Molecular diversity of Bulinus species in Madziwa area, Shamva district in Zimbabwe: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission

Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka-Makuvaza; Xiao-Nong Zhou; Cremance Tshuma; Eniola Abe; Justen Manasa; Tawanda Manyangadze; Fiona Allan; Nyasha Chinómbe; Bonnie Webster; Nicholas Midzi

doi:10.1186/s13071-020-3881-1

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Demographic information of the Bulinus samples analysed in Madziwa, Zimbabwe

From: Molecular diversity of Bulinus species in Madziwa area, Shamva district in Zimbabwe: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission

Community (prevalence of USCH%)^a	Water body	Latitude	Longitude	Collection site ID	No. of snails collected	No. of B. globosus collected	B. globosus shedding cercariae n (%)	No. of B. truncatus collected^b	Haplotypes
Chihuri (22.8)	Nyarukunda R	16°56.185′S	31°26.762′E	1	117	117	0 (0)	0	H1, H3
	Pachibani pool	16°54.899′S	31°25.721′E	2	20	20	0 (0)	0	H1, H2, H7
	Nyamaruru R	16°55.452′S	31°25.768′E	3	64	63	1 (1.6)	1	H1, H2, T1
	Nyamaruru R	16°55.439′S	31°25.848′E	4	81	81	0 (0)	0	H2, H3, H6, H12
Sub-total					282	281	1 (0.4)	1
Kaziro (12.3)	Mupfure R	16°56.997′S	31°28.622′E	7	22	20	0 (0)	2	H1, T2
	Mupfure R	16°56.961′S	31°28.551′E	8	52	50	0 (0)	2	H1, T2, H3
	Mupfure R	16°56.706′S	31°28.249′E	9	35	35	1 (2.9)	0	H1, H3, H5, H7
Sub-total					109	105	1 (1.0)	4
Mupfure (17.7)	Mupfure R	16°56.655′S	31°28.194′E	5	42	41	0 (0)	1	H1, H5, H8, T2
	Mupfure R	16°56.218′S	31°27.667′E	6	112	112	0 (0)	0	H1, H3, H5, H8, H11
	Mupfure R	16°51.986′S	31°28.347′E	10	208	208	2 (1.0)	0	H1, H3, H6
	Mupfure R	16°51.723′S	31°29.283′E	11	45	45	0 (0)	0	H1, H2, H3
	Mupfure R	16°51.624′S	31°29.422′E	12	26	25	1 (4.0)	1	H1, H4, T3
	Mupfure R	16°51.565′S	31°29.422′E	13	57	57	5 (8.8)	0	H1, H2, H3, H9
	Mupfure R	16°51.472′S	31°29.622′E	14	85	85	0 (0)	0	H1, H3
	Mupfure R	16°51.442′S	31°29.621′E	15	135	135	11 (8.1)	0	H1, H2, H4
	Mupfure R	16°51.417′S	31°29.644′E	16	9	9	0 (0)	0	H1, H2, H7, H10
	Mupfure R	16°51.344′S	31°29.746′E	17	11	10	0 (0)	1	H1, H2, T1
	Zvisokwe S	16°52.842′S	31°29.450′E	18	75	75	0 (0)	0	H1, H4
	Zvisokwe S	16°53.007′S	31°29.583′E	19	220	220	5 (2.3)	0	H1, H4
Sub-total					1025	1022	24 (2.3)	3
Nduna (12.9)	Kamoyo S	16°53.735′S	31°24.405′E	20	20	16	0 (0)	4	H1, T1
	Kamoyo S	16°53.746′S	31°24.415′E	21	58	54	2 (3.7)	4	H1, T1
	Kamoyo S	16°53.761′S	31°24.376′E	22	64	64	2 (3.1)	0	H1
Sub-total					142	134	4 (3.0)	8
Total of all sites					1558	1542	30 (1.9)	16

^aPrevalence of the disease in women and preschool aged children in the communities studied [25]
^bNone of the B. truncatus snails collected was infected
Notes: Details for the sites and locations where the snail samples were collected, the times of the collections, the total numbers of snails collected and those infected with schistosomes. The haplotypes column shows the different haplotypes that were observed at each site
Abbreviations: R, river; S, stream; H, haplotype of B. globosus; T, haplotype of B. truncatus; USCH, urogenital schistosomiasis

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