Schistosomes of small mammals from the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: New species, familiar species, and implications for schistosomiasis control

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1109-1118

  Hanelt, B ^a   Mwangi, I N ^b   Kinuthia, J M ^b   Maina, G M ^b   Agola, L E ^b   Mutuku, M W ^b   Steinauer, M L ^a   Agwanda, B R ^c   Kigo, L ^c   Mungai, B N ^b   Loker, E S ^a   Mkoji, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Barcoding; Control; Insectivores; Kenya; Reservoir hosts; Rodents; Schistosoma bovis; Schistosoma kisumuensis; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma rodhaini; Schistosomiasis control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECTIVORE; KENYA; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA BOVIS; SCHISTOSOMA KISUMUENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA RHODHAINI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; KENYA; MURIDAE; RODENT DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHREWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CROCIDURA OLIVIERI; GASTROPODA; LOPHUROMYS FLAVOPUNCTATUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA BOVIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA RODHAINI;

EID: 77953618794     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000041     Document Type: Article

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