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Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis [PDF]

Acta Parasitologica
Abstract Purpose Accurate identification of medically important intermediate host and vector species is crucial for understanding disease transmission and control. Identifying Bulinus snails which act as intermediate host species for the transmission of schistosomiasis is typically undertaken using conchological and ...
Peter S Andrus, Ebrima Joof, Christopher M Wade   +2 more
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Impact of chemical snail control on intermediate host snail populations for urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Pemba, Tanzania: findings of a 3-year intervention study [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis as a public health problem globally by 2030 and to interrupt transmission in selected areas.
Lydia Trippler, Said Mohammed Ali, Msanif Othman Masoud, Zahor Hamad Mohammed, Amour Khamis Amour, Khamis Rashid Suleiman, Shaali Makame Ame, Fatma Kabole, Jan Hattendorf, Stefanie Knopp   +9 more
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Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus umbilicatus Snail Infestations by the Schistosoma haematobium Group in Niakhar, Senegal [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
Thorough knowledge of the dynamics of Bulinus spp. infestation could help to control the spread of schistosomiasis. This study describes the spatio-temporal dynamics of B. senegalensis and B.
Papa Mouhamadou Gaye, Souleymane Doucoure, Bruno Senghor, Babacar Faye, Ndiaw Goumballa, Mbacké Sembène, Coralie L’Ollivier, Philippe Parola, Stéphane Ranque, Doudou Sow, Cheikh Sokhna   +10 more
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Seasonal distribution and cercarial shedding of Bulinus spp. snails: Implications for urogenital schistosomiasis control in the Simiyu Region, northwestern Tanzania [PDF]

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Urogenital schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease of significant public health concern caused by the trematode species Schistosoma haematobium.
Nyanda C. Justine, Humphrey D. Mazigo, Antje Fuss, Bonnie L. Webster, Eveline T. Konje, Klaus Brehm, Andreas Mueller   +6 more
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The spatial and seasonal distribution of Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus forskalii and Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis, in N’Djamena, Chad

Geospatial Health, 2014
There is a paucity of epidemiological and malacological data pertaining to schistosomiasis in Chad. In view of a recently articulated elimination agenda, a deeper understanding of the spatio-temporal distribution of schistosomiasis inter- mediate host ...
Wendelin Moser, Helena Greter, Christian Schindler, Fiona Allan, Bongo N. R. Ngandolo, Daugla D. Moto, Jürg Utzinger, Jakob Zinsstag   +7 more
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Mitochondrial genome of Bulinus truncatus (Gastropoda: Lymnaeoidea): Implications for snail systematics and schistosome epidemiology

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2021
Many freshwater snails of the genus Bulinus act as intermediate hosts in the life-cycles of schistosomes in Africa and adjacent regions. Currently, 37 species of Bulinus representing four groups are recognised.
Neil D. Young, Liina Kinkar, Andreas J. Stroehlein, Pasi K. Korhonen, J. Russell Stothard, David Rollinson, Robin B. Gasser   +6 more
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Comparative mitogenomics of freshwater snails of the genus Bulinus, obligatory vectors of Schistosoma haematobium, causative agent of human urogenital schistosomiasis

Scientific Reports, 2022
Among the snail genera most responsible for vectoring human-infecting schistosomes, Bulinus, Biomphalaria, and Oncomelania, the former is in many respects the most important. Bulinid snails host the most common human blood fluke, Schistosoma haematobium,
Si-Ming Zhang, Lijing Bu, Lijun Lu, Caitlin Babbitt, Coen M. Adema, Eric S. Loker   +5 more
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Species diversity and distribution of schistosome intermediate snail hosts in The Gambia.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
There is a need for recent information on intermediate snail hosts of schistosomes in The Gambia; the previous studies were conducted over three decades ago.
Ebrima Joof, Bakary Sanneh, Sana M Sambou, Christopher M Wade   +3 more
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Assessing Potential Intermediate Host Snails of Urogenital Schistosomiasis, Human Water Contact Behavior and Water Physico-chemical Characteristics in Alwero Dam Reservoir, Ethiopia

Environmental Health Insights, 2022
Introduction: Urogenital schistosomiasis is one of public health problems in lowland areas of Ethiopia. The disease is caused by Schistosoma haematobium . Freshwater Bulinus snails are intermediate hosts for the parasite transmission.
Ketema Deribew, Berhanu Erko, Seid Tiku Mereta, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Zeleke Mekonnen   +4 more
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Assessing the diversity and distribution of potential intermediate hosts snails for urogenital schistosomiasis: Bulinus spp. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) of Lake Victoria

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The Lake Victoria basin is one of the most persistent hotspots of schistosomiasis in Africa, the intestinal form of the disease being studied more often than the urogenital form.
Fred D. Chibwana, Immaculate Tumwebaze, Anna Mahulu, Arthur F. Sands, Christian Albrecht   +4 more
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