Recent studies on Schistosoma intercalatum: taxonomic status, puzzling distribution and transmission foci revisited

Recent studies on Schistosoma intercalatum: taxonomic status, puzzling distribution and transmission foci revisited

Schistosoma intercalatum, which causes human rectal schistosomiasis in Africa, still presents a great interest for its imprecise taxonomic status and its puzzling distribution in Africa. Two geographically isolated strains of S. intercalatum are recognized, the Lower Guinea strain and the Congo stra...

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Main Authors: Joseph Jourdane, Vaughan R Southgate, Jean René Pagès, Patrick Durand, Louis Albert Tchuem Tchuenté
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2001-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Schistosoma intercalatum
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematobium
taxonomic status
sexual interactions
epidemiology
transmission foci
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