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No barrier breakdown between human and cattle schistosome species in the Senegal River Basin in the face of hybridisation.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Dec 2019
Boon Nele A M, Mbow Moustapha, Paredis Linda, Moris Pieter, Sy Ibrahima, Maes Tim, Webster Bonnie L, Sacko Moussa, Volckaert Filip A M, Polman Katja, Huyse Tine
Abstract excerpt
Schistosomiasis is widely distributed along the Senegal River Basin (SRB), affecting both the human population and their livestock. Damming of the Senegal River for irrigation purposes in the 1980s induced ecological changes that resulted in a large outbreak of Schistosoma mansoni, followed a few years later by an increase and spread of Schistosoma haematobium infections. The presence of hybrid crosses between...
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