Effects of temperature on the life history traits of intermediate host snails of fascioliasis: A systematic review

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 17; no. 12; p. e0011812
• Main Authors: Dube, Agrippa, Kalinda, Chester, Manyangadze, Tawanda, Mindu, Tafadzwa, Chimbari, Moses John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.12.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biological activity; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Citation management software; Climate change; Climate effects; Climatic changes; Control programs; Diagnosis; Disease transmission; Drought; Earth Sciences; Environmental impact; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Fasciola; Fecundity; Fluke infections; Fossaria; Gastropoda; Infectious diseases; Influence; Laboratory experimentation; Life history; Lymnaea; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mollusks; Parasites; Population number; Pseudosuccinea; Public health administration; Rain; Snails; Survival; Systematic review; Temperature effects; Zoonoses; South Africa

The impact of climate change has led to variations in various biological processes, leading to altered transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, including snail-borne diseases (SBDs). Fascioliasis is one of the neglected zoonotic tropical snail-borne diseases caused by the trematode of the genus...