Multi-Host Transmission Dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum in Samar Province, the Philippines.

Authors :: Riley, Steven
Carabin, Hlne
Bélisle, Patrick
Joseph, Lawrence
Tallo, Veronica
Balolong, Ernesto
Willingham III, A. Lee
Fernandez, Tomas J.
Gonzales, Ryan O'Neal
Olveda, Remigio
McGarvey, Stephen T.
Source :: PLoS Medicine. Jan2008, Vol. 5 Issue 1, pe18. 9p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph, 1 Map.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Obtaining schistosome infection data from thousands of humans and mammalian hosts in the Philippines, Steven Riley and colleagues find that mammalian acquisition, rather than transmission to snails, drives prevalence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *SCHISTOSOMA japonicum
*INFECTIOUS disease transmission
*SCHISTOSOMA
*PUBLIC health

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