@article{fdi:010078113,
  title = {{C}attle as natural host for {S}chistosoma haematobium ({B}ilharz, 1852) {W}einland, 1858 x {S}chistosoma bovis {S}onsino, 1876 interactions, with new cercarial emergence and genetic patterns},
  author = {{S}avassi, {B}. {A}. {E}. {S}. and {M}ouahid, {G}. and {L}asica, {C}. and {M}ahaman, {S}. {D}. {K}. and {G}arcia, {A}ndr{\'e} and {C}ourtin, {D}avid and {A}llienne, {J}. {F}. and {I}bikounle, {M}. and {M}one, {H}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}chistosomiasis remains a parasitic infection which poses serious public health consequences around the world, particularly on the {A}frican continent where cases of introgression/hybridization between human and cattle schistosomiasis are being discovered on a more frequent basis in humans, specifically between {S}chistosoma haematobium and {S}. bovis. {T}he aim of this paper is to analyze the occurrence of {S}. bovis in cattle and its relationship with {S}. haematobium in an area where cattle and humans share the same site in {B}enin ({W}est {A}frica). {W}e used the chronobiology of cercarial emergence as an ecological parameter and both molecular biology ({COI} mt{DNA} and {ITS} r{DNA}) of the larvae and morphology of the eggs as taxonomic parameters. {T}he results showed a chronobiological polymorphism in the cercarial emergence rhythm. {T}hey showed for the first time the presence of {S}. bovis in {B}enin, the presence of introgressive hybridization between {S}. bovis and {S}. haematobium in domestic cattle, and the presence of atypical chronobiological patterns in schistosomes from cattle, with typical {S}. haematobium shedding pattern, double-peak patterns, and nocturnal patterns. {O}ur results showed that the chronobiological life-history trait is useful for the detection of new hosts and also may reveal the possible presence of introgressive hybridization in schistosomes. {O}ur results, for the first time, place cattle as reservoir host for {S}. haematobium and {S}. bovis x {S}. haematobium. {T}he consequences of these results on the epidemiology of the disease, the transmission to humans, and the control of the disease are very important.},
  keywords = {{S}chistosoma bovis ; {S}chistosoma haematobium ; {I}ntrogressive hybridization ; {C}ercarial emergence pattern ; {C}attle ; {B}enin ; {BENIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasitology {R}esearch},
  volume = {119},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {2189--2205},
  ISSN = {0932-0113},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00436-020-06709-0},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078113},
}