TRANSMISSION OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN LAKE KARIBA, ZAMBIA

被引：28

作者：

HIRA, PR

机构：

[1] School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka

[2] Department of Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1, Keppel Street

来源：

NATURE | 1969年 / 224卷 / 5220期

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D O I：

10.1038/224670a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Children in Siavonga, a tourist centre on the Zambian side of Lake Kariba, have been found to be infected with both urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis, indicating that there is active transmission of the diseases in the area. The snails involved seem to be Bulinus africanus and Biomphalaria pfeifferi, and it is suggested that mats of the water weed Salvinia auriculata could provide microhabitats for colonies of the snail and thereby provide foci for the transmission of the diseases. © 1969 Nature Publishing Group.

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