Misleading inference of schistosome epidemiology from ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial DNA
E.E. Enabuele, Roy N. Platt, Ehizogie Egbeobauwaye Adeyemi, M.S.O. Aisien, Oluwaremilekun Grace Ajakaye, Mahmud Umar Ali, Ebube Charles Amaechi, Tolulope Ebenezer Atalabi, Timothy Auta, Oluwaseun Bunmi Awosolu, Adamu Galadima Dagona, Omoyemwen Edo-Taiwo, Ejikeugwu Chika, C. Igbeneghu, Victor Stephen Njom, , Tim Anderson
Whole-genome SNVs from Nigerian schistosomes show cox1/ITS genotyping wrongly flags human-derived parasites as recent hybrids or zoonotic infections; they are S. haematobium with low livestock introgression.
PLoS Pathogens · Oct 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology✦ In-depth digest