The prawn Macrobrachium vollenhovenii in the Senegal River basin: towards sustainable restocking of all-male populations for biological control of schistosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Amit Savaya Alkalay (Author), Ohad Rosen (Author), Susanne H Sokolow (Author), Yacinthe P W Faye (Author), Djibril S Faye (Author), Eliahu D Aflalo (Author), Nicolas Jouanard (Author), Dina Zilberg (Author), Elizabeth Huttinger (Author), Amir Sagi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Early malacological literature suggests that the outbreak of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by aquatic snails, in the Senegal River basin occurred due to ecological changes resulting from the construction of the Diama dam. The common treatment, the drug praziquantel, does not prote...