Susceptibility of Argentinean Biomphalaria tenagophila and Biomphalaria straminea to infection by Schistosoma mansoni and the possibility of geographic expansion of mansoni schistosomiasis

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Luciana Franceschi Simoes, Eliana Anunciato Franco Camargo, Leticia Duart Bastos, Maria Francisca Neves, Jose Ferreira de Carvalho, Luiz Augusto Magalhaes, Eliana Maria Zanotti-Magalhaes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: Schistosomiasis; Biomphalaria; Susceptibility; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Argentina; Uruguay; Lucía; Atalaya
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0131-2013; https://doaj.org/article/0b36ed1876484558bdc137b284596d2f

Introduction Human migration and the presence of natural vectors (mollusks) of Schistosoma mansoni are the primary causes of the expansion of mansoni schistosomiasis into southern areas of South America. Water conditions are favorable for the expansion of this disease because of the extensive hydrog...