Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-lrblm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-11T20:59:18.538Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Studies of the relationship between Schistosoma and their intermediate hosts. III. The genus Biomphalaria and Schistosoma mansoni from Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, West Indies (St. Lucia) and Zaire (two different strains: Katanga and Kinshasa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Flemming Frandsen
Flemming Frandsen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle 1 D, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The compatibility between strains of Schistosoma mansoni from Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, the West Indies, and Zaire (two strains which came from Katanga and from Kinshasa), and various species and strains of Biomphalaria, i.e., Biomphalaria pfeifferi, B. alexandrina, B. glabrata and B. camerunensis was investigated. Data as mortality, rate of infection of the surviving snails, duration of infection, cercarial production per day per positive snail, etc., were observed. The main emphasis was placed on determining the total cercarial production per 100 exposed snails for each snail population.

It was possible to infect all the tested populations of B. pfeifferi with the various strains of S. mansoni, but the observation as e.g. TCP/100 exposed snails varied greatly according to the population of snail and the strain of S. mansoni. The results for the remaining species of Biomphalaria varied greatly, depending on the combination, e.g. B. alexandrina was only susceptible to the local S. mansoni from Egypt.

The highest TCP/100 exposed snails was more than 1 million for the strains of S. mansoni from Egypt, Kenya and the West Indies in B. alexandrina, B. pfeifferi and B. glabrata, respectively. The next group, with a TCP/100 exposed snails on 7 – 800 000 consists of S. mansoni from Sudan, Uganda and Zaire (Katanga) all in B. pfeifferi. The last tested strain of S. mansoni, Zaire (Kinshasa) yielded a cercarial production on 500 000 per 100 exposed snails in B. pfeifferi and B. camerunensis.

The shortest prepatent period, 19 days, was observed for S. mansoni from Kinshasa, Zaire, in B. camerunensis, and the longest prepatent period, 25 days, was found for strains from Egypt and from the West Indies in B. alexandrina and B. glabrata, respectively.

In general, a very long duration of infection, lasting up to 200 days, was observed.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , December 1979 , pp. 321 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Anderson, L. A. and Cheever, A. W. (1972) Comparison of geographical strains of Schistosoma mansoni in the mouse. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 46, 232–242.Google ScholarPubMed
Barbosa, F. S. (1975) Survival and cercariae production of Brazilian Biomphalaria glabrata and B. straminea infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Parasitology, 61, 151–152.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Barbosa, F. S. and Barreto, C. (1960) Differences in susceptibility of Brazilian strains of Australorbis glabratus to Schistosoma mansoni. Experimental Parasitology, 9, 137–140.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Barbosa, F. S. and Figueiredo, T. (1970) Susceptibility of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis from Northeastern Brazil to the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 12, 198–206.Google Scholar
Barbosa, F. S., Coelho, M. V. and Dobbin, J. E. (1954) Qualidades de vetor dos hospedeiros de S. mansori no nordeste do Brazil. II Duracao da infestacao e eliminacao de cercarias em A. glabratus. Publicações avulsas do Instituto Aggeu Magolhães, 3, 79–92.Google Scholar
Basch, P. F. (1976) Parasitological review: Intermediate host specificity in Schistosoma mansoni. Experimental Parasitology, 39, 150–169.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chi, L. W., Wagner, E. D. and Wold, N. (1971) Susceptibility of Oncomelania hybrid snails to various geographical strains of Schistosoma japonicum. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 20, 89–94.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chu, K. Y. and Dawood, I. K. (1970) Cercarial production from Biomphalaria alexandrina infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 42, 569–574.Google ScholarPubMed
Coles, C. G. and Thurston, J. P. (1970) Testes number in East African Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Helminthology, 44, 69–73.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Correa, L. R. and Paraense, W. L. (1971) Susceptibility of Biomphalaria amazonica to infection with two strains of Schistosoma mansoni. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropicale de São Paulo, 13, 387–390.Google ScholarPubMed
Cowper, S. G. (1947) Observations on the life cycle of Schistosoma mansoni in the laboratory with a discussion on the snail vector of S. mansoni and S. haematobium. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 41, 173–177.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cram, E. B., Jones, M. F. and Wright, W. H. (1944) Unsuccessful attempts to infect eleven species and subspecies of domestic Planorbidae with Schistosoma mansoni. Proceedings of Helminthological Society Washington, 11, 64–66.Google Scholar
Cridland, C. C. (1955) The experimental infection of several species of African freshwater snails with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 58, 1–11.Google ScholarPubMed
