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Susceptibilities of Various Snail Intermediate Hosts of Schistosoma mansoni to Different Strains of the Parasite*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M.F.A. Saoud
M.F.A. Saoud
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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In the past two decades, considerable evidence has accumulated in the literature about the differences in the susceptibility of various intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni to different strains of the parasite. Comprehensive studies on this aspect of host-parasite relationship have been published by Files & Cram (1949), Abdel-Malek (1950) and Files (1951). The results of more recent studies have been reported by Wright (1962) and Saoud (1964).

In the present paper, the writer has studied the susceptibility of four intermediate hosts of S. mansoni from Brazil, Puerto Rico, Egypt and Tanganyika to some strains of the parasite.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , December 1965 , pp. 363 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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