"Biomphalaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
Descriptor ID |
D001700
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.644.400.750.185
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Concept/Terms |
Biomphalaria- Biomphalaria
- Biomphalarias
- Australorbis
- Australorbi
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1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biomphalaria" by people in Profiles.
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Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shorelines of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 08; 17(8):e0011506.
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Comparing PCR techniques against conventional cercarial shedding methods for detecting Schistosoma mansoni infection in Biomphalaria snails. Acta Trop. 2020 Dec; 212:105716.
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Fate of Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria obstructa. J Parasitol. 1996 Oct; 82(5):743-7.
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A method for immunoisolation of sporocysts of Schistosoma mansoni in nonsusceptible snails. J Parasitol. 1995 Dec; 81(6):1029-31.