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Table 2 Distribution of snails among water bodies in Kisumu City, Kenya, April -May 2011

From: Malacological survey and geographical distribution of vector snails for schistosomiasis within informal settlements of Kisumu City, western Kenya

Site type

Number of sites

Snail species

Total snail abundance

Mean snail abundance1

  

B. sudanica

B. pfeifferi

B. globosus

  

Dams

6

1

9

39

49

8 ± 16b

Lakeshore

25

261

80

112

453

18 ± 12a

Rivers

46

145

336

76

557

12 ± 34b

Springs

4

0

0

0

0

0

  1. 1Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference for site type (P < 0.05). Values are means ± SD (rounded off to whole numbers).