Morphological and genomic characterisation of the Schistosoma hybrid infecting humans in Europe reveals admixture between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis.

Morphological and genomic characterisation of the Schistosoma hybrid infecting humans in Europe reveals admixture between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis.

Schistosomes cause schistosomiasis, the world's second most important parasitic disease after malaria in terms of public health and social-economic impacts. A peculiar feature of these dioecious parasites is their ability to produce viable and fertile hybrid offspring. Originally only present i...

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Main Authors: Julien Kincaid-Smith, Alan Tracey, Ronaldo de Carvalho Augusto, Ingo Bulla, Nancy Holroyd, Anne Rognon, Olivier Rey, Cristian Chaparro, Ana Oleaga, Santiago Mas-Coma, Jean-François Allienne, Christoph Grunau, Matthew Berriman, Jérôme Boissier, Eve Toulza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010062

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010062

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