Schistosomiasis in Lake Malaŵi villages

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-176

  Madsen, Henry ^a   Bloch, Paul ^a,d   Makaula, Peter ^b   Phiri, Happy ^b   Furu, Peter ^a   Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Research for Health Environment and Development   (Malawi)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lake Mala i; Over fishing; S. haematobium; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANIMAL; BULINUS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH; FOOD CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LAKE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BULINUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FISHES; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LAKES; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

PISCES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84860219678     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0687-9     Document Type: Review

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