Name - Bulinus tropicus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:9425 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Bulinus tropicus (Krauss)

• Bulinus tropicus Krauss

• Bulinus tropicus Ronkay & Varga 1989

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Recent Publications

• Phylogeny of seven Bulinus species originating from endemic areas in three African countries, in relation to the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium.
• Molecular identification of Bulinus spp. intermediate host snails of Schistosoma spp. in crater lakes of western Uganda with implications for the transmission of the Schistosoma haematobium group parasites.
• Trematode infection affects shell shape and size in Bulinus tropicus.
• Transmission sites for Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis identified in localities within the Athi River basin of Kenya using a PCR-RFLP assay.
• One Health monitoring reveals invasive freshwater snail species, new records, and undescribed parasite diversity in Zimbabwe.

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