Nearly 400 million people are at higher risk of schistosomiasis because dams block the migration of snail-eating river prawns
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0127
Abstract: Dams have long been associated with elevated burdens of human schistosomiasis, but how dams increase disease is not always clear, in part because dams have many ecological and socio-economic effects. A recent hypothesis argues that… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; dams block; river prawns; river ... See more keywords