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Effects of Schistosoma mansoni infection on inorganic elements in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

J.H.L. Ong ,
M. Chejlava ,
B. Fried ,
K.M. Koehnlein ,
G.L. Bosavage  and
J. Sherma
J.H.L. Ong
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
M. Chejlava
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
B. Fried*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
K.M. Koehnlein
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
G.L. Bosavage
Affiliation:
Merck Environmental Laboratory, Merck & Co. Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA
J. Sherma
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: 610 330 5705 E-mail: friedb@lafayette.edu
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Abstract

Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) was used to study element ions in whole bodies of uninfected Biomphalaria glabrata snails and those experimentally infected with larval Schistosoma mansoni trematodes. Infected snails were analysed 8 weeks post-infection. Cohort snails that were left uninfected were analysed at the same time as the infected snails. Sixteen elements (aluminum, boron, barium, calcium, cadmium, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, nickel, lead, selenium, tin and zinc) were found to be present in infected and uninfected whole bodies at concentrations above the detection limit of the ICP-AES analysis. Of these, calcium, cadmium, manganese and sodium were present in significantly higher amounts (Student's t-test, P<0.05) in whole infected versus whole uninfected snails. Variations in the present results compared with other studies reflect intrinsic differences in the larval trematode–snail systems used.

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Review Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 78 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 343 - 346
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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