OI{CHOCENCIASIS CONIROI RNSEARCH IIEPORTIITG
SubJect:
Cytotaxonomyof
Instltutlon:
li{fiO/oCPSersormel: C.G.
Vajime Typeof Report: Quarterly Date of
submlssi.on: I,Iarch 311PROGRA}flM NUI,tsE1].
(oclrzn
\tE/75)
Simuliun
damnosum comp1.exPeriod.s Covered:
October
L975- I{arch,
L976L976 Slgnature of responsible officer
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4.
SUIl 1\[ARY
The
distribution of
S.d.amnosum r-rnd S.sirbanumin Control
ZoneIf
hasenlarged,
as
moreareEs-E6zone EaEffi-covered.
Inadditiontotheabovespec1es9..Wo,d9.s9}!I9IEwere in
Togowithin control
zoneIII.
Identiftcations of
semplesarisj-ng from collaborative
workwlth
I,III0
consultants are included.
Using the
Cbanding technique,
Cbanding of
centromere regi"ons Yras obse::rredin Larval polytene
chrouosomesof the
S.dannnosuxn speciesgroup.
Theexpression ot the region
wasmost coEsliffiu-in g.-W,-
nosum and S.yahense.
[here
wereno reversed banding
seguenceswith
E6@ct to-sTAfrm to provlde
landmarksfor species id.entj-ficatlon.
Attenpts to find
poJ.ytene chromosomesln adults
werenot suocessful.
Adults eaught bitlng
manat
lcnownlocations
andthose reared fron
pupae
frou the
samelocations
have been preserrredfor
taxonomiostudies.
OPDRATIOIIS DUiII}IG PERIOD UTIDER REVIDTI
Operations for the last quarter of
1975 anclthe first quarter of
1976
overlap
andare therefore presentetl together in thi.s report.
FIEID
Y/ORKa)
toeoDurlng the
monthof
OctoberDr Davies, iir
Sowah andI
dtd.a
two- clayprospection of the Otl,
1.{o andl{ara river
systemsin norther [ogo;
In the viclnlties of lama-I(ara,
Sansanne llango and Dapango.In
thesehi1ly areas there
were manystretches of rapitls ln all the rivers
butthe high water conditions probably dirl not favour the
developmentof,
S.@. tte/ot'
tr
6.
Iew
Ia.rvaI
sainlrles i'ierecoilecied
froi:i'Lhe Kel:a,'/keuii cor:fIuence,the
Binaor
Ako1eriver,
ancl -i;heBalique river
near [a.r:,atougou.A
oiigic
speclnen vras obtaisedfron the
Karariver at the
o1d brid.ge j::1,:;:::.-'(1'E":..b) Irryffi
yoqqsIn
f ctoberL{r.
0o:=3 and.I
r,udea
sunreyof
south-easterrr UpperVolta
anrdoolleoted
la:sra1 samplesat
Yakala onthe
WhiteVolta
and.at
Ziou-Zabre onthe
Red Vo1ta.o)
-98e4.-e"-g9gg0n
our retrrrn to
Oqagad.ougou,Dr. Ie
3erre1ltalsh
and.I
hada
discussion on f^urbher vrorlcin [ogo at
,0 timo when breed.ing v-rasanticipated. It
was6ecide6
that aft:r
sampl5:r.g the Dairariver in
Ghar:a,I
sirould p;:oceedto
Eogo
to obtajr
as nuchmaterial
aspos;ible
anclto
mal<e observations onflurrial
ecological- conC.j-tions from aJ.l tieenajo: rivers
especi-erlIy the I[onol ir{o and Kara.In
lrlorrember the Dalariver
vvl.svisitr:d but
unsuccessfully sa;:pler.at
lkundipeand Sabon-Gida.
t}:a
ruatcrlevei
i,'ias qui-behigh ai tlre tine'
I{oweverz i.:rDeoember
LIr.
