Estrada, Victoria E., Velásquez, Luz E., Caldeira, Roberta L., Bejarano, Eduar E., Rojas, Winston, Carvalho, Omar S.
The planorbid snail Biomphalaria edisoni n. sp. is described from morphological and molecular characters, based on specimens collected at two localities in Colombia. The new species has the typical...
Estrada, Victoria E., Velásquez, Luz E., Caldeira, Roberta L., Bejarano, Eduar E., Rojas, Winston, Carvalho, Omar S.
The planorbid snail Biomphalaria edisoni n. sp. is described from morphological and molecular characters, based on specimens collected at two localities in Colombia. The new species has the typical...
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...
Omar S Carvalho, Paula CM Cardoso, Pollanah M Lira, Alejandra Rumi, Andrea Roche, Elizabeth Berne, ...
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...
Rural Tourism as Risk Factor for the Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)
Martin J Enk, Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Virginia T Schall
Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni . This...
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...
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...
Rural tourism as risk factor for the transmission of schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)
Enk,Martin J, Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Schall,Virginia T
Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. This article...
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...
Rural tourism as risk factor for the transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)
Enk, Martin J., Caldeira, Roberta L., Carvalho, Omar S., Schall, Virgínia
Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. This article...
Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Cristiane LFG Mendonça, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Márcia CF Silva, Renata Ben, ...
Angiostrongylus cantonensis , A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm...
Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Mendonça,Cristiane LFG, Graeff-Teixeira,Carlos, Silva,Márcia CF, Ben,Renata, ...
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm after a...
Caldeira, Roberta L., Carvalho, Omar S., Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos, Silva, Márcia C. F., Ben, Renata, ...
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm after a...
Luz E Velásquez, Roberta L Caldeira, Victoria Estrada, Omar S Carvalho
In Colombia, five Biomphalaria planorbid species are known: B. kuhniana, B. straminea, B. peregrina, B. canonica and B. oligoza(var. B. philippiana). Among them, B. straminea is intermediate host...
Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Regina CG Lage, Guilherme C Oliveira
Simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction amplification (SSR-PCR) is a genetic typing technique based on primers anchored at the 5' or 3' ends of microsatellites, at high primer...
Velásquez,Luz E, Caldeira,Roberta L, Estrada,Victoria, Carvalho,Omar S
In Colombia, five Biomphalaria planorbid species are known: B. kuhniana, B. straminea, B. peregrina, B. canonica and B. oligoza(var. B. philippiana). Among them, B. straminea is intermediate host of...
Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Lage,Regina CG, Cardoso,Paula Cristina M, Oliveira,Guilherme C
Simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction amplification (SSR-PCR) is a genetic typing technique based on primers anchored at the 5' or 3' ends of microsatellites, at high primer...
Roberta L Caldeira, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho
Biomphalaria glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil. The latter is of epidemiological importance in the northwest of Brazil and, due to...
Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta L Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho
In Cuba, several Biomphalaria species have been reported such as B. orbignyi, B. schrammi, B. helophila, B. havanensis and B. peregrina; only the latter three are considered as potential hosts of...
Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Caldeira,Roberta L, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S
In Cuba, several Biomphalaria species have been reported such as B. orbignyi, B. schrammi, B. helophila, B. havanensis and B. peregrina; only the latter three are considered as potential hosts of...
Caldeira,Roberta L, Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S
Biomphalaria glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil. The latter is of epidemiological importance in the northwest of Brazil and, due to...
Roberta L Caldeira, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Liboria Matinella, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho
Snails of the genus Biomphalaria from Venezuela were subjected to morphological assessment as well as polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis....
Caldeira,Roberta L, Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Matinella,Liboria, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S
Snails of the genus Biomphalaria from Venezuela were subjected to morphological assessment as well as polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis....
Spatz, Linus, Caldeira, Roberta L., Neto, Emmanuel Dias, Cappa, Stella Maris Gonzalez, Carvalho, Omar S.
Biomphalaria tenagophila tenagophila, B. tenagophila guaibensis and B. occidentalis are indistinguishable on the basis of shell morphology and the majority of organs of the genital system. Only B. t....
CARVALHO,Omar S., MASSARA,Cristiano L., GUERRA,Henrique L., CAMPOS,Yoná R., CALDEIRA,Roberta L., CHAVES,Adelú, ...
This study was conducted to assess the presence of schistosomiasis mansoni in the "Noroeste de Minas" mesoregion, an area considered non-endemic. A malacologic survey and parasitologic stool...