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- Title
Introgressed Animal Schistosomes Schistosoma curassoni and S. bovis Naturally Infecting Humans.
- Authors
Léger, Elsa; Garba, Amadou; Hamidou, Amina A.; Webster, Bonnie L.; Pennance, Tom; Rollinson, David; Webster, Joanne P.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 10-year-old girl in Kokourou, Niger who was infected by livestock-specific schistosomes through hybridization and introgression of Schistosoma (S.) bovis with S. curassoni. It states that Schistosoma eggs were recovered from the urine of the child, and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA regions of larvae were analysed. It discusses how hybrid livestock:livestock schistosomes can infect humans, and public health concerns due to hybridization of parasites.
- Subjects
NIGER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS in children; INTROGRESSION (Genetics); SPECIES hybridization; SCHISTOSOMA; URINALYSIS; DNA analysis; SCHISTOSOMIASIS diagnosis; CLASSIFICATION of trematoda; ANIMAL experimentation; COMPARATIVE studies; GENES; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREMATODA; EVALUATION research; SEQUENCE analysis; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 12, p2212
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.3201/eid2212.160644