were (a) to analyze the pop...