Cercariometry for detection of transmission sites for schistosomiasis

Parasitology International

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-408

  Aoki, Yoshiki ^a   Sato, Katsuyuki ^b   Muhoho, N D ^c   Noda, Shin Ichi ^d   Kimura, Eisaku ^e  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minamata Public Health Center   (Japan)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cercarial density; Cercarial distribution; Cercariometry; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CERCARIA; CERCARIOMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

GASTROPODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0345096673     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(03)00057-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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