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Unexpected Zoonotic and Hybrid Schistosome Egg Excretion Patterns, Malawi, 2024

Year: 2025

Type: article

Study design: Case Report

Abstract: Two exemplary cases of mixed urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in Malawi show hybridizations of Schistosoma mattheei with S. haematobium and S. mansoni, indicating newly emerging genetic diversity. Complex egg excretion patterns in feces expose current diagnostic gaps and alert to future sampling needs for effective surveillance of zoonotic schistosomiasis.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3105.241757

Authors: Angus M. O’Ferrall, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Lucas J. Cunningham, Peter Makaula, John Archer, Adam P. Roberts, Janelisa Musaya, J. Russell Stothard

Institutions: Natural History Museum, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Parasites and Host Interactions

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Wellcome Trust

OpenAlex ID: W4409764872

FWCI: 6.864

Cites: 10

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10