Control of Biomphalaria pfeifferi population and schistosomiasis transmission in Ethiopia using the soap berry endod (Phytolacca dodecandra), with special emphasis on application methods

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 787-794

  Abebe, F ^a   Erko, B ^b   Gemetchu, T ^b   Gundersen, S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c SØRLANDET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Endod; Ethiopia; Phytolacca dodecandra; Schistosoma

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LAUNDRY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; POWDER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STREAM (RIVER);

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHIOPIA; MOLLUSCACIDES; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SNAILS; SOAPS;

BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; GASTROPODA; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 23844552224     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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