Historical Perspective: Snail Control to Prevent Schistosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  King, Charles H ^a   Bertsch, David ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONITRALIDE; MOLLUSCACIDE; MOLLUTOX; NICLOSAMIDE; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

EID: 84929500874     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003657     Document Type: Article

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