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SUBMITTER: Becker JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046736 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Becker Jeremias M JM Ganatra Akbar A AA Kandie Faith F Mühlbauer Lina L Ahlheim Jörg J Brack Werner W Torto Baldwyn B Agola Eric L EL McOdimba Francis F Hollert Henner H Fillinger Ulrike U Liess Matthias M
Scientific reports 20200227 1
Schistosomiasis is a severe neglected tropical disease caused by trematodes and transmitted by freshwater snails. Snails are known to be highly tolerant to agricultural pesticides. However, little attention has been paid to the ecological consequences of pesticide pollution in areas endemic for schistosomiasis, where people live in close contact with non-sanitized freshwaters. In complementary laboratory and field studies on Kenyan inland areas along Lake Victoria, we show that pesticide polluti ...[more]