Modeling freshwater snail habitat suitability and areas of potential snail-borne disease transmission in Uganda

Modeling freshwater snail habitat suitability and areas of potential snail-borne disease transmission in Uganda.

Geographic information system (GIS-based modeling of an intermediate host snail species environmental requirements using known occurrence records can provide estimates of its spatial distribution. When other data are lacking, this can be used as a rough spatial prediction of potential snail-borne disease transmission areas. Furthermore, knowledge of abiotic factors affecting intra-molluscan par...

Snail borne parasitic zoonoses: angiostrongyliasis.

Snail-borne parasitic zoonoses in Korea.

A total of 22 snail-borne parasites causing various parasitic zoonoses in Korea are listed and reviewed. All of these parasites are indigenous except Heterophyes heterophyes, H. dispar and Angiostrongylus cantonensis detected in patients who traveled outside of Korea.

Echinostomiasis--a snail-borne intestinal trematode zoonosis.

Numerous echinostome trematodes are found in the intestines of birds and mammals throughout the world, and echinostomiasis in humans has been attributed to approximately 16 different species. In humans it is usually regarded as a rare intestinal parasite of little clinical importance except in heavy infections. Diagnosis of echinostomiasis is made by identification of eggs during fecal examinat...

occurrence of a snail borne disease, cercarial dermatitis (swimmer itch) in doon valley (uttarakhand), india.

'cercarial dermatitis' also known as swimmers itch (skin allergies) is caused by a trematode parasite, schistosoma which has two hosts - an invertebrate (snail) and a vertebrate (livestock, human being). although the availability of both vector snails and pathogens at the selected site the doon valley in northern india has already been confirmed but there was a hazy picture of the disease, whet...