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Studies of the relationships between Schistosoma and their intermediate hosts. 1. The genus Bulinus and Schistosoma haematobium from Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Flemming Frandsen
Flemming Frandsen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle 1 D, DK 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
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Abstract

The susceptibility of Bulinus truncatus, B. tropicus, B. natalensis, B. coulboisi, B. globosus, B. cernicus and B. wrighti to Schistosoma haematobium from Egypt were examined. Eighteen different populations of B. truncatus were investigated.

A new method of measuring the compatibility between schistosomes and the intermediate snail hosts, the total cercarial production per 100 exposed snail, is introduced.

All B. truncatus populations became infected and could be divided in four groups according to the total cercarial production per 100 exposed snails. In the first group the cercarial production varied from 250 000 to 500 000 and in the last group between 5000 and 20 000. The first group had a high infection rate of 62 to 100% and a low mortality of approximately 10% and the last group showed a very low infection rate and a high mortality.

B. globosus (Rhodesia), B. cernicus and B. wrighti became infected, while B. globosus (Zaire), B. coulboisi, B. natalensis and B. tropicus were refractory.

The shortest prepatent period was 26 days at a room temperature of 26°C. The maximum cercariae production for one snail in one day was 600 and the longest duration of infection was 200 days.

Experimenting with different doses of miracidia, 5 to 50 per snail, resulted in a one hundred per cent infection and a low mortality of 10%. There was only a slight variation in the cercarial production.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 15 - 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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