The roles of water, sanitation and hygiene in reducing schistosomiasis: A review

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Grimes, Jack Et ^a   Croll, David ^b,c   Harrison, Wendy E ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Freeman, Matthew C ^d   Templeton, Michael R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Control; Endod; Environment; Hygiene; Sanitation; Schistosomiasis; Snails; Transmission; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER; FRESH WATER; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CHILD; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SANITATION; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; FRESH WATER; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; WATER;

EID: 84925871623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0766-9     Document Type: Review

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