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Population genetic structure of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma haematobium x Schistosoma bovis hybrids among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire

Angora, E. K. and Vangraefschepe, A. and Allienne, J. F. and Menan, H. and Coulibaly, J. T. and Meite, A. and Raso, G. and Winkler, M. S. and Yavo, W. and Toure, A. O. and N'Goran, E. K. and Zinsstag, J. and Utzinger, J. and Balmer, O. and Boissier, J.. (2022) Population genetic structure of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma haematobium x Schistosoma bovis hybrids among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasite, 29. p. 23.

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Abstract

While population genetics of Schistosoma haematobium have been investigated in West Africa, only scant data are available from Cote d'Ivoire. The purpose of this study was to analyze both genetic variability and genetic structure among S. haematobium populations and to quantify the frequency of S. haematobium x S. bovis hybrids in school-aged children in different parts of Cote d'Ivoire. Urine samples were subjected to a filtration method and examined microscopically for Schistosoma eggs in four sites in the western and southern parts of Cote d'Ivoire. A total of 2692 miracidia were collected individually and stored on Whatman((R)) FTA cards. Of these, 2561 miracidia were successfully genotyped for species and hybrid identification using rapid diagnostic multiplex mitochondrial cox1 PCR and PCR Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of the nuclear ITS2 region. From 2164 miracidia, 1966 (90.9%) were successfully genotyped using at least 10 nuclear microsatellite loci to investigate genetic diversity and population structure. Significant differences were found between sites in all genetic diversity indices and genotypic differentiation was observed between the site in the West and the three sites in the East. Analysis at the infrapopulation level revealed clustering of parasite genotypes within individual children, particularly in Duekoue (West) and Sikensi (East). Of the six possible cox1-ITS2 genetic profiles obtained from miracidia, S. bovis cox1 x S. haematobium ITS2 (42.0%) was the most commonly observed in the populations. We identified only 15 miracidia (0.7%) with an S. bovis cox1 x S. bovis ITS2 genotype. Our study provides new insights into the population genetics of S. haematobium and S. haematobium x S. bovis hybrids in humans in Cote d'Ivoire and we advocate for researching hybrid schistosomes in animals such as rodents and cattle in Cote d'Ivoire.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Urban Public Health > Health Impact Assessment (Winkler)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Human and Animal Health > One Health (Zinsstag)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Health Impact Assessment (Utzinger)
UniBasel Contributors:Angora, Kpongbo Etienne and Coulibaly, Jean and Raso, Giovanna and Winkler, Mirko and Zinsstag, Jakob Z and Utzinger, Jürg and Balmer, Oliver
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1252-607X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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