Do all human urinary infections with Schistosoma mattheei represent hybridization between S. haematobium and S. mattheei?
Enzyme electrophoresis indicated that all Schistosoma mattheei eggs passed in the urine of humans derive from S. mattheei females in copula with S. haematobium males. It appears that S. mattheei males do not reach sexual maturity in man; however, S. haematobiumxS. mattheei males possibly do.
Kruger
F J
FJ
Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment of the South African Medical Research Council, Nelspruit.
Evans
A C
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D000818:Animals; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005260:Female; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008297:Male; D010063:Ovum / Q000201:enzymology; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000032:analysis; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000469:parasitology*; D014556:Urine / Q000469:parasitology
D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase