A hotspot of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 1 lineage in Benin: How new genotypes from West Africa contribute to understand the parasite genetic diversity worldwide.

• Main Authors: Azra Hamidović (Author), Jonas Raoul Etougbétché (Author), Arétas Babatounde Nounnagnon Tonouhewa (Author), Lokman Galal (Author), Gauthier Dobigny (Author), Gualbert Houémènou (Author), Honoré Da Zoclanclounon (Author), Richard Amagbégnon (Author), Anatole Laleye (Author), Nadine Fievet (Author), Sylvain Piry (Author), Karine Berthier (Author), Hilda Fátima Jesus Pena (Author), Marie-Laure Dardé (Author), Aurélien Mercier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Through international trades, Europe, Africa and South America share a long history of exchanges, potentially of pathogens. We used the worldwide parasite Toxoplasma gondii to test the hypothesis of a historical influence on pathogen genetic diversity in Benin, a West African country with a longstan...