Environmental control of schistosomiasis through community participation in a Moroccan oasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 997-1004

  Boelee, Eline ^a   Laamrani, Hammou ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b Ministry of Education   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bulinus truncatus; Community participation; Ecology; Environmental control; Irrigation; Morocco; Oasis; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; IRRIGATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; BULINUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOROCCO; POTAMOGETONACEAE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BULINUS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MOROCCO; PEST CONTROL; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TATA;

BULINUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON SP.; POTAMOGETONACEAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 4644250907     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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