BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a global snail-transmitted infectious disease of poverty. Transmission control had been achieved in China in 2015 after the control efforts for over 60 years. Currently, the remaining core regions endemic for Schistosoma japonicum are mainly located in the marshland and lake regions along the Yangtze River basin. METHODS During the period from 2001 through 2015, ...

Abstract One of nature’s most valuable resources, biodiversity plays a critical role in meeting many human requirements and protecting from environmental extremism conditions. Mollusca benthic invertebrates are important biota aquatic ecosystems need further investigation. The current study highlights some species recorded Al-Delmage Marsh Iraq. points out six Mollusca. These Melanoides tubercu...

Urban wetland ecosystems (UWEs) play important social and ecological roles but are often adversely affected by urban landscape transformations. Spatio-temporal analyses to gain insights into the trajectories of changes in these needed for better planning towards sustainable UWEs. In this study, we examined impacts urbanization on Muthurajawela Marsh Negombo Lagoon (MMNL), an UWE Sri Lanka that ...