In this paper, the third of a series dealing with the survey of freshwater gastropods of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the results of collections carried out in the Mesoregion Baixadas from 2000 to 2002 are presented. Twenty-two species, belonging to seven families, were found. As to the snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, the most frequent species was Biomphalaria tenagophila besides some new findings of Biomphalaria straminea. No specimens were found harboring larval fonns of S. mansoni although different kinds of cercariae had been observed.
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Thiengo, S. C., Fernandez, M. A., Boaventura, M. F., Magalhães, M. G., & Santos, S. B. (2002). Freshwater snails and schistosomiasis mansoni in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: III - Baixadas mesoregion. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 97(SUPPL. 1), 43–46. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762002000900010
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