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Table 1 Total number of snails collected and Schistosoma spp. infestation rates (%) in ponds in 2012 and 2013, in 9 villages of the Niakhar study area

From: Study of the snail intermediate hosts of urogenital schistosomiasis in Niakhar, region of Fatick, West central Senegal

Villages (pond)

Snail species

2012

2013

Total

Col.

Test.

Inf. (rate)

Col.

Test.

Inf. (rate)

Col.

Test.

Inf. (rate)

Sob (1)

B. s

44

44

0

512

330

0

556

374

0

Sass Ndiafaj (1)

B. s

20

20

0

898

819

5 (0.61 %)

918

839

5 (0.60 %)

Ngalagne kop (4)

B. s

156

156

0

882

714

0

1038

870

0

Tukar (3)

B. s

150

150

0

1512

1337

1 (0.07 %)

1662

1487

1 (0.06 %)

Puday (3)

B. s

122

111

0

2912

1920

1 (0.05 %)

3034

2031

1 (0.04 %)

Logdir (2)

B. s

80

80

0

90

90

1 (1.11 %)

170

170

1 (0.60 %)

Diohin (1)

B. s

114

110

0

902

689

0

1016

799

0

Godel (1)

B. s

64

64

0

278

270

0

342

334

0

Ngangarlam (1)

B. s

166

166

0

275

263

0

441

429

0

B. u

58

58

8 (13.79 %)

290

281

14 (4.98 %)

348

339

22 (6.51 %

Total

B. s

1032

901

0

8261

6432

8 (0.12 %)

9293

7333

8 (0.11 %)

B. u

58

58

8 (13.8 %)

290

281

14 (4.98 %)

348

339

22 (6.50 %)

Total all species

1090

959

8 (0.01 %)

8551

6713

22 (0.003 %)

9641

7672

30 (0.39 %)

  1. B. s: B. senegalensis - B. u: B. umbilicatus, Col Collected, Test Tested, Inf Infested