Epidemiological surveillance of schistosomiasis outbreak in Corsica (France): Are animal reservoir hosts implicated in local transmission?

• Main Authors: Ana Oleaga (Author), Olivier Rey (Author), Bruno Polack (Author), Sébastien Grech-Angelini (Author), Yann Quilichini (Author), Ricardo Pérez-Sánchez (Author), Pascal Boireau (Author), Stephen Mulero (Author), Aimé Brunet (Author), Anne Rognon (Author), Isabelle Vallée (Author), Julien Kincaid-Smith (Author), Jean-François Allienne (Author), Jérôme Boissier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...