Reconstructing Colonization Dynamics of the Human Parasite Schistosoma mansoni following Anthropogenic Environmental Changes in Northwest Senegal.

• Main Authors: Frederik Van den Broeck (Author), Gregory E Maes (Author), Maarten H D Larmuseau (Author), David Rollinson (Author), Ibrahima Sy (Author), Djibril Faye (Author), Filip A M Volckaert (Author), Katja Polman (Author), Tine Huyse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Anthropogenic environmental changes may lead to ecosystem destabilization and the unintentional colonization of new habitats by parasite populations. A remarkable example is the outbreak of intestinal schistosomiasis in Northwest Senegal following the construction of two dams in the '...