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Transmission of Schistosoma bovis in Mkulwe (Mbozi District, Mbeya Region, Southern Highlands of Tanzania)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

John Amos Mwambungu
John Amos Mwambungu
Affiliation:
Institute of Adult Education, P.O. Box 20679, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Abstract

Various populations of laboratory bred bulinid snails were exposed to miracidia of Schistosoma bovis from Mbozi. The parasite is naturally transmitted by Bulinus globosus in the area. Laboratory infection revealed a good relationship with B. forskalii and B. globosus from Mbozi and a population of B. forskalii from Dar es Salaam (infection rates 100%, 63·6% and 41·7% respectively). Populations of B. globosus and B. nasutus from Dar es Salaam were refractory. It appears that both snail species (B. globosus and B. forskalii) present in Mbozi district transmit S. bovis.

Keywords

Schistosoma bovisTanzaniaBulinus globosusBulinus forskaliiBulinus nasutustransmission
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 29 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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