Distribution, habitats and role as intermediate host of the freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii, in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-174

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

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulinus forskalii; Calicophoron microbothrium; Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus; Geographical distribution; Habitat types; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; CALICOPHORON; EQUIDAE; GASTRODISCUS; GASTROPODA; MICROBOTHRIUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MATTHEEI; TREMATODA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BULINUS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SCHISTOSOMA; SOUTH AFRICA; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; BULINUS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PARAMPHISTOMATIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SCHISTOSOMA; SOUTH AFRICA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 26944439110     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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