Freshwater snail diversity in Benin (West Africa) with a focus on human schistosomiasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Ibikounle M ^a   Mouahid, G ^b   Sakiti, N G ^a   Massougbodji, A ^a   Mone H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Benin; Freshwater snail; Larval trematode; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; PARASITE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIN; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HUMAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; BENIN; BIODIVERSITY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 67349085320     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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