WETLANDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| Authors: | C C Appleton |
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| Institution: | Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment , South African Medical Research Council , P.O. Box 17120, Congella, 4013, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY Various facets of public health involvement with wetlands in South Africa are considered. Emphasis is however given to the role of these systems in human disease transmission. With the possible exception of bilharzia, too little is known of the biology of either the pathogens or their intermediate vectors (if they have one) in the aquatic environment for transmission to be adequately understood and for the most cost-effective control strategies to be developed. Insufficient liaison between limnologists and the public health authorities is seen as contributing to this difficulty. |
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| Keywords: | temporarily open/closed estuary plankton Kasouga South Africa |
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