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Molecular approaches to the identification of Bulinus species in south-west Nigeria and observations on natural snail infections with schistosomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2010

O.P. Akinwale ,
R.A. Kane ,
D. Rollinson ,
J.R. Stothard ,
M.B. Ajayi ,
D.O. Akande ,
M.O. Ogungbemi ,
C. Duker ,
P.V. Gyang  and
M.A. Adeleke
O.P. Akinwale*
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
R.A. Kane
Affiliation:
Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, LondonSW7 5BD, UK
D. Rollinson
Affiliation:
Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, LondonSW7 5BD, UK
J.R. Stothard
Affiliation:
Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, LondonSW7 5BD, UK
M.B. Ajayi
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
D.O. Akande
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
M.O. Ogungbemi
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
C. Duker
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
P.V. Gyang
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
M.A. Adeleke
Affiliation:
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Public Health Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
*
*E-mail: pheabian@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract

The current study considers the distribution of a small sample of 138 Bulinus snails, across 28 localities within eight Nigerian states. Snails were identified using a combination of molecular methods involving both DNA sequencing of a partial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) fragment and restriction profiles obtained from ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (its) amplicons. The results showed that the majority of Bulinus samples tested belonged to the species Bulinus truncatus while only two were Bulinus globosus. The use of RsaI restriction endonuclease to cleave the ribosomal its of Bulinus, as a method of species identification, was adopted for the majority of samples, this being a quicker and cheaper method better suited to small laboratory environments. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the schistosome Dra1 repeat within each of the collected Bulinus samples was employed to determine the extent and distribution of infected snails within the sample areas. Successful amplification of the Dra1 repeat demonstrated that 29.7% of snails were infected with schistosomes. Sequencing of the partial schistosome its from a small subset of snail samples suggested that some snails were either penetrated by both Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis miracidia or hybrid miracidia formed from the two species.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 283 - 293
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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