Article
Extensive transmission and variation in a functional receptor for praziquantel resistance in endemic <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i>
2024-08-30
Abstract excerpt
Mass-drug administration (MDA) of human populations using praziquantel monotherapy has become the primary strategy for controlling and potentially eliminating the major neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis. To understand how long-term MDA impacts schistosome populations, we analysed whole-genome sequence data of 570 Schistosoma mansoni samples (and the closely related outgroup species, S. rodhaini) from ei...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- ee26e197-750e-5e74-998b-92d9b6bf8c00
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.08.29.610291
