Low genetic diversity in a snail intermediate host (Biomphalaria pfeifferi Krass, 1848) and schistosomiasis transmission in the Senegal River Basin

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-256

  Campbell, G ^a,b   Noble, L R ^b   Rollinson, D ^c   Southgate, V R ^c   Webster, J P ^d   Jones, C S ^b  

^a General Medical Council   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria pfeifferi; Freshwater snails; Microsatellites; Population genetic structure; Schistosomiasis; Senegal River Basin

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMPHALARIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZIMBABWE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 73949139547     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04463.x     Document Type: Article

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