The human-snail transmission environment shapes long term schistosomiasis control outcomes: Implications for improving the accuracy of predictive modeling.

• Autors principals: David Gurarie (Autor), Nathan C Lo (Autor), Martial L Ndeffo-Mbah (Autor), David P Durham (Autor), Charles H King (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic trematode disease that affects over 240 million people worldwide. The Schistosoma lifecycle is complex, involving transmission via specific intermediate-host freshwater snails. Predictive mathematical models of Schistosoma transmission have often chosen to simp...