Development of bait formulations for control of intermediate hosts of African schistosome species

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 391-395

  Abdel Hamid, A Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Molluscicides; Schistosomiasis; Snails

Indexed keywords

CLONITRALIDE; MOLLUSCACIDE; NICLOSAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AMBROSIA MARITIMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DISEASE VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MOLLUSCACIDES; NICLOSAMIDE; PEST CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AMBROSIA MARITIMA; ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA; CUCUMIS PROPHETARUM; GASTROPODA; RHYNCHOSIA MINIMA; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0030733833     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199711/12)17:6<391::AID-JAT456>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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