Aquatic snails of the Bulinus africanus group in Zambia identified according to morphometry and enzymes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-177

  Brown, D S ^a,b   Rollinson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Bulinus; distribution; freshwater snails; Mollusca; Schistosoma haematobium; schistosomiasis; taxonomy; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BULINUS AFRICANUS;

EID: 0029738662     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018178     Document Type: Article

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