Distribution of schistosome genetic diversity within molluscan intermediate hosts.

doi:10.1017/s0031182000064970

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Distribution of schistosome genetic diversity within molluscan intermediate hosts.

Parasitology - 1 Aug 1995

Minchella D J, Sollenberger K M, Pereira de Souza C

Abstract excerpt

Naturally infected Biomphalaria glabrata snails were collected at two sites near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae isolated from single snails were used to infect individual mice. Genetic comparison of single worm DNA was accomplished by hybridization of Southern blots to...

Topics

Animals
Biomphalaria
Blotting, Southern
Brazil
DNA, Helminth
Female
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Male
Mice
Polymorphism, Genetic
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Schistosoma mansoni

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