Cridland, C. C. (1957) Further experimental infection of several species of East African Freshwater snails with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 60, 18–23.Google ScholarPubMed
Cridland, C. C. (1968) Results of exposure of batches from highly susceptible and less susceptible strains of Biomphalaria alexandrina alexandrina from Egypt to strains of Schistosoma mansoni from Cairo and Alexandria. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 39, 955–961.Google ScholarPubMed
Cridland, C. C. (1970) Susceptibility of the snail Biomphalaria alexandrina alexandrina from UAR and the Sudan to infection with a strain of Schistosoma mansoni from Tanzania. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 43, 809–815.Google ScholarPubMed
Davis, G. M., Kitikoon, V. and Temcharoen, P. (1976) Monograph on ‘Litoglyphopsis’ aperta, the snail host of Mekong River Schistosomiasis. Malacologia, 15, 241–287.Google ScholarPubMed
Deschiens, R., Delas, A., Ngalle-Edimo, S. and Poirier, A. (1969) La schistosomiase à Schistosoma intercalatum en République fédérale du Cameroun. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 40, 893–898.Google Scholar
Files, V. S. (1951) A study of the vector-parasite relationships in Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology, 41, 264–269.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Files, V. S. and Cram, E. B. (1949) A study of the comparative susceptibility of snail vectors to strains of Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Parasitology, 35, 555–560.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Frandsen, F. (1975) Host-parasite relationship of Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg) and Schistosoma intercalatum Fisher, 1934, from Cameroun. Journal of Helminthology, 49, 73–84.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Frandsen, F. (1979) Studies of the relationships between Schistosoma and their intermediate hosts. I. The genus Bulinus and Schistosoma haematobium from Egypt. Journal of Helminthology, 53, 15–29.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Frandsen, F., Bennike, T. and Cridland, C. C. (1978) Studies on Schistosoma intercalatum Fischer, 1934, and its intermediate snail host in the Kisangani area, Zaire. Annales de Societé belge de Medicine Tropicale, 58, 21–31.Google Scholar
Giovannola, A. (1936) Some observations on the emission of cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from Australorbis glabratus. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 3, 60–61.Google Scholar
Hsü, H. F. and Hsü, S. Y. L. (1956) On the infectivity of the Formosan strain of Schistosoma japonicum in Homo sapiens. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 5, 521–528.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hsü, H. F.. Hsü, S. Y. L. (1957) On the intraspecific and interstrain variations of the male sexual glands of Schistosoma japonicum. Journal of Parasitology, 43, 456–463.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hsü, H. F. and Hsü, S. Y. L. (1958) On the size and shape of the eggs of geographic strains of Schistosoma japonicum. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 7, 125–134.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hsü, H. F. and Hsü, S. Y. L. (1959) Characteristics of geographic strains of Schistosoma japonicum in the hosts. Proceedings from VI International Congress of Tropical Medicine in Annals do Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 16 suppl., 6, 58–66.Google Scholar
Hunter, G. W., Ritchie, L. S. and Otori, Y. (1952) A comparison of the infectivity of Schistosoma japonicum occurring in Japan for Oncomelania nosophora and Oncomelania formosana. Journal of Parasitology, 38, 492.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
James, C. and Webbe, G. (1973) A comparison of Egyptian and East African Strains of Schistosoma haematobium. Journal of Helminthology, 47, 49–59.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
James, C. and Webbe, G. (1975) A comparison of Sudanese and South African strains of Schistosoma haematobium. Journal of Helminthology, 49, 191–197.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kagan, I. G. and Geiger, S. (1965) The susceptibility of three strains of Australorbis glabratus to Schistosoma mansoni from Brazil and Puerto Rico. Journal of Parasitology, 51, 622–627.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kuntz, R. E. (1952) Exposure of planorbid snails from the Western Hemisphere to miracidia of the Egyptian strain of Schistosoma mansoni. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 19, 9–15.Google Scholar
McClelland, W. F. J. (1965) The production of cercariae by Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium and methods for estimating the number of cercariae in suspension. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 33, 270–275.Google ScholarPubMed
McClelland, W. F. J. (1967) The production of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae in Tanzania. Experimental Parasitology, 20, 205–218.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
McCullough, F. S. (1959) The susceptibility and resistance of Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus and Bulinus (Bulinus) truncatus rohlfsi to two strains of Schistosoma haematobium in Ghana. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 20, 75–85.Google ScholarPubMed
