[Susceptibility of Biomphalaria glabrata to Schistosoma mansoni from Venezuela and Brazil].
Schistosoma mansoni partially develops its life cycle into snails of the Family Planorbid. Biomphalaria glabrata represents an important host-intermediate. This paper reports experimental infection with miracidia vs. snail in sympatric and parapatric combination. The infection assay to sympatric combination were: BH snail (Belo Horizonte, Brasil) vs. a common geographic origin parasite, and Barbula, Carabobo State, Venezuela vs. SM Venezuela parasitic. The parapatric combination were: BH snail vs. SM; Barbula vs. BH; Caripe Monagas State, Venezuela vs. SM and Caripe vs. SM. During the study period was observed not miracid penetration. The infection percentage ranged from 88.89% in Barbula vs. SM combination to 0.00% in the Caripe vs. BH and BH vs. SM combination. We concluded which different existence of susceptibility from evaluated combination.
Moreno Alvarez
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Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Laboratorio de Biomoléculas, Canoabo, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela. morenoalvarez@latinmail.com
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D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D051379:Mice; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000502:physiology*; D014687:Venezuela