Experimental control of the schistosome-transmitting snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi by the ampullariid snail Pila ovata

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Mkoji, G M ^a   Mungai, B N ^a   Koech, D K ^a   Loker, E S ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMPHALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FOOD; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SNAIL; TANK;

AMPULLARIIDAE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; GASTROPODA; NYMPHAEA CAERULEA; PILA OVATA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031962411     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813262     Document Type: Article

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