Anatomical studies of sibling species within neotropical lymnaeids, snail intermediate hosts of fascioliasis
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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101(4): 431-435, June 2006. graf, tab, ilus
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ABSTRACT
Several anatomical parameters of the reproductive system have been used to distinguish Lymnaea cubensis from L. viatrix, the snail hosts of fascioliasis in South America and the Caribbean area. Three samples have been collected in the type localities of L. cubensis (Cuba), L. viatrix var. A ventricosa (Argentina, Río Negro Lower Valley), and L. viatrix var. B elongata (Peru, Lima), respectively. Only one parameter, the relative lengths of the penis sheath and preputium, showed significant differences between L. viatrix var. ventricosa and the two other taxa. None of the studied parameters separated L. cubensis from L. viatrix var. elongata.
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Main subject:
Disease Vectors
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Genitalia, Male
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Lymnaea
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
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Cuba
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France
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Peru
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Spain
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Pedro Kouri/CU
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Universidad Nacional del Sur/AR
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Universidad Ricardo Palma/PE
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Universidad de Valencia/ES
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Université Perpignan/FR
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