Introgressive hybridizations of Schistosoma haematobium by Schistosoma bovis at the origin of the first case report of schistosomiasis in Corsica (France, Europe).
This study concerns the first urinary schistosomiasis case observed in Corsica (France, Europe) occurring in a 12-year-old German boy. The aim was to identify the relationship between this Schistosoma haematobium infection and other schistosomes of the Schistosoma group with terminal-spined ova. Morphological and molecular analyses were conducted on the ova. The results showed that the schistosome responsible for the emergence of schistosomiasis in Corsica was due to S. haematobium introgressed by genes from S. bovis.
University Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, University Montpellier, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, Bât. R, F-66860, Perpignan, France.
Hélène
H
Moné
Tropical Medicine Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Martha C
MC
Holtfreter
University Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, University Montpellier, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, Bât. R, F-66860, Perpignan, France.
Jean-François
JF
Allienne
Institut de Recherche en Écologie Tropicale (IRET)/CENAREST., BP 13354, Libreville, Gabon.
Rodrigue
R
Mintsa-Nguéma
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 01BP526, Cotonou, Benin.
Moudachirou
M
Ibikounlé
University Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, University Montpellier, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, Bât. R, F-66860, Perpignan, France.
Jérôme
J
Boissier
Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Toulouse and Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, INSERM U1043, CNRS UMR5282, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Antoine
A
Berry
University Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, University Montpellier, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, Bât. R, F-66860, Perpignan, France.
Guillaume
G
Mitta
Tropical Medicine Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. Joachim.Richter@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
Joachim
J
Richter
University Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, University Montpellier, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, Bât. R, F-66860, Perpignan, France.
Gabriel
G
Mouahid
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000469:parasitology*
Corsica; Europe; France; Haematuria; Hybrids; Schistosoma; Schistosoma bovis; Schistosoma haematobium; Urinary schistosomiasis