Snail and Cercariae Counts by Ward in Kakamega and Bungoma Counties, Kenya

A dataset from figshare by Maurice R. Odiere, last updated on 2026-05-04. It contains the total number of snails, counts of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus globosus species, and the number of snails shedding cercariae. The data is aggregated at the ward level within Kakamega and Bungoma Counties in Kenya.

Use Cases

• Mapping schistosomiasis transmission risk based on the presence of intermediate host snails.
• Analyzing the distribution of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus globosus snail species by administrative ward.
• Estimating cercariae shedding intensity as a proxy for local parasite burden.
• Correlating snail population data with environmental or intervention data at the ward level.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly broken down by administrative ward, providing a localized view.
• Distinguishes between total snail counts, specific host species counts, and cercariae-shedding counts.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope or a summary dataset.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 17:50:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kakamega and Bungoma Counties, Kenya, by Ward.