Hybridisation between the two major African schistosome species of humans

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 687-689

  Huyse, T ^a,b   Van den Broeck, F ^a,b   Hellemans, B ^b   Volckaert, F A M ^b   Polman, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hybridisation; Introgression; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Senegal

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

CLONE; CYTOCHROME; DNA; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MIRACIDIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROGENY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SENEGAL;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84878583257     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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