Transmission control of schistosomiasis mansoni by introduction of a resistant strain of Biomphalaria tenagophila in areas where transmission is maintained by this …

PMZ Coelho, FM Rosa, E Maciel, DA Negrão-Correa… - Acta tropica, 2008 - Elsevier
Biomphalaria tenagophila Taim lineage has proved to be consistently resistant to
Schistosoma mansoni. Several published works have shown that this resistance is due to …

Schistosoma mansoni in Susceptible and Resistant Snail Strains Biomphalaria tenagophila: In Vivo Tissue Response and In Vitro Hemocyte Interactions

R Nacif-Pimenta, ACA Mattos, AS Orfanó, L Barbosa… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that is highly prevalent, especially in developing
countries. Biomphalaria tenagophila is an important invertebrate host of Schistosoma …

[HTML][HTML] Biomphalaria tenagophila: dominant character of the resistance to Schistosoma mansoni in descendants of crossbreedings between resistant (Taim, RS) and …

FM Rosa, ALB Godard, V Azevedo… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of the present work was to study parasitological, molecular, and genetic aspects in
descendants of crossbreedings between a totally resistant Biomphalaria tenagophila strain …

Resistance to Schistosoma mansoni by transplantation of APO Biomphalaria tenagophila

L Barbosa, RL Caldeira, OS Carvalho… - Parasite …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Transplantation of the haematopoietic organ from Biomphalaria tenagophila (Taim strain,
RS, Brazil), resistant to Schistosoma mansoni, to a highly susceptible strain (Cabo Frio, RJ …

Biomphalaria tenagophila/Schistosoma mansoni interaction: premises for a new approach to biological control of schistosomiasis

PMZ Coelho, OS Carvalho, ZA Andrade… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
Biomphalaria tenagophila is very important for schistosomiasis transmission in Brazil.
However its mechanisms of interaction with Schistosoma mansoni are still scantly studied …

Reduced Susceptibility of a Biomphalaria tenagophila Population to Schistosoma mansoni after Introducing the Resistant Taim/RS Strain of B. tenagophila into …

DPA Marques, FM Rosa, E Maciel, D Negrão-Corrêa… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Studies performed in the last 30 years demonstrated that a strain of B. tenagophila from the
Taim Biological Reserve is completely resistant to Schistosoma mansoni infection. This …

Identification of a genetic marker associated with the resistance to Schistosoma mansoni infection using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

AHZ Abdel-Hamid, SM Rawi, AF Arafa - Memórias do Instituto …, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
In schistosomiasis, the host/parasite interaction remains not completely understood. Many
questions related to the susceptibility of snails to infection by respective trematode still …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic analysis of Biomphalaria tenagophila (Orbigny, 1835)(Mollusca: Gastropoda)

LK Jannotti-Passos, JC Ruiz, RL Caldeira… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Mitochondrial DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila, a mollusc intermediate host of
Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil, was sequenced and characterised. The genome size found …

Biomphalaria tenagophila: dynamics of populations of resistant and susceptible strains to Schistosoma mansoni, with or without pressure of the parasite

FM Rosa, ALB Godard, D Negrão-Correa… - Memorias Do Instituto …, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
Resistant (Taim, RS) and susceptible albino (Joinville, SC) Biomphalaria tenagophila
populations were kept together, at different proportions, throughout a 18-month-period …

Molecular studies in Brazilian malacology: Tools, trends and perspectives

THDA Vidigal, D Coscarelli, LC Montresor - 2013 - arca.fiocruz.br
The use of molecular tools in Brazilian malacological studies was analyzed. We searched
for these molecular tools by screening the annals of malacological events in Brazil and Latin …