Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch) is a condition caused by infective larvae (cercariae) of a
species-rich group of mammalian and avian schistosomes. Over the last decade, it has been …

Geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technologies are being
used increasingly to study the spatial and temporal patterns of infectious diseases. For …

Background Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease endemic in several tropical
and subtropical countries. However, in the summer of 2013, an unexpected outbreak of …

The first half of this book is primarily a systematic survey of the snails, beginning with
glossaries, keys for identification to genera and a checklist of species. This is followed by a …

Background Schistosomes are dioecious parasitic flatworms, which live in the vasculature of
their mammalian definitive hosts. They are the causative agent of schistosomiasis, a disease …

Schistosomiasis is a disease of great medical and veterinary importance in tropical and
subtropical regions, caused by parasitic flatworms of the genus Schistosoma (subclass …

Schistosomiasis is one of the major parasitic diseases which afflict mankind, domestic stock
and other mammalian species in the tropics and sub-tropics. Hence, the subject has …

The use of snails as biocontrol agents against other snails and against aquatic weeds is
reviewed, evaluating their success and their impacts on non-target organisms. The …

This review considers the current status of urinary schistosomiasis, caused by infection with
Schistosoma haematobium, and argues that greater research effort and focus are needed to …

Ebert (1994) has proposed the rule that parasites are, with few exceptions, more infective to
sympatric hosts than to allopatric hosts. We test this rule using field data for schistosome …