Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Sokolow, Susanne H ^a,b   Wood, Chelsea L ^c   Jones, Isabel J ^a   Swartz, Scott J ^a   Lopez, Melina ^a   Hsieh, Michael H ^d,e,f   Lafferty, Kevin D ^b,g   Kuris, Armand M ^b   Rickards, Chloe ^h   De Leo, Giulio A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCACIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ASIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMA; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLLUSCACIDES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84980335311     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004794     Document Type: Article

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