Abundance, Distribution, and Diversity of Freshwater Snail and Prevalences of Their Infection by Cercaria of Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma spp at Mayo-Vreck River, Far North Region of Cameroon
Table 9
Relationships between cercarial emissions and physicochemical parameters of water.
Species
Cercariae
Alkalinity
PH
Temperature (°C)
EC (µS/cm)
Depth (cm)
DO (mg/l)
DSC (ppm)
L. natalensis
F. gigantica
0.018
0.026
0.261
0.240
0.016
0.027
0.002
B. globosus
S. haematobium
0.000
0.015
0.055
0.022
0.009
0.006
0.029
B. tropicus
S. haematobium
0.035
0.004
0.034
0.020
0.006
0.005
0.000
B. truncates
S. haematobium
0.000
0.016
0.041
0.012
0.001
0.006
0.001
B. pfeifferi
S. mansoni
0.069
0.027
0.228
0.237
0.030
0.023
0.013
Values in bold are significantly different from 0 at the alpha = 0.05 significance level.
