A malacological survey in the Manso Power Plant, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil: new records of freshwater snails, including transmitters of schistosomiasis and exotic species

dc.creatorFernandez, Monica Ammon
dc.creatorMattos, Aline Carvalho de
dc.creatorSilva, Elizangela Feitosa da
dc.creatorSantos, Sonia Barbosa dos
dc.creatorThiengo, Silvana Carvalho
dc.date2015-06-01T19:34:20Z
dc.date2015-06-01T19:34:20Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:16:53Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:16:53Z
dc.identifierFERNANDEZ, Monica Ammon et al. A malacological survey in the Manso Power Plant, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil: new records of freshwater snails, including transmitters of schistosomiasis and exotic species. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v.47, n.4, p.498-506, Jul-Aug, 2014.
dc.identifier0037-8682
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/10602
dc.identifier10.1590/0037-8682-0138-2014
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8853225
dc.descriptionIntroduction: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of public health concern in Brazil, and the construction of hydroelectric dams, in addition to increasing permanent human settlement and tourism, has created conditions suitable for the establishment of mollusks that can transmit schistosomiasis. Such areas require a number of actions to prevent the establishment of schistosomiasis. This paper reports on a freshwater malacological survey carried out in the geographical area of the Manso Power Plant. Methods: Mollusks were collected in 18 municipalities in the State of Mato Grosso between February 2002 and February 2004 (qualitative study) and from April 2009 to February 2011 (quantitative study). Results: Thirty-one species of mollusks were collected, including newly recorded species (Antillorbis nordestensis and Burnupia ingae). In addition, the geographic distributions of known species, including Biomphalaria straminea, a snail vector of Schistosoma mansoni, were expanded. A total of 4,507 specimens were collected in the APM Manso reservoir (Usina Hidrelétrica de Aproveitamento Múltiplo de Manso) during the quantitative study, and Biomphalaria amazonica was found in six of the 10 localities analyzed. The Afroasiatic species Melanoides tuberculata, introduced after February 2009, was the dominant species (relative abundance 94.96%). Conclusions: The study area is epidemiologically important due to the occurrence of B. straminea and B. amazonica, which are vectors of schistosomiasis, and M. tuberculata, a snail host of Centrocestus formosanus, which is responsible for centrocestiasis transmission. Observations of M. tuberculata and the exotic freshwater clams Corbicula fluminea and Corbicula largillierti raise concerns about biodiversity.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectReservatório
dc.subjectCaramujos
dc.subjectDistribution
dc.subjectReservoir
dc.subjectSchistosoma mansoni
dc.subjectExotic species of freshwater mollusk
dc.subjectAsiatic mollusks
dc.subjectMato Grosso
dc.subjectSchistosoma mansoni
dc.subjectCaramujos
dc.titleA malacological survey in the Manso Power Plant, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil: new records of freshwater snails, including transmitters of schistosomiasis and exotic species
dc.typeArticle


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