Longitudinal survey on the distribution of Biomphalaria sudanica and B. choanomophala in Mwanza region, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania: implications for schistosomiasis transmission and control

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is hyper-endemic in the Lake Victoria basin; with intestinal schistosomiasis plaguing communities adjacent to the lake, where the intermediate host snails live. The two intermediate host species of Schistosoma mansoni in the Mwanza region are Biomphalaria sudanica, found...

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Autores principales: Gouvras, Anouk N., Allan, Fiona, Kinung’hi, Safari, Rabone, Muriel, Emery, Aidan, Angelo, Teckla, Pennance, Tom, Webster, Bonnie, Nagai, Honest, Rollinson, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5490224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28659165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2252-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5490224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28659165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2252-z

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