Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shoreli...
Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shorelines of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Intestinal schistosomiasis is hyperendemic in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Uganda, it is endemic at both Lake Albert (LA) and Lake Victoria (LV) and caused by
S
.
mansoni
that uses
Biomphalaria
snails as obligatory intermediate snail hosts. To shed light on local patterns of infection, we utilised two PCR-based methods t...
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Seasonal patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infection within Biomphalaria snails at the Ugandan shorelines of Lake Albert and Lake Victoria
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2865533716
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2865533716
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1935-2735,1935-2727
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1935-2735
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0011506
