After malaria, schistosomiasis (or bilharzia) is the second most prevalent disease in Africa, and is occurring in over 70 countries in tropical and subtropical regions. It is estimated that 600… (More)
The sex ratio of adult worms has been observed biased towards males in Schistosoma mansoni under natural conditions. The origin of this bias is unknown. This paper determines whether males are more… (More)
Schistosoma mansoni is an endoparasite causing a serious human disease called schistosomiasis. The quantification of parasite genetic diversity is an essential component to understand schistosomiasis… (More)
Schistosomes are unusual, together with some of the didymozoidae, in that they are dioecious instead of being hermaphrodite. This gonochorism is accompanied with morphological, ecological,… (More)
Schistosomes are endoparasites causing a serious human disease called schistosomiasis. The quantification of parasite genetic diversity is an essential component to understand the schistosomiasis… (More)
This paper investigates the relationship between the worm burden and the male proportion of adult Schistosoma mansoni. This relationship was tested using data from the literature on S. mansoni… (More)
Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2014 1595 A phylogenetic tree constructed by using the entire sequence showed that all PorCoV HKU15 strains from the United… (More)
The co-evolutionary dynamics that exist in host-parasite interactions sometimes lead to compatibility polymorphisms, the molecular bases of which are rarely investigated. To identify key molecules… (More)