Extant interspecific hybridization among trematodes within the Schistosoma haematobium species complex in Nigeria.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Oluwaremilekun G Ajakaye, Elisha E Enabulele, Joshua B Balogun, Oyetunde T Oyeyemi, Michael E Grigg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Kachi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011472; https://doaj.org/article/b15d7d9b0a2e48acb3ddfd61647a837d

Background Natural interspecific hybridization between the human parasite (Schistosoma haematobium [Sh]) and bovine parasites (Schistosoma bovis [Sb], Schistosoma curassoni [Sc]) is increasingly reported in Africa. We developed a multi-locus PCR DNA-Seq strategy that amplifies two unlinked nuclear (...