Population Genetics of Oncomelania hupensis Snails from New-Emerging Snail Habitats in a Currently Schistosoma japonicum Non-Endemic Area.

ABSTRACT: Schistosomiasis is still one of the most significant neglected tropical diseases worldwide, and China is endemic for Schistosoma japonicum. With its great achievement in schistosomiasis control, the government of China has set the goal to eliminate the parasitic disease at the country level by 2030. However, one major challenge is the remaining huge areas of habitats for the intermediate host Oncomelania hupensis. This is further exacerbated by an increasing number of new emerging snail habitats reported each year. Therefore, population genetics on snails in such areas will be useful in evaluation of snail control effect and/or dispersal. We then sampled snails from new emerging habitats in Taicang of Jiangsu, China, a currently S. japonicum non-endemic area from 2014

SUBMITTER: Cheng YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9861412 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature