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Genetic variability, molecular characterization and distribution of species in the genus bulinus (gastropoda: planorbidae) from the Albertine Rift, East AfricaGenetic variability, molecular characterization and distribution of species in the genus bulinus (gastropoda: planorbidae) from the Albertine Rift, East Africa [PDF]

, 2010
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Doctor of Philosophy Degree of Makerere UniversityIn the interest of snail biodiversity and epidemiological predictions of the two diseases; urinary and bovine ...
Nalugwa, Allen
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DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016
A comparative study of the shell structure, seasonal temperature and Calcium content of Bulinus snails from two areas (Damietta and Giza) in Egypt was done and compared with laboratory snails from Schistosome Biological Supply Center (SBSC).
SHEREEN MANSOUR, ABDEL-HAKEM ABDEL-GABER, HANAA ABU EL EININ, ABDEL SAAD   +3 more
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Microhabitat preferences of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis in a natural and a man-made habitat in southeastern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2000
Schistosoma mansoni is an important human parasitic disease which is widespread throughout Africa. As Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails act as intermediate host, knowledge of their population ecology is an essential prerequisite towards understanding disease
Marcel Tanner, Utzinger, J, Tanner, M, Utzinger, Jürg, Jürg Utzinger, Tanner, Marcel   +5 more
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Land use/land cover change, physico-chemical parameters and freshwater snails in Yewa North, Southwestern Nigeria.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The management of ecosystem has been a major contributor to the control of diseases that are transmitted by snail intermediate hosts. The ability of freshwater snails to self-fertilize, giving rise to thousands of hatchlings, enables them to contribute ...
Opeyemi G Oso, Alex B Odaibo
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Nuclear genome of Bulinus truncatus, an intermediate host of the carcinogenic human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium

Nature Communications, 2022
The snail Bulinus truncatus is an intermediate host of the carcinogenic human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium. Here the authors report the genome of Bu. truncatus, explore protein groups inferred to play a role in its interaction with the schistosome
Neil D. Young, Andreas J. Stroehlein, Tao Wang, Pasi K. Korhonen, Margaret Mentink-Kane, J. Russell Stothard, David Rollinson, Robin B. Gasser   +7 more
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Phylogeny of seven Bulinus species originating from endemic areas in three African countries, in relation to the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium. [PDF]

, 2014
International audienceBackgroundSnails species belonging to the genus Bulinus (Planorbidae) serve as intermediate host for flukes belonging to the genus Schistosoma (Digenea, Platyhelminthes). Despite its importance in the transmission of these parasites,
Zein-Eddine, Rima, Huyse, Tine, Djuikwo-Teukeng, Félicité, Al-Jawhari, Mustafa, Dreyfuss, Gilles, Senghor, Bruno, Djuikwo-Teukeng, Félicité Flore   +6 more
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Phylogeny of seven Bulinus species originating from endemic areas in three African countries, in relation to the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundSnails species belonging to the genus Bulinus (Planorbidae) serve as intermediate host for flukes belonging to the genus Schistosoma (Digenea, Platyhelminthes).
Djuikwo-Teukeng, F., Al Jawhari, M., Huyse, T., Dreyfuss, G., Senghor, B., Zein Eddine , R.   +5 more
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Changes In Competitive Interactions Between Bulinus (physopsis) Globosus (morelet) And Bulinus Tropicus (krauss) Due To Exposure To Schistosoma Haematobium Miracidia (host-parasite, Parasitology). [PDF]

, 1985
Interactions between Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus, a snail intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium, and Bulinus tropicus, a related non-host species with overlapping geographic distribution, were measured by examining changes in fecundity with ...
Bailey, James Brad
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Distribution patterns and cercarial shedding of Bulinus nasutus and other snails in the Msambweni area, Coast Province, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2004
In the Msambweni area of the Kwale District in Kenya, an area endemic for Schistosoma haematobium, potential intermediate-host snails were systematically surveyed in water bodies associated with human contact that were previously surveyed in the 1980s ...
Hamburger, Joseph, Muchiri, Eric M, King, Charles H, Pellegrini, Cara, Kitron, Uriel, Ndzovu, Saidi Tosha Malick, Hoffman, Orit, Clennon, Julie A, Mungai, Peter, Ouma, John H, Kariuki, H Curtis, Brady, Melinda S, Sturrock, Robert F   +12 more
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Risk map of transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis by Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) (Mollusca Gastropoda, Bulinidae) in Spain and Portugal

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2019
Mapa del riesgo de contraer schistosomiasis urogenital provocada por Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) (Mollusca Gastropoda, Bulinidae) en España y Portugal Se da a conocer el mapa de la distribución geográfica de Bulinus truncatus en España y Portugal ...
A. Martínez–Ortí, D. Vilavella, M. D. Bargues, S. Mas–Coma   +3 more
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