Potential risk of colonization of Bulinus globosus in the mainland of China under climate change

• Main Authors: Xinyao Wang (Author), Saleh Juma (Author), Wei Li (Author), Mchanga Suleman (Author), Mtumweni Ali Muhsin (Author), Jian He (Author), Mingzhen He (Author), Dacheng Xu (Author), Jianfeng Zhang (Author), Robert Bergquist (Author), Kun Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bulinus globosus, the main intermediate snail host of Schistosoma haematobium. The increased contacts between Africa and China could even lead to large-scale dissemination of B. globosus in China. Temperature is the key factor affecting fresh-water snail transmission. This study...