Geographic compatibility of the freshwater snail Bulinus globosus and schistosomes from the Zimbabwe highveld

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 37-42

  Manning, S D ^a   Woolhouse, M E J ^a,b   Ndamba, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cercarial output; resistance; Schistosoma haematobium mattheei hybrid; Schistosoma mattheei; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SNAIL; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMAL; BULINUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZIMBABWE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM/MATTHEEI HYBRID; SCHISTOSOMA MATTHEEI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0028869747     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(94)00097-8     Document Type: Article

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