%0 Journal Article %T Resist¨ºncia de Biomphalaria peregrina de Santa Rita do Sapuca¨ª, Minas Gerais, a infec£¿£¿o com tr¨ºs cepas de Schistosoma mansoni %A Souza %A Cec¨ªlia Pereira de %A Passos %A Liana Konovaloff Janotti %A Carvalho %A Omar dos Santos %J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 1988 %I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de %R 10.1590/S0074-02761988000400009 %X the descendants of the planorbid snail biomphalaria peregrina, collected in the region of santa rita do sapuca¨ª, minas gerais, brazil, were exposed to miracidia of three strains of schistosoma mansoni: "le" strain from belo horizonte, state of minas gerais; "sj", strain from s£¿o jos¨¦ dos campos, state of s£¿o paulo and "al" strain from state of alagoas. of 300 snails exposed to miracidia of the three strains, none was infected. on the other hand, 300 biomphalaria glabrata of the control groups showed infection rates of 61.1 to 95.3% with three strains. the mortality rates of b. peregrina and b. glabrata were 20% and 28%, respectively. %K biomphalaria peregrina %K resistance %K schistosoma mansoni. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02761988000400009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en