Distribution and habitats of the Bulinus africanus species group, snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mattheei in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-125

  De Kock, K N ^a   Wolmarans, C T ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulinus africanus; Bulinus globosus; Epidemiology of schistosomiasis; Geographical distribution; Habitat preferences

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

BOVINE SCHISTOSOMIASIS; NATIONAL FRESHWATER SNAIL COLLECTION (NFSC); SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SNAILS;

MICROORGANISMS;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVEYING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BOVINAE; BULINUS AFRICANUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MATTHEEI; TREMATODA;

EID: 14744289844     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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