Authors: Oleaga, Ana, Rey, Olivier, Polack, Bruno, Grech-Angelini, Sébastien, Quilichini, Yann, Pérez-Sánchez, Ricardo, Boireau, Pascal, Mulero, Stephen, Brunet, Aimé, Rognon, Anne, Vallée, Isabelle, Kincaid-Smith, Julien, Allienne, Jean-François, Boissier, Jérôme
Venue: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Type: Publication
Abstract: Environmental and anthropogenic changes are expected to promote emergence and spread of pathogens worldwide. Since 2013, human urogenital schistosomiasis is established in Corsica island (France). Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting both humans and animals. The parasite involved in the Corsican outbreak is a hybrid form between Schistosoma haematobium, a human parasite, and Schistosoma bovis, a livestock parasite. S. bovis has been detected in Corsican livestock few decades ago raising the questions whether hybridization occurred i...
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Topics: 
Zoology
Veterinary medicine
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