Pollanah M. Lira

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria   Snails and Schistosoma mansoni   : DNA Obtained from Traces of Shell Organic Materials (2004)

Roberta L Caldeira, Pollanah M Lira, Omar S Carvalho

Freshwater snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria   act as intermediate hosts for the parasite trematode Schistosoma mansoni   in Africa and in the neotropical region. Identification of such...

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria snails and Schistosoma mansoni: DNA obtained from traces of shell organic materials (2004)

Caldeira,Roberta L, Jannotti-Passos,Liana K, Lira,Pollanah M, Carvalho,Omar S

Freshwater snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria act as intermediate hosts for the parasite trematode Schistosoma mansoni in Africa and in the neotropical region. Identification of such molluscs...

The use of the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism technique associated with the classical morphology for characterization of Lymnaea columella, L. viatrix, and L. diaphana (Mollusca: Lymnaeidae) (2004)

Carvalho,Omar S, Cardoso,Paula CM, Lira,Pollanah M, Rumi,Alejandra, Roche,Andrea, Berne,Elizabeth, ...

The specific identification of Lymnaeid snails is based on a comparison of morphological characters of the shell, radula, renal and reproductive organs. However, the identification is complicated by...

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria snails and Schistosoma mansoni: DNA obtained from traces of shell organic materials (2004)

Caldeira, Roberta L., Jannotti-Passos, Liana K., Lira, Pollanah M., Carvalho, Omar S.

Freshwater snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria act as intermediate hosts for the parasite trematode Schistosoma mansoni in Africa and in the neotropical region. Identification of such molluscs...