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Biological studies on fresh water snails target to Schistosoma mansoni infection

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Inthisstudy,uponexposureoflaboratoryEgyptianB.alexandrinaandB.glabratasnailsto itshomologusstrainofS.mansoni,twodifferentphenotypestrains"susceptibleandresistant" weredistinguished.Theaimofthisstudyistoinvestigatethebiologicaldifferencesbetween thetwotypesofBiomphalariasnailseithersusceptibleorresistantatdifferentages.The investigatedparametersincludedmortality,survival,percentageofsusceptibility/resistanceto parasiticinfectionandfecundity.Theresultsofthepreliminaryexposureexperimentrevealed thatparentalsnailstockwasnotcompletelysusceptibleandtendtobepartiallyrefractoryto infection.Theresultsalsoshowedastrongassociationbetweenthelevelsofeggproduction andsusceptibilitytoparasiteinfection.Wherebreedingexperimentrevealedthat,totalegg number,E/MandEMvaluesproducedbyresistantphenotypeofbothsnailspeciesweremore thanthoseproducedbysusceptibleprogenysnails.Also,itwasnoticedthat,eggproductionis associatedinverselyproportionwithsnailage.

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10.21608/ejhm.2006.17912

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Abdel – Hamid Z.

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Abdel – Hamid

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Medicinal Chemistry Department , National Research Center

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Samia M.

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Abd El – Wahab

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Zoology Department , Faculty of Science , Al – Azhar University for Girls , Cairo , Egyp

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Mona M.

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El – Tonsy

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Zoology Department , Faculty of Science , Al – Azhar University for Girls , Cairo , Egyp

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Rehab M.

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Abdel – Megeed

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Medicinal Chemistry Department , National Research Center

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24

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2006-07-01

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2018-10-30

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2006-07-01

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501

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514

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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EJHM_Volume 24_Issue 1_Pages 501-514.pdf

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Biological studies on fresh water snails target to Schistosoma mansoni infection

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