Malacological survey of Biomphalaria snails in municipalities along the Estrada Real in the southeast of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá, Adalberto Mitterofhe, Milton Ferreira de Castro, Adilson da Costa Lima, Murilo Gonçalves, Izabella de Oliveira Pinheiro, Corina da Costa Freitas, Ricardo José Paula de Souza e Guimarães, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Elaine Soares Coimbra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
• Subjects: Biomphalaria; Esquistossomose; Estrada Real; Turismo; Ecoturismo; Distribuição espacial; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Estrada
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822011005000005; https://doaj.org/article/48fee76ebcdb4721a18c19a10658beba

INTRODUCTION: The increasing practice of ecotourism and rural tourism in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, highlights the importance of studies concerning the occurrence of potential intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni. This study aimed to identify species of Biomphalaria snails in municipali...