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Table 1 Cercarial infections in Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos snails collected from two sampling locations

From: Culture of fecal indicator bacteria from snail intestinal tubes as a tool for assessing the risk of Opisthorchis viverrini infection in Bithynia snail habitat

Snails by infection status

Hotspot

Non-hotspot

Day 1, n (%)

Day 2, n (%)

Total, n (%)

Day 1, n (%)

Day 2, n (%)

Total, n (%)

Snails tested

1676

1157

2833

612

809

1421

O. viverrini-positive

10 (0.6)

16 (1.4)

26 (0.9)

0

0

0

Other trematode infections

26 (1.6)

75 (6.5)

101 (3.6)

47 (7.7)

118 (14.6)

165 (11.6)

 Xiphidiocercariae

25 (1.5)

73 (6.3)

98 (3.5)

44 (7.2)

100 (12.4)

144 (10.1)

 Echinostome cercariae

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

0

3 (0.4)

3 (0.2)

 Cystophorous cercariae

0

1 (0.1)

1 (0.04)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.4)

4 (0.3)

 Amphistome cercariae

0

0

0

2 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

 Parapleurolophocercous cercariae

0

0

0

0

11 (1.4)

11 (0.8)

Mixed infectiona

0

0

0

0

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

  1. aOne snail was infected with xiphidiocercariae and cystophorous cercariae