Bulinus snails in the Lake Victoria Basin in Kenya: Systematics and their role as hosts for schistosomes.

• Main Authors: Caitlin R Babbitt (Author), Martina R Laidemitt (Author), Martin W Mutuku (Author), Polycup O Oraro (Author), Sara V Brant (Author), Gerald M Mkoji (Author), Eric S Loker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The planorbid gastropod genus Bulinus consists of 38 species that vary in their ability to vector Schistosoma haematobium (the causative agent of human urogenital schistosomiasis), other Schistosoma species, and non-schistosome trematodes. Relying on sequence-based identifications of bulinids (parti...