Differences in Brazilian strains of Schistosoma mansoni evaluated by means of morphometric analysis of cercariae of both sexes

Morphometrics of Brazilian strains (BH, SJ and CMO) of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae were obtained with a computerized image analyzer (IMAGE PRO PLUS, MEDIA CYBERNETICS), considering the following characters: body area, tail, furcae, oral and ventral suckers and distance between them. For statistica...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Machado-Silva, Cléber Hooper da Silva, Mário José dos Santos Pereira, Regina Maria Figueiredo de Oliveira, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2000-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000600015