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Susceptibility of Some Planorbid Snails to Infection with Schistosoma rodhaini from Kenya*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. F. A. Saoud
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

1. Biomphalaria p. nairobiensis, B. p. ruppelli and B. s. tanganyicensis have been found to be moderately susceptible to S. rodhaini from Kenya. A. glabratus from Puerto Rico is partially susceptible to the parasite. However, B. s. sudanica, B. dlexandrina, A. glabratus (Puerto Rico, albino strain) are refractory to infection with the same parasite from Kenya.

2. The present results together with those of some previous investigators suggest the existence of geographical strains of S. rodhaini.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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