Schistosoma mansoni Sambon, 1907: comparative morphologica studies of some Brazilian strains Schistosoma mansoni Sambon, 1907: estudos comparativos da morfologia de algumas cepas brasileiras

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: José Roberto Machado-Silva, Cleber Galvão, Regina Maria Figueiredo de Oliveira, Octavio Augusto França Presgrave, Delir Corrêa Gomes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1995
• Subjects: Schistosoma mansoni; Morphometrics; Nectomys squamipes; albino mouse; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Albinos; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651995000500010; https://doaj.org/article/d214a64a549a4b55ab256767422e8bab

The morphology of Schistosoma mansoni adult male worms from three strains which have been maintained in albino mice for several generations, was compared to a strain that has been isolated from the natural host Nectomys squamipes (Rodentia: Muridae) captured in Sumidouro (Rio de Janeiro State) and h...