Schistosoma rodhaini: dynamics and cercarial production for mono- and pluri-miracidial infections of Biomphalaria glabrata.
No significant difference in cercarial production was noted when Biomphalaria glabrata from Brazil were exposed to one or several miracidia of Schistosoma rodhaini from Burundi, even though the dynamics seemed different. The minor differences can be explained by the intramolluscal larval development of this parasite characterized by the production of a high number of daughter sporocysts over a long period.
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Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, UA 698 CNRS, Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie tropicale et méditerranéenne, Université, Perpignan, France.
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D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology*; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000254:growth & development*