Bulinus snails in the Lake Victoria Basin in Kenya: Systematics and their role as hosts for schistosomes.

The planorbid gastropod genus Bulinus consists of 38 species that vary in their ability to vector Schistosoma haematobium (the causative agent of human urogenital schistosomiasis), other Schistosoma species, and non-schistosome trematodes. Relying on sequence-based identifications of bulinids (parti...

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Main Authors: Caitlin R Babbitt, Martina R Laidemitt, Martin W Mutuku, Polycup O Oraro, Sara V Brant, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010752