Evaluation of environmental methods to control snails in an irrigation system in Central Morocco

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 545-552

  Laamrani, H ^a,c   Khallaayoune, K ^a   Boelee, E ^b   Laghroubi, M M ^a   Madsen, H ^c   Gryseels, B ^d  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulinus truncatus; Environment; Irrigation; Morocco; Schistosomiasis; Siphon boxes; Snail control

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; RECOLONIZATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; BULINUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOROCCO; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BULINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MOROCCO; PEST CONTROL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEASONS; WATER PURIFICATION;

MOROCCO;

ALGAE; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; PHYSA ACUTA; RADIX PEREGRA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033836641     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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