Author(s): A.M. Ghandour, A. Al-Robai and M. El-Gohary
Article publication date: 1986-06-01
Vol. 4 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 203-219.
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Keywords
snails, schistosomiasis, snail habitats
Abstract
This ecological study on some aspects of schistosomiasis was conducted in the Mid-Western Region of Saudi Arabia during a six months' period (September 1984- February 1985). The snail intermediate-hosts of schistosomiasis that were collected were Biomphalaria arabica arabica (Melvill and Ponsonby 1996) Bulinus (Builinus) truncatus (Audouin 1827) and Bulinus (Bulinus) beccarii (Paladilhe 1872) the first being the most predominant. Snail habitats vary from perennial streams, intermittent streams, cisterns, dams and their reservoirs. The permanent perennial streams and dams' reservoirs support the greatest abundance of snails. Baboons, Papio hamadryas, were found naturally infected with Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon 1907)