The susceptibility of the Biomphalaria tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835) from Itajubá, Minas Gerais to injection by strain "LE" of the Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon, 1907) from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Authors

  • Omar dos Santos Carvalho FIOCRUZ; Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou
  • Roberto Milward-de-Andrade Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Departamento de Parasitologia
  • Cecília Pereira de Souza FIOCRUZ; Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101979000100003

Keywords:

Schistosomiasis, Biomphalaria tenagophila^i2^sexperimental infect, Biomphalaria glabrata, Schistosoma mansoni

Abstract

Descendents of Biomphalaria tenagophila from Minas Gerais, Brazil were experimentally infected with the Schistosoma mansoni. B. glabrata from Belo Horizonte was used as control. The "LE" strain of S. mansoni used in both cases was isolated in Belo Horizonte. B. tenagophila from Itajubá was shown, for the first time, to be susceptible to the strain of S. mansoni adapted to B. glabrata from Belo Horizonte. A 3.3% infection rate was observed, i.e., 5 of the 149 specimen which survived until the end of the experiment were infected.

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Published

1979-03-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (1979)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Carvalho, O. dos S., Milward-de-Andrade, R., & Souza, C. P. de. (1979). The susceptibility of the Biomphalaria tenagophila (d’Orbigny, 1835) from Itajubá, Minas Gerais to injection by strain "LE" of the Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon, 1907) from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 13(1), 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101979000100003