Effects of low temperature on the schistosome-transmitting snail Oncomelania hupensis and the implications of global climate change

Molluscan Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Zhou, Yi Biao ^a,b   Zhuang, Jian Lin ^b   Yang, Mei Xia ^c   Zhang, Zhi Jie ^a   Wei, Jian Guo ^a   Peng, Wen Xiang ^a   Zhao, Gen Ming ^a   Zhang, Si Ming ^d   Jiang, Qing Wu ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Crystallization; Low thermal tolerance; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 79959657842     PISSN: 13235818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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