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Bulinus tropicus, a natural intermediate host for Schistosoma margrebowiei in Lochinvar National Park, Zambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

V. R. Southgate ,
G. W. Howard ,
D. Rollinson ,
D. S. Brown ,
G. C. Ross  and
R. J. Knowles
V. R. Southgate
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
G. W. Howard
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK Department of Biology, The University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
D. Rollinson
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
D. S. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
G. C. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
R. J. Knowles
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract

Snails, provisionally identified as Bulinus tropicus, on the basis of chromosome number, egg protein profile, AcP and 118DH enzymes of the digestive gland, and radular morphology, from Lochinvar National Park, Zambia have been demonstrated to transmit Schistosoma margrebowiei naturally. The identification of the unpaired male schistosomcs was confirmed by PGM and AcP analyses. The observations confirm earlier epidemiological predictions, and add another species of mollusc to the two, B. forskalii and B. scalaris, known to be natural intermediate hosts of S. margrebowiei.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 153 - 155
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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