Seven years of snail control at MWEA Irrigation Settlement, Kenya: results and costs
Choudhry, A.W.
East African Medical Journal 51(8): 600-609
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X PMID: 4472937 Document Number: 80801
It is calculated that the snail control programme (using N-tritylmorpholine) initiated in 1969 at the Mwea Irrigation Settlement, Kenya, is limiting the population of Biomphalaria pfeifferi to about 4% of its initial level and also limiting the transmission of Schistosoma mansoni. It is considered that the costs (annual cost/person protected is about $0.19) compare favourably with those for other irrigation schemes and are considerably lower than those estimated for chemical control in natural habitats.
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