Impact of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) on snail hosts of schistosomiasis in Lake Victoria, East Africa

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Plummer, Mary L ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Ecology; Schistosomiasis; Snails; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EICHHORNIA; HYACINTHUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; VEGETATION;

BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; GASTROPODA; HYACINTHUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VICTORIA;

EID: 17644387542     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-004-0104-8     Document Type: Article

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