Bulinus truncatus snail is the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium, which causes serious damage to urinary system infected patients. To control it in its rapid interruption and/or elimination disease transmission would be efficient. Copper chlorophyllin (Cu-chl) and magnesium (Mg-chl); two photosensitizers used several biological applications, were bio-assayed against B. snails.  Mg-ch...

Irrigation for intensive sugar cultivation started in the early 1980s at Richard Toll, some 100 km from the mouth of the Senegal River. Infections with Schistosoma mansoni were first seen in late 1988. This study records quantitative snail surveys for over 3 years from 1992 at sites representing different habitats in and around the irrigation scheme. Populations of both Biomphalaria pfeifferi (...

Steenstrupia Jelnes, J. E., F. W. Thiongó, N. J. S. Lwambo & J. H. Ouma. The Bulinus nasutus complex (Bulinus nasutus (Martens, 1879) and Bulinus productus Mandahl-Barth, 1960) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the Lake Victoria area elucidated by enzyme-profile electrophoresis and natural infections with Schistosoma spp. (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). – Steenstrupia 27 (2): 257–262. Copenhagen, Den...

The transmission in West Africa of Schisto&&a haematobium by Bulinus truncatus and B. globosus is well known (BROWN, 1980). On the contrary, B. senegalensis, widely distributed in the sub-desert and sahelian zone and associated principally with a temporary environment (BETTERTON et al., 1983), has been found naturally infected in Senegal and The Gambia only (VERCRUYSSE et al., 1985). In Niger, ...

BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is classically described as a rural disease that occurs in areas with poor sanitary conditions. However, over recent decades, there has been an expansion of schistosomiasis foci towards urban areas faced with a rapid and disordered urbanization. In Bamako, Mali, the impact of environmental change on vector-borne diseases such as schistosomiasis is not well known. This...