Study on the occurrence of Biomphalaria Preston, 1910 (Mollusca: Planorbidae) and identification of risk areas for Schistosoma mansoni Sambon transmission, 1907 in the basin of the High Tiete, São Paulo, Brazil

• Grant number: 15/05719-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health
• Principal Investigator: Fernanda Pires Ohlweiler
• Grantee: Fernanda Pires Ohlweiler
• Host Institution: Superintendência de Controle de Endemias (SUCEN). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto ; Raquel Gardini Sanches Palasio ; Regiane Maria Tironi de Menezes ; Roseli Tuan

Abstract

The aim of this study is to know the biodiversity, dynamic of distribution and natural infection by the Schistosoma mansoni of the Biomphalaria in the Basin of The High Tietê, beyond of the extension and magnitude of risk areas for parasite transmission those areas. The study includes freshwater bodies since the city Salesópolis to the city named Pirapora do Bom Jesus. The mollusks will be collected between June 2015 and May 2016. The Biomphalaria specimens will be identified through anatomical characters, including the reproductive and renal organs, radula and Shell. Structural morphology of radula will be analyzed by scanning electron microscope. The DNA Barcoding molecular methodology will be applied in order to complement morphological species delimitation. Natural infection of snails by the S. mansoni will be checked. Will be identified and measured of risks areas for parasite transmission in the Basin of the High Tiete, which will be represented through thematic maps. Will be established a public database of DNA sequences associated with a specimen (voucher) and genetic diversity. The aim is to evaluate the importance of the Basin of the High Tiete in Schistosomiasis Program of Greater São Paulo and contribute to the knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROSSIGNOLI, THAYS DE JESUS; TUAN, ROSELI; OHLWEILER, FERNANDA PIRES. Radula and mandible of Biomphalaria (Planorbidae) of Sao Paulo, Brazil. AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL BULLETIN, v. 36, n. 1, p. 125-139, MAY 2018. (15/05719-9)

FERNANDA PIRES OHLWEILER; THAYS DE JESUS ROSSIGNOLI; RAQUEL GARDINI SANCHES PALASIO; ROSELI TUAN. Diversidade taxonômica de Biomphalaria (Planorbidae) no estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, v. 20, n. 2, 2020-05-29. (15/05719-9)