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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Use of indigenous fishes to control schistosome snail vectors in Malaŵi, Africa
Biological Control, Volume 1, No. 4, Year 1991
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The expansion of water resource development projects in the tropics and subtropics resulted in an increased transmission of human schistosomes. This study was conducted to test the feasibility of using two snail-eating fishes, Trematocranus placodon (Trewavas) and Maravichromis anaphyrmis (Trewavas), as biocontrol agents of schistosomes in fish ponds. The results suggest that T. placodon has a potential for controlling the snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon) and Schistosoma haematobium (Bilharz). The use of M. anaphyrmis, however, to control schistosome-carrying snails was not satisfactory. © 1991.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chiotha, Sosten S.
Malawi, Zomba
University of Malawi
McKaye, Kenneth Rober
United States, Cambridge
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Stauffer, Jay Richard
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/1049-9644(91)90084-D
ISSN:
10499644
Research Areas
Environmental