Contribution to the histology of Biomphalaria glabrata Contribuição à histologia da Biomphalaria glabrata

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Author: Queli Teixeira Lemos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1999
• Subjects: Biomphalaria glabrata; Histologia; Pigmentos; Histology; Pigments; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Cora; Ferro; Sirius; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821999000400002; https://doaj.org/article/35d22378d25e4cf9b5ebe2927088f7eb

A combination of histological techniques applied to the study of Biomphalaria glabrata yielded some interesting new data about the histology of this snail, a major intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil. Three kinds of pigments were identified: a dark pigment which bleached following oxi...