Molecular evidence supports an african affinity of the neotropical freshwater gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata, say 1818, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni.

Freshwater snails of the genus Biomphalaria, Preston 1910, are the most important and widely distributed intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, the blood fluke responsible for human intestinal schistosomiasis, in Africa and the Neotropics. S. mansoni is thought to have been imported repeatedly i...

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Main Authors: Campbell, G, Jones, C S, Lockyer, A E, Hughes, S, Brown, D, Noble, L R, Rollinson, D
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2000
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690836/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11133023
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