Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. ([2014?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David S. Brown.
• Other Names: Brown, D. S (David Seymour)
• Contents: Changes in place names and journal titles -- Systematic synopsis: introduction, glossary, identification keys, checklist -- Systematic synopsis: prosobranchs -- Neritidae -- Hydrocenidae -- Viviparidae -- Ampullariidae (Pilidae) -- Valvatidae -- Littorinidae -- Hydrobiidae: Hydrobiinae, Cochliopinae -- Pomatiopsidae -- Bithyniidae -- Assimineidae -- Thiaridae -- Melanopsidae -- Systematic synopsis: pulmonates -- Ellobiidae -- Acroloxidae -- Lymnaidae -- Ancylidae -- Planorbidae: Planorbinae, Bulininae -- Physidae -- Snails and schistosomes -- Other snail-transmitted parasitic infections -- Biology of Bulinus -- Snail control -- Local snail faunas -- Chemical and physical factors -- Life cycles and populations -- Regions, lakes and rivers: biogeography -- Selected bibliography: identification and distribution -- Index to snail names -- Index to other organism names.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: London : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 1994
• Extent: 1 online resource (608 pages)
• Subjects: 614.5/53; Snails as carriers of disease -- Africa; Freshwater snails -- Africa -- Classification; Schistosomiasis -- Transmission -- Africa; Snails; Trematoda; Trematode Infections; Freshwater snails; Schistosomiasis -- Transmission; Snails as carriers of disease; Mollusca (sistematica); Gastéropodes d'eau douce -- Afrique -- Classification; Schistosomose -- Transmission -- Afrique; Gastéropodes (Vecteurs de maladie) -- Afrique; Africa; Classification
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482295184; 1482295180; 0203481445; 0203789687
• Related ISBNs: 0748400265
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