Unsusceptibility of Biomphalaria occidentalis to infection with a strain of Schistosoma mansoni
Susceptibility experiments with 1582 specimens of Biomphalaria occidentalis, 3-6 mm in shell diameter, from 10 localities of the states of Mato Groso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná and São Paulo, exposed individually to 5 miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni (SJ2 strain), gave negative results. B. tenagoph...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
1982-03-01
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| Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761982000100006 |