Evaluation of molluscicidal activity of three mangrove species (Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora mangle) and their effects on the bioactivity of Biomphalaria glabrata Say, 1818

Evaluation of molluscicidal activity of three mangrove species (Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora mangle) and their effects on the bioactivity of Biomphalaria glabrata Say, 1818

ABSTRACT Schistosomiasis is a disease of global extent reaching populations in social vulnerability. One of the control measures of this parasitosis is the use of molluscicidal substances that can fight snails of the genus Biomphalaria, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni. The aim of this work...

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Main Authors: Renato Juvino de Aragão Mendes, Adalberto Alves Pereira Filho, Aline de Jesus Lustosa Nogueira, Karla Regina Freitas Araújo, Clícia Rosane Costa França, Iramar Borba de Carvalho, Natale Maria Lindoso da Silva, Alexandre Santana Azevedo, Ivone Garros Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis
Snails
Biomphalaria glabrata
Mangrove
Molluscicide
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