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Table 1 Predominant snail intermediate hosts found in Africa and the schistosome parasites harboured by them

From: Differentiating snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma spp. using molecular approaches: fundamental to successful integrated control mechanism in Africa

S/N

Snail intermediate hosts

Parasites transmitted

1

Bulinus globosus

Schistosoma haematobium

2

Bulinus truncatus

Schistosoma haematobium

3

Bulinus africanus

Schistosoma haematobium

4

Bulinus senegalensis

Schistosoma haematobium

5

Bulinus forskalii

Potential snail intermediate host

6

Bulinus camerunensis

Schistosoma haematobium

7

Biomphalaria pfeifferi

Schistosoma mansoni

8

Biomphalaria sudanica

Schistosoma mansoni

9

Biomphalaria choanomphala

Schistosoma mansoni

10

Bulinus alexandrina

Schistosoma mansoni

  1. Source: [25] http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schistosomiasis/biology.html