Article
Population genetic structure of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium from across six sub-Saharan African countries: implications for epidemiology, evolution and control.
Acta tropica - 1 Nov 2013
Gower Charlotte M, Gouvras Anouk N, Lamberton Poppy H L, Deol Arminder, Shrivastava Jaya, Mutombo Polydor N, Mbuh Judith V, Norton Alice J, Webster Bonnie L, Stothard J Russell, Garba Amadou, Lamine Mariama S, Kariuki Curtis, Lange Charles N, Mkoji Gerald M, Kabatereine Narcis B, Gabrielli Albis F, Rudge James W, Fenwick Alan, Sacko Moussa, Dembelé Robert, Lwambo Nicholas J S, Tchuem Tchuenté Louis-Albert, Rollinson David, Webster Joanne P
Abstract excerpt
We conducted the first meta-analysis of ten Schistosoma haematobium (one published and nine unpublished) and eight Schistosoma mansoni (two published and six unpublished) microsatellite datasets collected from individual schistosome-infected school-children across six sub-Saharan Africa countries. High levels of genetic diversity were documented in both S. haematobium and S. mansoni. In S. haematobium...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Animals
- Child
- DNA, Helminth
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Variation