Dynamics of freshwater snails and Schistosoma infection prevalence in schoolchildren during the construction and operation of a multipurpose dam in central Côte d'Ivoire

• Main Authors: Nana R. Diakité (Author), Mirko S. Winkler (Author), Jean T. Coulibaly (Author), Négnorogo Guindo-Coulibaly (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Eliézer K. N'Goran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The construction and operation of small multipurpose dams in Africa have a history of altering the transmission of water-based diseases, including schistosomiasis. The current study was designed to investigate the abundance and dynamics of schistosomiasis intermediate host snails...