Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at Manson House, London, 18 May 1995. The epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in the Senegal river basin

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 340-346

  Picquet, M ^a,c   Ernould, J C ^b   Vercruysse, J ^c   Southgate, V R ^d   Mbaye, A ^a   Sambou, B ^a   Niang, M ^a   Rollinson, D ^d  

^a Programme ESPOIR   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; S. mansoni; Schistosoma haematobium; Senegal

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL; SNAIL; WATER SUPPLY;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 16044369783     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90501-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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