First register of Biomphalaria straminea Dunker, 1848, in Santa Catarina State

Ferrari, Andréa do Amaral; Hofmann, Paulo Roberto Petersen

doi:10.1590/S0036-46651992000100006

Abstracts

The first register of Biomphalaria straminea, vector species of schistosomiasis, in Santa Catarina State, South Brazil is described. The specimens were obtained from two ornamental aquaria of private residences. In both cases the ornamental plants and/or fishes were bought from the same supplier. The presence of this species was later confirmed in the farm where these plants and fishes are cultivated, in the city of Governador Celso Ramos, also in Santa Catarina State. The occurrence in natural environments was later detected in two different places of the Island of Santa Catarina.

Biomphalaria straminea; Schistosomiasis; Snails; Malacological survey

É descrito o primeiro registro de Biomphalaria straminea, espécie vetora da esquistossomose no Estado de Santa Catarina. Os exemplares foram obtidos a partir de 2 aquários ornamentais de residências particulares. Nos dois casos, o fornecedor de plantas e/ou peixes ornamentais era o mesmo. Coleta posterior, no sítio de cultivo de plantas e peixes deste fornecedor, no município de Governador Celso Ramos (SC), confirmou a presença desta espécie. Mais recentemente, foi detectada a ocorrência na natureza em duas localidades na Ilha de Santa Catarina.

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First register of Biomphalaria straminea Dunker, 1848, in Santa Catarina State

Primeiro registro de Biomphalaria straminea Dunker, 1848, no estado de Santa Catarina

Andréa do Amaral Ferrari; Paulo Roberto Petersen Hofmann

Departamento de Biologia - Centro de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

^{Address for correspondence} Address for correspondence: Dr. Paulo Roberto P. Hofmann Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Caixa Postal 476 88049 Florianópolis, SC, Brasil

SUMMARY

The first register of Biomphalaria straminea, vector species of schistosomiasis, in Santa Catarina State, South Brazil is described.

The specimens were obtained from two ornamental aquaria of private residences. In both cases the ornamental plants and/or fishes were bought from the same supplier. The presence of this species was later confirmed in the farm where these plants and fishes are cultivated, in the city of Governador Celso Ramos, also in Santa Catarina State.

The occurrence in natural environments was later detected in two different places of the Island of Santa Catarina.

Key words:Biomphalaria straminea; Schistosomiasis; Snails; Malacological survey.

RESUMO

É descrito o primeiro registro de Biomphalaria straminea, espécie vetora da esquistossomose no Estado de Santa Catarina. Os exemplares foram obtidos a partir de 2 aquários ornamentais de residências particulares. Nos dois casos, o fornecedor de plantas e/ou peixes ornamentais era o mesmo. Coleta posterior, no sítio de cultivo de plantas e peixes deste fornecedor, no município de Governador Celso Ramos (SC), confirmou a presença desta espécie.

Mais recentemente, foi detectada a ocorrência na natureza em duas localidades na Ilha de Santa Catarina.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors gratefully acknowledge to Doctor Jorge F. Vaz for the confirmation of the identification and to Mrs. Ana M. do A. Ferrari and Doctors Chandal M.M. Nasser and Nadir Ferrari for the English translation.

Recebido para publicação em 29/04/1991

Aceito para publicação em 12/11/1991

This work was supported by CNPq.

1. CORRĘA, R.R.; MURGEL J.M.T.; PEA, J.T.; RAMOS, A.S.; DIAS, L.C.S.; MORAIS, L.V.C. & ROSÁRIO, F.F. - Dispersăo de Biomphalaria straminea, hospedeira intermediária do Schistosoma mansoni, através da distribuiçăo de peixes. Rev. Saúde públ., 4: 117-27, 1970.
2. CORRĘA, L.L.; CORRĘA, M.O.A.; VAZ, J.F.; SILVA, M.I.P.G.; SILVA, R.M. & YAMANAKA, M.T. - Importância das plantas ornamentais dos aquários como veículos de propagaçăo de vetores de Schistosoma mansoni. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz, 40: 89-96, 1980.
3. DUDGEON, D. - Spatial and temporal changes in the distribution of gastropods in the Lam Tsuen River, New Territories, Hong Kong, with notes on the occurrence of the exotic snail Biomphalaria straminea. Malacol. Rev., 16: 91-92, 1983.
4. DUDGEON, D. & YIPP, M.N. - A report on the gastropod fauna of aquarium fish farms in Hong Kong, with special reference to an introduced human Schistosome host species, Biomphalaria straminea (Pulmonata: Planorbidae). Malacol. Rev., 16: 93-94, 1983.
5. GUIMARAES, C.T.; SOUZA, C.P.; SOARES, D.M.; ARAÚJO, N. & SCHUSTER, L.M.R. - Occurrence of molluscs in aquaria of ornamental fishes in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 85: 127-129, 1990.
6. ITUARTE, C.F. - Growth dynamics in a natural population of Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) from Bella Unión, Artigas, Uruguay, Stud, neotrop. Fauna and Environ., 24(1): 35-40, 1989.
7. MALEK, E.A. - Snails hosts of schistosomiasis and other snail-transmitted diseases in Tropical America: a manual. Washington, Pan American Health Organization: World Health Organization, 1985. (Scient. Publ. Nş. 478).
8. MEIER-BROOK, C. - A snail intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni introduced into Hong Kong. Bull. Wld. Hlth. Org., 51: 661, 1974.
9. MICHELSON, E.H. & DUBOIS, L. - Competitive interaction between two snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni: Laboratory studies on Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria straminea. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo, 21: 246-253, 1979.
10. NEVES, D.P. - Schistosoma mansoni. In: NEVES, D.P. - Parasitologia humana, 6şed. Rio de Janeiro, Livraria Atheneu, 1987. p. 173-202.
11. PARAENSE, W.L. - Estado atual da sistemática dos planorbídeos brasileiros (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Arq. Mus. Nac., 55: 105-128, 1975.
12. PARAENSE, W.L. & CORRĘA, L.R. - A potencial vector of Schistosoma mansoni in Uruguay. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 84: 281-288, 1989.
13. TELES, H.M.S. & VAZ, J.F. - Distribuiçăo de Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) (Pulmonata, Planorbidae) no Estado de Săo Paulo, Brasil. Cięnc. e Cult., 40: 173-176, 1988.
14. SOUZA, CP. & LIMA, L.C. - Moluscos de interesse parasitológico do Brasil. Série de Esquistossomose nş 1. Fundaçăo Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Belo Horizonte, 1990.
15. VAZ, J.F. - Distribuiçăo e dispersăo de Biomphalaria tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Gastropoda - Pulmonata). Cięnc. e Cult., 41: 14-27, 1989.
16. YIPP, M.W. - Distribution of the Schistosome vector snail, Biomphalaria straminea (Pulmonata: Planorbidae) in Hong Kong. J. Moll. Stud., 56: 47-55, 1990.

