Effect of water temperature and population density on the population dynamics of Schistosoma mansoni intermediate host snails

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mccreesh, Nicky ^a   Arinaitwe, Moses ^b   Arineitwe, Wilber ^b   Tukahebwa, Edridah M ^b   Booth, Mark ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Climate change; Ecology; Malacology; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA STANLEYI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

WATER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SNAILS; WATER;

EID: 84964696455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0503-9     Document Type: Article

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