Table 1 Schistosoma spp. infections identified from Bulinus snails identified using morphology and molecular techniques from Niger
Village | No. of infected Bulinus spp. | Bulinus with each Schistosoma infection | Bulinus species identified using molecular and morphological methods | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. bovis | S. haematobium | S. haematobium group hybrids | Co-infectiona | B. forskalii (mol/mor) | B. globosus (mol/mor) | B. truncatus (mol/mor) | B. truncatus spp.b | ||
Zama Koira Tégui | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/1 | 4 |
Yoreizé Koira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Tagabati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Bangou Koirey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 3/0 | 1 |
Namaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1 |
Lata Kabia | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1 |
Koutoukalé Zéno | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 1 |
Karma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1 |
Youri | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Tokèye | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 17 |
Gantchi Bassarou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Dokimana | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 12/4 | 1 |
Say | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Kohan Garantche | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/0 | 0 |
Doguel Kaina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 3/1 | 1 |
Tiaguirire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Total (North) | 31 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 9/10 | 9 |
Total (South) | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2/0 | 20/11 | 19 |
Total (Overall) | 87 | 66 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3/2 | 4/0 | 29/21 | 28 |