Extant interspecific hybridization among trematodes within the Schistosoma haematobium species complex in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Natural interspecific hybridization between the human parasite (Schistosoma haematobium [Sh]) and bovine parasites (Schistosoma bovis [Sb], Schistosoma curassoni [Sc]) is increasingly reported in Africa. We developed a multi-locus PCR DNA-Seq strategy that amplifies two unlinked nuclear (transITS, BF) and two linked organellar genome markers (CO1, ND5) to genotype S. haematobium eggs collected from infected people in Ile Oluji/Oke Igbo, Ondo State (an agrarian community) and Kachi, Jigawa State (a pastoral community) in Southwestern and Northern Nigeria, respectively.

Principal findings

Out of a total of 219 urine samples collected, 57 were positive for schistosomes. All patients from Jigawa state possessed an Sh mitochondrial genome and were infected with a genet

SUBMITTER: Ajakaye OG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11045100 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature