The effects of population density on growth and reproduction of
Biomphalaria glabrata (Say) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata).
(1995) in Schistosoma mansoni in
Biomphalaria tenagophila and B.
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa,
Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails are freshwater intermediate hosts for Schistosoma mansoni blood flukes, which cause intestinal schistosomiasis (1).
Structure of the extracellular hemoglobin of
Biomphalaria glabrata.
These included Bithynia siamensis of the family Bithyniidae [47] and array of other snail genera like
Biomphalaria, Bulinus, Ceratophallus, Gabbiella, Gyraulus, and Melanoides [27].
Data in Table 1 contain a comparison of the shrimp-deduced proteins with the homologous proteins from other marine invertebrates, including crustaceans as the copepods Tigriopus californicus and Lepeophtheirus salmonis, the crayfish Marsupenaeus japonicus, the water flea Daphnia pulex, the crab Eriocheir sinensis, and several species of molluscs (Lingula anatina, Crassostrea gigas,
Biomphalaria glabrata, and Aplysia californica).
Total protein composition of young and adult
Biomphalaria alexandrina snails with different compatibilities to Schistosoma mansoni infection
on
Biomphalaria glabrata Say, 1818, resulting from the action of the saponins of these plants (SILVA et al., 2008).
mansoni (BH strain Belo Horizonte, Brazil) worms were maintained in
Biomphalaria glabrata snails as intermediate hosts and Mesocricetus auratus hamsters as definitive host at the Adolfo Lutz Institute (Sao Paulo, Brazil), according to standard procedures previously described (de Moraes et al.
Hematoporphrin was even found to be effective against the snail,
Biomphalaria alexandrina (ElHommossany et al.