Effect of habitat fragmentation on the schistosome-transmitting snail Oncomelania hupensis in a mountainous area of China

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-196

  Zhou, Yi Biao ^a   Yang, Mei Xia ^b   Yihuo, Wu li ^c   Liu, Gang ming ^c   Wang, Hai yin ^a   Wei, Jian Guo ^a   Jiang, Qing Wu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xuhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Puge County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Individual dispersal; Oncomelania hupensis; Population size; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; PEST CONTROL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS;

GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 79952902435     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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