Publications
| new insights into the transmission biology of urinary schistosomiasis in zanzibar. | a better understanding of the transmission biology of urinary schistosomiasis in zanzibar, tanzania was only possible after the development of molecular dna markers for identification of bulinus africanus group snails, the potential intermediate hosts of schistosoma haematobium. hitherto, identification of natural populations of b. globosus and b. nasutus was problematic and the intermediate host status and distribution of either species remained speculative. by recourse to molecular markers, sn ... | 2002 | 12474469 |
| urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren on zanzibar island (unguja), tanzania: a parasitological survey supplemented with questionnaires. | the distribution of urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren on zanzibar island (unguja) was surveyed in may 2001 to test a potential correlation with the distribution of snail species of the bulinus africanus group and to record contemporary baseline epidemiological data. quasi-random samples of 40 schoolchildren of mixed sexes were selected from each of 10 schools. schistosoma haematobium infections were detected upon the basis of micro-haematuria with subsequent confirmation by microscopy ex ... | 2002 | 12474477 |