Distribution of bulinus truncatus, the intermediate host of schistosoma haematobium, in an irrigation system in Morocco

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-133

  Khallaayoune, Khalid ^a   Laamrani, Hammou ^a   Madsen, Henry ^b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION CANAL; SNAIL;

MOROCCO;

BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0031933754     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1998.9663598     Document Type: Article

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