Table 6 Snails surveyed from water sources near human settlements in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | Water bodies | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Himbecho Irrigation | Kote Stream | Bisare Stream | |||
Altitude (m.a.s.l) | 1650 | 1802 | 1731 | Â | |
Snail species | Bulinus species | 18 | 67 | 40 | 125 |
Biomphalaria pfeifferi | 18 | 37 | 56 | 111 | |
Lymnaea natalensis | 4 | 13 | 3 | 20 | |
Total collection (%) | 40 (15.6) | 117 (45.7) | 99 (38.7) | 256 | |
Number of B. pfeifferi shedding schistosome cercariae | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Adult schistosome worms harvested after mice sacrificed | Male | 0 | 527 | 83 | 610 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
Copula | 0 | 79 | 8 | 87 | |