Abstract
The author studied some protective behaviors of Biomphalaria glabrata (vertical movements, response to molluscicides and response to water currents) and demonstrated how these activities hamper the control of this snail, which is the main vector of schistosomiasis in Brazil.
Why it is difficult to control Biomphalaria glabrata, the vector snail of schistosomiasis
Pedro Jurberg1
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Comportamento Animal, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The author studied some protective behaviors of Biomphalaria glabrata (vertical movements, response to molluscicides and response to water currents) and demonstrated how these activities hamper the control of this snail, which is the main vector of schistosomiasis in Brazil.
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26 June 2009 -
Date of issue
1987
