Article
Origin and diversification of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2005
Morgan Jess A T, Dejong Randall J, Adeoye Grace O, Ansa Ebenezer D O, Barbosa Constança S, Brémond Philippe, Cesari Italo M, Charbonnel Nathalie, Corrêa Lygia R, Coulibaly Godefroy, D'Andrea Paulo Sérgio, De Souza Cecilia Pereira, Doenhoff Michael J, File Sharon, Idris Mohamed A, Incani R Nino, Jarne Philippe, Karanja Diana M S, Kazibwe Francis, Kpikpi John, Lwambo Nicholas J S, Mabaye Amadou, Magalhães Luiz A, Makundi Asanteli, Moné Hélène, Mouahid Gabriel, Muchemi Gerald M, Mungai Ben N, Séne Mariama, Southgate Vaughan, Tchuenté Louis Albert Tchuem, Théron Andre, Yousif Fouad, Zanotti-Magalhães Eliana M, Mkoji Gerald M, Loker Eric S
Abstract excerpt
Schistosoma mansoni is the most widespread of the human-infecting schistosomes, present in 54 countries, predominantly in Africa, but also in Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Neotropics. Adult-stage parasites that infect humans are also occasionally recovered from baboons, rodents, and other mammals. Larval stages of the parasite are dependent upon certain species of freshwater snails in the genus...
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