Overall 10389 snails were collected from four study areas of Punjab from November 2005 to October2006. The highest prevalence (38%) was found for Indoplanorbis followed by Physa (17%), Bellamaya(10.3%), Gyraulus (10%), Lymnaea (9.2%), Oncomelania (9%) and the lowest was found for Bulinus (6.7%).Only Indoplanorbis snails were found to be positive for Schistosoma bovis cercaria. Correlation betwe...

overall 10389 snails were collected from four study areas of punjab from november 2005 to october2006. the highest prevalence (38%) was found for indoplanorbis followed by physa (17%), bellamaya(10.3%), gyraulus (10%), lymnaea (9.2%), oncomelania (9%) and the lowest was found for bulinus (6.7%).only indoplanorbis snails were found to be positive for schistosoma bovis cercaria. correlation betwe...