Zerbo atid. Liro Av:Lsseysuccessiully
collected. larrra-l sa.mplesfron trro sites
nelrr I}ru:r).ipe"The [o3;o
trip
r,ns ;:tar-bcf from lcirnele on i{overlbc::J-J.
Duringthe
courseof the
jor:-r:rey, i;wo days vrere silentjrl
Accr.aat
t]reUn:iversity of
legonfor
cliscussione, ivlth.3rs
Coker and [c-,itrson i','ho siud;r en4/'Ire p,rlpoorpbimsof
theE.
-,lgg*.o5aq speciesgr:oup. fle
d.'i sousr,ed uai.nl;rtho distrj-bution of S.
da:rnosun oouplexin
YlestAfrica lvith partioul-ar
referenceto locations
where a13r.rer:'r'Jy ru::ulxocl
larval
populations coulc1 be forii:d iritlr-i-n and'out-
sid,ethe
OCP area'Prior to iry ar::ival Drs
Coker and. [otrrson l:zid. oollected.]arge
populationsof $.
-{ggggFwlarrae
fromthe frhite Vo}ta
crt A-i;i-ropo}m neerthe
Akosonbo da.rr andat
Botj- tr'aJ-ls ncarI(oforid,ua.
Ilanrae ,r"re:e obtajsedfor cytological irlentifioation
from eachof the
populatlons.In
Sogo aner;ensive
exard-nationof all
'che nrajorrivers
and sone minor ones1vas
made. Dry
season cond.j-tions ',-/ere ap,'rarent i-nal.l the river
systemsi^ncluding su6h
large rivers
as the i,iono,ilo, Ihra
andffawa. At
manylocatlons
t'"/'"'
z5/UarT5
ze/u,ns zg/tt/ts
It
7o/1r/75
il
It
{v/rn
?/W5
r
ilWr
+/tzJtt
th{ts
25/LV75
ze/u"tll
zg/Mr
zg/W'lD 30/w75
u) laurts
R.
I',[onoat tetetou
near Tolcora:: ad.ults oaughtbitixg,
aclults reared
fron
pupaeDayes Elavar5ro
riJ.lago
neqrPaline:
ad.u-Lts caughtbitjilg
R. Amoutchou
at
faf:ne73ad.ou Rc1: adr.lJ-ts :reared. from trxrpaeR.
Ilaroraat
Gha.::a,/Iogo bord.er nearBadou: adrrlts
car"rghtbitiJ\g R;
Ilono a-b Kpessi nc-"thof An-ie:
adi,lJ.ts caughtbitjrg
7-
eaoh
river
v/as reducedto long stretohos of pools
soneof
vrhich vrereIlnked
byfast
flounlng wateror violent cuments.
Thusisolated.,
goorl breedirgsites
wereforlrd j:r lost of tl:e cososr largo qr.urrtities of Si{rjLiun
Larrrae, pupao and.adults
tverecollected..
Speoialattontion
$ras paid.to S.
cl.arungsr4pcomplex.
Wherepossible adults
car.ghtbit g
nanjlr a
given breed,ingsite
were oollected.
i:r
ad.ditionto
those rearedlater
from pupaefron the
sanebreed.i4g
sites. [hese
specimens have been presenred.)n 7q" alcohol for
taxonom{c
stud.ies.
.A, srlmra:yof colleotion
d.atafor [ogo is
shorvn belovr,COITNC,IIOI{ }A'IA FOR IOGO
a)
T,anraenate trocation PH va.lues
6.8 6.8 6.8 5.8 6.8 6.8 6rB 6.8 6rB 8.0 7.5 7.O 715 7rO
7.5 7.5
R.
An-ie a.tAnie -
Atapirane/Solcod.e roadR.
l.ionoat
TetetouKpinc
faIls
near Pal.i-ueDryos Elvanyo near PalLmo Apeyome viJ.lage near SaLi:nre
R. Liono
at
Atch:i.::edjiR. Amoutchou
-
Pa1i.:crelbad.ou roadR.
