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. 2015 Apr 23;9(4):e0003657.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003657. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Historical perspective: snail control to prevent schistosomiasis

Charles H King  1 , David Bertsch  1
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Historical perspective: snail control to prevent schistosomiasis

Charles H King et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Countries reporting past use of molluscicide and/or snail habitat modification for control of Schistosoma transmission.
Dark green shading indicates areas where long-term snail control interventions have been used as part of experimental or programmatic efforts to reduce or prevent Schistosoma transmission. The inset shows the island countries of the Caribbean basin where snail control has been used. See S1 Text for list of sources.
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