title: Malacological survey in Phang-Nga Province, southern Thailand, pre- and post-Indian Ocean tsunami.
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.
authors.affiliation: Applied Malacology Center, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand. tmpsa@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Pusadee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sri-Aroon
authors.forename: Chantima
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lohachit
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Phiraphol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chusongsang
authors.forename: Yupa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chusongsang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004190:Disasters; D005618:Fresh Water; D012623:Seawater; D012908:Snails / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*