Habitats of Bulinus truncatus and Planorbarius metidjensis, the intermediate hosts of urinary schistosomosis, under a semiarid or an arid climate

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-316

  Yacoubi, B ^a   Zekhnini, A ^a   Rondelaud, D ^b   Vignoles, P ^b   Dreyfuss, G ^b   Cabaret, J ^c   Moukrim, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BULINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; HOST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SNAIL; URINARY SCHISTOSOMOSIS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRESH WATER; GASTROPODA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOROCCO; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; PLANORBARIUS METIDJENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 34250865817     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0500-4     Document Type: Article

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