Table 1.
Site | GPS coordinates | Observed activities | Bulinus globosus | Bulinus nasutus productus | GenBank no. COX1 | GenBank no. ITS rDNA | |||
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October | November | October | November | ‘Folmer’ region | ‘Asmit’ region | ||||
Bulenge | 0.98913°N, 30.71254°E | Bathing, cattle drinking | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | _ | _ | _ |
Bwera | 0.98388°N, 30.75554°E | Water collection, cattle drinking | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | OR553989; OR553992 | OR553988 | _ |
Kolanya | 1.01909°N, 30.63013°E | Washing, water collection | 54 | 89 | 0 | 0 | OR553990; OR553991 | OR553985; OR553986; OR553987 | OR553999; OR554002 |
Tegeta | 1.04047°N, 30.70325°E | Washing, water collection, swimming | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | _ | OR553983; OR553984 | _ |
Tuhumwire | 1.05143°N, 30.66487°E | livestock grazing | 0 | 0 | 40 | 39a | OR553993; OR553994; OR553995; OR553996 | – | OR554000; OR554001; OR554003 |
Total | 78 | 110 | 40 | 39 |
COX1 Cytochrome c oxidase subunit gene, ITS internal transcribed spacer region, rDNA ribosomal DNA
The accession numbers of the sequenced samples for the partial COX1 and ITS rDNA regions are shown. For the ‘Folmer’ region, each species had only one haplotype while three haplotypes, one at each site, were obtained among B. globosus in the ‘Asmit’ region
aB. nasutus productus at Tuhumwire had a Schistosoma bovis prevalence of 6.25% (n = 32) and 16% (n = 25) as determined by shedding and diagnostic PCR techniques, respectively