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Mattos,Aline Carvalho de; Boaventura,Maria Fernanda Furtado; Fernandez,Monica Ammon; Thiengo,Silvana Carvalho. |
A survey for freshwater gastropods carrying trematodes parasites was conducted in Manso Dam and the surrounding areas frequented by tourist, focusing particularly on the Pantanal region. Infected snails were recovered from twelve of the eighteen investigated municipalities and forty-one cercaria-snail pairings were recorded. Among these pairings were several first records of snails serving as intermediate hosts for trematodes in Brazil including Biomphalaria amazônica Paraense, 1966, Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981, Marisa planogyra Pilsbry, 1933, Pomacea maculata Perry, 1830, Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1835) and Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828). Echinostomatidae and Strigeidae were the most common trematode families (ca. 47%) and the... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Epidemiology; Cercariae; Biological diversity; Hydroelectric power plant; Pantanal. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032013000400034 |
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