Article
Susceptibility of Biomphalaria spp. to infection with Schistosoma mansoni in sympatric and allopatric combinations with observations on the genetic variability between snails.
Veterinary parasitology - 25 Aug 2011
Mostafa Osama M S, El-Dafrawy Shadia M
Abstract excerpt
This investigation was carried out to study the susceptibility of Saudi Biomphalaria arabica to Egyptian Schistosoma mansoni in comparison with the susceptibility of Egyptian Biomphalaria alexandrina to the same parasite. This was in order to know the possibility that the parasite might be able to spread into Saudi Arabia and to determine the genetic variability between Egyptian B. alexandrina and Saudi...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomphalaria
- DNA
- Demography
- Egypt
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Saudi Arabia
- Schistosoma mansoni