Ilavua near Badou-
GbaJao/fogo borrder Str"eanin
Cocoaplantation at
SadouLlono
at
I{pessi ilionoat
Tchanrba}{o
at
Sokod.e,lBassari roadI{arr:,e near Bassari
lio at
Bagarr near Bassarii(ara
at old
lium-Kara bz:ldgeKpelou by Sara Kavra near
lanadfura
,Rr R"
R.
R.
D!La
DlLa
B.
..r./....
t/tiltn
st7.pfi5
w/tilt>
R. iio at
Sagan nearBassari:
aclults reared from pupaeR.
I(pelou bySnra;
kar'-,ta ner,rla.r:a-Kara: adults
reared from pupae Boti- fr:,I1s near i(oforid.i;a,Ghana: adults
reared from pupae.d) EXMRN,,E}1IATIOI,T
III
THE SOBO .A.TEA. ITPPER VOITAThts
exereise vrasstarted
j-Lrthe first
l,eelrof Jarlraryr Lyl6,
Thee:eerj.:aent vl,as oonducted. by
Dr. le Bere
a:.rd. l'ras rlesignedto internrpt control jn the
hopeof facilitetirrg
-bire developmentof
1a:rra1 and. pupalstagesr
Ihe study area inolud.ed Sa:mnd.en-i, Ianvj.erae Guena, Banzo, Eangoulague,Kulirlyion,
Lloussoud.ougou and Kar:fj-gue1a"
I
was responsiblefor the
e:crnifiationof
larva1 po2dLations, and i-rasto
r.urlce rccordsof
suchaspeots '- the
rrtjrneof
appearanoeof first
finaJ-instar la:rrae, firsi
;)upaee-bc.ir It
v.as hoped.that larvae
vrorrldbo collected.
for cytolo5ical analysis
anclthat
f'romthe
associated pupae aclultslvor,t.].d. be obtai::od.
for
taxonoaric stud.ies"In pre-contrrcl
(OCp) yearsthe
stucly area' :s
ioro',-rnto
harbour S. €glJgg9$1E(titre) r g.
.agm:3"os4g(mite)
anti 1|.. q;ql_b-ai1]rq(SirUa). It
vras therefo:reof interest io fi::d. out
whetherall or
ai1,yof
-bhese speciesstill
prevaiJ-edin
i;he area- cfter control
l-rad. talcen p1ace.Ln
.f
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Parblcular j:rterest
t,';rs -i,aken i-n Guena,a
focusof g. Sgggry.
Iilnerepre-contlrol
yearsthis
r:pecies vras ir,rFfis3"f,sdj:r ttffpical forestrr
transntssj.on onchoceroiasis.FIJLD .iORI( imIH DR,--qIup,ga-raf-w.*q!sgg$A\g)
[]:-ls
vrorlctooli
approxi.::ratelythe flrst
t'so t'reelcsof i'iaroh. [he
purpose;f the
exercise rrasto
lvorki:r
assocj-ation vrithDr.
Gruner'raJ-din
as marsrbreed.i::g
sites
aspossible in
areastlr"t
had. becnselcc-i;ci.,cr
1r.is stud.y-of
-l:ryterohAistry. I
vrasto collect
andid.entj{y cytologicalJy larra-I
sa"nples fxom the nane breedingsi'bes. It
l'ras hor:edthat
these appr3achcs cou.Idlead to
theassoci-ation
of a given r.-' ies lrith
d.efjLable lqyd.ro-cher:rica1 cond.itions and tlrtrsfacjJ.i-t^''- the reari:rg of
t,:.e[.
-*oqlrg.sl4g spocies group underoontrolled
conditions.the
mai:r al-n y,iastherefore to
worlcin
1oca.''.ities lvhereolear Ia:rral
populationsof tho
spocies group seemto
occLtrcIn
Ghanathe jrrvestigations
v/ercoarried out
arowrcl. Ta.r::ale,at
Dabcrya andNasia on
the
Tlh:lteYo1tal a
ne*1y found. i'raterfaIL
north-vrestof
[ama-Le and.r.r/rr..
