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. 2019 Jul 29;12:379. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3635-0

Table 2.

Survival for each mollusc-parasite combination observed at the end of the experiment

Healthy molluscs Infected molluscs
T (°C): Mollusc strain Survival (%) T (°C) Mollusc/parasite strain Survival (%)
4 °C: B.t Spain 58 (n = 7) 4 °C: B.t Spain/S.h 33 (n = 4)
8 °C: B.t Spain 92 (n = 11) 8 °C: B.t Spain/S.h 83 (n = 10)
16 °C: B.t Spain 75 (n = 9) 16 °C: B.t Spain/S.h 100 (n = 12)
24 °C: B.t Spain 83 (n = 10) 24 °C: B.t Spain/S.h 17 (n = 2)
4 °C: B.t Corsica 50 (n = 6) 4 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b 42 (n = 5)
8 °C: B.t Corsica 92 (n = 11) 8 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b 83 (n = 10)
16 °C: B.t Corsica 83 (n = 10) 16 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b 83 (n = 10)
24 °C: B.t Corsica 92 (n = 11) 24 °C: B.t Corsica/S.h-b 8 (n = 1)
4 °C: B.t Cameroon 0 (n = 0)
8 °C: B.t Cameroon 0 (n = 0)
16 °C: B.t Cameroon 100 (n = 12)
24 °C: B.t Cameroon 100 (n = 12)

Notes: Number of molluscs in parentheses (n). All infected molluscs emitted cercariae at the end of the experiment

Abbreviations: B.t, Bulinus truncatus; S.h, Schistosoma haematobium pure strain from Cameroon; S.h-b, Schistosoma haematobium × S. bovis Corsican hybrid strain; T, temperature