CHAPTER EIGHTEEN A BIORATIONALE FOR CONTROL OF BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI HOST SNAILS, LARVAE OF ANOPHELES GAMBIAE AND SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI

Abstract

Mosquitoes transmit deadly diseases in tropical countries. Despite tremendous efforts towards disease control, the burden is still huge in endemic areas. In 2015, the region was home to 89% of malaria cases and 91% of malaria deaths. Chemotherapy and vector control are among the most effective strategies used to minimize the disease burden, but they are highly challenged by the phenomenon of drug and insecticide resistance. Schistosomiasis is a snail-born parasitic worm infection of