5:
the
NlrrunahfalLs at
Kjrita.mpo. I.rarrae wereoollected
from eaohsitd.
theSarekese d.a.il near Kuinasi,
Soti falls
near I(oforidrta alrdihe
Wh-iteYolta at
Ati.npolnr near Akosour.bo vrere e)calnrinecl,In Ivory
Ooei,st,after
discussions vrithDr.
Qu1i-1-lo11er€of
OCCGE/ORSICI{ Bor-urke, sir"nueur,v,rork r-ras clone on the Maraoueriver
near Darangoro,
the
Goueriver at
Oua near Dr:,nane;the
Gberiver
near Zoba and.the
OavaIlyriver
s,f leuP1eu.IvIAIERIALS ..qN!- I',IEI}{CD q
The specj-roens usecl orue from
several
sources and. a:re Sroupedirtto
the categories
sho!-'rn beloirr:1) larnal
sa.uples froroControl
zoneII
and some speoj"uensanising
fromthe
elqerj-raent conducted byDr. le Berre
arou::dthe
lSobo &re&r2) Ianra1
samplcs from Togoj:r Control
ZoneIII.
il
tra:sraI scurp).cs obtaj.nedi:i associetion
vathDr.
Gnrtrerryald and. those oontributed. byDrs.
Coker and Tot'ntsortr4)
I'Tevr\y ernergedadults E,
-@gg,lrg complex speoj-mens usedi:r the
searohfor
po\ytene ehromosoll.es a"nd- C bancls.3i-xed.
lanrae
r;.rere sr"rbjected,to
stand.artl proceduresto obta!: gient
olrromo- sone preparations as describerl.in carlier repoz'ts.
lialphigkr:Lantubes,
ovariancells
andttfoot
pad"str froin ed.ults vere prooessedfor
polytene chrolrosones as desoribed by Yltr-ite, CoLLuzz:- nnrl Saharltll>).
ffho1e aduf.ts r'reretorn
open andsubjected. -bo tlr.e saroo ireah,rent v,r]:-iIe
others
lrere i)rocesseclfor
C Bandfug asreported by Boclo
(tglil o larval
polytene chromosomes, adrrlt ilalpl::i.gh:ianr tubulesl s\rarian eel1s andtlfoot
paclr! wereatso
subjecteclto the
C band.i.:r.,9 procedure.NESUIflS.
In Control
ZoneI
arowrd Bobo v,rheretreatneat
!-ras experi-nontal\y i:nter:rrpted., soue ln&ivLd.uaLs of -flu -s-trb-anuq,vrere record:C. from KarfigUeLa onthe
Conoeriver
-r.rrd. trarrviera on
the
B1aol<Volta.
ltro
$. -@gg4g
conplexlarrae
were foi;nciat
bl:e renai.nrir6*sites
wj.thi-n the study area nanreJy Saloand.erri., Guena, Bcnzo2 Be*:.gou1ague,Kulfuyion
and' l,toussoudougou..In^ontrol
ZoneII S.
da.rrnosuxr rr,,as r:corclodfrm forr sitos whlle S.
sirb:u:urar:as fotmd.
i:r
elevensites as
sur,unarisedil
TableI.
In Control
ZoneIII jrl [ogo, S. S[q#p;g4, $.
S-o]rblgqse,r.q.
qgggg.sun andS.
sirbarrum l-rore obsellredoResults are
sullillariseclil fable I'
In
so:-nesites
vrithi-irthe
study areaof Dr.
G:tttewnJ-d. andof
Drs Co]<er aJId TolE:sonyapparent\r
uu:rai-xed 1.r.rva1 popr.*atj-ol1s 1?erefound. Irt
c'"er sites
qpapatry vras
obsenred. Ihe re$Llts are
sgmlrarised.ip Iable IIr
...nl ,,.'
