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Table 2 Distribution of snails and sentinel mice in the two villages

From: Elimination of schistosomiasis requires multifactorial diagnostics: evidence from high- and low-prevalence areas in the Nile Delta, Egypt

Ebiana Village (low prevalence)

Site No. & type

Frequency & (%) of infected snails

Frequency & % of infected mice

 1-Ca

5.0 (2.9)

0.0 (0)

 2-C

4.0 (5.5)

6.0 (20.6)

 3-C

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 4-C

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 5-Db

2.0 (1.4)

6.0 (53.8)

 6-D

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 7-C

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 8-C

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 9-C

2.0 (4.7)

2.0 (10.0)

 10-C

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

El-Rouse Village (high prevalence)

 1-C

1.0 (6.0)

4.0 (6.8)

 2-D

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 3-D

1.0 (0.15)

0.0 (0.0)

 4-C

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 5-C

0.0 (0.0)

1.0 (2.0)

 6-C

0.0 (0.0)

3.0 (12.0)

 7-C

0.0 (0.0)

1.0 (3.6)

 8-C

3.0 (6.3)

5.0 (26.4)

 9-C

2.0 (1.7)

5.0 (10.0)

 10-D

2.0 (0.99)

0.0 (0.0)

 11-D

4.0 (0.12)

2.0 (7.8)

 12-C

0.0 (0.0)

2.0 (12.3)

 13-C

2.0 (0.32)

1.0 (1.7)

 14-D

1.0 (0.5)

1.0 (3.4)

  1. aC: Canals
  2. bD: drains