Author | Thiengo, Silvana C. | |
Author | Fernandez, Monica A. | |
Author | Boaventura, M. Fernanda | |
Author | Santos, Sonia B. | |
Author | Mattos, Aline C. | |
Access date | 2019-07-16T10:43:14Z | |
Available date | 2019-07-16T10:43:14Z | |
Document date | 2002 | |
Citation | THIENGO, Silvana C. et al. Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: II - Centro Fluminense Mesoregion. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 97, n. 5, p. 621-626, July 2002. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/34122 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | |
Subject in Portuguese | Esquistossomose mansoni | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Cercariae | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Hospedeiros intermediários | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Rio de Janeiro | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
Title | Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: II - Centro Fluminense Mesoregion | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500004 | pt_BR |
Abstract | During the course of a survey carried out from 2000 to 2001 in the Centro Fluminense Mesoregion of the State of Rio de Janeiro 22 molluscan species were found. Many of the records are new due to the dearth of previous studies. Concerning the snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, the most frequently encountered species was Biomphalaria tenagophila, as it occurred in all the surveyed municipalities. There are new records of Biomphalaria straminea and Biomphalaria peregrina which is regarded as a potential intermediate host. Drepanotrema lucidum and Antillorbis nordestensis were found to be shedding echinostome cercariae and strigid cercariae respectively. An account about the current schistosomiasis transmission sites in this Mesoregion is presented as well. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes. Laboratório de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Schistosomiasis mansoni | pt_BR |
Subject | Intermediate hosts | pt_BR |
Subject | Cercariae | pt_BR |
Subject | Rio de Janeiro | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |