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Genetic Diversity and Ecological Distribution of Bulinus Populations in Southern Benin Using PCR-RFLP Analysis. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int
Schistosomiasis remains a major public health concern in Benin. Freshwater snails of the genus Bulinus serve as intermediate hosts for schistosomes, trematode parasites responsible for bilharzia. The urinary form, caused by Schistosoma haematobium, is the most prevalent and is primarily transmitted by Bulinus truncatus and Bulinus globosus, whereas the
Alabi E, Do AC, Nougbode J, Lehmane H, Sina H, Sedah P, Adjanohoun A, Sezonlin M, Baba-Moussa L.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evidences That Host Genetic Background More Than the Environment Shapes the Microbiota of the Snail Bulinus truncatus, an Intermediate Host of Schistosoma Species. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
Microbiota are increasingly recognized as key players in regulating host biological functions, influencing both the ecology and evolution of organisms.
Jaquet MJ, Douchet P, Toulza E, Lefevre T, Senghor B, Boissier J, Lepais O, Chancerel E, Gourbal B, Rey O.   +9 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Pilot Malacology Surveys for the Intermediate Hosts of Schistosomiasis in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas of the Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
The objective of this pilot malacological survey was to identify the snail intermediate hosts for Schistosoma haematobium in endemic rural and semi-urban areas of Gabon.
Jean Claude Dejon Agobé, Henry Curtis Kariuki, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Yabo Josiane Honkpehedji, Martin Peter Grobusch, Ayola Akim Adegnika   +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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular diversity of Bulinus species in Madziwa area, Shamva district in Zimbabwe: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Bulinus species are freshwater snails that transmit the parasitic trematode Schistosoma haematobium. Despite their importance, the diversity of these intermediate host snails and their evolutionary history is still unclear in Zimbabwe. Bulinus
Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Cremance Tshuma, Eniola Abe, Justen Manasa, Tawanda Manyangadze, Fiona Allan, Nyasha Chinómbe, Bonnie Webster, Nicholas Midzi   +9 more
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Ethnobotanical Survey and Cercaricidal Activity Screening of Medicinal Plants Used for Schistosomiasis Treatment in Atwima‐Nwabiagya District, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
This study focused on documenting and evaluating the cercaricidal activity of medicinal plants used for schistosomiasis treatment in an endemic area in Ghana. Through semistructured questionnaires, personal interviews with herbalists in communities surrounding the Barekese dam in the Atwima‐Nwabiagya district, where the disease is endemic, were carried
Evelyn Asante-Kwatia, Lord Gyimah, Arnold Donkor Forkuo, William Kofi Anyan, Makafui Adzo Gbemu, Francis Ackah Armah, Abraham Yeboah Mensah, Lizandra Guidi Magalhães   +7 more
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Additional file 1 of Spatial variation of life-history traits in Bulinus truncatus, the intermediate host of schistosomes, in the context of field application of niclosamide in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]

, 2022
Additional file 1: Table S1: Correlations between traits at first reproduction in G1 individuals from natural Bulinus truncatus populations according to the region and the treatment status. Table S2: Correlation coefficients for repeated measures between
Mamadou Ouattara (128981), Jean T. Coulibaly (8605332), Mocket A. Ehouman (11987413), Nana R. Diakité (9992664), Eliézer K. N’Goran (8605323), Diabaté Salia (6486653), Yves-Nathan T. Tian-Bi (11987407), Cyrille K. Konan (11987404), Amani Koné (6486656), Adolphe K. Kakou (11987410), Sonya C. Glitho (11987416), Rufin K. Assaré (8605317)   +11 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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Abundance, Distribution, and Diversity of Freshwater Snail and Prevalences of Their Infection by Cercaria of Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma spp at Mayo‐Vreck River, Far North Region of Cameroon

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Malacological and parasitological studies were conducted from April 2020 to March 2021 to determine the abundance and distribution of molluscs and cercariae of Schistosoma spp and Fasciola gigantica. Collected molluscs are exposed to strong light to induce cercarial release. Mollusc densities were higher at station 1 (Gamak) than in station 8 (Patakai),
Augustin Siama, Serges Eteme Enama, Justin Kalmobe, Samuel Abah, Angele Foutchou, Alexandre Michel Njan Nloga, Pedro P. Chieffi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source