Distribution of freshwater snails the intermediate hosts of human schistosomiasis in Katana, Sud-kivu;Distribution des mollusques dulcicoles hotes intermediaires des schistosomes humains a Katana, Sud-kivu

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 369-372

  Bagalwa, M ^a   Baluku, B ^a,b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles   (Congo)

^b Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie   (Congo)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria pfeifferi; Central Africa; Schistosomas; Snails; Vector control

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE VECTORS; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LARVA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SNAILS;

EID: 0042922591     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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