Molecular characterization of Schistosoma infections in African migrants: identification of a Schistosoma haematobium-bovis hybrid in bladder biopsies

Atypical Schistosoma haematobium eggs were found in a bladder biopsy from an African migrant with severe Schistosomiasis. Amplification of mitochondrial (cox 1) and genomic (ITS2) DNA identified the presence of a S. haematobium-Schistosoma bovis hybrid. Phylogenetic analysis clustered the hybrid sequence with other sequences from western Africa.

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This text discusses the discovery of atypical Schistosoma haematobium eggs in a bladder biopsy from an African migrant with severe Schistosomiasis, and the identification of a S. haematobium-Schistosoma bovis hybrid through mitochondrial and genomic DNA amplification. Phylogenetic analysis grouped this hybrid sequence with others from western Africa.