Malacological survey and geographical distribution of vector snails for schistosomiasis within informal settlements of Kisumu City, western Kenya

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Opisa, Selpha ^a,b   Odiere, Maurice R ^a   Jura, Walter G Z O ^b   Karanja, Diana M S ^a   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Bulinus; informal settlement; malacology; schistosomiasis; snails; urban area

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRODE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; KENYA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BULINUS; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; PARASITOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; URBAN POPULATION;

ALGAE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; BULINUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; CERCARIA; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; KENYA; LAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 82755195784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-226     Document Type: Article

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