Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease of domestic ruminants that occurs worldwide. The lymnaeid intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica include Lymnaea columella, which is widely distributed in Brazil. A colony of L. columella from Belo Horizonte, MG, was reared in our laboratory to be used in studies...

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Main Authors: Souza Cecília Pereira de, Magalhães Kelly Grace, Passos Liana Konovaloff Jannotti, Santos Glaucia Cristina Pereira dos, Ribeiro Fabio, Katz Naftale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000300023