| [a survey of planorbidae in the state of são paulo: the 8th administrative region (the greater são jose do rio preto area)]. | in order to know the distributional patterns of basommatophoran snails in the state of são paulo (brazil), 85 "counties" in the area of s. josé do rio preto were worked out during seven months (1982). snails from 286 breeding places were collected and identified. biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host of s. mansoni, was found in four little ponds, in the neighbourhood of altair and s. josé do rio preto. it was concluded that schistosomiasis has little chance to spread out in the studied ar ... | 1992 | 1342121 |
| [occurrence of schistosomiasis mansoni vectors on the northern coast of the state of são paulo, brazil]. | this article comments on the detection of biomphalaria tenagophila (d'orbigny, 1835) infected with schistosoma mansoni sambon, 1907 in caraguatatuba and the introduction of biomphalaria straminea (dunker, 1848) in ilha bela, two municipalities on the northern coast of the state of são paulo, brazil. infected snails were collected from a ditch located in the olaria district. b. straminea and b. tenagophila were living in syntopy in a stream situated in barra velha. such epidemiological findings i ... | 2004 | 14999356 |
| [geographic distribution of schistosoma mansoni transmitter snail species in state of são paulo]. | a thorough knowledge of the geographic distribution of schistosoma mansoni vector snails is indispensable for the control of schistosoma mansoni schistosomiasis and its epidemiologic surveillance. from the water masses of the state of são paulo (brazil) 8,771 lots of snails--total of 108,244 individuals of the genus biomphalaria--were captured between 1982 and 2002. these specimens are now part of the malacological collection of (superintendência de controle de endemias--são paulo). according to ... | 2005 | 16172761 |