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Fig. 1 | Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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From: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry traces the geographical source of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus forskalii, involved in schistosomiasis transmission

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a The map of Senegal showing the snail sampling sites, produced using the Geographic Information System software QGIS v3.18.3-Zürich: http://www.qgis.org. b The different snail species collected were (1) Bi. pfeifferi SRD (NW), (2) Bu. forskalii SRD (NW), (3) Bu. forskalii Diourbel (CS), (4) Bi. pfeifferi Kedougou (SE) laboratory strain, and (5) Bi. pfeifferi SE wild strain. c An explanatory flowchart of the MALDI–TOF MS protocol. ACN: Acetonitrile, CHCA: α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (created using BioRender.com)

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

ISSN: 2049-9957

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