title: [Genetic selection of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria tenagophila seeking the alteration of the susceptibility and resistance to Schistosoma mansoni].
abstract: Generations of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria tenagophila selected genetically for resistance and susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni of strains BH and SJ were used in a study of the trematode adaptation to the intermediate host. Descendants of the planorbids were obtained by self-fertilization of the mollusks that became susceptible or resistant after exposure to the miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni. For Biomphalaria glabrata they were obtained from the following generations: Parental, F1S (Susceptible), F1R (Resistant), F2S and F2R. For Biomphalaria tenagophila the studied generations were: Parental, F1S, F1R and F50S. The comparison of the infection rates presented by the different generations showed that the increase in susceptibility was more easily obtained in both species. The difficulty in increasing the resistance of the mollusks to Schistosoma mansoni has important epidemiologic implications.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil. nadiazuim@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Nádia Regina Borim
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Zuim
authors.forename: Eliana Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zanotti-Magalhães
authors.forename: Luiz Augusto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Arício Xavier
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Linhares
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000235:genetics; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000502:physiology*; D012641:Selection, Genetic