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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec;22(12):2212-2214.
doi: 10.3201/eid2212.160644.

Introgressed Animal Schistosomes Schistosoma curassoni and S. bovis Naturally Infecting Humans

Elsa Léger, Amadou Garba, Amina A Hamidou, Bonnie L Webster, Tom Pennance, David Rollinson, Joanne P Webster
Case Reports

Introgressed Animal Schistosomes Schistosoma curassoni and S. bovis Naturally Infecting Humans

Elsa Léger et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; Niger; Schistosoma bovis; Schistosoma curassoni; Schistosoma haematobium; cattle; humans; hybrids; introgression; livestock; neglected tropical disease; parasites; parasitic worms; schistosomes; schistosomiasis; zoonoses; zoonotic hybrid species.

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