Natural and experimental infection of planorbids from the Island of Santa Catarina (Brazil) Infecção natural e experimental de Planorbídeos da Ilha de Santa Catarina (Brasil)

Studies on eight localities on the Island of Santa Catarina revealed the presence of three species of the molluscan family Planorbidae: Biomphalaria tenagophila, Drepanotrema cimex and Biomphalaria oligoza, the first one being naturally infected by Cercaria ocellifera, a furcocercaria with morpholog...

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Main Authors: Karen Schmidt Espídola, Maria Marques Machado, Paulo Roberto Petersen Hofmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1992-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651992000400004