Differentiating snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma spp. using molecular approaches: fundamental to successful integrated control mechanism in Africa

Table 4 Summary of snail intermediate hosts studies in different parts of Africa

S/N	Country	Snail species	References
1.	Nigeria	Bulinus globosus	[13, 22]
		Bulinus forskalii
		Biomphalaria pfeifferi
		Lymnaea natalensis	[16]
		Indoplanorbis exutus	[16]
		Bulinus sp.	[23]
2.	Chad	Bulinus truncatus	[14]
		Bulinus forskalii
		Biomphalaria pfeifferi
3.	Angola	B. globosus	[77]
		B. canescens
		B. angolensis
		B. crystallinus
		Bi, salinarium
		B. globosus
		B. canescens
4.	Egypt	Biomphalaria alexandrina	[37]
		Biomphalaria alexandrina	[38]
		Lymnaea natalensis	[88]
		Bulinus truncatus	[88]
		Bulinus truncatus	[39]
5.	Cameroon	Bulinus truncatus	[39]
		B. globosus
		B. senegalensis
		B. tropicus
		B. forskalii
		B. camerunensis
		B. globosus	[15]
		B. forskalii	[11]
6.	Senegal	Bulinus truncatus	[39]
		B. senegalensis
		B. umbilicatus
7.	Lake Victoria (across Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda)	Biomphalaria choanomphala	[40]
8.	Tanzania	B. globosus	[89]
9.	Madagascar	Biomphalaria pfeifferi	[44]
10.	Malawi	B. globosus	[90]
10.	Malawi	B. nyassanus	[90]
11.	Cote D’ voire	B. forskalii	[11]
11.	Cote D’ voire	B. globosus	[11]
12.	Equitorial Guinea	B. forskalii	[11]
13.	Niger	B. umbilicatus	[11]

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