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.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec2016, Vol. 22 Issue 12, p2212-2214. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2016
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 :: *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

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