C bandir:g
of
ocnticmere regions shovri-ng heaqy strrirr-ing lvas obserredin larral
polytene chromosomesof the
S._@gggg
speciesgro[po [he
e:p:r'essionof the
C bsnd.s vras strungin all the
speeles exoept .$,. Sjq.1r"3jgo,ggin
whiohit
wasstronger and.
S. yelrPry in
wlr-lohit
vras strongest,No polytene chromosomes were obserred
ln
arlyof the
ad.rrlt organs investi"gated.flhe lr[alphtghian
firbules edrlbit
some vag!.le polyterry w]r:Loir doesnot permlt
r€so-lution
and j-stherefore vlrtualJy
unworlcablo.UASIiE
I
-lEs'iinlspRcr,/I_cg,LrllgL__?_qEELr*rj[,.JIl
$anp1e SJ.ze
Speoies Proporbions
BL
So-..N1
.*,Sit6/t/te 26/rfi6
zo/ahS
Lo/u{'l5 tofirfiD
z5/2fi6 4/4fi5 4/+n5 Lo/rn6
u/*ta
zo/zfie z/+fia
*/pJte Lehn6 B/L{t5
8/wt5
25hn6 e4ons zz/zfie e/tofi5
1h*t5
10/L1alt5
z>/tsfi5 2v5n6
3o/3n6
5ohn6
i
C01[[R0I 201'IE
I
3Iaoir
Yolta at Lanviera,
UpperYolta
Uppor Conoeat Karfiguela, fl
rro01{TP.0I Zo}iE
II
Wlr-lte
Yolta at
I'tragbangare Upper Vo1ta Wlr-tteYolta at Ya]ca.la il
rtRed. Yo1ta
at ZLou-Z.'abre
rlTilrti;e
Volta at
itrss{s, Gtranart
il Il ll Wavra, ll
illl
ll Dipare,
It Waterfel-l$'tr[. of
[airaler YJhlteYolta at
Dipa:ee,l, ll lt DabOya
il
15 2
tr
:
I
BO
1o 26 16 55 55 22 9
w IL
28 L4w
?al.B LL 13 5
14
N
15 10
u
9
o"9tT
:
80 30 25 r.6
5'
55 22
ra w }L
18
IL
10 4
:
7 10 9 l-0 L2
7O
?J
:
3
LO
L8
I
L
rl il
Daboya,R. So:ri at
tranliatare Rr Dalca near Ila.nd:ipeR.
Dakaat
PoLntII
Ghana ll It
tl il
ft tt
. colIIROt
ZOIiEIIl
R. Otl
near Sanssanne }liango, TogoR.
Satique nearDapa^n6o
rfR.
Karaat la.rna-I(a::a
tr06nflLuenoe
of
Kara and.KueIL
itR.
I/loat
Bagan nearBassari
rlR.
i,lonoat KBesei
rrn.
IUonoat fetetor
rrR.
Iiionoat [etetou
r?R. Degou
MaI[Ro Bor.fle near Borura6lq vi 11age
I
UaJ.iLegemd:
Bi
=g. sqgaroqEg
So =!,.
ggfpg.B.$trSi = S.
sirbantm-
$1 =E.
-4gggglgl??*
= Identity
uncerbain7
TASIE
IIX
RESIIL$S I'ROI.{ STUDY AIEIIS OF DRS. COICER AI'{D TOIIN'TSON GRIIi$E,rVAI'D
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b)
DATE
w/tt tts t7/tutr
70/5n6 30/3fi6
*/ilta
zpJz/ra
27hn6 zuzJta
25/2rt6q/*ta
zz/zlte 7/3n6
7hn6 7hn6
a/nfi6
IOCAIIONS
Volta R. at
AtJ.npoiar, Akosombo,Botl falls
near l(oforlduar)
Ro Degor
R.
