Genetic Evidence of Contemporary Dispersal of the Intermediate Snail Host of Schistosoma japonicum: Movement of an NTD Host Is Facilitated by Land Use and Landscape Connectivity.

• Main Authors: Jennifer R Head (Author), Howard Chang (Author), Qunna Li (Author), Christopher M Hoover (Author), Thomas Wilke (Author), Catharina Clewing (Author), Elizabeth J Carlton (Author), Song Liang (Author), Ding Lu (Author), Bo Zhong (Author), Justin V Remais (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:While the dispersal of hosts and vectors-through active or passive movement-is known to facilitate the spread and re-emergence of certain infectious diseases, little is known about the movement ecology of Oncomelania spp., intermediate snail host of the parasite Schistosoma japonicum, and...