A deterministic model of schistosomiasis with spatial structure by Fabio Augusto Milner, Ruijun Zhao

“…It has been observed in several settings that schistosomiasis is lessprevalent in segments of river with fast current than in those with slow current.Some believe that this can be attributed to flush-away of intermediate hostsnails. However, free-swimming parasite larvae are very active in searching forsuitable hosts, which indicates that the flush-away of larvae may also be veryimportant. …”
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