title: [A survey of Planorbidae in the state of São Paulo: the 8th Administrative Region (the greater São Jose do Rio Preto area)].
abstract: In order to know the distributional patterns of Basommatophoran snails in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), 85 "counties" in the area of S. José do Rio Preto were worked out during seven months (1982). Snails from 286 breeding places were collected and identified. Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host of S. mansoni, was found in four little ponds, in the neighbourhood of Altair and S. José do Rio Preto. It was concluded that schistosomiasis has little chance to spread out in the studied area.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Malacologia, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias (SUCEN), São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Elmor
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004463:Ecology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000469:parasitology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology
vernacular_title: Levantamento planorbídico do Estado de São Paulo: 8a região administrativa (grande área de São Jose do Rio Preto.