MORPHOLOGY OF BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA HEMOCYTES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH MIRACIDIUM OF SHISTOSOMA MANSONI

Schistosomiasis is the second most common parasitic cause of death, after malaria. Biomphalaria glabrata is a fresh water snail with medical importance since it is the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, an agent of schistosomiasis. The internal defense system of B. glabrata snails is mostly r...

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Main Authors: ‎A. Farahnak, H. Ghobadi F. Bagheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2005-06-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2994

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