3ou1e near Sonnabiovillage
Samtrrle
Size a
Specj.es Proportions
Bl Ya So Nl.SL
Girara
il
hIa].i
il
1.65 B6
74
%z
29 L5 20
LLo 5'
LL0
9
t7 ,10
1e
IL
L6
5- :
fr It
I
10
t5
i-B
IL
16 14 9 29 18 24 70
I
Rr l,tono
at
Ietetou- fogo 2 R1 Karaat
la.na-Kara Brid.ge,Rr Oti at
Sausaru:e l,.{or4;ol'Ihite Volta at
DaboyaWhite
Volta at
i{asiaNkruah
fe'I].sl(lrrtanpo
rtIfa.ter fa'I,'l
ld.ffr of faina-l.e
r!Rr
CavaJJ;rat leupleu lvory
Coast Ro Gbe nea.yZoba ll
tlR.
Goueat Ona tl
llI R.
I'larague ncar Darangoror ItIogo
ll Ghaxa
il
a I
1
t
:
4
tregend.: BL =
E.
SSyEgoEgNi = S.
d.a:urosrxo*
Someof
theYa =
9. r,ahe4*
So =E,
Sg&rgnseSi = S. sjrbsruan
??= iflsnlity
unoertaia datain thj.s
IabLeis
ert::acted. from TableI.
0BryRYA!-L0I,l-Sl/.c00,!rr{ts
The
distribution of the
species,E. _@ggg
and.$.
s+cbe]rrp, reporbectearlier in Control
ZoaeII
has expand.ed as r,raterja.l from morel.ocal.itles
has been anal;rsed"r$Iith the
exceptionof a silgle 1ocal-iff, the
nevrly found. vrater:falI t{rYIr6f
[ama-].s whereE. €geg9gl$
seemsto
breed., n'I.'Isif,ss
i-nvestigated featr.ued no speoiesother
tkrarlg.
d.aruqo_sJm, and S. ,sjr.ba"qIg, Tirepattern of distribution of
theso two specj-es doesnot
seemto
havechangod. fhe identlty of the
speciese:<aiui.::ed. fronr -bhewa'';c':la-U-1{,}Tr
of
faraa'l.s hasnot
becn asoerbained. because the ruateria-l-frou the
area ir'rds rrnsr.eitablefor
good. chro.losoraal prepar:ationsoi. ../ . ...
4B
Results fron the
p11ot exerpisein
Contro]- ZoneIII are
incl-ud.edto give a bri-ef picttue of the
species sompositioni:r the arear
ConseErentJy ouJya folr
speoiraens from lceysites
l.rere ana\rsed.;0omrents on speoies
cListribution
and- rarr.ge r'riJ-J. be f,ror.e approprj.ate whenlarger
samples ooverc.ngvaster
areasarc
ana\rsed.,[he 0
band.lIgof
centronere regions obsezved. i.:ela::nal
poJ;yteneohronosomes mere\r emphasis sirn'i'l s3 obsenratioas using conventional sta:ini::g
tecluulques'
Ur.ljJrethe situation
,,vhere 3ec1o(tglil
reporbed.a reversal of
ths rfo ba,nding pattez:xrt fu.Q..ggklg vrith
respectto that
j-ns.
-o.ega-Llrr.eislthe
c banclfugof
centronrercregions in tha S,
da,anosu.n species groupis
nstandarri.nE.
-Egg3g.qryn andS'
vqheqss sirov,rvery
hear6r ste.ini:r"gof the
re8tonbut
no reyersa-lsare
j-nvoIved. r,vith respectto
standarrd.W-qu4tsrEB
: Further analysis of
rnaterj-a,l fromcontrol
zonesrr
andrfr.
Further
sea:rohfor
po]rytene chronosomes i.:: adultsoT Collaboration
rulth Sectorchiefs
as amanged WDrs.
tre Be::re and lyalslr.BNFENE}TCES
1.
Bed.o, D'G.19?5: c
Bandingrn
Po\rtene ohromosomesof
s.irnnl}rm ornatipes arr.dS.
nelatrmChromosooa
(eerl,)
DL,.2g]--
3@2.
Wlt-tte, GrSor
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