Molecular characterization of schistosome cercariae and their Bulinus snail hosts from Niakhar, a seasonal transmission focus in central Senegal.

ABSTRACT: Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus umbilicatus, two sympatric freshwater snails found in temporal ponds in Senegal, were thought to be involved in the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and/or Schistosoma curassoni. To better understand the role of these Bulinus species in the transmission of human and animal Schistosoma species, B. senegalensis and B. umbilicatus were collected in 2015, during a malacological survey, from a temporal pond in Niakhar, central Senegal. Snails were induced to shed cercariae on two consecutive days. Individual cercariae from each snail were collected and preserved for molecular identification. Infected snails were identified by analysis of a partial region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (

SUBMITTER: Senghor B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941053 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature