Malacological survey in Phang-Nga Province, southern Thailand, pre- and post-Indian Ocean tsunami

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2006:37 Suppl 3:104-9.

Abstract

Three malacological surveys were conducted in the Takua Pa District of Phang-Nga Province, southern Thailand, before and after the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster. Twenty-nine species of fresh- and brackish-water snails were found, in which 10 species of freshwater snails were present, including live Pila polita; 8 species were of medical importance. Two brackish-water snails, Nerita articulata and Littorinopsis scabra, were absent after the tsunami disaster, while brackish-water Cerithidea cingulata and C. djadjariensis harbored 9 types of trematode cercariae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disasters
  • Fresh Water
  • Seawater
  • Snails / classification
  • Snails / parasitology*
  • Thailand / epidemiology
  • Trematoda / classification*
  • Trematode Infections / epidemiology
  • Trematode Infections / parasitology*