Modelling the historical distribution of schistosomiasis-transmitting snails in South Africa using ecological niche models

Nisa Ayob; Roelof P. Burger; Monray D. Belelie; Ncobile C. Nkosi; Henno Havenga; Lizaan de Necker; Dirk P. Cilliers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295149

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Modelling the historical distribution of schistosomiasis-transmitting snails in South Africa using ecological niche models

Nisa Ayob ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 23799110@nwu.ac.za

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, Mafikeng, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-6395

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Roelof P. Burger ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Roelof P. Burger, Dirk P. Cilliers

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Monray D. Belelie,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Ncobile C. Nkosi,

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, Mafikeng, South Africa
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Henno Havenga,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Lizaan de Necker,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB), Makhanda, South Africa, Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Dirk P. Cilliers

Contributed equally to this work with: Roelof P. Burger, Dirk P. Cilliers

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Modelling the historical distribution of schistosomiasis-transmitting snails in South Africa using ecological niche models

Nisa Ayob,
Roelof P. Burger,
Monray D. Belelie,
Ncobile C. Nkosi,
Henno Havenga,
Lizaan de Necker,
Dirk P. Cilliers

Published: November 30, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295149

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