Schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi: Relationship of fish and intermediate host density to prevalence of human infection

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Stauffer Jr , Jay Richard ^a   Madsen, Henry ^b   McKaye, Kenneth ^c   Konings, Adrianus ^d   Bloch, Paul ^b   Ferreri, Cecilia Paola ^a   Likongwe, Jeremy ^e   Makaula, Peter ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Cichlid Press   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (South Africa)

^f Department of Community Health ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intermediate host snail; Lake Malawi; Schistosomiasis; Snail eating fishes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

GASTROPODA; PISCES; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33644848577     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-0007-3     Document Type: Article

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