Publications by authors named "Ibrahim Ndungu"
Article Synopsis
- Living organisms, including snail vectors of a human pathogen, experience thermal stress that can affect their resistance to infection, with some types reverting from resistant to susceptible under heat stress as low as 31°C.
- The study explored how heat shock impacts resistance in two snail species and included various laboratory lines and field-collected snails from Lake Victoria, revealing that the response to heat shock is genotype specific, showing only marginal effects on prevalence of infection in one snail species.
- The findings emphasize the significance of understanding the interaction between snail and parasite genotypes, especially in the context of climate change and its impact on infection dynamics.
