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Genetic factors in susceptibility of Biomphalaria glabrata for different strains of Schistosoma mansoni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Charles S. Richards
Charles S. Richards
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
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Biomphalaria glabrata selected for genetic differences in susceptibility to infection with a Puerto Rican strain of Schistosoma mansoni were exposed to miracidia of a strain of S. mansoni from St Lucia. The St Lucian strain was less infective than the Puerto Rican. Results suggested that in snails susceptible to the Puerto Rican S. mansoni, differences in susceptibility to the St Lucian strain were determined by a single gene, with insusceptibility dominant.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 231 - 241
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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