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Aquatic macrophytes and macroinvertebrate predators affect densities of snail hosts and local production of schistosome cercariae that cause human schistosomiasis

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Linking bioenergetics and parasite transmission models suggests mismatch between snail host density and production of human schistosomes

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A 5-Year intervention study on elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: Parasitological results of annual cross-sectional surveys

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Bioenergetic theory predicts infection dynamics of human schistosomes in intermediate host snails across ecological gradients

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Impact and cost-effectiveness of snail control to achieve disease control targets for schistosomiasis

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To Reduce the Global Burden of Human Schistosomiasis, Use ‘Old Fashioned’ Snail Control

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The evolving schistosomiasis agenda 2007-2017—Why we are moving beyond morbidity control toward elimination of transmission

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Apropos: critical analysis of molluscicide application in schistosomiasis control programs in Brazil

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Hydrology and density feedbacks control the ecology of intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis across habitats in seasonal climates

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Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

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Critical analysis of molluscicide application in schistosomiasis control programs in Brazil

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Reduced transmission of human schistosomiasis after restoration of a native river prawn that preys on the snail intermediate host

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Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Chemical-Based Mollusciciding for Control of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium Transmission

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