Environmental epidemiology of intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: Population dynamics of biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert and Lake Victoria with observations on natural infections with digenetic trematodes

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rowel, Candia ^a   Fred, Besigye ^a   Betson, Martha ^b   Sousa Figueiredo, Jose C ^c,d   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^a   Stothard, J Russell ^e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Provincial Hospital   (Angola)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIOMPHALARIA STANLEYI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; CERCARIA; DIGENETIC TREMATODE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; UGANDA; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA CHOANOMPHALA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIOMPHALARIA STANLEYI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; HUMANS; LAKES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; UGANDA;

EID: 84924021628     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/717261     Document Type: Article

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