Melanoides tuberculatus (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) as intermediate host of Heterophyidae (Trematoda: Digenea) in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil Melanoides tuberculatus (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) como hospedeiro intermediário de Heterophyidae (Trematoda: Digenea) na região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Tami Bogéa, Fernanda Martins Cordeiro, Janaína Silva de Gouveia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2005
• Subjects: Melanoides tuberculatus; Cercaria; Heterophyidae; Rio de Janeiro City; Parasitism; Biodiversity; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Nordeste; Sudeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000200005; https://doaj.org/article/c047b166a36240d5a51540f3232d5bcf

In the late 1960s, Melanoides tuberculatus snails were introduced in Brazil from North/East Africa and Southeast Asia. The first records of specimens infected with cercariae were registered in Rio de Janeiro State in 2001. The present study reports the occurrence of M. tuberculatus infected with lar...