Genetic diversity within Schistosoma haematobium: DNA barcoding reveals two distinct groups.

• Main Authors: Bonnie L Webster (Author), Aiden M Emery (Author), Joanne P Webster (Author), Anouk Gouvras (Author), Amadou Garba (Author), Oumar Diaw (Author), Mohmoudane M Seye (Author), Louis Albert Tchuem Tchuente (Author), Christopher Simoonga (Author), Joseph Mwanga (Author), Charles Lange (Author), Curtis Kariuki (Author), Khalfan A Mohammed (Author), J Russell Stothard (Author), David Rollinson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosomiasis in one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases, affecting millions of people and animals in developing countries. Amongst the human-infective species S. haematobium is one of the most widespread causing urogenital schistosomiasis, a major human health problem across Africa, however...