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| Angora, Etienne K.; Allienne, Jean-francois; Rey, Olivier; Menan, Herve; Toure, Andre O.; Coulibaly, Jean T.; Raso, Giovanna; Yavo, William; N'Goran, Eliezer K.; Utzinger, Jurg; Balmer, Oliver; Boissier, Jerome. |
| Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease, though it is highly prevalent in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. While Schistosoma haematobium-bovis hybrids have been reported in West Africa, no data about Schistosoma hybrids in humans are available from Cote d'Ivoire. This study aimed to identify and quantify S. haematobium-bovis hybrids among schoolchildren in four localities of Cote d'Ivoire. Urine samples were collected and examined by filtration to detect Schistosoma eggs. Eggs were hatched and 503 miracidia were individually collected and stored on Whatman(R) FTA cards for molecular analysis. Individual miracidia were molecularly characterized by analysis of mitochondrial cox1 and nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS 2) DNA regions. A... |
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Palavras-chave: Cote d'Ivoire; Hybrids; Molecular analysis; Schistosoma bovis; Schistosoma haematobium. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00624/73604/73060.pdf |
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