Lake Victoria (IMAGE)

University of New Mexico

Lake Victoria

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Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, by surface area, and plays a crucial role in every day life for those who live in the region. It is also a habitat for several species of the freshwater snail that transmits the S. mansoni parasite.

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Eric Loker/UNM

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