Biological studies on fresh water snails target to Schistosoma mansoni infection | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 8, Volume 24, Issue 1, July 2006, Pages 501-514 PDF (590.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17912 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdel – Hamid Z. Abdel – Hamid1; Samia M. Abd El – Wahab2; Mona M. El – Tonsy2; Rehab M. Abdel – Megeed1 | ||
| 1Medicinal Chemistry Department , National Research Center | ||
| 2Zoology Department , Faculty of Science , Al – Azhar University for Girls , Cairo , Egyp | ||
| Abstract | ||
| 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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