Infection of neonatal Biomphalaria glabrata with the miracidia of Echinostoma caproni.
We used a Biomphalaria glabrata snail model for our studies and investigated the suitability of B. glabrata neonates, reared on a Nostoc sp. diet, for infection with Echinostoma caproni miracidia. We found that neonatal snails could become infected with E. caproni miracidia with 31 ± 11% standard error (SE) of our exposed snails containing rediae infections at 4 wk post-exposure (PE). However, the survival of exposed neonates was significantly (P < 0.05, Student's t-test) less than that of the unexposed controls at 1, 2, 3, and 4 wk PE.
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA.
Amanda E
AE
Balaban
Bernard
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Fried
D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology*; D004449:Echinostoma / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D046937:Nostoc / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors