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Schistosoma rodhaini: dynamics and cercarial production for mono- and pluri-miracidial infections of Biomphalaria glabrata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

R. Touassem  and
A. Théron
R. Touassem
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, UA 698 CNRS, Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie tropicale et méditerranéenne, Université, Av. de Villeneuve, Perpignan 66025 Cedex, France
A. Théron
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, UA 698 CNRS, Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie tropicale et méditerranéenne, Université, Av. de Villeneuve, Perpignan 66025 Cedex, France
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Abstract

No significant difference in cercarial production was noted when Biomphalaria glabrata from Brazil were exposed to one or several miracidia of Schistosoma rodhaini from Burundi, even though the dynamics seemed different. The minor differences can be explained by the intramolluscal larval development of this parasite characterized by the production of a high number of daughter sporocysts over a long period.

Keywords

Schistosoma rodhainiBiomphalaria glabratamonomiracidial infectionsplurimiracidial infectionscercarial productiondynamics
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 79 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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