McQuay, R. M Jr. (1952) Susceptibility of a Louisiana species of Tropicorbis to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Experimental Parasitology, 1, 184–188.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Magendantz, M. (1972) The biology of Biomphalaria choanomphala and B. sudanica in relation to their rôle in the transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in Lake Victoria at Mwanza, Tanzania. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 47, 331–342.Google Scholar
Magzoub, M. and Adams, S. E. I. (1974) A comparative study of the liver damage and worm burden in mice following infection with Schistosoma mansoni from Northern and Southern Sudan. British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 55, 260–268.Google ScholarPubMed
Malek, A. E. (1950) Susceptibility of the snail Biomphalaria boissyi to infection with certain strains of Schistosoma mansoni. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine, 30, 887–894.Google ScholarPubMed
Malek, A. E. (1967) Susceptibility of tropicorbid snails from Louisiana to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 16, 715–717.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Michelson, E. H. (1976) A potential intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni from Haiti. Journal of Parasitology, 62, 648–649.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Paraense, W. L. and Correa, L. F. (1963) Variation in susceptibility of populations of Australorbis glabratus to a strain of Schistosoma mansoni. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 5, 15–22.Google ScholarPubMed
Pesigan, T. P., Farooq, M., Hariston, N. G., Jauregui, J. J., Garcia, E. G., Santos, A. T., Santos, B. C. and Besa, A. A. (1958) Studies on the Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Philippines. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 19, 345–455.Google ScholarPubMed
Powers, K. G. and Cheever, A. W. (1972) Comparison of geographic strains of Schistosoma mansoni in the rhesus monkey. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 46, 295–300.Google ScholarPubMed
Prentice, M. A., Panesar, T. S. and Coles, G. C. (1970) Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in a large body of water. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 64, 339–348.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ruff, M. D., Davis, G. M. and Werner, J. K. (1973) Schistosoma japonicum: Disc electrophoretic protein pattern of the Japanese, Philippine, and Formosan strains. Experimental Parasitology, 33, 437–446.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Saoud, M. F. A. (1965) Comparative studies on the characteristics of some geographical strains of Schistosoma mansoni in mice and hamster. Journal of Helminthology, 39, 101–112.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saoud, M. F. A. (1966) On the infra-specific variations of the male sexual glands of Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Helminthology, 40, 385–394.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Schreiber, F. G. and Schubert, M. (1949) Experimental infection of the snail Australorbis glabratus with the trematode Schistosoma mansoni and the production of cercariae. Journal of Parasitology, 35, 91–100.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Stunkard, H. W. (1946) Possible snail hosts of human schistosomiasis in the United States. Journal of Parasitology, 32, 539–552.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sturrock, R. F. (1965) Studies of the biology of Biomphalaria angulosa Mandahl-Barth and on its ability to act as an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 59, 1–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sturrock, R. F. and Sturrock, B. M. (1970a) Observations on the susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni from St. Lucia of several Caribbean strains of snails of the genus Biomphalaria. West Indian Medical Journal, 19, 9–13.Google ScholarPubMed
Sturrock, R. F. and Sturrock, B. M. (1970b) Laboratory studies of the host-parasite relationship of Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria glabrata from St. Lucia, West Indies. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 64, 357–363.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Vogel, H. (1942) Infektionsversuche and vershiedenen Bilharziazwischenwirten mit einem mirazidium von Bilharzia mansoni und B. japonicum. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, 148, 29–35.Google Scholar
Webbe, G. and James, C. (1971a) A comparison of two geographical strains of Schistosoma haematobium. Journal of Helminthology, 45, 271–284.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Webbe, G. and James, C. (1971b) Infra-specific variations of Schistosoma haematobium. Journal of Helminthology, 45, 403–413.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wright, C. A. (1962) The significance of infraspecific taxonomy in bilharziasis. In Bilharziasis: CIBA Foundation Symposium, pp. 103–120. Churchill: London.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wright, C. A. and Bennett, M. S. (1967a) Studies on Schistosoma haematobium in the laboratory. I. A strain from Durban, Natal, South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 61, 221–227.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wright, C. A. and Bennett, M. S. (1967b) Studies on Schistosoma haematobium in the laboratory. II. A strain from South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 61, 228–233.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wright, C. A. and Knowles, R. J. (1972) Studies on Schistosoma haematobium in the laboratory. III. Strains from Iran, Mauritius and Ghana. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 66, 108–118.CrossRefGoogle Scholar