作者: Everton Gustavo Nunes dos Santos , Viviane da Silva Costa , Cláudia Portes Santos
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摘要: Background Melanoides tuberculatus (Muller, 1774) (Thiaridae), an introduced gastropod mollusc with a wide geographical distribution in the Neotropics, is intermediate host of trematode Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924) (Heterophyidae). This parasite considered to be pathogenic humans. The aim present work was evaluate locomotory activity uninfected M. compared those naturally infected C. formosanus.