Bulinus tropicus, a natural intermediate host for Schistosoma margrebowiei in Lochinvar National Park, Zambia.
Snails, provisionally identified as Bulinus tropicus, on the basis of chromosome number, egg protein profile, AcP and HBDH enzymes of the digestive gland, and radular morphology, from Lochinvar National Park, Zambia have been demonstrated to transmit Schistosoma margrebowiei naturally. The identification of the unpaired male schistosomes was confirmed by PGM and AcP analyses. The observations confirm earlier epidemiological predictions, and add another species of mollusc to the two, B. forskalii and B. scalaris, known to be natural intermediate hosts of S. margrebowiei.
D000818:Animals; D002033:Bulinus / Q000469:parasitology*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D008297:Male; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*