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- Title
Snail intermediate host/ Schistosoma haematobium relationships from three transmission sites in Benin (West Africa).
- Authors
Ibikounlé, Moudachirou; Mouahid, Gabriel; Mintsa Nguema, Rodrigue; Sakiti, Nestor; Massougbodji, Achille; Moné, Hélène
- Abstract
The relationships between three strains of Schistosoma haematobium (Doh, Sô-Tchanhoué and Toho-Todougba; from Benin, West Africa) and their snail hosts were assessed by measurement of several life-history traits, including the infection rate; pre-patent period; cercarial production of each parasite strain; and growth, fecundity and survival of the host snails. Adaptations to its local snail host was found for the Toho-Todougba strain and included a short pre-patent period, a long patent period and production of more cercariae in its local snail host. In contrast, the life-history traits of the Doh and Sô-Tchanhoué strains indicated non-local adaptations, as some sympatric host-parasite combinations were not compatible, the highest infection rates occurred in the allopatric snail Bulinus wrighti, and the duration of cercarial production was short because of the high level of mortality of the snails. Furthermore, snail reproduction ceased following infection by each of the three parasite strains, and the life-history traits were not influenced by the miracidial dose.
- Subjects
BENIN; SNAILS; SCHISTOSOMA haematobium; CERCARIAE; HOST-parasite relationships; BULINUS; PHYSIOLOGIC strain
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2013, Vol 112, Issue 1, p227
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-012-3129-x