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Table 2 Survival for each mollusc-parasite combination observed at the end of the experiment

From: Persistent establishment of a tropical disease in Europe: the preadaptation of schistosomes to overwinter

Healthy molluscs

Infected molluscs

T (°C): Mollusc strain

Survival (%)

T (°C) Mollusc/parasite strain

Survival (%)

4 °C: B.t Spain

58 (n = 7)

4 °C: B.t Spain/S.h

33 (n = 4)

8 °C: B.t Spain

92 (n = 11)

8 °C: B.t Spain/S.h

83 (n = 10)

16 °C: B.t Spain

75 (n = 9)

16 °C: B.t Spain/S.h

100 (n = 12)

24 °C: B.t Spain

83 (n = 10)

24 °C: B.t Spain/S.h

17 (n = 2)

4 °C: B.t Corsica

50 (n = 6)

4 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b

42 (n = 5)

8 °C: B.t Corsica

92 (n = 11)

8 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b

83 (n = 10)

16 °C: B.t Corsica

83 (n = 10)

16 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b

83 (n = 10)

24 °C: B.t Corsica

92 (n = 11)

24 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b

8 (n = 1)

4 °C: B.t Cameroon

0 (n = 0)

  

8 °C: B.t Cameroon

0 (n = 0)

  

16 °C: B.t Cameroon

100 (n = 12)

  

24 °C: B.t Cameroon

100 (n = 12)

  
  1. Notes: Number of molluscs in parentheses (n). All infected molluscs emitted cercariae at the end of the experiment
  2. Abbreviations: B.t, Bulinus truncatus; S.h, Schistosoma haematobium pure strain from Cameroon; S.h-b, Schistosoma haematobium × S. bovis Corsican hybrid strain; T, temperature