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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...
Autores principales: | Gouvras, Anouk N., Allan, Fiona, Kinung’hi, Safari, Rabone, Muriel, Emery, Aidan, Angelo, Teckla, Pennance, Tom, Webster, Bonnie, Nagai, Honest, Rollinson, David |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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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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