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Paulo Roberto P. Hofmann

Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Caixa Postal 476

88049 Florianópolis, SC, Brasil

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
06 Sept 2006
Date of issue
Feb 1992

History

Received
29 Apr 1991
Accepted
12 Nov 1991

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[1] 1. CORRĘA, R.R.; MURGEL J.M.T.; PEA, J.T.; RAMOS, A.S.; DIAS, L.C.S.; MORAIS, L.V.C. & ROSÁRIO, F.F. - Dispersăo de Biomphalaria straminea, hospedeira intermediária do Schistosoma mansoni, através da distribuiçăo de peixes. Rev. Saúde públ., 4: 117-27, 1970.

[2] 2. CORRĘA, L.L.; CORRĘA, M.O.A.; VAZ, J.F.; SILVA, M.I.P.G.; SILVA, R.M. & YAMANAKA, M.T. - Importância das plantas ornamentais dos aquários como veículos de propagaçăo de vetores de Schistosoma mansoni. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz, 40: 89-96, 1980.

[3] 3. DUDGEON, D. - Spatial and temporal changes in the distribution of gastropods in the Lam Tsuen River, New Territories, Hong Kong, with notes on the occurrence of the exotic snail Biomphalaria straminea. Malacol. Rev., 16: 91-92, 1983.

[4] 4. DUDGEON, D. & YIPP, M.N. - A report on the gastropod fauna of aquarium fish farms in Hong Kong, with special reference to an introduced human Schistosome host species, Biomphalaria straminea (Pulmonata: Planorbidae). Malacol. Rev., 16: 93-94, 1983.

[5] 5. GUIMARAES, C.T.; SOUZA, C.P.; SOARES, D.M.; ARAÚJO, N. & SCHUSTER, L.M.R. - Occurrence of molluscs in aquaria of ornamental fishes in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 85: 127-129, 1990.

[6] 6. ITUARTE, C.F. - Growth dynamics in a natural population of Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) from Bella Unión, Artigas, Uruguay, Stud, neotrop. Fauna and Environ., 24(1): 35-40, 1989.

[7] 7. MALEK, E.A. - Snails hosts of schistosomiasis and other snail-transmitted diseases in Tropical America: a manual. Washington, Pan American Health Organization: World Health Organization, 1985. (Scient. Publ. Nş. 478).

[8] 8. MEIER-BROOK, C. - A snail intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni introduced into Hong Kong. Bull. Wld. Hlth. Org., 51: 661, 1974.

[9] 9. MICHELSON, E.H. & DUBOIS, L. - Competitive interaction between two snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni: Laboratory studies on Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria straminea. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo, 21: 246-253, 1979.

[10] 10. NEVES, D.P. - Schistosoma mansoni. In: NEVES, D.P. - Parasitologia humana, 6şed. Rio de Janeiro, Livraria Atheneu, 1987. p. 173-202.

[11] 11. PARAENSE, W.L. - Estado atual da sistemática dos planorbídeos brasileiros (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Arq. Mus. Nac., 55: 105-128, 1975.

[12] 12. PARAENSE, W.L. & CORRĘA, L.R. - A potencial vector of Schistosoma mansoni in Uruguay. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 84: 281-288, 1989.

[13] 13. TELES, H.M.S. & VAZ, J.F. - Distribuiçăo de Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) (Pulmonata, Planorbidae) no Estado de Săo Paulo, Brasil. Cięnc. e Cult., 40: 173-176, 1988.

[14] 14. SOUZA, CP. & LIMA, L.C. - Moluscos de interesse parasitológico do Brasil. Série de Esquistossomose nş 1. Fundaçăo Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Belo Horizonte, 1990.

[15] 15. VAZ, J.F. - Distribuiçăo e dispersăo de Biomphalaria tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Gastropoda - Pulmonata). Cięnc. e Cult., 41: 14-27, 1989.

[16] 16. YIPP, M.W. - Distribution of the Schistosome vector snail, Biomphalaria straminea (Pulmonata: Planorbidae) in Hong Kong. J. Moll. Stud., 56: 47-55, 1990.

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