Oncomelania

Fresh water snails of the genus Biomphalaria, Bulinus and Oncomelania serve as species specific intermediary host of the parasites.

1. Target audience, objectives, scope and structure 1996

Oncomelania each transmit a different species of Schistosoma.

Chapter 6 1996

Oncomelania snails are amphibious, and therefore environmental risk factors for japonicum schistosomiasis differ markedly from those of the other parasite species, whose intermediate hosts are strictly aquatic, even though they survive periods of drought for periods up to twelve months, a phenomenon known as aestivation.

Chapter 6 1996

The control efforts on Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate snail host of Schistosoma japonicum, cannot be easily excluded from the integrated approach of schistosomiasis control in China.

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